Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-23
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greeted with enthusiastic applause, the
cheering at times being in the nature
of an ovation"
The Populist of Kansas have nom
mated William A. Harris to succeed
William A. PETER in the United States
senate. PETER, it will be remembered
is the man who succeeded John J. In
gals, and of whom so much sport has
been made on account of his long
whiskers. Harris was at one time
congressman at large from Kansas, and
is now a member of the state senate.
He is an ex-Confederate and so-called
'silk-stocking" farmer.
- The committee of the Georgia leg
islature which has been investigating
the charges against Judges Reese and
Sweat has made a report adverse to
impeachment. The charges against
Judge Reese was drunkenness in Office,
and the principal charge against Judge
Sweat was insulting ladies. The COM
mittee did not think that the charge
against Reese had been sustained; but
a few members were of opinion that
Sweat had been to say the least, rather
indiscreet.
A Washington telegram says that
Mark Hanna succeeded in insuring
Republican control of the senate dur
ing the extra session. The under
standing all along has been that the
senate would be under the control OF
the Free Silver Democrats and Popu-
lists, and these would not submit to
any tariff legislation except with a
free silver rider. But now it is an
nounced that through the manipulation
of Hanna, three gold Democrats have
gone over to the Republicans, giving
that party majority of one vote.
- They had lively time of it in the
town of Dycusburg, KY, last Wednes-
day. On the Saturday night previous
fifty masked men called at the country
home of Rev. William Fox, a Baptist
minister, and ordered him to come out.
He was charged with paying too much
attention to married women, Instead
of coming out of the door, he jumped
out of a window and fled to dense for
est. The mob fired upon him several
times; but he escaped unhurt. When
Fox's parishioners heard of the affair,
they threatened to burn the town, and
the town authorities at once put on a
large force of guards. The matter is
not yet settled.
- Senator Butler of North Carolina,
has been downed. He undertook,
sometime ago, to defeat Pritchard, Re-
publican, for reelection, and did all he
could to keep the Populist forces uni
ted to that end. But the effort came
to naught. There was bolt in the
Populist caucus, and on joint ballot in
the general assembly last Wednesday,
Pritchard was reelected by majority
of three over all. Buffers principal
antagonist is Colonel Skinner, who, it
is claimed, will now become the leader
of the "middle of the road" Populists,
while Butler will speedily become a
back number.
- The trainers of the Oklahoma d.
vorce law had an eye to business. 1t
hasjust developed that there is pro-
vision in this law to the effect that
even after a divorce is granted, it does
not become effective for either party
until all costs, no matter against
whom assessed, are paid. Oklahoma
has for several years been one of the
Mecca's of eastern couples, seeking re-
lief from irksome matrimonial ties, and
it now appears that in several hun
dred cases no costs have been paid.
1t has been decided that in all those
cases the DEGREES will be annulled.
Quite number of the divorced peo-
pie have remarked, and will thus be-
come bigamists.
Senator Canon of Utah, intro
duced in the senate on last We'd
nesday, the following as substitute
for the rather indefinite Republican
proposition for an international none
tary conference That within ninety
days after March 4, 1897, the president
of the United States shall invite the
leading commercial nations of the
world to appoint representatives to an
international monetary conference to
convene on or before October 10, 1897,
at such place in the city of Washington
as the President may designate; and
also within said ninety days after
March 4, 1897, the President shall ap-
point FIVE commissioners to represent
the United States at such conference,
the duty of which the United States
commissioners shall be to urge the
adoption by said conference of a'plan
for the free and unlimited coinage Of
silver and gold at some ratio ranging
between Is and 16 to l, by the nations
represented at such conference.
"A dozen United States senators
were elected last Tuesday. They in
cluded Platt of New York, Fairbanks
of Indiana, Gallinger of New Hamp-
shire, Vest of Missouri, and Teller Of
Colorado. The most notable election,
perhaps, was that of Teller. 1t will be
remembered that the Colorado senator
bolted the national Republican conven-
tion at St. Louis on the silver question.
With tears in his eyes the patriotic old
man told the convention that he could
no longer affiliate with party that
was against the manifest interests Of
the people. He did not become a
Democrat exactly but in the last
campaign he worked heart and soul
for Bryan. 1t was limited sometime
ago that on account of his action, the
Republicans of Colorado would proba-
hlu hl rather slow ahnnt returning him