Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1887 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

Tm Republican members of the In- ! diana Legislature held a joint convention at Indianapolis on the .'ld inst, Seven He- ! publican Senators declined to nttend for fear of expulsion by the Democratic Senate. After (he adoption of a resolution reciting the illegality of the election of Mr. Turpie as United States Senator, a committee of live was appointed to maki an investigation and prepare a memorial of contest to be presented to the j United States Senate, .. A bill in the line ,of the Interstate Commerce bill has been' introduced in the Texas House of Representatives. It requires railroad companies to jH>st their rates, and prohibits changes without due notice. It also contains a "long and short hand" prohibitory clause,... I The bill graining suffrage to women, j j passed by the Washington Territory Legislature in lKs'i, pas been declared unconstitutional by the Territorial Supreme Court. I . . . . The Pennsylvania Senate has passed ] the bill providing for the submission of the | prohibition amendment to the State Consti- I tution to a vote of tbe people. CoxTJtAKY to their intention, the Indiana Republican legislators held no joint convention on tbe 4th inst., and in consequence the Senatorial strug.le was brought tic) an end. Speaker Sayre will refuse to sign Turpie’s certificate of election, and ! the Secretary of State will refuse to attest | it.. The Alabama Senate passed, by a vote j of 26 to 1, a joint resolution providing for ] subn: tting a constitutional amendment prohibiting tbe liquor traffic to the people at the next general election.... After n prolonged debate in the Texas Senate, a bill passed prohibiting dealing in futures in that State under a penalty of a heavy fine and imprisonment in the county jail six months, each day the business ; is conducted to constitute a separate offense. The bill will pass the House, ill spite of a powerful lobby working agnihst it...... The New Mexico j Legislature lias passed an act providing for a strict quarantine stock law, and restricting the admission of cattle from other States and Territories. . .Ajointresolution passed the Colorado Legislature requesting President Cleveland to appoint under the interstate commerce bill one commissioner from the section west of the Missouri River and east of the Rocky Mountains. . A BHJi has been introduced in the Dakota Legislature appropriating $150,000 to purchase seed grain for needy settlers whose cjops were destroyed by drought last year .. . .Speaker Carlisle has. written n letter to Representative Randall, in which it is understood he expresses the entire inability of the tariff; reformers to accept the internal revenue features of the bill prepared by, the protection Democrats, and their desire for a much larger reduction in customs duties than the bill contains. The. Speaker then, in behalf of his wing of the party, advances propositions upon which to unite the party in favor of a bill to reduce the surplus revenue....A caucus of Republican Senators was held last week to consider the policy to be pursued with regard to a reduction of the revenue. No conclusion was reached.