The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-01-04
alI aul aelgs.
ruLnAs.s sApn1szsrsAT,eN.
saFhe Expoasnt OF the Most Pernieions
Public Policy thss has Ever Been ap-
pHsd IN aay ssass Ia this Uzion,

From the Baltimore Manufacturer
Record, December g..
Governor TiIlnan, OF South Caro-
lima, deseeyes place 10 history az the
exponent Of the most pernicious pub
Z lie policy that has ever been applied in
any Stats in this Union. His admin
istr.tion has besn infamous to an ex-j
treme, and he is still doing his best to
bring ruin apon the largest vested in
terests in his State. His latest official
misdeed has been the signing of the
new railroad commission bill, by which
the railroads OF the State are delivered
absolutely into the hands Of the COM
missieners, from whose decision
there il no appeal. To the injury
which ithis penieious law brings upon
& the railroads Governor Tillman has
added personal insult by expressions
hich would be upseemly in 3 private
citizen, by which amount to a public
disgface Ehen uttered by the Chief
gssssaiasFatpf . great State.
ommiftee Of railroad EN-
who called upon Governor
ban and urged him to withhold
signature from the bill he said
The bill has already been signed
d Is now a law. The opposition of
,eo or 10000 railroad employees does
got at to ad-n, compared to
eshe 5000 or 10000 farmers who de-
mapd its psssage.n
These are sentiments which might
well be expected from Governor Till
man, and they embody eonclseiy and
clearly the principles upon which ne
running the affairs of South Caro-
Ina In the hands Of such mon as
Fi1lman, and by the application OF
such principles ~ be represents, the
affairs of the most prosperous State IN
the Union woult soon reach condi-
ttou worse than anarchy. Reason and
common sense are factors that have no
place in the present Administration in
South Carolina. Goyernmentre rests IN
the hands Of grangers intoxicated with
the power which they momentsrily
Z possess, but which in their hands is as
dangerous as the plsy of children with
the power which they momentarily
possess, but which in ther hands is as
slFoasrae the play Of children with
ars. The day when Governor Tillman
shall vacate the Executive chair, and
when the sentiments ne represents
shall be forever banished from the
State, viii be a Gay of jubilee forscuth
Carolina.
We turn with pleasure from this sad
state OF affairs in Soath Carolina to
more encouraging symptoms Of reason
which have appeared in Georgia. We
: commented last week upon Major
Baeon's railroad bills, which were then
under consideration by the Georgia
Legislature. Upon the strength Of the
arguments OF Receiver II. N. Conner;
of the Central Railroad and Banking
Conpany, Major Bacon consented to
withdraw his support of the bills he
had introduced and to permit them TO
fail. They have, therefore, been killed.
The chief consideration in this action
was The injurious effect of the passage
OF the Bacon bills upon the reorgani-
zation OF the Georgia Central, and the
S removal Of this menace is , distinct
gain to the railroad interests of the
State. The course Of Major Bacon was
sensible and honorable, and he showed
himself TO be mindful Of tho welfare of
the interests Of his State as involved in
the railroads.
The contrasts between the Legisla-
turss OF South Carolina and Georgia at
this time are painful.
THE .soRGANn DENIES TEE GOVERN
os's DAMN
Especial to NeTsand Courier
COLUMBIA, December 2s.-The rail
road employees composing the COM
mittee which visited Governor Tillman
few nights before the adjournment Of