The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-01-03
NUTS FOR D1REoroR MURRAY.
ANDERSON, Doc. oath, 1883.

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cit is safe, therefore, to say that this
present passenger rates will pay the rail-
roads more thar. the former rate did,
and this excess will come out of the peo.
pie, in consequence of the Commissions
failure to establish a second.class rate
and a thousand mile rate.
'sThe local rates are lower in some In
stances and higher; in others, but the
ayetage will be found to be slightly
highhr than the rates heretofore of force.
The railroads will gain in income out Of
the Commissioners local standard"
And in an editorial in the same paper,
of date Oct. 4th, in reply to a criticism
'signed & sBroadaHay,"s which had been
published by ,you, appears the following
'h.Broaaawayn is. not more fortunate in as.
;sertipg that: the INTELLIGENCER is help
ing to crea te an, anti-railroad law senti-
ment, for the abatement is at variance
with the facts. We were, and still are,
in favoi Of the railroad law, and have
never expressed any other sentiment, but
we have criticised. the manner in which
the law has been executed.
- - q It is preposterous
that the railroads should complain of
their rates being raised" ..ys
How does this read in connection with
Mr.. Murray, the editor of the INTELL1.
gencer, being the member of the Legis-
fature to first introduce a bill which 7ir-
-tually kills the railroad law? Either
Mr.. Murray did not know what he was
writing about in October, or it was inten.
ded by making the law odious and un-
popular with the people to create q SEN
timent in the State looking towards its
repeal; which?
What picture for you, Mr.. David, to
draw. Mr.. Murray in October: "It
(tho r. r. law is good enough for the
railroads, but bad for the people. The
railroads will gain in income ont of the
Commissions local standard;" and Mr..
Murray in December as representative,
railroad director and editor, working,
writing. and voting to take all life out Of
the railroad law, and all authority from
the Commissioners. Why? -
1t the following is correct, which is
also from the same editorial in the An
derson Intelligencer, of what possible
good can Mr.. Murray's connection with
the Board of Directors of the @. & g.
SR. r. be to his constituency
Suffice it to say, once for all, that we
are not acquainted with single mem
Der of either the Clyde or the Seney
Syndicate, andnever had any conference
with any member. of the Syndicate, eth.
er oral or in writing, and furthermore
have not conferred with the president or
any executive officer of the Columbia &
Greenville Railroad since the local tariff
was established, either orally or in writ
ing.n -,
Mr.. Murray il ambitious and young.
BE seeks public life, and therefore his
public acts are matter Of proper COM
'ment and discussion among his constitu.:
ents, and he should bear in mind that
consistency. isl jewel, and ono, we are
sorry to say, his record shows him not to
have. i. -, BROADWAY. =.
"Broadaway" is the writer who attack
ed us last Summer, and declined to, make
himself known or appear in: the columns
of the INTELL1aENcER. He il again
attacking the editor Of the INTELL1GEN.
GER away from home, his purpose eyi-
IDENTIFY being to injure u.s.. and knowing
that upon this subject his task would be
hopeless at home, goes with his efusicn
where he hopes he will receive some
sympathy. We have nothing to conceal
from the readers of the INTELLIGENcER
upon our connection With railroad legis:
.lation, and therefore again publish the
attack Of this writer, who has not tho
moral courage to write over his swu .ig.
nature, and thereby place the discussion
upon an equal footing, but prefers to
keep unknown in order to prevent an
exposition of his own motives. We have
an idsa of the identity Of "Broadaway,"
which induces the belief that he does
not reside in Anderson. We again in.
vite him to unmask, and if we are cor.
rect we have little fact connected with
his position in this matter which would
interest the people, but would be far
from amusing to him.
The articles which We wrote last Sum.
mer were based entirely on information
from Anderson merchants as to rates, and
we're correct so far as this place is con-
cerned. The rates we're raised by the
Commission, so far as Anderson is con-
cerned, but the actual facts show that on
the Columbia & Greenville and Char.
lotte, Columbia &; Augusta roads and
their branches, they have as whole
been reduced. In the reduction, howev-
er, the Commission have done it in such
way as to annoy, or in sope way, dis
please the business men for in three
fourths of the towns along these roads
the business men favored a repeal or
modification of the Commission law.
broadway" thinks our connection with
the Direction of the G. & G.. road can
be of no possible advantage to our con-
stituents. This, however, is not mat
ter fol. his decision.
BE is also grieved because we are not
consistent. Well, man with any sense
has to try to be more than consistent.
It is 9 higher duty to be right than to be
consistent. The man who is consistent
that IL, according to "Broadaway"-peyer
changes his opinions, is either infallible,
or he has not sense enough to see thathe