Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-10-04
POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS.

-"Burying the spoon" is what the Spring.
field Republican calls the amnesty which
some Southern newspapers seem disposed to
extend towards Governor Butler in his can
ditlacy for the Presidential nomination.
In the Democratic Convention of Mas
sachusetts last week, Ben Butler was renom-
mated for the Governorship by all the ele-
ments opposed to neutrality-suspicious..
He will be hard to beat.
Concerning Ben Buffers Democracy,
Senator Bayard made the following declar-
alton last Friday: Nothing ever said by me
could possibly be construed into an APPROX,
al or toleratiOn of Gen. Buffers political
action, nor willingness to see public power
entrusted to his hands"
Hart B. Halton is the Republican nomi-
nee for Governor Of Maryland. He is a
prosperous farmer and member elect to the
next Congress from the Fifth District. AT
the election last fall his majority over Chap
man, Democrat, was ,536; two years before
Chapman's ma jority over his Republican
opponent was 1,7S6.
A writer in the New York GlO0e COM
plains that most Of the colored ottice-holders
in Washington hold menial positions. After
office hours they are expected to 90 the
''chores" of the Republican white bosses.
The same correspondent says that Seantor
Hampton has done more for colered men
than any Republican.
In the next Congress there will be 325
members of the House, instead OF 2!'3, the
membership of the last House. The Eastern
States have the 50 they had in the House,
the Western States 100 instead of 81; the
Southern States have 12l instead OF lOG.
The Democrats will have majority OF G4,
or twice the new members. There will be
1914 Democrats in all. The East sends II,
the West 81, and the South 1Ol.
- Senator Voorhees,, of Indiana, modestly
announces that he is not candidate for
the Presidential nomination. He believes
ex-senator Mcdonald is the coming man.
He comedies the old ticket has much of its
former strength, but does not think it will
be pressed. Mr.. VOORHEES, regards Demo-
cratic victory in 1884 as certain. He thinks
the question of the tariff will not be as i'm
portant an issue in the coming race as 1t
was in the last, the 'positiOn OF the party on
that question being clearly defined and ac-
cepted."
- Senator Mcdonald, of Indiana, in an ad-
dress at Hamilton, Ohio, Tuesday, declared
himself in favor of tariff for revenue, with
such incidental protection only as would
result from just and equitable adjustment
of the tariff for revenue purposes, holding
that protection should be the incident and
not the purpose Of the law. Whilst hold
ing to these doctrines, Mr.. Mcdonald fur
ther declared that he believed in reaching
the necessary reform by such measures as
will not unduly disturb the business of the
country.
The Democratic State Convention Of
New York met at Buffalo, on Thursday and
organized temporarily, with Alfred c. Chap
in, of Kings county, as Chairman. Commit.
tees were appointed and recess taken.
The usual contesting delegates from New
York city were present and their claims
were referred to the committee on creden-
tials. AT the evening session the committee
on credentials reported in favor of admitting
from New York county 3S members of the
County Democracy, "A of Tammany Hall
and 10 of Irving Hall. Almost without de-
bate and protest from only one ofTamma-
ny's members, the report was adopted and
the previous question having been ordered
by a vote of 2S0 to 93.
THE GREAT EEL CATCH IN CATAWBA.-
The eel boom continues and there were
several wagons on the streets from the Ca
tawba river yesterday. The fishermen say
that the recent rise in the river which en-
ables the yeels to swim up the stream in
schools, isthe cause of the remarkable catch.
One farm er near RozZell's ferry caught $500
eels in three days and put them all in a
compost heap, thinking that there was more
money in them as manure than there was
as Il marketable article. The Catawba Is