Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1885 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

The voters of Boston, by a majority of 9,969, declared for liquor license and dofeatod all the women candidates for school offices. Worcester voted for prohibition and Newburyport for license. The Mayors of the chief cities of lowa held a convention at Des Moines and agreed upon a local-option bill to be submitted to the Legislature. A table was presented showing that in twenty large towns, under the prohibitory law, the number of saloons has increased over 00 per cent. Mr. Townshend of Illinois is of the opinion that there is a very even division of sentiment in Congress on the question of suspending silver coinage. It is believed that the Hoar Presi-dential-succession bill, which lias passed tho Senate, will meet with considerable opposition in the House.