Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1900 — The Polirical Pot. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The Polirical Pot.

Yates clubs are organizing all over Illinois. Rockford. 111., traveling men have organized a McKinley Club. Indiana friends of Fairbanks will booio him for President in 190-1. Republican congressional committee headquarters will be in Chicago. Hawaiian* have agreed to join neither the Republicans nor the Democrats. James R. Keene has bet $7,500 to $lO,000 that Bryan will be the next President. Webster Davis says polities are uncertain, and no one is exp«'eto<l to keep promises. The Ohio House has adopted a resolution urging Congress to pass a per diem pension law. Alabama Democruta in Gen. Wheeler’s district have called n convention for July 3 to select Gen. Wheeler’s successor. Philadelphia Convention hall only lacks the decorations. Otherwise it is ready for the Republican national convention. lu Ohio bequens to the State and to political subdivisions have been exempted from provisions of the collateral inheritance tax law. Democratic nominees for State offices in North Carolina art* touring the State in a body. They are ipaking their hardest campaign in the eountids where there is most opposition to the pending constitutional* amendment disfranchising the negroes. Massachusetts lawmakers want a higher salary, and fifty-five memls'rs of the House have put themselves on record as favoring a bill to make the coni ism-sat ion SI,OOO. The Senate gave a majority for the bill amended, to take effect at the next Legislature. Following in a list of the Stall's which by action of their legislatures have ap proved election of Senators by the jieople: Nevada. Utah, Washington, Wisconsin. Wyoming, North Carolina. Montana. Arkansan, Idaho, California. Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, lowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Ixurisinna, Michigan. Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hamp shire. North Carolina. North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, and Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Missouri. Texas and New Jersey are among the States wbitdi have taken no action. There are indications of a lively presidential campaign.in Delaware. Warrants hare been issued for two Republican lead era at the request of two rival Repq)*li can leaders In Kent County, thy charge being the use of money In elections. The Young Men's Republican Chib of Oklahoma has been organized at Kingfisher by 100 of the young party worker* of the territory. Tbe object of the organization la to promote good fellowship among active young Republican* by giving a banquet on Washington's birthday, of eaoh year. It was decided to hold the flrat banquet at Guthrie.