Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-26
Scraps and faets.

drink bin in the year 1910 was $24.17.
Multiplying this by 4.6, the average
size of an American private family,
according to the census of 1900 (est1-
mate for census of 1910 not yet avail
able) we have STILLS, the annual drink
bill of the average American family.
Under the caption, Cost of Curse"
the report gives q summary of the
amount of liquor consumed during
last year, placing it's total cost to con-
sumers $2,256, ,S24,447.
Washington, May "a: The Lorimer
case which occupied most of the time
of the senate during the last regular
session and thus became material
factor in bringing about the extra ses-
sion, again has taken precedence in
the upper house of congress over mat
ters of pending legislation. The SEN
ate membership appears to be almost
unanimously determined that new
inquiry into the circumstances of Sen
ator Iorimer's election is imperative.
The question as to how the re-investi-
CATION shall be conducted Is far from
being determined, however, and prom
ises to provoke a great deal OF dis
cussion. Three resolutions already
have been introduced. They come from
the three political divisions OF the sen
ate-the insurgent Republicans, the
regular Republicans and the Demo-
Gratis. Senator LaFollette promised to-
day to continue for several hours his
discussion of the Lorimer matter In
general and his advocacy OF his res
olution putting the new inquiry into
the hands of five new senator's. The
Dillingham; and Martin resolutions
leave the conduct Of the inquiry to the
regular committee on privileges and
elections. With the house adjourned
until Friday the legislative affairs In
that branch Of congress were confined
to committees. The house ways and
means committee is expected to re-
port the revised wool tariff next week.
1t is now drafting the tentative bill
to be submitted to the Democratic
caucus.
w. P. Brown, the we'll known bull
leader in cotton, one of the first TO
predict Ice. for the summer months OF
this season, is once more visitor on
the New Orleans cotton exchange and
the gossip of the floor Is that he has
an active interest in the market. He
seems to have almost completely re-
covered from his recent illness, which
was the cause of his return to his
home here from New York, where dur
ing the winter he was engaged in large
operations in the cotton market there.
From his utterances since he left MS
sick bed, Mr.. Brown has not changed
his attitude toward cotton. He is as
bullish as ever. Today he said: Back
in harness again and we'll once more.
/ cannot see anything ahead to make
me feel bearish on the old crop Of cot
ton. There is nothing but famine
ahead and not only famine in raw cot
ton but also in finished cotton. Mer-
chants have been drawing on their
supplies without replacing so long that
their shelves are bare. This point Is
fully as important as is the situation
say how high the old crop is going, in
fact, I don't want to say anything
about prices. Away back in the first
of the season I went on record re-
garding my views on the value OF cot
ton and present quotations for July
prove that / was correct" Regarding
the new crop, Mr.. Brown is extremely
conservative. He said: 1T is alto
gether too early in the season to say
much about the new crop. There is
only one thing about the new crop that
we really know and that is that after
such famine conditions as we have
been facing for the last year or two
the world needs a huge crop. We
don't know whether that huge crop
is to be raised or not"
Washington, May %: The joint
resolution admitting Arizona and New
Mexico to immediate statehood, but
Withholding approval of the constitu-
tions of both states until the people
have voted on certain proposed amend
ments to them, passed the house OF
representatives this afternoon by a.
viva voce vote No roll-call was de-
manded on the final vote. On a pre-
ceding motion to recommit the resolu-
tion made by Republican Leader Mann,
81 Republicans voted with the Demo-
Gratis, defeating the motion 214 to 81.
The resolution requires Arizona to
vote on an amendment removing the
recall provision as it applies to judges,
and requires New Mexico to vote on
an amendment making its constitution
more easily amenable in the future.
Neither state is required to adopt the
amendments proposed by congress.
Whether they are approved or reject
ed by the proposed referendum, the
constitutions of the new states will
stand finally approved when the res
pective votes have been taken. The
resolutions passed in the form pro-
posed by the Democratic majority of
the committee on territories. Efforts
were made by the Republicans to force
Arizona to vote out of it's constitution
the recall of judges, and to give imme-
diate and unqualified approval to the
New Mexican constitution. Both
provisions were rejected. The Demo-
Gratis declared that the proposal to
force Arizona to reject the recall was
an effort to keep that state out of the
Union. Notwithstanding this attitude,
leading Democrats bitterly denounced
the recall of judges during the after
moons debate; while Republican in
sureents refused to join Minority
Leader Mann in the proposal to force
Arizona to give it up. Representative
Sherley of Kentucky, attacking the
provision, said the recall was no eX-
cuse for refusing to admit Arizona to
statehood; but that as a principle OF
government it threatened to take
away the greatest safeguard of the
public. The courts are the only pro-
lection of the individual" said Mr..
Sherley. People ought to recognize
the necessity in their calm moments
for maintaining safeguards that will
prevent hasty and unfair action on
their part in their excited moments"
Representative Martin w. Littleton of
New York made an equally strong at
tack, not only on the recall but upon
the initiative and referendum.
New York, May "a: President Taft
was whisked back into boyhood today.
He mOtored out to the Bronx zoo,
inspected more than half the animals,
shook hands with the monkeys, FED the
elephants and the two-horned rhinoc-
eros and watched the keepers feed the
biggest python in captivity. He was
happy as a youngster and his interest
never tagged until the last cage had
been inspected. John l.. Cadwalader,
attorney for the Bronx Geological socie-
ty, suggested today's trip and the pres
ident at once accepted the invitation.
Senator Bacon of Georgia, Major Butt,
Henry w. Taft, Attorney General
Wickersham and John Hays Ham
mond, made up the party. They went
first to the administration building,
where the president gazed long at the
head of a white rhinoceros that Col.
Roosevelt shot in Africa. The presi-
dent smiled broadly when told that
two monster elephant tusks on the
wall were smuggled into the country.
Next the president went to the mon
key house. He was especially interest
I'd in Susie" and Badly" two parti-
cular nets After the president had