Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-07-04

again to morrow, and one of the members de.
clares that Parmele will be retained and the
Governor sustained.
And on the subsequent day the following
dispatch was sent from Columbia:
After the adjournment of the board of d.
rectors of the South Carolina Penitentiary
to-day, called upon the Governor to learn
the truth about the proceedings of the board.
1t appears that the certificates of several for
mer members Of the guards at the prison re-
fecting upon Col. Parmele, which appeared
in the local press several days ago, were dis
posed of at former meeting of the board,
and at which meeting Col. Parmele was exon
Grated. At the meeting which took place
yesterday and to-day, letter was read which
had been written to the commander of the
guards by the superintendent, in which the
officer was directed to obey no orders issued
by any single member of the board, but was
to obey and carry out such orders as might be,
from time to time, issued by or through the
superintendent. =
Governor Hampton and majority of the
board think that Colonel Parmele usurped no
authority in issuing the order, and the Gov.
ernor is fully convinced that he not only had
right to issue such an order, but that it was
his duty to do so.
Col. Earle spoke of resigning his position
as chairman and as a member of the board,
but was requested not to do so by the other
members and the Governor as we'll. Nothing
transpired in the meeting which could posi-
bly, be tortured into anything like partisan
action upon the part of Governor Hampton.
The differences between Col. Parmele and
Col. Earle, it seems, are of a personal nature,
ing to do, his duty, as he conceives it, being
to see justice done, and the interest Of the in.
stitution and the State alone regarded.
Ohio State Democratic Convention.
- The Democratic State Convention of
Ohio met in Columbus on the 26th ultimo.
The nominating work of the Convention was
to select a candidate fox Secretary Of State.
Supreme Court Judge, and members of the
Board of Public Works. After these nomi.
nations we're made, q platform was adopted,
which, in general terms, reafirms the plat.
form of July 1877, and proceeds as follows :
Resolued, That an investigation of frauds
committed at the last Presidential election in
Florida and Louisiana ought to have been
made by the Electoral Commission. Its re.
fusal to do so is in violation of the laws under
which it was organized, and gross outrage
upon the people of the United States, and
while the decision as made by the Forty
Fourth Congress of a question as to who
should be declared President of the United
States for the present Presidential term was
in our judgment final, yet that decision ought
not to preclude authentic investigation and
exposure of all fraud connected with the elec-
ton, and due accountability of all who were
guiltily connected Herewith. -...
RESOLVED, That commercial and industrial
stagnation, so long prevalent throughout the
country, and consequent widespread want of
suffering, is due to the pernicious legislation
of the Republican party, etc.
Now, as the Republican party of Ohio puts
forward in their platform, the declaration
that the financial question has been settled,
we deny this declaration. We demand as an
act of justice, as we'll as measures of relief,
the absolute repeal of the resumption act, the
lawful liberation of coin now boarded in the
Treasury, the removal of the restrictions on
coinage of silver and the re-establishment of
silver as money, the metal same as gold, as it
was before the fraudulent demonstration, and
the gradual substitution of United States le.
gal tender paper for National bank notes,
and its permanent establishment as the sole
paper money Of the country, made receivable
for all dues to the government of equal ten
der with the coin amount of such issues, to
be so regulated by legislation or organic law
as to give the people assurance of stability of
currency, and consequent stability of values !;
90 further increase Of the bonded debt; and
no further sale of bonds for the purchase of
coin for resumption purposes, but the gradual
extinction of the public debt by the most
rigid economy, and reduction of expenditures
of all branches of the public service, and
tariff for revenue only. .... ........
Resolved, That the interest of the indus
trial, wealth-producing classes is the para.
mount interest of the people of the United
States. Those whose labor and enterprise
produce wealth should be secure in its enjoy
ment. Our warmest sympathy is extended to
the laboring classes who have been thrown
out of employment by the minions of fnan-
cial policy, and the unjust legislation of the
Republican party. We pledge the Demo.
cratic party to reversal Of that policy, and
restoration of the rights they are entitled to
on its ascendancy to power.
Resolved, There can be no legitimate en-
ployment of the organized force of this coun.
try, except to execute law and maintain pub.
lie peace. No violence should be offered to
obtain redress for any alleged grievance, but
should be repressed at any cost until relief
can be secured by legal methods We con-
gratulate the country on the adoption of q
constitutional pacific policy of local sslfgov.
ernment in the South-so long advocated by
the Democratic party, which has brought
peace and harmony to that section Of the
Union.
The Potter Investigation.
--On Saturday w. M. E. Chandler ap-
peared before the Potter investigation com.
mttee and testified that the following Florida
Republican politicians were appointed to Of
fee upon his recommendation: F. Chum-
phreys (Elector) Collector of Customs at
Pensacola; Governor Stearns, member Hot
Springs Commission j. H. McLin, (Cbair-
man Canvassing Board) Associate Justice
New Mexico; L. G.. Devins, some little Of:
fee; George H. DeLeon, (Secretary to Gov.
ernor Stearns) clerkship in the Treasury !;
Major Phillips (local Republican pelitician)
clerkship in Treasury, now gone to Paris with
Governor Mccormick; Joseph Bowles, (Pre-
cinct inspector Leon county, clerkship in the
Land Office, sent to Florida as timber agent
and then dropped, but reappointed after Den