Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1888 — THE POLITICAL FIELD. [ARTICLE]

THE POLITICAL FIELD.

A Columbus (Ohio) special of Thursday to the Chicago Tribune says: Senator Sherman started for Washington last night, alter seeing that his Presidential boom wus well on its way in Ohio, He spent the day in company with many of the distinguished guests who remained over from the banquet. The Blaine letter enthused the Sherman managers, and the fences were placed in what was considered fair repair before the battle for delegates shall begin. The meeting of the Republican State Central Committee was largely' attended. Senator Shtrman graced the occasion with hia presence. The friends of the Senator on the committee were enthusiastic at the present outlooK. Dayton was fixed as the place for holding the next State convention and April 18 and 19 the dates. 'J,he Congressional election in the Eleventh Michigan District, to supply the vacancy caused by the deg,th of Representative Mofffttt, resulted iu favor of Seymour (Republican), who defeated Breen (Democrat-Labor) by a plurality estimated at this writing at from 500 to 1,000. Tho canvass was a hot one. Tho Democrats made a strong effort to reduce the Republican majority and defeat Seymour if possible. The day was bitterly cold and very stormy, the vot9 being very light in consequence. Yery large gains were made by the Democrats in the Upper Peninsula counties of the district Mr. Joseph H. Manley, Chairman of the Maine Republican S.ate Committee and Mr. Blaine’s lieutenant, sail in an interview at Augusta, on Wednesday: “Mr. Blaine’s letter is not to be considered final by any means. He doeß not decline the nomination Or say that he will refuse to head the ticket. He merely announces that he is not striving for the honor, and that the time has gone by when he desired it. No man has a right to ask him whether he will take the nomination or not, and no man has a right to offer it to him now. If Mr. Blaine is offered the nomination by the National Convention I think he will take it. I am in constant communication with Mr, Blaine,” “You say he will not decline

the Domination if it is given to him?* *1 think he will accept It.* ‘What, then, does the letter mean?* ‘lt means that Mr. Blaine will not have his name presented to the convention as an aspirant far the honor. If the convention gets up and demands that he take it he will do so.* A dispatch of Friday, from Marquette, Mich., says: “Seymour’s plurality is less than 200 now, and the official figures will be needed to establish the result Breen, the Democratic-Labor candidate, says he will contest the seat, and that the Knights of Labor will back him up. He claims that there was fraud, intimidation, bull-dozing and ‘boodle’ employed in Seymour’s behalf.” The President sent to the Senate on Thursday the following nomination*: Charles 8. Cary, of New York, to be Solicitor of the Treasury; R. B. Wilson, of Arkansas, to be Register of the Land Office at Dardanelle; Edward G. Spillman, of Dakota, to be Register of the Land Office at Devil’s Lake, D. T.; Henry W. Scott, of Kansas, to be Register of the laud Office at Larned, Kas. The Republican State Central Committee met last week and fixed the date for the State Convention and district caucuses for electing delegates to the National Convention Wednesday, March 21, in Des Moines.