Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1887 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

The Ohio Democratic State Central Committee have decided to bold their State convention at Cleveland July 20 and 21. There is considerable complaint among the representative Democrats fiom the central and southern part of the State that they should be compelled to travel -the whole distance across the State to attend the convention in the face of the interstate commerce law. The Kentucky Republican State Convention, in session at Louisville, made the following nominations: For Governor, W. O. Bradley, of Lancaster; for Lieutenant- 1 Governor. M. p. Doherty, of Louisville; ■ for AttoYney General, John Felan, of Hopkinsville; for Auditor, It. D. Davis, of Carter. The platform favors Federal aid to education, a protective tariff, and national aid for the internal improvement of rivers and haibors. The President is condemned for refusing to sign the river and harbor bill, as well as for his vetoof the pension bi 11... .New Orleans'telegram: “The piohibition movement which has prevailed so strongly in Texas and Mississippi has reached Louisiana. and is receiving much eneouragemerit from the negroes. A call has been read in all the negro churches in the city for a prohibition convention to meet in the St. Charles Avenue Methodist Church Mav 31 and June 1, for the purpose of effecting a permanent organization of the colored people of Louisiana to break up the liquor traffic.”

Senator Vest called at the White House the other morning for the first time since the seemd-term story was started, says a Washington telegram. The President laughed quite heartily over the Senator’s faux pas in (be various interviews credited to him on the subject of a second term, and remaiked that he knew the story started with the Missouri Senator, because it contained a statement that he never made to any one else but him, and that was “shat no one but his wife would believe him when he said that be was not a candidate for a second term.” After talking the matter over pleasantly both concluded that no .serious harm had been done. ... Upon petition of the Republican members of the Illinois Legislature, Senator John Sherman will deliver a political address in the Capitol at Springfield. June 1. The bill compelling mercantile establishments to piovide seats for female employes passed the Illinois House.