Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-11-13

starting of the enterprise. The colon.
has 1863 acres of fine land, on which
crops of wheat, tobacco, etc, may be
produced. President Smith, of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad
promises to aid the enterprise.
- More than $4,000 persons will
directly or indirectly, draw pay from
the city in the first administration o
the mayor of Greater New York. The
salary Of $4,000 of those whose names
will be actually on the city's pay roll
will aggregate 100000. Parts OF
this amount represents the salaries and
patronage of the aldermen but this is
comparatively small, most vf the total
representing the patronage OF Greater
New York's first mayor, Robert A.
Van Wyck. A conservative estimate
of those who will draw pay directly
from the city, through city contracts
and the like, is $4,000. Mayor Strong,
at the time the great city charter was
passed, referred to this force as equal
to, if not exceeding, the actual number
of all officeholders.
Kansas City Times: Not the least
among the consequences Of the recent
Democratic landslide is the withdraw
al of the brilliant and gifted Waiter
son from the ranks of the opponents
of Democracy. His frank acknowl-
edgmentiu The Courier-J Journal of No
vember 8, of the victory of the party
to which he gave loyal and useful SER
vice during the vigor of his youth,
wise counsels in the years of his ma
ture manhood, and from whose army
he separated himself during the strifes
and excitements of 1896, and his &C
quiescence in its results indicate that,
after all, pride of opinion has been
subjugated by love for :arty associa-
tions. He had rebelled. He has been
conquered. He has laid down his
arms. He will fight the battles of Re-
publicans no more.
- Boston Herald 1t is singular that
in the search for parallel 10 the death
of Henry George, the instance of Dan,
iel Webster has not been mentioned.
There is no perfect parallel to MIR.
Georges death. Some of our exchang-
es have gone so far as that of Horace
Greeley to seek it, though Mr.. Greeley
died after the voting was all over.
Daniel Webster died at the height OF
the campaign of 1852, when there was
a ticket of elections in nomination for
him in Massachusetts, to which he had
assented, if not test of his strength,
with view to lessening the vote OF
the regular Whig candidate for the
presidency. He was not living when
the vote was taken but the ticket was
kept in the field, and was supported
BY those who put it there, after his
death.
- The New York Journal of last
Sunday publishes all alleged recently
discovered manuscript purporting to
be the report of Pontius PLATE to
Tiberius Caesar, with reference to the
condemnation and cruci6xion of Jesus
Christ. The manuscript is alleged to
have been discovered in the Vatican
at Rome, and the gist Of it is that
Plate recognized the innocence OF
Jesus and would not have suffered
him to be crucified, had it not been
for the fact that he was short Of troops
in the city at the time and was afraid
Of rebellion. The story is all ingen-
ious one and may be true. 1t is moth
ing more than has been before suggest
ed by different eminent writer's; but
as to whether the alleged manuscript,
is genuine, there is reason for the
gravest doubt. Indeed, notwithstand.
ing the sarredness of the subject, the
probability is that the whole story has
been manufactured merely for the pur-
pose of catering TO The Journals iusa.
liable craving for the sensational.
- The possibility Of war with Spain
continues 10 he an absorbing subject
north. The members of the stock eX.
changes have been giving attention to
the matter for weeks, and at times il
has looked as if most of them had
really COTTON themselves to believing
that war is certainly. The New
York Stock Exchange even went SO
far a few days back to to recon.
mend extensive coast defense opera
tions along the southern seacoasts.
This talk went abroad and created
echoes there. The officers of the
United States navy are also getting
wonderfully interested. A large per
cent. of them have never seen hos,
tile shot fired, and they are anxious for
an initiation. But despite it all, as to
whether there is really any danger OF
war is doubtful. Senor Sagasta, prime
minister of Spain, few days ago, gave
out that the idea of seeking pretext
for war with the United States was far
from the mind or desire of the Span.
iSh government. 1t is probable thai
he is sincere. Most of the war talk
on this side is from stock and produce
gamblers, who hesitate at nothing
when they think they can make q
dollar.
- Anderson Advocate: Since the
election of Judge Van Wyck as mayor
of Greater New York, some of the pa
pers claim him as native of South
Carolina, and The State has published
a short sketch of him by a lady u