Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1886 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

The Ohio Legislature has passed a liquor-tax bill which is a re-enactment of the Scott law, and which goes into effect from date. N. D. Wallace, President of the New Orleans Pro luce Exchange, has been nominated by the Democrats of the Second Louisiana District for Congress in place of J. C. Beard, declined. The Ohio Legislature last week passed a bill abolishing the Board of Public Works and the Board of Health of Cincinnati, and authorizing Gov. Foraker to appoint five citizens to constitute a Board of Public Affairs, whose dut es shall comprise those which formerly devolved upon the old boards. Gov. Foraker made ihe appointments the same evening. The Board of Public Works has resolved to contest the legal existence of this board by proceedings in quo warranto. It is probable that the outcome of this case will settle the existing legislative muddle. Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, is canvassing the c ties of North Carolina in favor of prohibition, appealing especially to the colored people.