Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-02-16

Straps and faets.
A novel suggestion as TO the posi-
bility of obtaining a national basis OF
compromise between the advocates Of
the gold standard and their opponents,
is being advanced by Mr.. W. S. Har.
bert, of Chicago, says dispatch. The
plan is for a circulating medium con-
sisting of coin certificates payable half
in gold and half in silver-a 50 certii-
cate, for example, to be redeemed by
81 in gold and 81 in silver coin. If the
relative value of one metal should
diminish, the value Of the other, ac'
cording to Mr.. Harbert, would rela-
lively increase, and the value of the
certificates payable in both metals
Jointly would be substantially unaffect-
ed. The height of the fulcrum of the
scales not being disturbed by the rising
of one arm and the lowering of the
other.
- Armour is beginning to show signs
of annoyance as the result of his big
fight with Joseph Letter. A Chicago
dispatch of the 9Th instant tells this
story: In a wheat settlement yester.
day, Letter gave one of Armour's bro
kers check for 100000 on the
Illinois Trust aud Savings bank, of
which Armour is a director and the
largest stockholder. When the check
came into Armour's hands he rushed
to the bank and said to the president
and cashier, who were together ::
"What the deuce do you fellows mean
by lending him money on security :?
Don't interrupt. I don't care if they
were gilt.edged or not. You are lend
ing him money to fight me-" The
cashier replied: "Just before the bank
closed Saturday, Letter deposited S6,-
100000, and, of course, we are always
ready to receive deposits" Armour
gasped, and all he could say was /:
"Well, you don't say SOP"
- Providence Journal: William NJ.
Evarts, who passed his S0th birthday
on Sunday, has had remarkable ca.
reer. He is said to be the only law
yer who ever secured single fee Of
half million dollars, though that is
not the most interesting facti his long
history. He defended President John
son at the time of the impeachment
charges, he helped seat President
Hayes in the executive chair, he was
counsel for Beecher in the Tilton case,
he represented the United States in
the settlement of the Alabama claims,
he was secretary of state under Hayes,
and in his later years he entered the
senate from New York state. 1t is
pathetic to read of him now; blind
and feeble, confined to his bed for
weeks at a time and unconcerned in
the affairs of the world about him.
But doubtless he has had as much en-
joyment in his long career as most
men, and certainly he has had his
share of reputation and honors.
"A Washington dispatch says that
today the house expects to enter upon
the consideration of the bankruptcy
bill, which the majority of the judi
ciary committee has reported as SUBJ
stitute for the Nelson bill, passed by
the senate at the extra session last
summer. Under the orders made, the
bill is to be debated today, tomorrow
and Saturday of this week and voted
upon next Monday at 4 o'clock, p. m.
The substitute, which the minority
contend, practically is the old Torrey
bill, including both the voluntarily
aud involuntary features, will be op-
posed by the united Democratic and
Populist opposition but if there is no
appreciable detection from the ranks
of the majority, the measure will pass.
The Democrats and Populists are both
favorable to the passage of voluntary
bankruptcy bill but have always Wig
orously opposed the Torrey and other
bills including an involuntary feature,
claiming its purpose is practically to
create law for The collection of debts.
- The Washington correspondent OF
The News and Courier, writing under
date of last Friday, says: "Senator
Tillman's pet measure in behalf of the
dispensary law was kicked to death
today by the judiciary committee
through the medium of an adverse re-
port. 1t has been known for some
time that the committee was against
the bill, and for that reason no special
attention was given to the recent hear
ing before the committee by Senator
Tillman and his friends. The COM
mittee divided equally on the bill
which passed the senate to amend the
Wilson law, and as the bill did not get
a majority there can be no favorable
report. This action means that it will
he allowed to die in committee. This
bill, it will be recalled, was designed
to get around the original package de-
cisions of the courts and those by
which the present plan of controlling
the liquor traffic in South Carolina is
declared to be beyond the police pow
er of the state. 1t is understood that
the failure of this bill to become law
means straighout fight in South Car.
olina for prohibition, with the support
ers of the dispensary lining up on the
prohibition side"
A Boston dispatch of last Saturday
gives the cotton mill strike situation as
follows Today completes the fourth
week of the cotton mill operatives