Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-05-02
Scraps aud faets.

eign residents. 1t Is believed that II
will effectually prevent all immigra-
ton or the introduction Of any foreign
capital. 1t provides that all foreign
ers shall register with the proper CIV
IL authorities on pain of exclusion
from the republic. Foreigners who
violate any of the provisions Of the
decree may be expelled also. The de-
cree declares that foreigners cannon
belong to political societies, edit polit-
ical newspapers or write about the
politics Of the country in any newspa-
per, fill public office or employment
or deliver speeches on politics. II
provides that neither foreigners nor
Venezuelans can bring any claims
against the government Of Venezuela
for losses sustained by revolutionary
agents or armed bands.
The Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion on Tuesday issued bulletin con-
tanning information pertaining to rail-
road accidents for the three months
ending Dec. 81, 1902. It shows that
during that period in train accidents
there were 266 persons killed and 2,7sS
injured. Accidents Of other kinds, In
cluding those sustained by employees
while at work and by passengers IN
getting on and off cars, etc., bring the
total number Of casualties up to S3S
killed and 1873 injured. In these &C
cidents 40 passengers were killed ana
LIZA injured. The total number OF
collisions during that time was 1,6SS
and dera i,ments 1,O79, Of which 2SZ
collision and 80 derailments affected
70 ssenger trains. The damage to cars
!, II engines and roadbed by these ac-
cidents amounted to $2,462,O56.
The last weekly report OF the
weather bureau as the same applies to
cotton, is as follows. East Of the Mis-
sissippi river early cotton has been IN
iured by cold and much replanting
will be necessary. Planting In this
part of the cotton belt has been pro-
crossing rapidly, except in Mississippi
where, as in the districts west Of the
Mississippi, planting, although well
advanced, has been largely suspend
ed during the past week on account OF
drought. Warmth is generally needed
throughout the cotton belt, and the
central and western districts are in
urgent need Of rain.
w. ]. Bryan delivered an address
at the International Good Roads con-
yention in st. Louis last Wednesday,.
He said in part: 1.-The expenditure OF
money for the permanent improve
ment of the common roads can be de-
Tended: first, as matter Of Justice to
the people who live in the country;
second, as a matter Of advantage to
the people who do not live In the coun-
try, and third, on the ground that the
welfare Of the nation demands tnat
the comforts Of country life shall' as
far as possible, keep pace with the
comforts Of city life. 1t is a we'll
known fact, or a fact easily ascertain
ed, that the people in the country
while paying their full share Of coun-
ty. state and Federal taxes, receive, as
a rule, only the general benefits OF the
government, while the people IN the
cities, have in addition to the protec-
ton afforded by the government, the
advantages arising from the expendi-
ture of public moneys in their midst.
The Improvement of the country roads
can be justified also on the ground
that the farmer, the first and most I'M
portant Of the producers Of wealth,
ought to be in a position to hold his
crop and market it at the most favor-
able opportunity, whereas at present
he Is virtually under compulsion to sell
It as soon as it is matured, because the
roads may become impossible at any
time during the fall, winter or spring.
Instead Of being his own warehouse
man, the farmer Is compelled to en-
ploy middlemen and share with them
the profit upon his labor. The farmer
has a right, too, to insist upon roads
that will enable him to go to town, to
church, to the school house and to the
homes Of his neighbors, as occasion
may require, and with the extension
of rural delivery he has an additional
need for good roads in order that he
may be kept in communication with
the outside world"
Senator John T. Morgan, Of Ala
bama, said in a recent interview: The
political situation at large strikes me
about this way: The Democratic par
ty has had it's differences, its dissen-
sions, it's wrangles, until it Is we'll sat-
isfied to come together in movement
of success. The Republican party Is
now entering this rocky road that we
have abandoned, and it will likely get
some knockdowns before it is through
It is beginning its internal dissensions
We are through with ours. We must
agree on a settled line Of policy. The
principles Of the Democratic party, its
principles of the last hundred years
are such as to receive the endorse
ment of the people Of this country. Il
we stand by these principles we vii
win. There are a lot more Democrats
in this country than Republicans, be-
cause every Democrat has principle tt
account for his faith, while every Re-
publican is simply an opportunist, Wht
attempts to do what is best for tht
moment, without thought for the fu'
ture. Many men are on the lookou
for opportunity to make hay while th'
sun shines. The people Of sedat'
opinions and settled principles ART
with the Democrats when it stands b!
it's old honors and principles.
The state department, according II
q WASHINGTON dispatch Of a few day.