Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1887 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

The Republicans of Cincinnati have nominated Amor Smith, Jr., for Mayor, and Gen. F. W. Moore for Judge of the Superior Court The Democrats of Ch’cago have nominated Carter H. Harrison for Mayor, John H. McAvoy for Treasurer, C. F. M. Allen for At torney, and Henry Stuckert for Clerk. The New Jersey House unanimously passed the bill giving women the right to vote for school trustees in school districts. A bill has passed the Wisconsin Legislature awarding life imprisonment to persons who shall have carnal knowledge of girls under 14 years of age Senator John Sherman of Ohio delivered a political speech at Nashville, Toon., before a very large audience, speaking on tho invitation of the Republican members of the Tennessee Legislature. A bill to punish murder by hanging failed of passage in the Michigan House by one vote. Mayor Carter H. Harrison positively declined the Democratic nomination for Mayor of Chicago. New York te’egram: “James G. Blaine’s Western trip is entirely for business and recreation. He wiil visit his daughter, Mrs. Lieut. Col. Coppinger, at Fort Wichita, L T., and will put in a day at least in Chicago. ”