Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-09-18

cool weather will check it.
A later dispatch from Atlanta says the
above report is not exaggerated. Within a
few days over fifty men have died in an ex-
clusively rural population, mostly young men.
Those attacked with it suffer horribly, the
tongue turning black and swelling to double
its size, and the blood oozing from the mouth
and ears. After death the bodies become
spotted and discolored. The course Of the
disease is run in few days. The greatest
alarm and distress prevail, and the disease is
steadily spreading. The physicians pronounce
it spotted typhus fever.
Corruption in Maine.
- The Augusta, Maine, correspondent OF
the New York Herald depicts in the follow"
ing language the means adopted by the Be-
publicans for carrying the State of Maine in
the election on Monday of last week:
Beyond the argument on the stump, distri-
button of political literature, bulldozing of
employees and United States pensioners, the.
Republicans employed a lever which was
more powerful and effective than all the
others combined, namely, money. They evi.
IDENTIFY had large fund, and they expended
it judiciously and to the best advantage. 1t
was raised at home, and the national commit
tee gave permission to the State committee to
draw upon it for as large sum as might be
necessary to buy the State. All Republican
State and national officials were assessed FIVE
per cent. on their salaries, while all the candi-
dates were :mercilessly bled to raise an i'm
mense corruption fund. One of the mail
route agents on the train from Bangor TO
Portland was assessed $42 so on his salary of
SO! 0, and suppose he paid it, for he is still
running on the train, and that would not be
possible had he refused. A country post
master in this district, with salary of $45,
was forced to disgorge 1925 as his share of
the fund. Voters we're bought in this city
like sheep in the shambles, and the same was
true in other cities and many Of the larger
towns in the State. The price paid for votes
varied and was somewhat smaller than in
former years. am told that S5, $40, $l5
and $40 were paid, and in some intances $25
and $50, and even as high as $45 we're paid
for a single vote in the close districts. The
buying was carried on to some extent on both
sides, but the Republicans had fund fifty
times as large as their opponents, and easily
outstripped them in this race. 1t is an en-
couraging thought that after next year, if the
biennial constitutional amendment be adopt,
ed, as now appears to be the case, the moral
sense of the people will not be offended by the
disgraceful spectacle of vote-buying but once
in two years.
The New York Democratic Convention.
- The Democratic State Convention of
New York met in Syracuse, last Thursday.
and adopted a platform reasserting the prin.
ciples of popular liberty laid down by the
founders of the Republic, holds to the Con.
stitution and the rights Of the States under
the Constitution, and opposes the tendency of
the Republican party to Capitalization and
consolidation. It declares that this Republic
is nation to the extent and for the purposes
defined in the Constitution, but that the
Democrats will resist all attempts to trans
form it into an Empire. 1t deprecates the
efforts of the Republican managers to revive
sectional feuds, demands honest elections and
an honest count, and says: "Never again, by
fraud or force, shall the popular will be set
aside to crafty unscrupulous partisans." 1t
condemns the use Of Federal patronage to in.
Auence elections, and expresses shame and
sorrow at the disgraceful reputation of all
the professions of civil service reform by the
Executive and its supporters. 1t favors gold
and silver as the constitutional money of the
country, but condemns the speculative meth
ods Of the present secretary of the treasury,
the favoritism shown by him to particular
banks and syndicates, and the extravaganza
permitted in connection with his refunding
schemes. 1t condemns the action of the Pres
ident and the Republicans in Congress with
regard to the questions debated in the extra
session, and declares that the Democrats will
continue to uphold the system of untrammel.
ed suffrage absolutely free from Federal force
or supervision.
After the adoption of the platform, the
Convention proceeded to make nominations.
Samuel Hand, Of Albany, presented the name
of Lucius Robinson, which was greeted with
cheers, hooting and Kisses. G. W. Brooks, of
New York, put in nomination Gen. Henry
W. slocum. [Great applause.] After speech
es against the nomination of Robinson by F.
Grady, of New York, and ]. Mcclure, which
were frequently interrupted by Kisses and ap.
plause, Mr.. Cowan, of Albany, presented the
name of John G. Jacobs, the chairman Of the
Convention, and asked the secretary to put
the question of his nomination by acclsma-
ton. There was an almost unanimous re-
sponse of ayes, and long continued cheering,
after which the secretary declared Mr.. Jacobs
nominated. The latter, however, declined to
accept, and decided that the nomination was
informal and irregular. Great confusion and
excitement ensued, but at four o'clock, when
quiet was restored, the roll was called for a
vote. After twenty had voted for Robinson,
the Tammany delegation withdrew, and the
remainder of the Convention nominated Rob.
inson by 243 to 81.
After the withdrawal of the Tammany del.
eeation, and the nomination of Lucius Rob.
inson for Governor, the Convention took a
recess until 7.3O P. NJ, and upon reassem-
bling completed the ticket as follows: For
lieutenant governor, Clarkson N. Potter, of
Westchester for secretary of State, Allen c.
Beach; for comptroller, Thomas W. Olcott;
for State treasurer, James Mackin; for attor.
ney-general, A. Shoemaker, jr.
A resolution was offered to unseat the Tam.
n,onv Ielooates who had bolted. and admit