Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1887 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

A Lansing (Mich.) official dispatch to the Chicago Daily News says: Members of the Legislature ascribe the wonderful vote for prohibition to the efforts of the women at the polls. Surprising stories are told of how they stood in line snatching ballots with “no” on them from the hands of passing voters, substituting “yes” ballots, and following the ticket up to the ballot-box to see that the voter did as they wished. They were very successful with men of intemperate habits. Representatives who acted as inspectors of election at borne witnessed numerous cases where saloonkeepers and their friends voted for prohibitum. The act of the New York Legislature appropriating $550,000 for the improvement of the canals has become a law without the Governor’s signature. The result of the Rhode Island election held on Wednesday, April 6, is as follows: John W. Davis (Dem.) is elected Governor by 973 majority. Thore is no election for Lieutenant Governor or Secretary of State. Ziba O. Slocum (Dem.) is elected Attorney General by 2,518 majority, and J. G. Perry (Dem.) General Treasurer by 2,009 majority. The majority against the woman-suf-frage amendment is 15,123. The vote for Lieutenant Governor was: Honey (Dem.), 17,285; Darling (Rep.), 15,915; Kimber (Pro.), 1,858. The Senate stands: Republicans, 19; Democrats, 12, and there was no election in five cases. The House will comprise 27 Republicans and 33 Democrats, with twelve districts yet to be beard from. An election for Governor and other State officers, as well as Senators and Representatives in the State Legislature, was held in Rhode Island on Wednesday, April 6. A Providence telegram thus reports the result: Davis (Dem.) has a plurality for Governor of probably 1,500, together with the rest of the State ticket, except the Attorney General, which is still in doubt. According tothe late returns from tho State the House stands 27 Republicans and 20 Democrats, and the Senate 18 Republicans and 10 Democrats, with four cities and towns to be heard from. Resolutions of sympathy with the efforts of Gladstone and Parnell to Becure the rights of Ireland were adopted by the Legislatures of Delaware and New Jersey. Murat Halstead is said to have received from Whitelaw Reid a letter asserting that James G. Blaine moist stand aside and John Sherman must be nominated for the Presidency. The vote on the prohibition amendment in Michigan was very close. A Lansing dispatch says: “The exact figures on tho prohibition amendment are still unknown. Published reports give the major.ty against it from 1,550 to about 0,000. From several counties the reports are conflicting, iu some cases varying 500 to 600 votes, and tho official returns will be needed to Bettlo which is correct The prohibitionists do not yet concede thoir defeat” Another dispatch from Lansing says: “The returns announcing the defeat of the prohibitory amendment are generally accepted as correct here, and measures to regulate the liquor traffic will be brought forward in tho Legislature. One of these measures is copied from the localoption law of Georgia. Another is a copy of the Ontario Scott act. It is believed that no legislation will be accomplished except such as will perfect the existing tax law.” The high license bill was defeated in tho New Jersey Assembly. The election in Rankin County, Mississippi, was carried by the Prohibitionists.

Congressman Springer, in a long interview in a Washington newspaper, favors the renomination of Cleveland. E. L. Pugh of Alabama, a son of the Senator, has been appointed to a clerksh p oj the Interstate Commerce Commission. Michigan Prohibitionists claim that their recent defeat at the pells was accomplished by fraud. A Detroit telegram says: The prohibitionists are working vigorously to establish their claims of fraud at the polls. A new tack was taken this morning in the matter of accumulating evidence of fraud. The following sign posted on the front of headquarters explains itseif: “Wanted—The names and addresses of all ‘ yes ’ voters on the amendment. ’’ It is proposed to take the names of all persons ili Detroit who voted “yes" and compare the number with the official returns. It is believed that this method will reveal a large discrepancy. The Legislature of Rhode Island comprises fifty-six Democrats and forty-six Republicans. A l’rovidcnco telegram says: The Democrats carried tho new elections for Senators and Representatives in Newport and East Greenwich Saturday, and tho Republicans secured one member in Warwick. Tho Legislature now stands: Senate—Republicans, 19; Democrats, 15; no election, 2. Houso—Republicans, 28; Democrats, 41; no election. 3. On joint ballot—Republicans, 47 ; Democrats, 56; no election, 5. The Democrats have already one more than enough members to elect their candidates for Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, Sheriffs. State Auditor, District Judges, etc.