Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-10
"W. 5. g." AGAIN.
With This, IL Willing to Leave the Whole
Matter to the Public.

With This, Is Willing to Leave the Whole
Matter to the Public.
Editor Yorkville Enquirer:
The entire correspondence between Mr..
Brice and myself relative to the county
physician matter is before me, and as yet
see no cause to regret a single word that
I have written on the subject. 1t is prob
able that Mr.. Brice is as anxious to retire
from this discussion as he was reluctant
to commence. 1t was not until the action
of the board of county commissioners had
been severely censured by the news
papers, and the public generally; and
after T had, in respectful terms, proceed
ing on the assumption that 1.-THE eagle
suffers little birds to sing," asked them
second time to explain, that they made
an effort, through their chairman, to vim
dictate themselves. Mr.. Brice then made
an official statement which, aside from
personal criticism of the writer, was
frank, open and fair, ard which plainly
showed that the Solons had blundered
and fallen into a trap from which, in
order to extricate themselves, they oom-
mitted blunder number two. II Mr..
Brice had let his statement alone without
note or comment, instead of endeavoring
to defend it, he would probably have
Jared better. Mr.. Brice's explanation,
while plausible to some extent, is never
theless, upon the whole, the specious plea
of lawyer with poor case. A plea IS
generally an evidence of weakness,
"And oftentimes excusing of q fault
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse {;
AS patches set upon little breach,
Discredits more in hiding Of the fault
Than did the fault before 1t was so patched"
Shakespeare.
Mr.. Brice assures me that the arrange
ment entered into by DR.. Saye and DIR.
Lindsay will prove entirely satisfactory.
Perhaps. But did the board foresee or
anticipate that any such arrangement
would be made when they awarded the
county practice to a gentleman eight or
ten miles away and left the matter in that
shape? And if the present arrangement
proves satisfactory, will the board claim
any credit for it? I agree with Mr.. Brice
that there are, or ought to be, some good
business men on the board of county
commissioners; but in my opinion they
did not give evidence Of their business
qualifications in their recent action OF
awarding the county practice. ut is inn
possible to please everybody" says MIR.
Brice. Granted; but do you think that
your recent action pleased the majority? ?
In conclusion, I will state that it does
not afford me any special pleasure to
rush into print. Pm otherwise employed.
Besides, Pm aware of the fact that our
public officials are very "touchy," and il
any one presumes to even ask them to
explain an official act, he is at once made
the object of attempted ridicule and is
made a target for that peculiarly high
order of sarcasm that distinguished the
author of "Gulliver's Travels" and the
author of English Bards and Scotch
Reviewers"
Pm perfectly willing to let the county
physician matter rest upon Mr.. Brice's
statement. Just let the public read it,
analyze it, interpret it for themselves,
and will acquiesce in their decision.
W. S. G..