Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-10-14
Mr. McElwee, that they had decided to max

Mr.! McElwee, that they had decided to make
county nominations and recommended = the he
following:
For the Senate-Jonathan N. McElwee,
Jr. For the House of Representatives.
James Dillingham;, Baxter Bales, Russell
Hope, Albertis Ratchford. For County Com
rnuissioners -Robert NJ. Wallace, Jss w: "A.
Hartness, j, c. Poag,
Before the question was put of adopting the
report, Mr.. Hope stated that while his sym.
pathies were with the party, and he should
labor for its advancement, yet under the cir
cumstances of having large family depend
ent upon his exertions. he could not spare the
time necessary to devote to canvass. lie,
therefore, begged that his name be withdrawn
The committee then retired second time to
select name to substitute for that OF Mr..
Hope, and reported that tbey-had selected as
such substitute j. W. Whisonant. The orig
inal report, and the report substituting Mr..
Whisonant fer Mr.. Hope, were then adopted.
Mr.. Jonathan N. McElwee then addressed
the meeting accepting the nomination. He
discussed recent State legislation, which ne
condemned, demanding fair play for all par
ties and light taxation. He then charged
upon the Legislature wasteful disposition of
the phosphate beds, for which the State re-
ceives but 81 per ton royalty, and tor which
the people pay, after it is manufactured, S4O
to $50 per ton-an imposition upon the peo-
ple demanding reform. He said the people
of the State had been taxed by the Legisla-
ture to pay $1,000 towards building the mon
ument at Kings Mountain, which was wrong
He then denounced corporations generally,
and said, whenever the Legislature incorpo'
rated body of men into an association 1t
meant that they were, going into the pockets
of the people The Citizens Savings Bank
was cited as an instance, when he referred to
the different rulings of Judges on the same
points, in consequence Of which conflicting
opinions he himself had lost lawsuit that
was in litigation seventeen years. The State
had lost money in the Limestone Springs,
Catawba and Broad river Improvements, and
he had lost $500 invested in the Kings
Mountain Railroad after that company was
chartered. His theory was to do away with
all interpretations which are only created to
rob the people. He then went into discus
sion of the financial questions before tho coun'
try, advocating the doctrines of the Green
back party, which he said knew neither Re
publican or Democrat, and he claimed to be
as good Democrat as he ever was.
When he took his seat, the meeting adjourn
ed sine diie.
POLITICS IN GREENVILLE.
A meeting of the Radical party was held
in Greenville on Saturday last, in the inter
ests of Garfield and Arthur, Republican
nominees for President and Vice. President of
the United States, and Absalom Blythe for
Congress. In calling the meeting to order,
United States Deputy Marshal William
Kennedy, the County Chairman, took occa-
sion to announce that no State ticket would
be run by the Republicans. On the previ'
Gus day, County Republican Convention
was held in the Court House, for the purpose
of nominating county ticket. Before pro-
ceeding to make nominations, the proceedings
of the Greenvile G-eenback Convention
were read by ]. B. Hyde, when the Republl-
can Convention
Resolved, THAT the Greenbackers having
agreed to vote with US, and we with the Green.
hackers, that we endorse the Greenback tick
ct US far as it goes, and that John B. Hyde
and VIM. B. johnson be placed in nomina-
ton for the Legislature and David R. Speer
for Probate Judge" 1t was also moved and
carried that John P. Scruggs be endorsed
as an Independent candidate for Sheriff.
subsequently. a fully ticket was nominated,
headed by Judge T. H. Cook as all independ'
ent candidate for the senate. The ticket in.
cludes FIVE Greenbackers, three Radicals
and two so.called Independents.
CHESTER FAIR.
Attention is directed to the advertisement
of the second annual fair of the Chester Ag.
ricultural, Horticultural and Mechanical
Association, which will begin in Chester
on the 18th instant and continue four days.
Every effort will be made to render the Sec
ond exhibition of this society success, and
the managers confidently believe it will in
many respects surpass the fair of 1879. As
will be seen, the railroads will give reduced
rates of fare to those attending, and trans
port articles for exhibition free of charge.
CHURCHES NEXT SUNDAY.