Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1888 — THE POLITICAL FIELD. [ARTICLE]

THE POLITICAL FIELD.

The Democratic members of the House met in caucus at Washington on the Bth inst., and elected the following Congressional Committee: Alabama, James T. Jones; Arkansas, Thomas C. Mcßae ; California, T. L. Thompson; Connecticut, B. J. Vance; Delaware, J. B. Bennington ; Florida, R. H. M. Davidson; Georgia, X. W. Grimes; Illinois, K. W. Townshend; Indiana, Benjamin F. bhively; lowa, W. L Hayes; Kentucky, W. P. Taulbee ; Louisiana, M. D. Lagan; Maryland, Barnes Compton; Michigan, b. O. Fisher; Mississippi, j. M. Allen; Minnesota, J. L. MacDonald; Missouri, James N. Bumes; Nebraska, J. A. Mcbbane ; New Hampshire, L. F. McKinney; New Jersey, William McAdoo; New York, L. b. Bryce ; North Carolina. F. 11. bimoms; Ohio, Beriah Wilkins; houtn Carolina, Samuel Dibble ; Tennessee, Benton McMillin; Texas, W. H. Martin; Virginia, G. D. Wise; West Virginia, C. JB. Hogg; Wisconsin, Thomas R. Hudd; Arizona, M. A. Smith; Montana, J. K. Toole; New Mexico, A. Joseph; Utah, J. T. Caine; Washington Territory, C. 8. Voorhees. A New Obleans telegram says: Ex-Gov. H. C. Warmoth, candidate for Governor of the State on the Rjpublican ticket, has given his letter of acceptance to the presa Ho says that he accepts tbe nomination absolutely without pledges, and that if he is elected his administration will be a nonpartisan one: he will remove no man from office because he is a Democrat, ana will apSoint no man solely because he is a Repubcan. He will continue in office such men as have under the administration proven themselves competent and honest. Hs deprecates the flolor line in politics, and advises the negroes in the parish es that advantageous compromises with the white people should be mi.de wherever possible, even though it necessitates their voting the Democratic ticket. He declares that he believes the coming election will be a fair one, because Governor McEnery has promised it, and General Nicholls, his opponent, has declared ho wanted It. If fairly beaten he says he will gracefully submit, but if defeated by fraud he will resist with all the means and all the manhood he possesses. “The Republican managers who havo been in the city arranging tho preliminary details for the National Democratic Convention have concluded their work and gone home,” says a Chicago special of Saturday. General FitzSimons, a strong Blaine man, was chosen £ergoant-at-arms over Capt Healy, a Sherman adherent Several of the members of the subcommittee visited the Auditorium building and were delighted with the sac litiei which the Auditorium proper will furnish for the convention. They were all thoroughly satisfied with the adaptability of the structure to convention purposes and that it will be the best hall in tho country for that use. Ferd W. Peck, the moving spirit in this great building enterprise, assured the members that work would be prosecuted on the structure night and day from this time forward, and that no doubt need be entertained that it would be ready in ample time.