Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1884 — POTITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POTITICAL.

Gen. Butler arrived in Washington last week and had an interview with the President. He refused positively to state what he intended to do politically during the campaign. His friends, however, assert with great positiveness that he w’ill accept the nominations of tbe Greenbackersand Anti-Monopolists, and make the race for the Presidency. Butler says the statements which have been published concerning his political attitude since the Democratic convention are fabrications of ingenious reporters .... The Democrats of Michigan will hold their State convention at Detroit Aug. 19. The Greenback State Convention will convene at Grand Rapids Aug. 27. Col, John A. Martin, editor of the Atchison Champion, was nominated for Governor-of Kansas by the State Republican Convention at Topeka. Albert H. Horton was nominated for Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court, and W. A. Johnson for Associate Justice.