Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1887 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

In the proceedings of Smith against Robertson to enjoin him against performing the functions of Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, the latter’s attorney appeared in Judge Ayers’ court at Indianapolis, on the 13th mst, and moved for a postponement until after the adjournment of the Legislature. The Judge overruled the motion and ordered Robertson to make an answer. The Democratic members of the Legislature assembled in caucus and nominated Hon. David Turpie for United - States Senator on the fourth ballot Ex-Senator J. E. McDonald withdraw because one of the Demo-Labor members announced that under no circumstances would he vote for him.

The Hon. Charles B. Farwell of Chicago was nominated for United States Senator in succession to Gen. Logan by the Illinois Republican legislative caucus. The nomination was made on the second ballot, Mr. Farwell developing great strength on the first one. None of the other- candidates came within measureable distance of success. Hon. Wm. R. Morrison was nominated by the Democratic caucus, while the nine Labor members caucused and named Benj. W. Goodhue, of Chicago, as their candidate. Gen. Joseph R. Hawley was renominated for United States Senator from Connecticut by the Republican legislative caucus. The Democratic caucus of the Tennessee Legislature nominated Hon. W. C. Whitthorne for United States Senator. The Republican majority in the Indiana House of Representatives, on the 14th inst, unseated Cornelius Meagher, a Democratic Representative from Vigo County. Meagher is a workingman, and an active member of the Knights of Labor, by whom he was presented as a candidate for the Assembly and subsequently indorsed by the Democrats. The unseating of Meagher broke the Democratic majority of two on joint ballot, and made the Legislature a tie. The Republican Senators and Representatives next proceeded to hold a caucus for the nomination of a candidate for United States Senator. The can cus lasted but a few minutes, the only name proposed being that of Harrison, who was nominated by acclamation.

Cleveland and his civil-service policv were censured by the Democratic editors of Indiana at their annual State meeting at Indianapolis last week. W. Scott Bay, in an address on “How Best to Succeed in 1888,” declared that Cleveland’s nomination for re-elec-tion would be dangerous to the party interests. Ihe greatest enemy this Government ever had,” said Mr. Ray, “and the Democracy’s most formidable foe is the spurious dogma of civil-service reform. By its false and deceptional practices the Democratic party is degraded and forced into the very jaws of disintegration by a law the very antithesis of a republican form of government and the inauguration of ideas in harmony only with the existence of despotic monarchies.” David B. Hill, of New York, was declared to be the party’s most available candidate for President in 1888. I From a number of interviews published by a Washington paper with Western and Southern members on the various tariff proposition* it is apparent that Randall can

undoubtedly win many Southern Democrats from Morrison, but it is claimed that the Western Republicans are solidifying against this scheme, and will go in for no tariff reduction that • proposes to leave lumber, the iron and steel, and the textile schedules untouched while the tax is lifted from whisky and tobacco.