The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-21

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Senator Dcpew, who was en- .ul,itf
from Ithaca, whore he had delivered
an address, and who wished to l1eerj
an engagement in New York. Per
sonally I4was not seriously Affected
by Ibis scandalous refusal OF tile oolio.
pany to fulfl tile implied conditions
Of It's contract entered, into when the
tickets were s6ld for that train, which
conditions that IL would bring the
traiii to Its detinatioll, New York,
With the Utmost dispatcll--lt had
publicly advertised In the newspapc rs
ana by It's agreement to do.
I was. however, the Witness of
several affecting scenes when the train
arrived at the Grand Central depot
some two hours late. Friends of the
numerous passengers had been COM
PEELED to endure the suspense, the al
ternate hope and fear that no aooi-
dent had caused the delay, and this
anxiety was shown In the faces of sew
eral Of thOse awaiting the arrival of
the train.
A WOMAN's DISTRESS.
This was surely bad enough, but
among the passengers was a lady and
two young children bound for some
interior point in Connecticut, who
had planned to take train leaving
about 7.3O p. M, from the same depot
where our train was advertised to ar
rive at q p. m.-;l sufficient lecway
surely. The change from hope to de-
spair which was clearly depleted upon
the mothers face rs conflicting cSti:
mates were made to. her from time to
time by the trainmen was truly pitt
able. A stranger to New York, her
distress, when iu finally became evil
dent that the last train which could
carry her to her destination that even
ing had departed, was apparent IA
distress induced, l think, bya rcalza-
tton Of the extent her scanty purse
must be depleted by staying over night
in New York
All her suffering, all the anxiety
of hundreds OF friends Of the passen-
gers was caused unnecessarily, and
was solely due to the callous !ndiGer-
ence Of the company to the rights Of
its passengers, and was a violation Of
the contract 1t had entered into with
them. The rights of the passengers
were nullitied; trouble, inconvenience,
annoyance and worry were caused to
many, merely because an Official Of
the company wished to keep some ap-
pointment iii New York.
ANOTHER REASON.
There Is another reason why pub
lie officials should not accept PASSES.
The cost Of these fayors is borne by
those who. pay for their tickets. How
great the cost Of this free service may
be. is suggested in the letter from the
ex-president of the State Bar Associa-
tion already quoted Others have
doubtless had his experience Of being
a passenger where Il large proportion
had passes. The cost Ia the aggregate
must be enormous and indicates how
prevalent is the practice and the ex-
tent to which it has permeatcd official
life.
DENIAL OF EQUAL RIGHTS.
TO those who regard the Jctrer-
sonian philosophy Of equal rights to
all, special privileges to none, not as
d glittering generality nor as mere
party shibboleth, but as a vital, living
principle. applicable ut all times to
the affairs or men, tile giving or re-
,ceiving of passes is peculiarly objec-
tionable, as they realize the practice
operates as a, bulwark to the undemo-
l