Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1887 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

The Lower House of the Indiana Legislature adopted a memorial to tho United (states Senate against the seating of David Turpie as a Senator from Indiana. The memorial reviews the proceedings by which it is claimed Turpie was elected, charging particularly that three persons voted for him who had no right to do so. The Democrats vigorously protested against the adoption of tho memorial, and one member in a bitter speech alluded to the Republicans as “the fifty-six cowards on the other side,” to which a Republican Representative responded “You are a liar. ” The Michigan House of Representatives has passed the bill to pay a bounty of one cent a head for tho destruction of English sparrows. The expense is made a county charge, and is payable upon the order of township, village, or city clerk. A. M. Jones, Chairman of the Hlinois Republican State Central Committee, announces himself as unalterably opposed to Mr. Blaine as Presidential candidate. Fifty counties of Kentucky were represented in tho Prohibition Convention at Louisville last week. Judge Fontaine J. Fox was nominated for Governor. Cincinnati special: It has been authoritatively stated that an alliance has been formed between Senator Sherman, Governor Foraker, and Congressman Butterworth, to secure Sherman’s nomination for the Presidency 4n 1888. Tire terms of the agreement are that the nomination for Governor this fall shall bo given to Butterworth, and if Sherman is chosen President Foraker shall bo elected United States Senator. The combination, if it holds together, can overcomo all opposition in Ohio. It is believed at Washington that the Democratic members of the Interstate Commission will be Morrison of Illinois, Grant of Colorado, and Bragg of Alabama.