Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-29

an effort to relieve itself of the odium which
attaches to the corrupt and thieving southern
State governments. Hence the protest now
made by the chief fuglemen of Grant in this
State-Orr Corbin, Sawyer, ct i'd on,ne &C.
nus-against the nomination of Franklin j.
Moses, Jun, the preeaniaent bribe taker in a
General Assembly whose only idea of legisla-
ton is job. This nomination the admins
tration at Washington cannot sustain and
live. Once it appears to the people Of the
United States that Grant favors the election
of F.; j. Moses, Jun, he will have burden to
carry in the Presidential race which he can
not support and hope still to keep pace with
the seven-league boots of the philosopher of
Chapaqua. Its to help Grant, therefore, that
the bolt, led by James L. Orr, has been made.
Judge Orr, one may charitably suppose, is
actuated also by a sincere desire to rescue the
State from the clutches of the robbers, into
whose hands he has been largely instrument
tai in throwing her but the handspring of
the movement, and, doubtless, the only mo-
tives of Corbin and Sawyer-for what do they
care for South Carolina ?-is to help the great
Military Mogul at Washington in the No.
vember election. - "n.. ..
THE MOSES TICKET
Is composed as follows: For Governor F. J.
Moses, Jun, the present Speaker of the
House of Representatives, and the great bribe
taker of that infamous body, who swindled
the State out of upwards of 100000 in the
purchase and alteration of arms for the mil
itia; stands booked for s11 900, received as a
bribe to prevent Scott's impeachment; has
issued over 81 zoe, 900 of bogus pay certificates
during the last session Of the Legislature, and
committed various other acts of fraud and
villainy "too numerous to mention"
For Lieutene lt-Governor, R. H. Gleaves,
colored, of Beaufort; hitherto unknown to
fame, except as ballot-box stufer in the last
election, for which he was tried in the United
States Court, and escaped only because the
Jury made a mistrisi. His two fellow Com
missioners 'Langly and Williams, we're con-
victed, and have since been pardoned by
Grant. 10.
For Attorney General, Samuel W. Melton,
who needs no introduction to the people Of
York. H, would make capital Attorney
General, or anything else, on good ticket ;
but he can scarcely be expected to leaven en-
tirely that mass of corruption with which he
has allowed himself to be mixed. He could
have been Governor on the boilers ticket, and
there is where he properly belongs.
For Secretary Of State, H. E. Hayne; now
colored Senator from Marion-one of the
corrupt set, but not so bad as Moses.
For Treasurer, T. L. Cardozo; once believ-
ed by most white people an honest colored
man. but now shown to be in collusion with
Parker, and as deep in the mire in every way
as the others are in the mud. He disobeyed
the instructions of his constituency in voting
for Moses, and moreover has acknowledged
himself a partner with Neagle and others in
the 100000 swindle perpetrated upon the
stockholders of the Greenville and Columbia
railroad, in the matter of the Continental
Telegraph purchase.
For Comptroller-General, S. L. Hoge /;
whom every body knows as the prince of car
pet-baggers.
For Adjutant and Inspector General, H.
w. Purvis; a negro and hanger-on Of the
Ring.
For Superintendent of Education, J. K.
Jillson, the present incumbent.
R. H. Cain, (daddy) has been nominated
for Congress from the State at large.
THE BOLTERs
Have not yet completed their nominations.
Reuben Tomlinson, Quaker from Philadel-
phia, and quondam State Auditor, has been
selected for Governor. He has very fair
record as to integrity.
Judge John T. Green, Of Sumter, has been
nominated for Attorney-General. He is an
excellent man. The other nominations will
be made to-day.
The white people have determined to have
nothing to do with either party until further
developments. The bolt may possibly be in
tended merely as sham show of opposition by
Grant to Moses. When the administration
speaks authoritatively we will know, and not
before then.
The Liberal Republicans and Democrats
will put out an electoral ticket for Horace
Greeley, but no candidates for State offices.
They desire to give the Radicals an open field
for State reform, for this is the only hope we
have any way. The boilers swear they will
consolidate with the Moses crowd if the Dem
ocrats put out State ticket, and they are
doubtless telling the truth when they say so.
Hal