Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1888 — THE POLITICAL FIELD. [ARTICLE]

THE POLITICAL FIELD.

Ihe Kansas Prohibition Convention assembled at Topeka and elected the following delegates to the National Prohibition Convention to be held in Indianapolis, Ind., in June: ExGovernor John P. St John, of Olathe; M. V. B. Bennett, of Columbus; Mrs. Fannie Ilastall, President of the Kansas W. C. T. U.; and tho Rev. A. M. Richardson, of Lawrence. A convention for the nomination of a State ticket was called at Topeka on June IS. A motion to include an anti-monopoly plank in the platform of the party was discussed at length, but was lost. A recennt dispatch from Harper, Kan., says: Great excitement prevails throughout Harper County on account of bitter feeling between tnis town and Anthony over the contest for the county seat. In the last election Harper received a majority of 300 votes, The candidates were given certificates, but the Anthony rivals are contesting the election on the ground of fraud and ballot-box stuffing in this city. Last Tuesday evening too citizens of Anthony held a mass-meeting in the Council Chambers, and, after passing a series of very belligerent resolutions, proceeded to organize a Winchester rifle club. The Anthony papdr is taking an active part in the matter, and the news of the developments reached hero to-day. Hundreds of men have offered their services to defend Harper’s people and property. The outcome is a matter of livoly speculation.