Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-30


cations to himself and those around him, his
duties to the State, aud his duty to the Union
which our fathers. in the original Thirteen
States. formed and cemented with their blood
! the Union, which. under Democratic guidance.
shall be the home of liberty and of progress
and of comfort for all those who, by birth or
! by choice, have the privilege to be called Amer
: ican I'D frccmel.
JAMES +. IZLAR, Chairman.
! G.. ID. BRYAN, j. OTEY REED,
! G.. w. CROFT, JNo. B. ERWIN,
! ID. p. SOJOURNER, G. }. &. HUTSON,
! f. b. GARY. GEO. JoHNsToNE,
! Z. B. MURRAY, E. ST.. G. SINKLER,
, WM MUNRO, r. Z. TODD,
! VILE JONES. GILES j. PATTERSON,
! r. SToBo FARRow, JNo. ". WILLIAMSON,
J. F. RHAME, J. u. McLUCAS,
: WM. ELLIOTT, JOS. II. EARLE,
! +. w. DAWSON.
| THE VOTE on THE COUNTY QUESTION.
! The table of majorities OH the new county
movement affords subject for contemplation,
when the facts connected Herewith are taken
| into consideration. 1T seems that three or
four gentlemen prominent in the politics of the
State. held caucus and determined to spring
the question suddenly at the extra session of
| the Legislature. The Governor of the State
! in accordance with their wishes recommended
/ the submission of the Amendment to the Con-
! StitutiOn reducing the area of counties. The
Democratic members to the General Assembly
met in caucus. 1t was urged that though the
! Representatives. were opposed to the new coun-
! ty movement, that there could lie no objection
! to allowing the people the opportunity to vote
| on the subject. Under this plausible argu-
| ment, nobody ever doubted but that an honest
and fair expression by the people was de-
sired The resolution submitting the question
was adopted-and by rule of caucus, all the
I members were bound by their act, and in the
General Assembly the vote was unanimous
! 1t was not discovered untila few weeks before
| the election that the Executive Committee
who are supposed to be fair and just to their
Democratic brethren, determined to force the
amendment on the people against their will.
! This WAS to he accomplished by furnishing
! tickets for the affirmative side, and refusing
! them on the negative side. When noise was
made about the unfairness, the Committee
proposed to hush it all up by promises to COM
/ ply with the wishes of the people. With an
apparent show of fairness, and in response to
demands for proper tickets, the negative tick
| cts were sent to some of the smaller counties,
! but in counties like Abbeville and York, they
| were withheld although they were specially Or
dered to send them.
| These are believed to be some of the prelinl-
mary facts, and 60 to show our people the ne
! ccssity of being on the watch even against the
Vaccinations of our own leaders. The county
! business from first to last seems to have been
engineered by bosses, and not by the people III
open and frank discussion.
The result of the election shows that in the
very section, it was pretended in open secrecy,
the new counties were to benefit, has voted
against the movement. 1t was contended
! that by the adoption of this movement, new
Democratic Senators would I've elected from
the up-country, who would control the Radi
Gals in the low country. The vote shows that
the up-country voted solidly against it, and
the low-country voted for it,
In no county where the newspapers called
proper attention to the matter was the amend
mendment adopted.
The country papers before the election indi
Gated, with almost unerring certainty, the way
! in which their respective counties would vote,
and this goes to show how nearly the press of
the State may represent popular sentiment.
The people are beginning to think for them
! selves, and in their recent vote, they haYe in
dicated an individuality Of opinion and an in
dependence of action which must forever be a
warning to preSumptuOuS bosses who would
! dictate to Il free people how they should vote.
Although the whole machinery of the party
was brought in use against them, and although
the official power of our leaders was against
: them, yet they have voted against the amend
ment.-Adberille Press and Banner.
y
THE SPEAKERsHIP.-Mr Carlisle is frank
! and sensible enough to attempt no bashful con-
cealment of the fact that he is in the race for
the speakership Of the Democratic House. He
counts upon the support of the South and
West. The Democratic members from Ken
tucky, Tennessee, Indiana and Ohio will, he
thinks, give him their solid support, and in his
opinion they will be REINFORCED by majority
of the other Southern and Western members
of his own side of the House. This pens Mr.
Randall up to the Middle and Eastern States
No doubt it is somewhat premature to attempt
any very nice weighing of the strength of these
rival candidates, but it seems to be already
settled that the contest lies between them and
as they represent opposite schools of thought
upon some of the most important questions
which are likely to come before the Forty
eighth Congress for discussion and possible
settlement, it cannot be a matter of indiffer-
ence to the country which wins. Nobody can
doubt that with Mr.. Randall as Speaker the
committees would be made up in way very
different from that in which Mr.. Carlisle would
make them up. and men of both parties who
are favorable to the cause Of revenue reform
would hardly hesitate long to declare their
preference for the member from Kentucky.
Mr. Carlisle is probably too sanguine about
the comparative strength and efficacy of his
backing. lie forgets that Mr.. Randall has
powerful ''interests'' behind him, and will not
he wholly dependent upon his party for sup
port.-Ner York Times.
TAKING A BROAD VIEW OF TIT is no.
table fact that the result of the recent cleo
tlOnS receives nowhere any sectional interpre-
tation. This may in part be attributed to the
fact that the Democratic representation in the
next Congress is divided about equally be-
tween the Northern and the Southern States.
The largest and richest States of the North
are III the Democratic column. 1t would be
useless To pretend that any quarter OF the
country will exercise any dangerously prepon-
derant influence Oh legislation. 1t is as graf
flying as noteworthy that in all the rejoicing
to which their victory has given occasion the
Democrats of the South as well as the North
have INDUCED in no unseemly eXnltation, but
have manifested an adequate sense of their
new responsibility. Baltimore Sun.
ANOTHER LINK IN THE LINE.--On Tues
day last, Mr. Schoteld, representing the Chi |
cago, Cumberland Gap and Carolina Railway, !
submitted to our Town authorities PROPOSE |
tion to the following purport That to dis
charge the Edgefield and Trenton Railroad of
its present encumbrance of debt in the shape |
of mortgage to the Town of Edgefield he !
would deliver to them a reasonable amount of !
Bonds of the c. c. and G. r. r. This matter /
was considered by Council, and they have |