Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1886 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

There is a rumor that Gen. W. F. Bogers of Buffalo, a member of the last Congress, is to be appointed Public Printer in place of Mr. Hounds. Gon. Bogers is a practical printer and a successful man of business. Both houses of the New York Legislature have passed a bill repealing the charter of the Broadway Surface Road.

Washington County, one of the largest in Georgia, has elected the Prohibition ticket by a majority of 224. The majority report of the Payne Investigating Committee, recommending that the evidence adduced be certified to the President of the United States Senate, was adopted by the Ohio House by a strict party vote—6l to <33. Washington telegram: “President Cleveland’s message on the labor question is quite generally regarded here front a party point of view. Republican Senators and Representatives affect to see in it chiefly a bid for support of the Democratic party by workingmen. Democratic members of Congress say that it is unjust to assert that it was written with any partisan purpose in view, while they admit that it may be made an effective campaign document. Neither Republicans nor Democrats are disposed to find fault with the general tenor of Mr. Cleveland’s recommendations. Senator Beck heartily indorses the message, and says he would like to see a labor commission consisting of Messrs. Thurman, McDonald, and Conkling, which he says would command respect everywhere and settle the labor question. The representatives of the Knights of Labor who have been attending the meetings of the House special committee commend the message but do not think it goes far enough. Mr. Powderly wants a Department of Labor established and Mr. McDowell wants such a department, and to have it given jurisdiction over ocean and interstate commerce.”