Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-09-23
POLITICAL NOTES.


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POLITICAL NOTES.
- Massachusetts, has one hundred thousand
voters disfranchised because they are too poor
to pay The poll tax.
- Official returns from all the counties in
Arkansas except FIVE, give Churchill, Dem
ocrat, majority of $4,000 over all parties
for Governor.
- Lieutenant Governor A. j. Ransier,
colored, of Charleston, has written to Hon.
NJ. P. O'Conner, announcing his purpose to
vote for him and to induce as many Republi-
cans as possible to follow his example.
- Col. j. R. Winston, of Greensboro, has
announced bimself as Greenback candi-
date for Congress in that district. In the
same district the Democratic and Republican
parties each have a candidate
- Acklen, of Louisiana, bolted the nomi-
mating convention. the other day, which
chose Gen. j. S. Billiu for Congress. The
New Orleans Picayuns hopes that under no
circumstances will Mr.. Acklen ever be per-
mitted to appear upon the floor of Congress
as representative Of any portion of Louis
lana.
AN Augusta dispatch of Monday night
gives the following as the latest summing up
of the election in Maine: Election returns, so
far as received, give Governor Davis plu'
rally of about 200 votes. There are still
several towns and plantations to hear from,
and there are some discrepancies in the re-
turns received by telegraph which make it
difficult to ascertain the exact result Of the
election. 1t is evident, however, that the
vote is close, and it is quite probable that only
the official canvass of the returns will decide
who is elected.
- The contest in Georgia for Governor
between Gov. Colquitt and Mr.. Norwood,
both Democrats, has become very bitter. and
their respective friends are much excited. At
Macon last week, says the Messenger, 'for
two hours the Governor of the State of Geor-
gia was jeered at, hissed at and insulted in
the grossest manner. To such an extent was
this carried on that Hon. A. O. Bacon, him
self Norwood man, called upon the crowd
to remember the Governors high official
position, and to behave themselves in accord
ance with the demands of common politeness
and hospitality. 1t was all in vain, however" +"
- The constant wall of the Radical Ma
tional Executive Committee for more money
is something surprising. That the Republican
party has far more wealth among its men,
bers than the Democratic party is universally
conceded, while the assessment of Office hol
ders, even to female clerks and the scrubbing
brush brigade, is an open scandal. And yet
it is an open secret that the party treasury is
empty. Is it that the astute capitalists fore.
see defeat and refuse to squander money fruit
lessly, or is it that immense sums are required
to check the Democratic flood tide ? Either
hypothesis makes bad showing for the par
ty of moral ideas.
- The Alabama Greenbackers have re.
tired apparently from business. They have
determined not to put an electoral ticket in
the field. Representative Lowe, Of the
Eighth District of Alabama, who was elect.
ed two years ago as a Greenbacker, has de-
termned not to be candidate again, as he
foresees overwhelming defeat The split
among the Louisiana Republicans, which
resulted in the sending of two delegations to
Chicago, has increased in bitterness. The
wing representing the supporters of General
Grant threaten to put up a second electoral
ticket. There are already two State commit
tees, each claiming to be regular. With two
electoral tickets in the field, the Democratic
majority in Louisiana would be simply over
whelming.
Virginia politics are still in a muddle.
A dispatch from Richmond under date Of
Friday last says "The Conservative Com
mittee considered last night the Readjusters'
proposition providing for a primary election
to settle the electoral ticket question, and at
1.3O sent communication to the Readjus-
ters' committee, in which they agree to the
primary election plan, but propose modi-
cation of details 80 as to provide that only
white qualified Democratic voters shall be al
lowed to vote in the primary. This PROPOSE
ton, after brief consideration, was rejected
by the Readjusters, who decided to adhere to
their original proposition, which provides
that all registered voters, whether they have
paid the capitation tax or not, who may
pledge themselves to support Hancock and
ENGLISH. shall vote at the primary election"