Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-03-25
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,o4.Speaker SndFleS T. CiiSp VIII hoee
in Joint debate on the silver question,
in Augusta, next Tuesday. The prob
ability is that all of the railroads will
run special exclusions and that there
will be an immense crowd present to
hear the debate.
This is the centennial year of the
Democratic party. The party came
into existence as national organiza,
ton in 1896. 1t was founded by
Thomas Jefferson, who was the candi-
date of the party for president in that
wear. Jefferson called it the Republi-
can party; but in its first national
campaign the organization was called
the Democratic Republican party by
the masses. The Tammany Hall 50.
ciety of New York, which was in ex-
istence at that time, has ever since re-
tanned the name Democratic-Republi-
can organization.
- The senate committee on privileges
and elections has made favorable
report on the amendment to the con-
stitution providing for the election of
United States senators by the people.
The report is quite voluminous, and
recites many reasons why it would be
better to have senators elected by q
popular vote than by the respective
State legislatures. To become part
of the constitution, the amendment
must pass the senate and house and be
ratified by the legislatures of two
thirds of the States. Public sentiment,
however, seems to be pretty general in
favor of the change.
The resolution to censure Ambas-
sador Bayard for the speeches he
recently delivered in England and
Scotland against Republican policy was
the principal matter before the house
of representatives last week. The
resolution was the occasion of some
spicy debates. 1t finally passed by a
vote of 1S0 to II. Five Democrats,
among them Congressman Latimer, of
South Carolina, voted for the resolu-
ton. 1t was said some time ago, that
Ambassador Bayard had threatened to
resign in case of the passage of the
resolution; but it has since developed
that the report was without foundation.
At Ladonia, Tex, last Friday, a
party of 20 highly respected ladies
went into the railway station room of
the Santa Fe railway and severely
cowhided DR.. Hancock, physician
who had recently located in the town.
The ladies first demanded that he quit
prescribing whisky, leave town and
promise not to return. Upon his
refusal, dozen whips were drawn
and 500 lashes were administered.
The doctor left for Honey Grove.
Quite crowd gathered in the room
while the thrashing was going on,
and the excitement was intense. 1t
is reported that a warrant will be
sworn out for the arrest of the ladies
who participated. The same ladies
entered a notorious resort about
week ago, prayed for the proprietor,
and pleaded with him to close up his
place Of business.
No denial is made in Washington
official circles of the fact that direct
negotiations with Great Britain re-
specting the Venezuela boundry dis
pute. have been resumed by our state
department at the point where they
were left by the exchange of notes of
Secretary Olney and Lord Salisbury of
last July and last November respect
lively. Lord Salisbury had the last
word, according to the published cor
respondence, and the sending Of the
special message to congress by Presi-
dent Cleveland, had the effect of de-
laying response to Lord Salisbury's
note; but did not relieve our state de-
partment of the necessity of fulfilling
the obligation to reply eventually. 1t
is believed in Washington that not
only has this response been made; but
other exchanges have followed, princi-
pally through the medium of Ambas-
sador Byard, at London, and that once
more the negotiations are running
along in excellent temper, with fair
prospects of a satisfactory termination.
ALL the old and worn subsidiary
silver coin of the United States will
soon be replaced by the new design
adopted in 1892. The progress being
made in that direction by the United
States mints is most encouraging to
treasury officials. For some years
past efforts have been made by the
treasury department to keep the sub
sidiary silver coin in good condition.
With this view appropriations have
been obtained from time to time to
reimburse the treasury of the United
States for the difference between the
face value of worn subsidiary silver
and what they would produce when
transferred to the mints for recoinage.
Since 1890 the amount OF such coin
of worn and uncurrent and subsidiary
coin transferred by the treasury to the
mints for recoinage has amounted to
S29, 9,642, 1884. The value of the same
in new subsidiary silver coin is $685.
535,745, showing a loss by wear of
S1,106,63S, which was reimbursed to
the treasurer of the United States from
appropriations made by congress for