Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-06-16
Scraps aud faets.
. Admiral Schley has been frequent

ly mentioned in connection with the
Democratic nomination for vice-presl-
dent on the ticket with Mr.. Bryan.
But Admiral Schley is not in politics.
The Richmond Times publishes let
ter from him in which he says that be
is not acquainted with the duties of
any political Office, and that he will
not accept nomination. He goes on
to say that even if elected vice-presi-
dent without his knowledge or conni-
vance during his absence, he would
not serve.
John Wannamaker has q little
complication with the government
over a contract for 100000 yards of
Khaki for army uniforms. UP to two
wears ago the government bought all
the Khaki it wanted for 19 cents.
Some months ago Wannamaker offered
to furnish 100000 yards at % cents.
This was the lowest bid, as Messrs.
Meyer & Goetze, the firm that had
previously been supplying Khaki, had
Jumped to "a cents in the belief that
they had a monopoly. 1t is claimed
that Wannamaker's goods do not come
up to specifications and hence the
hitch.
Says w. E. Curtis in the Chicago
Record: General Wheeler is again,
after an interval of 80 years, an officer
of the United States army and brig
adler general at that. He graduated
at West Point in 1859 and in 1861 re.
signed his commission in the Second
cavalry to enter the Confederate army.
He is the first man with that record
to be restored to the regular army, and
it is supposed that he will be placed
on the retired list very soon, for he will
be 81 years old next September. Hav-
ing received this appointment, Cen
eral Wheeler expects to retire from
political life and will not be a candi-
date for congress.
General Otis gives an account of
the situation in the Philippines that
sounds plausible. He says that the
war has been over for several months
and that the situation is as peaceful
as it has ever been, even before the
first great uprising against the Span
iards. For instance he claims that
there is no longer Filipino army !;
nothing but armed bands of robbers
who live by looting the peaceful ma.
tives. This has always been common
and Spain never troubled herself much
about trying to protect the law-abiding
natives from such plunderers. The
United States government is trying to
exterminate these robbers and that is
about the extent Of the "wss" at this
time. 1t is quite probable that what
General Otis says is pretty nearly so.
The robbers, of course, have better
status, under the circumstances, than
previous to the war.
- The navy department has COM
pleted the preparation of circular
calling for bids for supplying armor
plate in the navy, and it will be ready
for issue as soon as some of the typo
graphical changes have been made.
For the first time the department has
adopted the policy of classifying the
armor. The advertisement calls first
for the highest quality face-hardened
armor, treated by the Krupp process.
The second class is composed of armor
of generally less thickness than class
one, used in places where the require.
ments are not so severe, and in this
case the ordinary Harveyized armor
will serve. Glass three will be made
up of thin plates, bolts, nuts, etc., ma
terial not requiring any kind of har.
dening process. The new circular re-
ouires the armor makers to supply
armor of the very highest grade.
Under that clause, if there are i'm
provements in production tending to
enhance the quality of the armor, the
contractors must give them to the
government without any extra cost.
General Maxine Gomez has writ
ten to the Cuban papers with respect
to the use of his name by the different
political parties. He says in part :
"Several political organizations are
using my name with great insistence,
making the election of local mayor
a matter of high political Importance.
have devoted the larger part of my
life to the service of Cuba and have
profound sympathies for all parties
that defended free Cuba. But without
mental reservation, I may say that ii
would have been best had only one
party, the National party, existed,
until the establishment of the republic,
As another party, however, the Re-
publican party, has come into exis'
tence, and greet it with cordiality. So
far as the mayors of the other munich
palities of the island are concerned, ]
advise the Cubans, now about to ex'
ercise the right of franchise, the right
they have secured at the cost of SO
much blood, to search among the dis
banded ranks of the army for those
who in the past have always sacrificed
their own interests and who are not
without intellectual qualifications nee.
essary for the fulfillment of mayoral
duties. By so doing the Cuban peo'
pie will render justice and perform an
act politically advantageous for the
present and future"
Governor Morent, of Indiana, has