Political Issues

AÏIONG THE ÏO1ITICIANS. Detroit, Mich., Oct 27.- The campaign la Michigan opened Tuesday evening with a meetinp of Prohibition leaders, who mapped out their course f or the f all work. These Prohibitionists mean business. Every county In the State Is to be thoroughly canvassed, workers are to be sent from headquarters here, and there is to be a weekly report from every township from this time until after the spring elections. Here in Detroit the cold-water advocates will put a full city ticket in the field. New York, Oct 27. -The Republican county con vention'nominated Tueeday night District Attorney Martine for judge of the court of general sessions, and Delancey Nicoll, his assistant, for district attorney. Both are Demócrata. Irving Hall has indorsed these nominationa, and will, it il iaid, vote the entire Republican ticket Washington, Oct. 26.- Civil-Service Com. missioner Ly man is in accord with the views expressed by Mr. Oberly in his letter to the Illinois aesociation. He thinks that politica! organizations made up of those engaged in the public service of the party in power are calculated to defeat one object of the CivllService law - that of Becuring a service in which partisan politics as a trade shall have no place. Washington, Oct 20. -Congressman Kelley, f amiliarly known as "Pig-Iron" Kelley, eays that if the Democrats should introduce the repeal of the tobáceo tax in a scheme of revenue revisión as a separate measure the Bepublicans would accept it, bat if it should be connected with one to reduce the customs duties they will oppose it. St. Louis, Oct 27.- Several members of the Republican State Committee jointly with a number of other prominent and influential Republicans held a meeting yesterday afternoon to talk over the location of the next National Republican convention. After some discussion a committee of twelve leading men of the party, including exSenator John B. Henderson, as chalrman; R. T. Van Horn, of Kansas City, Missouri's member of the Republican National Committee, and R. C. Widdicombe, chairman of the Republican State Committee, was appointed to take charge of the whole matter and do every thing possible to prevail upon the National Committee to select St Louis as the place to hold the next Republican convention. Baltimop.e, Md., Oct 27.- The exciting political campaign in this city terminated yeeterday with the re-election of Latrobe (Dem. ) as mayor by a majority of 4,205. Boston, Nov. 1.- The State Committee of the Butler Independent party nominated a State ticket yesterday afternoon headed by Henry B. Lovering for Governor.