Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-31
EDITORIAL VIEWPOINTS.

Greenville News: There Is no use to
evade the issue. Just as soon as Mr..
Roosevelt succeeds in having the In
terstate Commerce commission or
some other body, fix the railroad rates,
the Jim Crow" car will be shifted in
to the siding. The Esch- Townsend
measure Is one Of the most dangerous
to crop out Of a Republican graft field,
and while 1t may help some sections
and some grafters, 1t will not help the
south. And besides, there is no good
sense in the Democrats supporting 1t
because It happens to have the en-
dorsement Of Mr.. Bryan.
Columbia State: Frederick Peckham
and Moses Haas, who were charged
with having conspired with Statistician
Holmes in connection with the recent
cotton leak" scandal. have been dis
charged by the United States commits
sioner. According to the view held
by this official, Peckham and Haas had
not been guilty Of any offense Of which
Federal court has Jurisdiction.
Technically and within the law, they
had committed no crime. Therefore
he two men were discharged. We take
II that the process Of discharge will
not end here; 1t will extend to Holmes
himself He, too, will doubtless be re-
leased. II Peckham and Haas are i'm
muned. we see no reason for believing
that Holiness case will be different;
nor that Of Hyde. who Is at present
residing across the Atlantic. All these
men. who juggled the cotton crop re-
ports to suit their own selfish ends
and to secure their own profits, Will be
discharged. and will suffer no penalty
for the crimes that, In the moral sense
- a.. 4, A-ka t,,lx
ty Of Doubtless the commissioner,
speaking from the legal standpoint. is
correct. The wonderful legal techni-
ca'ity AGAIN comes obtrusively to the
front. But IL the commissioners view
Is correct, then the law needs to be
ame~ded. The United States statutes
should have incorporated In them one
prohibiting stealing, whether the steal
ing be done by direct or indirect
means.
Columbia Record. Monday: Mr..
Thomas ]. Gibson. charged In a war
rant sworn out Saturday night with
receiving stolen bonds, appeared be-
fore Magistrate McMaster this morn
ing and gave bond in the sum Of $4,000
for his appearance at the February
term Of court. The fact that a war
rant had been sworn out Saturday af-
ternoo1 became known this morning
and created a great deal Of comment.
Mr.. Gibson Is a stock and bond broker,
we'll known in the city In his line, and
there were a number Of spectators at
the MAGISTRATES court this morning.
The warrant Is sworn out by Mr.. s.
r. Carter, of the state treasurer's Of
fee, who makes oath that he believes
that Mr.. Gibson received from Mr.. D.
Zimmerman, who was charged with
taking $4,000 worth Of state bonds, a
number of the bonds and sold them.
The affidavit specifies that on July 2,
1898. Mr.. Gibson received two bonds,
numbers 371 and 1926, and on Febru-
ary 2. 1899 one bond, number 2,707,
from Mr. Zimmerman. Mr.. ]. F. Lyon,
also Of the state treasurer's office, and
Mr.. r. NJ. Marshall of Charleston, are
ramed as material witnesses. The
latter Is also a bond broker. The bond
this morning was signed by Misses
Ruth and Grace o. Gibson. Mr.. An
drew Crawford represents Mr. Gibson.
There Is no statement to be obtained,
except that Mr.. Gibson says he Is
broker and in that capacity handles
bonds Of all kinds and Is therefore In
nocent Of any completely In the al
legged fraudulent transaction.