The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-10-18

The great thing for the Democrats now
il not 10 compromise livmisn.sr. by
doing too much.
DELEGATE. IEt;lSI.ATOE. EDIIDK.
The Ncwberry W"rr"r uud"r This cap.
ton uubur,lcns its thoughts in the follow
ing mysterious aud enigmalic manner:
The Rail Road Law is admitted on all
hands to have proved itself, ut least so
far, Il miserable failure. The failure is
either from inherent defects in the law
itself, or in its administration by the
Commissioners. Gov. ThompSui, 10
doubt, appointed mon ~ Commissioners
whom he thought most competent To ad
minister the law. Tho point wo desire
To make is that the dcicyntr who nuIni:i,.-
ted Gov. Thompson in tho Democratic
Convention of 1882 aud was his most ar
dent supporter is tho legislator who WAS,
in tho House. the manager and most con
spiCuOus Rnu Jealous advocate OF tho
railroad BILL anu is the cditor who says in
his newspaper ''The work of the COM
mission ~ good enough for the railroads..
but il Is very bad for the people" There,
* dilemma wrapped up somewhere Ill
these facts, ii ono choOscs to search frrit.
Our contemporary refers To the Editor
OF the lNTELLIGENCER, but is conspicu-
ously incorrect in his history. We did
not, III he asserts, nominate Governor
Thompson in the Convention OF 1852.
If the UbScrrer will consult the accounts
Of the Convention published nj the time,
he will perceive that the nomination Of
Gov Thompson was made by Hon. W.
l.. Mauldin, Of Grcenvile, and seconded
hy Mr.. Livingstone, Of Marlboro. Tho
Editor of the ISTEI.LIGENcER voted for
Governor Thompson, but did not uomi-
nate him. 1t is true that he Ind charge
of the Railroad Bill in the House and
advocated its passage. Fer this, he has
no apologies to make. 1t represented
his judgment then, and if properly exc
cuted would have his approval now. The
things wc complain Of are the result Of
non action, or what we regard MS unfur.
tunate action on the part of the Railroad
Commission. We are not responsible
for the execution of the law. We had
no hand in the appointment Of the Com.
mission, and have had nothing to do with
its enactment of rates. The OLscrrer
agrees with us that the work Of the Com.
mission is not as beneficial to the people
as it ought to be, and in the same article
seems to blame us for percciving and
commenting on the failure. This is
rather strange to us. 1t seems anxious
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TELLIGENCER. aud as he does not differ
from tho Observer in his opinion of the
work Of the Commission, the ObSerr,r
blamcs him for agreeing with its views.
We do not see tho dilemma which np-
pears to the Observer. There is, to our
mind, nothing inconsistent in our having
supported Gov. Thompson and the Rail.
road Bill, and yet not liking the work of
the Commission. We would be obliged
to tho OJserrcr to come out tlatly with
its criticisms. We never deal in insinu-
ations ourselves, and we have no idea
what tho mysterious sin our neighbor
seems to have discovered can be. We
are too blunt to perceive it, and will be
delighted to have it plumply stated.
The Editor of the INTELLlGENCER is
never afraid to have his actions and his
views upon public matters plainly dis.
cussed. He may make mistakes, but
does not wish to hide them. He would
rather have them pointed out that he may
shun them in the future. Therefore, we
always like our friends when comment.
ing on us to say plainly what they wish
to convey. We then have the opportu.
nifty to confess, or defend our position.
We do not like insinuations and hints,
because they are foreign to our manner
of dealing with public questions. There
foro, we hope our Newberry friend will
unburthen himself of the dilemma
which appears to his mind, and wo assure
him we will help him to bring any point
be may make before the people by re
publishing his article. The Editor of the
INTEtLIGENcEn does not fear, but on
the contrary desires the fullest investi.
CATION Of the reasons, the motives and
the correctness Of his views and actions
as delegate, Legislator and Editor"