Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1885 — POLTICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLTICAL.

The following appointments by the President are announced from Washington: William W. Rockhill, of Maryland, to beSecretaryoftheLegation of-the. United States to China; Charles Denby, Jr., of Indiana, son of the new Minister to China, to be second Secretary of the Legation of the United States to China; William Dorsheimer to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Martin T. McMahon, to be United States Marshal for the same District; Benjamin F. Jonas, of Louisiana, to be Collector of Customs for the District of New Orleans; E. S. Wilson, of Jackson, Miss, the editor and proprietor of the New Jfississippiaif, to be Receiver of Public Moneys at Evanston, Wyoming; James B. Hayes, of Wisconsin, to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Idaho. To be Marshals of the United States—William L. Cabel, of Texas, for the Northern District of Texas; James M. Liddell, for the Northern District of Mississippi. To be Attorneys of the United Stites—Robert S. Shields, of Ohio, for the Northern District of Ohio; Charles B. Pearce, of Texas, for the Northern District of Texas. To be Postmasters—Mattie K. Chisman, at Hampton, Va.; Bartholomew Tristman, at Marion, Ohio; Thomas H. Beale, at Hamilton, N. Y.; Samuel M. Childs, at Atlantic, Iowa; Horace F. Alexander, at Ludington, Mich.; M. A. Barnett, at Madison, Ind. The President has appointed Edward Duffy Postmaster at Ann Arbor, Michigan; Joseph H. Gillespie, Surveyor of Customs for the port of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Darius H. Ingraham, of Maine; Consul of the United States at Cadiz; James Tanner Lee, of Maryland, Secretary of Legation of the United States to Austria-Hungary; and Nathan B. Gatchel, Appraiser of Merchandise in the District of Buffalo Ccreek, New York. The Prohibitionists of Ohio met in State Convention at Springfield, over 600 delegates being in attendance.- B. S. Higley, of Mahoning County, presided. The following ticket was nominated: Governor, Dr. A. B. Leonard, of Springfield; Lieutenant Governor, Prof. W. G. Frost, of Lorain County; Supreme Judge, Gideon Stewart, of Huron County; Treasurer, John H. Danner, of Stark County; Attorney General. A. T. Clevinger, of Clinton County; Board of Public Works, J. Sf'Tfeville, of Hardin County. The platform dem nds a prohibition amendment and opposes license tax or regulation of the liquor traffic;' says friends of prohibition should not be controlled by either of the old parties, because both have shown themselves subservient io the liquor interest; declares riim power must be vanquished by a new party devoted ' expressly to that purpose; describes the two wings of the great liquor party, one as advocating a license, and the other taxation and regulation Of the liquor traffic, leaving no loyal citizen any alternative except tp join the Prohibition party; favors moral suasion as a means of reform; favors civil-seivice reform; full protection to

th® ballot; wants divorce based on divine law; expresses sympathy for the negro race; opposes violent changes in the tariff; indorses the voters’ union memorial; favors the civil Sabbath, and. recognizes civil government as ordained by God. Lambert Tree, of Chicago, has been appointed Minister to Belgium; Samuel T. Hauser, of Helena, M. T., Governor of the Territory of Montana;, ex-Congressman Stevenson, of Illinois, First Assistant Postmaster General, to succeed Malcolm Hay, of Pennsylvania, resigned on account of ill-health; John E. Lamb, United States District Attoin y for the District of Indiana.