Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-03-10
sands of dollars in connection with the

sands Of dollars in connection with the
states liquor business.
As to the money that seems to have
loomed up largely as the bone Of con-
tention. we do not care what becomes
OF il. so that il goes to the people
who have the best right to 1t. and as
to the people who are under accusa-
ton. we do not care what becomes OF
them so they get justice.
As to whether the United States
has Jurisdiction in this matter, we do
not know. From one standpoint 1t
looks as if Judge Pritchard is right
and from another it looks as if he is
wrong. There are good and bad men
holding to both views, and the only
way whereby the matter can be def
nitely settled is through a decision OF
the supreme court Of the United States.
If Judge Pritchard thinks the case
comes within the jurisdiction of the
United States, it is his duty to take
Jurisdiction. He has no option or dis
cretion in the matter If he is wrong
then he will be corrected by the su-
preme court, and in the meantime
there is no reason why anybody not
interested in those funds should lose
any sleep.
If Governor Ansel and Attorney
General Lyon believe that the United
States court has no jurisdiction in the
matter, then it is their duty to fight
the matter through the United States
supreme court. Because they are the
duly chosen representatives of the peo-
ple of South Carolina, these officials,
Governor Ansel and Attorney General
Lyon, are entitled to the cooperation
and support of every citizen OF the
state, and whether he be lawyer or
lavman. no loyal citizen will withhold
that support.
As to what Judge Pritchard meant
by appointing as receivers. the MEM
bers Of the dispensary winding-up
commission, we do not know. 1t seems
To us that he might have found others
who would have suited the purpose
Just as we'll, and it would have been
more appropriate, in our opinion, had
he found his appointees in another
state. At any rate, we think more OF
Messrs. Murray, McSween and Patton,
for having refused to accept the ap-
pointment, and it is rather creditable
to Messrs. c. K. Henderson and b. f.
Arthur that they resigned from the
winding up commission without wait
ing to be asked to do so.
We have believed all along that
there was more behind the taking OF
this case into the United States court
than the mere matter of collecting the
claims.
We believe that much of the OBJ
struction with which Mr. Lyon has met
in the senate is more criminal than
political. There is good reason to be-
lieve that the people who are under
suspicion of being grafters have pow
erful friends at court, lin the house
and senate), and much that is being
done under the guise of right, justice,
economy, ETC., is really being done for
the purpose Of harbOring people who
should be punished.
But there is no reason why anybody
should become excited about the mat
ter. The governor and attorney gen.
eral will continue their best efforts,
and the law will eventually be estab-
lished by the supreme court of the
United States. How long this will be,
there is no telling; but the suspected
grafters may be depended upon to
make good use of the delay that L. De-
ing occasioned largely for their bene-
fit very probably.