Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-01-20
Straps and faets.

cheney bill in the house last TUESDAY
it developed that while only $l5O,OoC
had been appropriated for free rural
delivery experiments, it would require
100000 to meet the contracts already
made for the present fiscal year. Mr.
Cannon said this way of doing things
did not meet with his approval, and he
stated that the postofice department
was guilty of mal-administration.
A Manila dispatch of January II,
reports increased religious excitement
in regard to friars. The troubles seem
to be about the custom of the higher
church authorities relative to the es'
tablishment of frisrs in different cura-
cies whether these friars be accepta.
bic to the people or not. This was
one of the principal causes of the orr
pinal insurrection of the Filipinos
against Spanish authority. The peo-
pie are greatly worked up on the sub
ject, and all of the newspapers are dis.
cussing the matter. General Otis is
reported to have declared that the
Filipinos have no reason to fear that
the friars will again be forced upon
them against their wishes.
- Charlotte Observer: Some people
may wonder at the reports from the
Philippines Of clashes with the insur.
gents in which from 25 to so of the
enemy are killed or wounded, being
published simultaneously with a letter
from General Wheeler, written six
weeks before, saying the insurrection
is practically over. The explanation
is probably in the fact that Wheeler
has had experience in real warefare
and what to US of today would be re-
garded as rather belligerent actions
would only appear to the old veteran
az small skirmishes. 1t would doubt
less stake several modern terrific en-
gagements" to make what General
Wheeler would call "snarp fight"
- The Roberts committee concluded
its work last Wednesday and came to
q unanimous conclusion as to the facts
of the case. The majority report,
which is signed by seven members,
favors Roberts's exclusion. The mi
nority report, signed by two members,
favors seating and then expelling him.
Two Democrats voted with the major
ity, while the minority report is made
up of one Democrat and one Republi-
can. The reports will be made to the
house today; but what will be done
would be difficult to predict. Since
the members of the house have done
some serious thinking on the subject,
many of them have become very doubt
full as to their exact duty in the mat.
ter. From the standpoint of the con-
stitution and the statutes, the problem
is an especially knotty one.
- President Kruger, says dispatch,
has issued circular letter to the Boer
generals urging them to trust in the
Lord and to display zeal and prompt
tude. He says: "Through the bless
ing of the Lord our great cause has
been carried to such point that with
energy we may expect successful
issue. Read Psalm xxxiii. The ene-
my have fixed their faith on Psalm
lxxxiii. Do not forget the enemy.
Create devastation wherever you 60 in
Cape Colony. They seize, sell or de-
stroy the goods of the Afrikanders.
In the Free State they lay waste
FARMS" President Kruger likens the
destructiveness of the British to an
attack of the devil on Christ's church,
and says: 81 am searching the entire
Bible and can find no other way posi-
BILE than that adopted by US. We
must continue to fight in the name Of
the Lord.
- 1t is understood in Washington,
says dispatch, that General Wheeler's
return from the Philippines is on ac'
count of ill health. While it is not ad-
mitted that he has resigned his COM
mission, it is stated that if he has, the
president will suspend action until he
can confer with him with view Of
dissuading him from such course.
He is nearly 81 years of age, the statu-
tory limit of active service in the army,
and but for that fact would have been
appointed brigadier general in the
regular army. The president is said
to favor plan which will authorize
the appointment of General Wheeler,
General Lee and perhaps one or two
other brigadier generals on the retired
list in acknowledgment of their faithful
services to the country during and
since the Spanish war. 1t is said that
is one of the reasons General Wheeler
is summoned home at this time.
- The senate, on Wednesday, de-
feated a resolution calling for the in
structions which the administration
sent to the Spanish peace commission.
Some of the alleged reasons have
leaked out and they are as follows ::
"For 12 weeks, in the fall of 1898, the
United States was on the verge of war
with Germany. The attitude Of Ad-
miral Diedrichs at Manila, and later
that of Prince Henry, was assumed
because of an attempt of Germany to
demand practically the same advan-
tages in the Philippines as the United
State should get. The United States
at that time was uncertain as to the
attitude of Russia and the other pow
ers, and was besides undecided as TO