Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1886 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

A Washington telegram says: “It is now whispered that the real cause of the resignation of Assistant Secretary Smith, of the Treasury Department, was his unwillingness to be guided by President Cleveland in his civil-service views. It is said that a delegation of civil-service reformers from Boston and New York went to Washington and preferred chatg.es against him. The delegation consisted of Richard H. Dana, of Boston, and Silas Burt aud William Potts, of New I’ork, Mr. Potts being the Secretary of the Civil-Ser-vice Reform Association of New York. The charges Were preferred and ft demand made that Mr. Smith be ordered to halt in his manner of conducting his business in the Treasury. Mr. Cleveland, was in a predicament. Smith was Samuel J. Tilden’s friend. He tried to patch it up with the Assistant Secretary, but to his surprise Smith said he would resign before he would be dictated to. This nettled Cleveland, and he said ‘resign,’ " The .Democrats of the First Congressiotaal District of Indiana have nominated John M. McCullough for Congress. The Republicans of the Second Indiana District pominated Rev. M. S. Ragdale for Congress. George T. Barnes was unanimously renominnted for,. Congress by the Democratic Convention of the Tenth Georgia District. The Democrats of the Fifth lowa District have renominated Hon. Ben T. Frederick for Congress. The Democratic Congressional Convention of the Fourth Mississippi District renominated T. C. Catchings by acclamation. The Republicans of the Sixth Kansas District nominated E. J. Turner, of Sheridan County, Secretary of the State Board of Railroad Commissioners, to succeed Congressman Handbaek, on the hundred and ninetieth ballot... .Warren County, Mississippi, including Vicksburg, gave a majority of three thousand against hibition. _ . - __