Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1886 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

The Ohio Legislature re-elected John., Sherman Senator by a majority of twenty-.’

two over Allen G. Thurman.. Democrats of the Maryland Legislature unanimously nominated Arthur P. Gorman to succeed himself in the United States Senate ... The House of Representatives of the Ohio Legislature adopted a resolution appointing a committee to investigate charges made against four members of the present House to the effect that they accepted bribes to vote for Henry B. "Payne for United States Senator while members of the previous General Assembly. The committee was named, consisting of three •Republicans and two Democrats. »

.“I think,” said an influential member of the Committee on Territories, “from what I know of the views of the committee and of the House,that neither Dakota nor any other Territory will be admitted into the Union by this Congress. At a guess I would say that Dakota, Washington Territory and New Mexico will come into the Union about the same time, and that they will be admitted by the Fiftieth Congress.” Washington special: “Representative Curtin, of Pennsylvania, did to-day what he should have done last week, if done at all. He formally declined the honor of being Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency, and his resignation was promptly accepted by the Speaker and the House. For several days he has privately authorized the statement that he meant to throw away the Chairmanship, and his remarks in that connection justified the inference that when he did resign he would say something that would make a scene in the House. But he profited by the advice of cooler heads so rar as to announce his request to be excused in a dignified and courteous manner, merely stating that he had been advised by friends and by the newspapers not to state his reasons for declining the honor the Speaker had been pleased to offer him, but that'he had private reasons of his own.”

President Cleveland, it is said, has instructed the members of his Cabinet to refer to him any Senator or Representative desiring to ascertain the precise reason for removals from or appointments to office,... Gov. Larrabee was inducted into office at Des Moines, lowa, on the 14th inst., the inaugural ceremonies attracting a large concourse. In his message the Governor recommends a strict enforcement of the liquor law, and pledges himself to unhesitatingly use his authority in the matter. The retiring Governor, Sherman, also advises that the statute be rigorously enforced... .Senator Sherman, on arriving in Columbus, was escorted to the Capitol, where he returned thanks for his re-election. Alluding to the necessity of preventing fraudulent voting,, he gave high credit to Samuel J. Tilden for stamping out the Tweed gang and giving New York the best election laws in the world. He also urged legislation to prevent the evils growing out of the liquor trafic.