Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1888 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

General Alger of Michigan, visitedGen. Harrison, Tuesday. Several Terre Haute business men have organized a Tariff Reform Club. The United Labor and the Union Labor parties of Cincinnati have agreed to consolidate. As a result of a political quarrel at Cherokee, la., the postmaster dangerously stabbed State Senator Meservy. President Norvin Green, of the Western Union telegraph Company, has subscribed SIO,OOO to the Cleveland and Thurman campaign fund. Senator Yoorhees opened the campaign for OK Western Indiana Democracy at Terre Haute, Saturday night. He spoke for three hours to an audience of 2,000 people. The New York Republican Executive Committee have received information! that the Democrats are organizing a band of Chinamen to get up a parade and to carry Harrison and Morton banners. Then they would have photographs taken of the procession and scatter them broadcast over the country, and especially over the Pacific Coast. If this is done, it is said the Republicans will get up a parade of British tars for Cleveland, wearing suits made of English flags. The intellectual campaign is progressing. The Young Men’s State Prohibition League met at Indianapolis, Tuesday, and completed the organization. B. F. Watson, of Danville, was elected President, C. L. Jessup, of Friendswood, secretary, H. L. Ritter, Indianapolis, treasurer, H. F. Bullock, of Dana, State Organizer, and a member of the State committee from each congressional district. A constitution was also adopted, which provides for co-operation with the Prohibition party and to be auxiliary to the National League. Representatives of the United Labor and the Union Labor party met at Chicago, Wednesday, to see if a consolidation could not be effected. The United Labor people made various propositions, offering to divide tickets and electors in the various States with the other, but all were refused. The Union Labor men demanded as a basis of compromise nothing less than the complete withdrawal of the United > Labor party’s candidate, without condition, and their support of the Union Labor party. The United Labor committee bade them good-day, and withdrew from the conference. "