Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-07-18
Straps and faets.

state from GQe SllVeTlCeS udNe ucCiucu
to keep their organization intact and
put out an independent ticket.
Within the past few days, what
promises to be terrific rate war has
commenced between the Seaboard Air
Line and the Southern railways. The
Baltimore Steam Packet company has
all along been working with the Sea-
board people, and the Baltimore,
Chesapeake and Richmond Steamboat
company has been working with the
Southern people. The alleged cause
of the trouble is the action of the
steamboat company in invading the
territory of the packet company. The
railroads have taken up the fight with
the result that there have already been
some cuts of 40 per cent. in freight rates,
and the outlook is that this is only the
beginning.
ALI the leading Democratic bank
presidents of New York, says dis
patch of Wednesday, repudiate the
Democratic platform and ticket. E. d.
Randolph, president ofthe Continental
National bank, and a lifelong Demo-
crat, said: ~ repudiate utterly both
the platform and the nominees, and as
far as can Judge from the present cir
cumstances, shall vote for Mckinley,
bitter though it will be to do So" j..
T. Woodward, president of the Han
over National bank, repudiates both
the ticket and platform, but whether
he will vote for Mckinley is not known.
J. Edward Simmons, president of the
Fourth National bank, was one of the
first to repudiate the Democratic ticket
and platform, and to announce his in
tention to vote for Mckinley.
Here are the states the national
Democratic executive committee con-
siders certain of being carried by the
Democracy in November, along with
the electoral vote of each: Alabama,
IL; Arkansas, California, 8; Col
orado, 4; Florida, 4; Georgia, 1S;
Idaho, 8; Kansas, 10; Kentucky, 13 /;
Louisiana, 8; Maine, 6; Maryland 8;
Michigan, IA; Mississippi, 9; Missou-
ri, II; Montana, 8; Nebraska, g.;
North Carolina, IL; North Dako-
ia, 8; Oregon, 8; South Carolina, g;
Tennessee, 12; Texas, Is; Utah, 8;
Virginia, IL; Washington, 4; West
Virginia, 6; Wyoming, 8. Total, 22S.
The number of votes necessary to. a
choice is 224. Illinois, Indiana, Min.
nesota, Ohio and South Dakota, are
placed in the doubtful column but
most politicians consider that the
chances of several of them going Dem
ocratic are exceptionally good.
-Wm. J. Bryan is a Presbyterian
and very pious man. His piety, no
doubt, he owes to his parents. His
father was a judge in one of the Hi
nois districts, and it was his reveren-
tial custom not only to open court with
prayer; but in important cases, before
he would undertake to charge the
jury, he would get down on his
knees and earnestly ask for divine
guidence. On one occasion the
supreme court reversed six of his
decisions in bunch, and shortly after
ward, Judge Purple, who was on the
supreme bench at the time, met Judge
Bryan, and jestingly remarked ::
"Have you noticed that the supreme
court has reversed a half dozen OF
God Almighty's decisions that were
certified up from your court ?" "Yes,"
replied Judge Bryan, "but God AL
mighty was right and the supreme
court was wrong in those cases."
Beginning with the administration
of Washington, in 1889, the ages OF
the presidents, on assuming the oath
of Office, have been as follows: Wash
ington, 81; John Adams, 81; Thomas
Jefferson, So; James Madison, 80; ;
James Monroe, SO; John Quincy
Adams, So; Andrew Jackson, 81;
Martin Van Buren, 55; William Hen
ry Harrison, 55; John Tyler, 81 ;
James K. Polk, so; Zachary Taylor,
65; Millard Fillmore, so; Franklin
Pierce, 40; James Buchanan, IS ;
Abraham Lincoln, 50; Andrew John
son, 81; Ulysses S. Grant, At; Ruther-
ford B. Hayes, 54 James A. Garfield,
40; Chester A. Arthur, 81; Grover
Cleveland, 4S; Benjamin Harrison,
IS. From this list it appears that the
average presidential age is somewhere
between so and SIS years. Mr.. Bryan,
therefore, should he be elected in No
vember, as seems at the present time
most ighly probable, will be about Is
years younger than the average pres
ident.
An attempt was made to assassi-
nate M. Felix Faure, president OF the
French republic, on the Longchamp
parade ground in Paris last Tuesday.
The wouldbe assassin is Frenchman
name Francois. President Faure was
going out in an open carriage to review
the troops. Francois drew revolver
and fired two shots. He was prompt
ly arrested by the police. At first it
was thought that the president had
been killed but it was discovered i'm
mediately afterward that he was unin.
iured. Francois claimed that he had
no idea of injuring anybody; that he
merely fired to attact attention, and
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