Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1886 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

The President has nominated John H. Shaffer to bo Postmnstor at Kankakee, IIL T. R. Hudd, Democrat, has been olocted in the Fifth Wisconsin District to succeed the late Joseph Rankin in Congress A liquor bill —practically the same as the old Scott law—has been passed by tho Ohio House. Washington special: “There is deadly war between ex-Speaker Randall and Representative Bingham.' The story is afloat that

the former grossly insulted the latter about ten days ago at a banquet in Philadelphia, at which they were among the invited guests. Mr. Bingham, in speaking of the late Gen. Hancock, made some remarks to which Mr. Randall took exception, and the story goes that tho ex-Speaker went so far as to make a personal attack upon Mr. Bingham, saying at the same time: ‘I owe you a thrashing and Pll give it to you now.’ It was only by the intercession of them friends that a row was averted. The matter has been the subject of considerable comment for several days, but all those who were witnesses to the affair refuse to talk on the subject, although they admit that tho statement above given is substantially correct” A local option law has passed the Virginia Legislature. The Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate will make an adverse report on the nomination of Zachariah Montgomery, of California, as Assistant Attorney General, on account of his hostility to the pub-lic-school system. The Ohio Supreme Court rendered judgment of ouster in the quo-warranto cases against the Cincinnati Pol.ce Commission, but refused to oußt Police Superintendent Hudson, who was elected for one year. The action of Gov. Foraker in removing the Commissioners is thus sustained.