Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-05
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of ousting Senator Smoot from his
seat by a majority vote of the senate
was defeated by the committee and
the vote on a resolution adopted will
be to place squarely before the senate
the question as to whether Senator
Smoot shall continue his seat and
leave to that body the decision as to
the method of procedure. The MEM
bers of the committee expressed
themselves in favor of vote in the
senate at the present session.
Madrid, June 2; The royal bull
fight this afternoon was the climax
of the spectacular magnificence at
tendant upon the marriage of King
Alfonso, and, for the time being, Mad
rid forgot the horrors Of the past
week. 1t was feared the event would
give another opportunity for outrage.
but everything passed auspiciously, the
king and his bride being continuous
" the center of ovation. Extraordina-
~ precautions were taken to prevent
the possibility of a repetition of Thurs
days tragedy. When Alfonso and Queen
Victoria entered the royal box at
O'Clock, the vast amphitheatre was
crowded with sixty thousand persons,
who rose in a shouting welcome to
the royal pair. The bull fight itself
was a disappointment to the Spanish,
as all the blood curdling features
were omitted, probably as con-
cession to the young queen, yet she
viewed the CORY scene without the
least outward evidence of emotion.
One horse was torn to pieces by a
maddened bull directly under the
royal box, from which Victoria looked
down without shrinking. Eight bulls
were dispatched, four by cavaliers on
horseback. chosen from the first fam
lilies of Spain. The British delegation
remained away on account OF the
English prejudice against this sport
of Spain.
Rev. DR.. ]. B. Hawthorne, now
of Richmond, Va, formerly of At
lanta, is visiting in the last named
city and on being asked by the Allan
Ia Journal a few days ago what he
thought of the negro disfranchise-
ment, among other things said: God
made the negro an inferior race, and,
while 1 am the negro's friend, 1 want
him to realize his place and keep it
and that is being effectively done by
disfrancaisement The negro must
know that the white man will always
rule, ard the best way 1 know to
teach him this is to take the ballot
out of his hand unless he Is qualified
to use it properly. DisfranchisementI
has saved the honor of the state of
Virginia. The ballot in the hand of
the negro has always been a menace
to white supremacy. Disfranchise-
ment is the remedy. l believe every
state in the union should disfranchise
the negro. / do not confine the states
to the south, but include the north,
east and west. 1t should be univer-
sal. The people Of the New England
states forty years after the ballot
was placed in the negro's hand by
their forefathers, now realize it the
greatest mistake of history. 1 bid
God-speed to every state where the
movement has been begun to carry
disfranchisement into effect, for I
know what 1t means to the future Of
both races"
Representative Robert Adams, Of
the second Pennsylvania district, COM
mitted suicide in Washington last
Friday. He was discovered in a dy-
ing condition In his room :ir the Met
ropolitan club at about s o'clock in
the morning. There was a bullet
wound in his mouth and the pistol
with which the shooting had been
done was lying near. There was a
letter that gave the reason for the
rash deed. 1t was addressed to-
Speaker Cannon and it said that the
suicide had financial obligations that
he was unable to meet. 1t went on to
say that the writer had no objection
to being buried at the expense of the
house. he did not want to have a
committee appointed and he did not
want any memorial services. Speaker
Cannon read the letter and the house
adjourned as a mark of respect 1t
is we'll understood about Washington
that Mr.. Adams has been an extern
sive stock speculator for a number
Of years past He has been success
full at times and at other times un-
successful. OF late luck has been run
ming against him and his death is
the result. Mr.. Adams was a Repub
lican. He went into politics a good
many years ago, and has been in con-
gress about twelve years. 1t was Mr..
Adams who drew up and introduced
the resolution that carried a declara-
ton of war with Spain. He also ac-
quired considerable notoriety recently
on account of the introduction of a
bill providing the whipping post for
wife beaters in the District of Colum-
bia and other territory over which
the United States has sovereign juris-
diction.
The scandal of the Chicago pack
ing houses has been brought to the
fore again, this time with more tre-
mendous force and effect even than
was the outcome of the embalmed
beef sensation at the close of the
Spanish war. Upton Sinclair, the au-
thor of a recently published novel
called "The Jungle" is the starter
of the ball this time. Sinclair tells
of the horrors of the packinghouses in
a way to make the hair stand on end
and to make the stomach sick. The
appearance of the novel was an eye
opener to an extent seldom realized,
and as the result of il President
Roosevelt not long ago appointed a
commission consisting of Prof. Charles
P. Neill, commissioner of labor, and
James B. Reynolds of New York, to
investigate the matter thoroughly.
The commission has about completed
it's report and the same will be made
public tomorrow. In the meantime