The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-11-29

box addressed 10 Mi.s Jessie James is Illegal
under Judge Simon .on's decision in the Swan
| case. Unless you desire 10 share Swans fate
in being brought up before Judge Simoutou
and punished by fine and Imprisonment, you
Will at once release the property and return
1t TO our agent. IL I do not hear by ten o'clock
tomorrow, a. NJ. that you have returned the
property 10 our agent Will certainly take
steps 10 naye you brought eefsre the Judge;
Here we have not the receiver, but the re.
cclver's servant a corporation counsel, who
so we'll knows his hont,r's mind or ut least. is
so well assured that whatever be is told to do
he VII obey, that he three tens imprisonment
and fine for the seizure OF goods ontraband
under the state and Federal laws, and With
Is the servant Of the Court!
Anu what are we TO do7 Are we to tamely
submit to these indignities and leave this
petty tyrant TO continue his acts OF outrageous
Interference
The South Carolina Railway has been in
The clutches Of this par mobile hdtrum, Cham
oelain and Slmontou, for four years, and
remain there; True, an order of Court for It's
sale has just been filed, butShat sort Of hocus-
pocus has been going on for over year. The
Richmund and DanvliIe Railroad, corpor-
absorbed by lease or purchase seven railroads
chartered by the State, has recently gone into
the hnnds of another judicial syndicate, OF
which Judge Simonton is member. II moth
the receivers, are likely to retain
POSSESSION OF THAT FAT CARCASS
for many years. and we may Judge the future
which we sha be subjected by these judicial
usurpations. These creatures, these corpor.
at1ons, holding their existence from the
States bounty and under Its laws. like the
monster FranEeinsteln, have grown greater
than their creator. They already owe In the
neighborhood OF two hundred thousand dol.
lars to the different tax funds OF the State.
pensary Law and Railroad Commission, and
are bending every energy TO aid those who
would smuggle whisdey into the State, and
ontinue Its illicit sale. There is nothing LETT
the State, under the circumstances. since the
decision OF the Supreme Court, but TO repesi
the charters Of every railroad In the hand OF
receiver and destroy these creatures, which
laws under foot under the protection Of this
Federal Judge, and laugh to scorn the restrio.
tions which all citizens and other corpora
tlons must obey. 1t Is harsh and drastic
measure. ch..would be wholly unwarrant.
ed under any other circumstances, but 1t III
the last desperate remedy. The
UNEoLLY MARRIAGE
between the "dignIty" OF the Federal Court
and these harlot corporations must be an.
nuiled, and the owners Of the bonds made to
understand that there is point beyond
which the patience of the State will not per-
init them to 60. The Federal Court will, Of
course, cai m that the property is In its pos
session and attempt TO administer It; but liz
there is any regard for law left. such coursa
Will force the property to sale and wind up
the existence Of these roads as at present Or
ganized and owned. After that IL accom-.
plshed, or while II is being accomplished, pro-
vision can be made for giving them q new
ne upon such conditions as the Legislature
all future charters to prevent the
absorption OF competing lines byany railroad
syndicate In or outside Of the State. A law
should be passed limiting the life of receiver
shl lps In the State. and a memorial addressed
TO the United States Congress setting forth
the conditions which exist here, calling al
tention to The abuses which have arisen, and
asking legislation to restore to the State the
rights OF which the Supreme Courts decision
has robbed II, and the enactment Of such laws
az Will throw the necessary restrictions
around receiverships In future. Since the last
eclsion of the Court the situation has become
intolerable.