Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-07-03
POLITICAL.

The prosecution of the fourteen women in
dctcd with Susan B. Anthony for Illegal vo-
ting, has been abandoned by the Government.
The Connecticut State Senate has elected
George G. Woodruff Sidney B. Beardsley, and
John j. Pcnrose, Judges of the Superior Court.
The House elected Judges Dwight, W. ParGce,
and James Phelps of the Superior Court, to
the Supreme Court Bench.
A proposed amendment to the Ohio Consti-
tuition, forbidding the Legislature to pass any
usury laws, has been indefinitely postponed 10y
the State Constitutional Convention
A decision has been rendered by the SUI
preme Court of Ohio to the effect that School
Boards have the right to exclude the Bible
from the schools, to exclude singing and re-
lgious exercises and that the Court has no
| authority to interfere with their discretion in
| the exercise of this power.
| Green Bay (Wis.) telegram of the 23d
says the forest fires in Northern Michigan had
| been eXtinguished by soaking showers Up
| wards of forty persons had been burned, and
| many were drowned in the lake at Michi-
| gammi while trying to escape from the flames.
| The sufferers were well cared for, and sup
| plies were pouring in from all quarters.
The Republican State Convention of Iowa
| which met at DcsMoines on the 25th, organ
| lied by choosing Hon. J. p West, of Henry
| County, as permanent President. 4 motion
| for the denomination of Governor Carpenter
was carried unanimously. Hon. Joseph by
| sart, of Tama, was rcnominated for Lieuten-
ant-Governor, and Col Alonzo Abernethy, for
| Superintendent of Public Instruction. The
Hon J. NJ Beck was renomnated for Supreme
Judge by reclamation. Resolutions were
adopted declaring in favor of cheap transport
alton, and that the State should control every
| franchise it grants; approving of the action of
the late Congress in ferreting out and expos
| ing corruption; dcnouncing the back pay
steal; in favor of political reform; and dselar-
ing devotion to and confidence in the Republi-
can party.
Senator West, of Louisiana, has written a
letter on the political situation in that State,
| in which he says that the future
| salvation of Louisiana, her emancipation
from disorder, debt and disgrace, the progress
of her material interests, and her restora-
ton to all her former greatness and still fur
Their adrancement where needed reforms
may be Effected, is in the unifcaton of all
who profess Republican principles, and can
| those who entertain them. He expresses the
| opinion that no new election will be
ordered in Louisiana bv Congress. Advices
from the leaders of the McEnery party in
| Louisiana say that if there is to bc a new cleo
ton IL that State, they desire it to be exclusive
| ly under the control of the Federal Govern
ment, and assert that if Gov. Kellogg and his
associates are allowed in any way to control.
or even intermeddle with it, the friends of Nc
Emery and the opponents of Kellogg will have
nothing to do with the election
Captain Neidig, of the Cedar Rapids Repu5-
lican, has been elected Chairman of the Re-
publican Central Committee of Iowa.
| A joint resolution, censurng the recent
| Congress for its action in raising the salaries
| of its own members, has been passed by the
| Lower House of the New Hampshire Legisa-
/ ture.
! Senator Matt H. Carpenter delivered a
| lengthy speech at GAINESVILLE, Wis, on the
evening of the Goth, in defense of the action
| of the late Congress on the increased salary
question