Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-01-17
Straps and facts.

Chill and Argentina and has been in
progress over q year. Chill has just
sent an army to the frontier and her
action is looked upon as a pretty
strong earnest of war. If war does
break out the probability is that it will
involve alsa Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador,
all against Chill.
The National Democratic Executive
committee is in session in Washington.
The principal question under consid-
Grafton is the place of meeting for the
National Democratic convention. St.
Louis, New York and Chicago, are the
principal bidders. St. Louis, it will be
remembered, has already captured the
Republican convention, and the under
standing is that her chances for secur-
ing the Democratic convention are
very good.
Governor Morton, of New York, is
looming up as prominent candidate
for the Republican nomination for the
presidency. New York will vote for
him from first to last, even in the
event of deadlock. 1t is claimed
that he already has 100 votes pledged
for the first ballot, and his managers
are busily securing the country for
more votes. They want it distinctly
understood that his candidacy is no
joke.
- The Washington Star has publish
ed interviews with a number Of Dem
ocratic congressman on the political
situation. Congressman Strait ex-
presses himself as follows: "My opin-
ion is that the free silver men will not
support another Democratic candidate
for president unless he is favorable to
silver. The South and West ought to
organize their own Democratic party,
put up candidate for president, and
vote for him. If they cannot do any
thing else they can send their repre-
sentatives and senators here who will
hold the balance of power"
The sword and handouts worn by
John Brown were bought last week by
James Elridge, of Hartford, Conn.,,
from Daniel Lizer, Of Wabash, Ind, for
S51. The relics have been in Lizer's
possession for many years, and he had
no intention of parting with them.
Mr.. Elridge heard of the relics and
tried hard to buy them, and finally
Lizer wrote that he would take $50 for
them, thinking this wonld prove an
effective bar to further efforts, for their
possession. But the Hartford man
last week sent check for $51 to the
mayor of Wabash, with Mr.. Lizer's
letter, and the latter, much against his
will, stood by his offer.
Recent developments make it
appear that all probability of war
between the United States and Great
Britain is now at an end. When the
trouble first came up, the understand
ing was that Lord Salisbury positively
refused to have anything to do with
anything looking to arbitration. Now
comes the story that the British cabi-
net has decided to publish all the
official correspondence in the case,
and the British papers that are looked
upon as official organs of the govern
ment, are printing mildtoned, friendly
editorials praising the magnanimity Of
the American people, and portending
anything else than war. One of the
individuals arrested by the Transvaal
government recently, was a prominent
American, and Secretary Olney has
requested Joseph Chamberlain, the
British secretary of state for the
colonies, to use his influence in behalf
of leniency for the American. All
these things taken together, make it
look like Great Britain and the
United States have not the least idea
of going to war with each other.
Augusta Chronicle: In his cotton
facts, just published, Mr.. Alfred B.
Shepperson, the we'll known authority
on cotton, points out the fact that
while an increased price now would
probably greatly increase the acreage
Of the new crop, it is also true that an
increase of acreage in the new crop
will not only mean a big crop and low
prices next fall, but would have the
immediate effect of reducing the price
for the remainder Of this season. He
says further: SIN view of all the
circumstances, it looks to me as if the
commercial crop of 1856 cannot be
less than 6,500,O00 bales, while the
greater probability is that it will reach
100000 bales with probability Of
even more. In view of the general
outlook, I do not think there will be
during this season any serious scarcity
of cotton for the requirements of the
worlds spindles-certainly not any
such scarcities as would send prices
to point which would justify the
American cotton growers in increasing
their present acreage in cotton at the
expense Of a reduction in food and
forage crops"
- In his recent letter to Senator
Caffrey, President Cleveland said "No
banker, financier, or any other human
being, has been invited to Washington
for the purpose Of arranging in any
way or manner for the disposition Of
bonds to meet the present or future
needs of the gold reserve" The pa
pers had been charging that the presi-