Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-02-13
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
The President Coming South.

lesion, Savannah, Montgomery, Mobile and
New Orleans, and will be accompanied by his
entire Cabinet. The contemplated tour is
undertaken for the purpose of obtaining, as
far as possible, correct idea Of the condition
of the country, and they will be glad to meet
citizens, irrespective of politics, at all points
they may visit
We observe that the officers of the South
Carolina National Guard are taking stepslfor
fitting ceremonies on the occasion of the ar
rival of the party in Columbia, and Cover
nor Moses has signi6ed his intention to enter
tain the visitors on their arrival in that city.
The Credit Mobilier.
The developments ofthe Credit Mobiler
investigation are growing worse and worse,
and show up many prominent men in very
unenviable light The investigation seems to
be conducted without regard to men or the
positions they occupy; and the most damag.
ing revelations yet made are on Vice-Presi.
dent Colfax, who by the testimony Of Oakes
Ames, President of the Mobilier, stands
charged with having received as bribes for
aiding in passing schemes Of the Company
through Congress, several thousand dollars,
besides shares Of stock in the Company. So
grave are the charges against Colfax, that it
has been seriously proposed to introduce into
the House of Representatives articles impeach.
ing him with high crimes and misdemeanors.
1t was to ward off this proposed action by the
House that induced Colfax to ask for spe.
cal committee from the Senate to investigate
his alleged completely in these disgraceful
transactions. Very properly the desired com.
mittee was refused and now Mr.. Colfax is
going to appear by counsel before the regular
committee, he having employed for this pur-
pose, Hon. Robert S. Hale, of New York, an
ex-member of Congress, and member-elect of
the next House. Mr.. Hale has informed the
committee that he expects to prove that the
money alleged to have been received by COL
fax as brbes, came from an entirely different
source, though some days will be necessary to
get up the evidence. 1t is said that Mr.. Col.
fax's bank account shows thatin the year 1868
he deposited nearly forty thousand dollars,
fact strangely inconsistent with his statement
before the committee that he was poor man,
with no income besides his salary, and that he
could not have received the sums alleged to
have been bribes, without remembering it.
Senator ,Pomeroy.
The fact that t:'Senator Pomeroy, of
Kansas, had attempted to secure a reelection
by bribery, and that the exposure of his
scheme resulted in his utter defeat and subse.
quent arrest for the crime of bribery, was pub.
lished last week. The scene in the Kansas
Legislature when the vote was taken, is thus
described:
GAS the vote was being taken in joint con.
vention, Colonel York, member of the Senate
from Montgomery county, when his name
was called passed up to the presiding officer
$1,000 which Mr.. Pomeroy had given him
for his vote. He then detailed the circum-
stances of the transaction in q speech of an
hours length. The effect was overwhelming.
A resolution was passed by the Legislature
thanking Colonel York for his course, and
Ingalls, was Immediately elected. For two
weeks Pomeroy has kept lobby here of all
his Strikers at an expense of not less than
81 500 per day, and has spent probably $780,
900 in the campaign"
Since the arrest of Pomeroy, the Senate
branch of the Legislature has passed con-
current resolution memorializing the United
States Senate to investigate his case and the
House has passed resolution asking him to
resign.
The Franking Privilege.
THE recent act of Congress abolishing
the franking privilege is in the following
words:
"Bea enacted, &C., That the franking priv
ilege be, and the same is hereby, abolished
from and after the 1st day of July, A. D.,
1878, and that thenceforth all official cores
pondence Of whatever nature, and other mail
able matter sent from or addressed to any Of
icer of the Government or person now au-
thorized to frank such matter, shall be charge
able with the same rates of postage as may be
lawfully imposed upon like matter sent by or
addressed to other persons Provided, That
no compensation or allowance shall now or
hereafter be made to senators or members and
delegates of the House of Representatives on
account of postage"
The impression which prevails, that the act
affects the postage on newspapers, and their free
circulation in the county wherein published,
or the free exchange between publishers, is er-
roneous. The effort Of the Postmaster Gen.
eral to secure the enactment of law requi-
ring the prepayment Of newspaper postage
has met with such universal condemnation
that the measure will hardly be pressed any
further. Already are the different depart
ments which have heretofore enjoyed the priv.
ileges of the franking system making out es.
Inmates for appropriations for postage, and as
these appropriations come from the public
treasury, we are at loss to see how this meas
ure is to be of any practical benefit to the
people,
The Greeley Will.
After Mr.. Greeleys death three wills
were produced, the last one having been made
but few days prior to his death. This will
bequeathed the greater portion of his property
to his daughter, Gabrielle, while the wills
formerly made contained bequests for various
public institutions. The trustees of these in
stitutions contested the last will, on the
grounds of Mr.. Greeley's alleged insanity,
and the matter has been a subject of litiga-
tion in the Surrogate's Court, until few days