Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-10-07

Cal. There was majority of one vote tor
Governor, the two candidates for the shrieval-
ity are tied, and the school superintendent was
elected by one.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
4 Southern Pacific Railroad.
-The Washington Chronicle has at least
a kind word for the South in combating the
objection raised in New York to the building
of Southern Pacific Railroad. Says the
Chronicle
"a New York paper wants to know what
is the necessity for another Pacific railroad
The present one being in the interest of New
York, aud entire y under its control, why
should there be another, says the pethoric
Gothamite We will state what we think
the necessity is. The tendency Of the South
ern road, which will produce development
of Southern seaports, and give life to the
Southern country, must inevitably be the
creation of a better sentiment for the Union
than now exists in the South. Therefore,
even if New York must divide, poor thing,
and let others live commercially, we are in
favor of Southern trans-continental rail-
road, with its western terminus at San Diego,
and its eastern at Potomac City, Norfolk,
Charleston, Port Royal Savannah, Bruins
wick, or Fernandina-any Of these, so that
the South is helped"
North Carolina Convention.
- An ordinance providing for separate
public schools for black and white pupils was
passed, only three Republicans voting against
t-viz. two colored members and Thorne,
white, delegate from Warren county. Thorne
is carpetbagger, and represented Warren
county in the last Legislature, from which
body he was expelled on account of alleged
in6delity.
The vexed question of the Robson county
contested seats was recommitted to the com.
mittee, who are empowered to make thor
ough examination into the matter.
An ordinance to reduce the number of
State Senators in the Legislature from fifty
to twenty-five, elected warm debate and op-
position by delegates of both parties.
An ordinance was adopted requiring that
no convention shall hereafter be called until
such call shall have been ratified by ma
ority of the voters of the State at regular
election; and that no amendments to the
constitution by the Legislature shall become
laws until adopted by three-ffths of both
houses of the General Assembly, and ratified
by majority of the voters Of State.
The Convention was occupied the greater
part of Monday in the consideration of the
public debt question, the discussion occurring
upon motion which, should it prevail, will
utterly repudiate the special tax bonds. No
vote was reached. The Raleigh Ne,cs says
there is great diversity of opinion in the
convention as to what shall be done with the
question, and number of members of both
parties are for open repudiation of that por-
tion of the States Indebtedness included in
the above-named bonds.
Massachusetts Republican Convention.
- The Republican State Convention of
Massachusetts met in Worcester on the 29th,
and adopted the following platform:
Tile Republicans Of Massachusetts, in con-
vention assembled, reafirm their allegiance to
the great purposes and principles of the Re-
publican party. -.
They congratulate themselves that nothing
in their record makes it necessary for them to
give pledges that they accept and will abide
by the settlement of the war issues made III
the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments to the Constitution of the United States
and they congratulate the country that the
Democratic party has at last formally pro-
fessed to abandon its long, bitter and desper:,
ate, but unavailing, struggle to prevent and
afterwards overthrow that settlement.
They declare against the third term that
the National Government is sacredly bound
iu the interest of the common welfare, In
good faith and in the light of all experience
and history to fulfill its promises by the speed
lest possible return to specie payments; that
an irredeemable currency is national evil,
and when it continues beyond the necessity
of its creation, national reproach.
On the third ballot Alexander H. Rice was
nominated for Governor, when the rest OF the
ticket was nominated by acclamation, as fol-
lows: For LieutenantG Governor, Horatio u.
Knight; State Treasurer, Charles Endicott
Auditor, Julius L. Clark Attorney-General,
Charles r. Train; Secretary of State, Henry
B. Pierce. After the appointment OF the
State committee the convention adjourned.
The President Speaks.
- President Grant, in response to call,
made speech at Des Moines, Iowa, on the
10Th ult., synopsis of which is thus report
ed:
Recalling the days when his hearers had
suffered together to preserve Government
which they believed to be worth fighting for
and even dying for, he said, we will not deny
to those who fought against US any privilege
under the General Government which we
claim for ourselves Oh the contrary, we well
come all such to help build the waste places,
and to perpetuate our institution against all
enemies, as brothers in a common heritage
But we are not prepared to apologize for the