Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-12-21
Straps and faets.

Suffrage league met hastily as soon as
the message was made public and
adopted resolutions to be sent to all
negro organizations throughout the
country denouncing the president as
an instigator of race hatred and mob
violence. They call him tyrant and
say he is mot the friend he poses to
be by mere handing out to the race In
advance of his election a few paltry
loaves and fishes, thereby showing him
to be a mere politician and not great
statesman"
The following letter from President
Roosevelt to Secretary Bonaparte was
given out at the White House, We'd
nesday: Dear Mr.. Bonaparte: Some
three years ago, Sheriff ]. L. Merrill
of Carroll county, Gerogia, lost his
chance for reelection by his action In
beating off a mob Of several hundred
white people who were trying to take
a negro out Of Jail and put him to
death. Sheriff Merrill and his depu-
ties fired on the mob, killing ana
wounding several men and beating the
others of. Because Of this he was de-
feated for reelection. Congressman
Adamson brought the matter to my at
tention, saying that he hated to see
man who had done such service as
q public official defeated because OF
the fact that he had rendered the SER
vice. He told me that Gov. Terrell
had offered Merrill place, the best
he had to give, which carried salary
of $50 per month. told the congress
man / thought 1 could beat that, and
got him place at $1,000 year as Gus
todian OF the grounds Of the Federal
prison at Atlanta. l hear he has done
well. II he has done we'll can't we give
him a promotion?"
New York, December IS: George
Burnham, Jr., general counsel for the
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance COM
pany. recently convicted Of larceny,
today was sentenced to serve two
years in state prison. Sentence was
passed by Justice Greensbaum In the
supreme court. Justice Greensbaum
announced after passing sentence on
Burnham that he would grant stay
of sentence until next Thursday when
counsel for the prisoner will present
papers in an appeal which is to be
taken. The indictment Of Burnham,
together with his brother. Frederick
A. Burnham, president of, the Mutual
EldrnARp
vice president (. Of the company, re-
suited from disclosures made at the
legislative insurance investigation OF
a year ago. The specific charge on
which Burnham was tried and con-
victed was the larceny Of $500 Of
the company's funds by paying that
amount to counsel representing James
D. Wells. in settlement Of a loan OF
$5,575 alleged to have been made by
Mr.. Wells to President Frederick A.
Burnham.
- There is still hope for the poor
congressman, says a Washington dis
patch. The senate is turning the mat
ter over in its mind, and strong dis
position to join the increased salary
procession exists at that end Of the
capitol The senate, less amenable to
public sentiment, or rather safer from
possible public wrath, is expected to
fix things and relieve the representa-
tives from responsibility for originat-
ing the legislation. Senator Cullom
of Illinois, will have charge Of the ex-
ecutive, legislative and judicial bill,
and makes no bones Of being in favor
OF larger salaries than the government
has been paying. The senior Illinois
senator, during his past career in
Washington has felt the pinch of
maintaining his position on $1,000 a
year. He repeatedly has declared he
has been unable to save any money
and that frequently he has been forced
to deny himself some of the real ne
cessities of life because Of the condi-
ton Of his pocketbook. The plan is
to insert a provision in the bill sim
liar to that knocked out in the house
when the measure comes before the
senate, and it is expected the measure
will carry. Then when 1t comes up
the two houses will go into conference
over the bill and the senate conferees
will insist on the retention Of their
amendment and the house conferees
will reluctantly bow to their insistence
in the matter. The record Of the
house will be all right and bigger
salaries simply will be forced on the
lawmakers who are elected by popu-
lar vote.
Thirty thousand ballots were cast
by policy holders of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society last Wednes-
day for twenty eight directors Of that
society. Every ballot was for the ad-
ministration ticket, which was the
only one in the field and was compos-
ed of the names of men whom the
trustees. headed by former President
Grover Cleveland, had already placed
on the board Of directors to fill va
cancies. The ticket was nominated by
Mr.. Cleveland and his associates. The
directors elected are: For one year:
Emanuel w. Bloomingdale, New York
city: Jos. Bryan. Richmond, Va: Jno.
d. Herman, Utica, n. Y: James Nc
Mahon, Brooklyn; William E. Payne,
New York city; Tom Randolph, st.
Louis: William Whitman, Boston. For
two years: Abraham Pratt, New Or
leans. La: Charles E. Littlefield, Rock
land. Me: Edwin w. Robinson. Co
lumbia, S. c.; Jacob G. Schmidtapp
Cincinnati: Daniel A. Tompkins Char
lotte N. c.: Frank S. Witherbee, Port
Henry, n. Y; Charles H. Zehnder,
Philadelphia. For three years: John
y. Brach, New York. James B. For
gan. Chicago: Alexander c. Hum
phreys. New York; John T. Manson,
New Haven; William c. Redfield,
Brooklyn: Ferdinand w. Roebling,
Trenton. N. j.; George F. Victor, New
York. For four years: Thomas A.
Gillespie. New York; Willis F. McCook,
Pittsburg; Eugenus H. Outerbridge,