The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-07
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We are z lad to note that our cOIGmjO
rary the Oocrvcr has returned tuun All
N13acy Of democratic m"asur'.s, h wing.
VIC suppose, found al other unsui,arlc
70 tie TASTE OF our people. Nuwb.rfS
Herald and News
There IL Us much mcnnncss aud mis-
representation crowded into the uuUvC
sentence as could possibly get into it.
If the editor Of The Herald and News
knows anything about the Observer he
knows that he has falsitied its record.
He has done it deliberately ana for Il
purpose, tnat purpose being to injurc
this paper in public estimation. He
knows the Observer is advocating pre-
clscly tho same measures now Lhut it
has advocated heretofore, Let the cd
itor Of The Herald and News specify in
what particular tho Observer has re
turned" to the advocacy OF any meas
ures and point to any change OF its pol.
icy, Or else confess himself malicious
slandcrer and bearer Of false witness.
Tho mean spirit that chaructcriZes
the first portion Of the sentence is still
more apparent in what the writer Of it
"supposcS" has caused the alleged
change in the Observcr-thc malicious
insinuat!' tha. the Observer has
changed its policy without changing
It's opinions, that this newspaper has
not the courage Of it's convictions and
that its expressions are not honest, but
are assumed for policy's sake.
If the editor OF The lIerald and News
will divoto more time to building up
his own paper and loss TO trying to pull
down the Observer he will find it to
his NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Observer.
This is very vicious-cXccedingly vi
cious. We had Et idea that the o.
server was so jealous Of its position as
the advocate OF republican doc
trines as to become angry at the mcn-
tion that it was advocating ".dcmOcrat-
ic measures" There was nothing per-
sonal in the sentence from The Herald
and News. We do not suppose, low.v-
er, that the editor OF the Observer will
deny that the Grccnvillc News, while
his name appeared ~ editor, was
advocating the position Of the republic
can platform and measures which were
antuEonistic to the position taken in
the democratic platform. That tho
Observer took up the fight along the
same line as soon as his name again
appeared as editor Of that paper. That
the Observer commended the position
OF Senate" McLaurin and was consid.
cred hy Senator McLaurin aud his
friends as fighting along the same
lines. That the Observer commended
the work of Senator McLuurin in con
trolling the patronage.
Lately, however, we have noticed
that Senator McLaurin has not been SO
warmly commended and it now appears
TO the Observer that he "has gone,
bag and baggage, into the republican
party Senator McLaurin has moi
changed his position. But the Ob.
server has wigglcd in and wiggled out
on this question so much that we hard.
~ know where to place it, though we
thought we SAW signs Ola return to the
advocacy Of democratic measures and
III the klndliest OF spirit gave it wei
come. So much in Justification, of the
scntcnce which so much ungcrs our co
temporary. IL it desires to stand as
not advocating democratic measures,
1t can take that horn OF the dilemma.
When the Observer says there was
''malice' in it and that it was deliber.
atcly done for the purpose Of injuring
that paper, the editor simply says what
is absolutely false. We have never
tried to injarc the Observer. We don't
have to, even If We wanted to The
Observer suits us exactly.
or course the Observer has opinions
Who said it did not? 1t never changes
No. Who said it? 1t never changed
from the advocacy Of Tillman anu Till
manism to most bitter opponent when
Tillman was londing his hosts to victo-
ry. 1t never changed from an endorse
mcnt Of tho dispensary to hard fighter
against the system. 1t never changed
from an endorsement OF MoLaurin to a
severe critic Of him. No, Its opinions
are like unto tho laws of the Medes
and Persians, Interchangeable. Look up
your flies, contemporary, and refresh
your memory. But II it makes you 80
angry to welcome you "to an advocacy
OF democratic measures" we will apol
ogiZe and let you state what measures
you are advocating and whero youl
opinions lead you. We have found II
difficult to keep up with the opinions
OF the Observer, and they may have
charged since tho last issue, and W.
will not undertake to pursue those
opinions any further.