Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1885 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

Gov. Martin, of Kansas, has called a special session of the Legislature to meet Jan. 19. A caucus of the Kepublican Senators met at Washington on Friday, Dec. 4, for the purpose of considering the question of the election of a President pro tem. Senator Edmunds said that when in tho summer of 1884 the Republicans of tho nation in their convention nominated Gen. Logan for Vice President he (Mr. Edmunds) had thought it right to warn Gen. Logan, and to warn the party, that he should retire from the Presidency of the Senate, and that Gea Logan should bo chosen in his place, and, as they all remembered, ho communicated that opinion anil desire to tho Republican Senators in a formal way. It was thought best at that time that tho change be not made, especially as Gen. Logan did not wish it to bo made. At tho last Presidential election Gen. Logan had received, he believed, the votes of all tho Republicans who had the opportunity to vote, and came very near being the choice of the people for the office of Vice President, which would have made him ex-officio the President of the Senate and under the law charged with the duty of carrying on the Government in case of any disability of tbe President of the United States until an election could be had In this state of things, lio thought it right that tho Repubcan Senators should renew that expression of confidence in Gen. Logan by nominating him for President of the Senate, and he accordingly moved that Gen. Logan he so nominated by accclamation. Several Senators spoke briefly in favor of the nomination, and tho question was put and agreed to unanimously. Senator Logan returned his thanks for the honor, but declined it, saying ho thought he could bo more useful on the floor of the Senate. Samuel J. Tilden has forwarded to Speaker Carlisle a letter suggesting tho necessity of providing for tho defenso of twelve seaport cities before any reduction in the revenues takes place.