The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-05-25
Rotation in Office.

Mr.. EDITOR: Though am plain flrm-
or and not accustomed 70 writing for the
papers or anybody els, yet l thought
rs YOU please about publishing it and no
offense will be taken.
1t seems To me that this is going to be q
mortal busy year, for the grass is growing,
harvest-tiWe al hand, no corn to eat or feed
with Oh hand, the Savannah Valley Rail-
road to build. the Democratic Clubs to re-
organize, Registrdtion, REGISTRATION to at
tend to, think in May or June without
fail, for if not then you can't vote, and
there is nothing in the world that would be
so mortifying TO fellows feelings as not
to be allowed to vote when election day
comes, and then last that ! shall mention
this year is election time again. hear
that great many people are not going to
vote for the same men for office, end are
loudly calling for rotation in otficc-holding
Some say they will not vote fo- this man
| because he was in favor Of the Stock Law
in favor Of Registration, or somoihing
else. Or opposed to some measure they fam
ccd and that they will not vote for that
man for some similar reasons, and sina!!Y
| they want q new deal in the way Of officers
altogether, SO that the moluments or per-
quisites Tor whatever they call it) of office
may go round, and everybody in the course
of time get suck at the sugartit of public
pay, and consequently everybodies wives
and children ana 1unts and cousins be BEN
etited thereby. Nnw, all this sounds nice
enough but am afraid that it has more
sound than sense in it; and besides / am
inclined TO think all this fuss is kicked up
by people who want oifite them selves, or
have some kins-pcople that do. The idea
that a man gets rich in Office, and he ought
to walk down and out so that some one
else might be made rich. hardly bears in
vcstigarion. While it is true that some
officers are prosperous, is il not equally true
that we have all known Clerks of Court,
| Sherifs, Commissioners Legislators, State
and Federal, who worked hard made good
officers, held office for long time and died
at last poor as wood-rats, leaving good
..ca:cs and large amount of unsettled
affairs for their kindred and friends. How,
then. do we account for this? 1t is certain
| IL not the office. for if SO it would surely
treat nll alike. Now, 1 don't profess 10
know much, but think it is like every
thing else. Some men break merchan-
dizing, while others get rich some farmers
are prosperous. while others are away be-
hind; some lawyers get rich as Croesus, or
any other man, while n great many have
hard work to keep sole and upper together.
So in every vocation of life, and i'll every
| dcpartment of work--SOme pros per and
Others fail Now, you know that every
body thinks they could run n newspaper
and make it pay. but more men break than
ever make even good living at the busi-
ness, so I'm told. The same is true as to
people's ideas OF bookkeeping. the livery
stable business. and many other things.
Now. you know that because John Catlett
has made money at his business, and taken
care OF it, does not prove that other good
| I'm tla lic If ApHarSnn-hafnra M
become City-dil not fail at the same
business. It is like everything else, some
| men get rich and their children or chill
iren's children squander it. while other
men work hard live herd and die poor, and
then perhaps their children get rich. Now,
Mr.. Editor, whether this is right or wrong
il is the way everything Is, and all the leg.
islation, elections and handing round
of offices in tile world can't change it
Some people seem born to success and 9th
ers to fnilure, and there is nothing in the
world that succeeds like success. 1t seems
to me that if everybody must get an inter.
est in Office holding, il would take several
generations for even the most prominent o
eycrybody's kith aud kin to get q posish.
1t seems to me that there is u much better
way of doing than to bother every election
time with this eternal cry OF rotation ol
handing round OF office. Now, every far
mer knows that If Old Charley gets littlI
TOO gayly TO the plow what the remedy i:
without telling. 1t is not TO run off anC
SWAN him away for some horse that yor
don't know whether he would plow fur
row or not. No, sir! marry time. OLE
Charley is too good for that; and, besides
Betsy can ride him anywhere and take the
baby in her lap and Two little ones behine
her. and no danger. Then any of the chill
ivi, can ict,i and water and ketch him out
Trade him off for one untried? Who eve
thinks of such thing? Nobody. For the
remedy is, slacken the feed until Charley
com, TO his senses and no longer conclude
TINT he is boss. Now, Mr.. Editor. thinl
ii we have good office holders-men wh'
do their duty-that we are just Us we'll ant
even better off TO hold on 70 them. and
tL,r, nnhnntnta tft,. Of tlna. UffNH b