Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-01-23
to the people proper passenger and
freight accommodations and rates and

to the people proper passenger and
freight recommendations and rates and
accurate information of delayed
trains, 1t is very evident to every
thinking person that the railroad
commissioners should have power to
correct these things and to give re-
lief where it is fair and just between
the railroads and the people. The
railroad corporations should be dealt
with fairly and justly, but at the
same time the peoples rights should
be provided for and respected.
/, therefore, recommend that such
additional powers be given to the
railroad commissioners as will enable
them to compel the railroads to COM
ply with such reasonable rules and
orders as may be just and proper.
In this connection, / would recon-
mend that the act now of force re-
quiring the salaries of The railroad
commissioners to. be paid by the rail-
roads be repealed. The office of rail
road commissioner is "a State office
and the salary ought to be paid by the
State.
Supreme Court.
desire, gentlemen, to call your at
tention also to the matter of the ne-
eessity for better accommodations
for our Supreme Court. The space
allotted in the State House for the
use of the Supreme Court has all been
taken up with the library and re-
cords, except one consultation room
and the court room. I respectfully
ask that you look into this matter and
provide for the necessities Of the
court in this regard.
Immigration.
There is no question of, greater mo-
ment to our material and industrial
life than that of immigration. The
labor question is a very serious onea
Many thousands of acres Of lands are
now lying idle for the want Of labor
ers, and many other avenues Of t.:ade.
are Offering work to the workers. To
my mind, the best solution Of this
question is the bringing in of home
seekers, home builders and desirable
workmen.
I, therefore, recommend that you
take such steps ds may to you seem
wise to foster and sustain the depart
ment. of immigration now accomplish.
ing so much work on this line.
Statue of John g. Calhoun.
While many of the States of this
union have honored themselves by
placing in the Hall of Fame, in the
Capitol at Washington, D. c., statues
of one or two of their honored and
eminent sons, who have done. noble
work for their States and for the
union, South Cardinals place has re-
mained vacant. 1 respectfully re.
commend that you give this matter
your careful attention and give some
consideration to the same that at no
distant day the statue of John c. Cal
houn may adorn that hall. for by
thus honoring that noble son of South
Carolina, we will honor ourselves.
Such other matters, gentlemen, as
may be proper to bring 10 your at
tention during the present session, ]
shall allude to in special messages.
Conclusion.
Allow me to add in the words Of
that eminent statesman, Thomes JEFF
ferson, who, when called to the Of
flee Of President Of the United States,
closed his inaugural address, i'll part
as follows:
1sI repair. then, fellow citizens, to
the post you have assigned me, with
experience enough in subordinate. Of
fees to have seen the difficulties of
this, the. greatest Of all. i have learn
cd to expect that it will rarely fall to
the lot of imperfect men to retire
from this station with the reputation
and the favor which brings him into
II. -. I shall often 20
wrong through defect of judgment,
when right, I shall often be thought
wrong by those whose positions will
not command a view Of the whole
ground: I shall ask your indulgence
for my own errors, which shall never
be Intentional; aud your support
against the errors of others, who may
condemn what they would not, if seer
in all of its parts. My solicitude will
be to retain the good opinion OF
those who have bestowed it in ad.
vance, to conciliate that of others by
doing them all the good in my power
and to be instrumental in the hap
piness and freedom Of all.
"Relying, then on the patronage OF
your good will, ] advance with obed,
ience to the work, and may that In
finite Power, which rules the desti.
MES Of the Universe, lead our coun-
ellis to what is best, and give them q
favorable issue for your peace anc
prosperity
MARTIN F. ANSEL.
January IS, 1907.