Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-10

will be best understood when the mes
sage appears. However there Seems
to be no good ground for holding that
the country Is not In need Of a radical
reform Of its present wretched cur
rency system.
The Yorkville Enquirer has an.
nounced that 1t has not now. and II
has been, and never will be an aspir.
ant for public Office. BY this 1t means
of course, that none Of the present
owners are in the field for political
preferment, and that they are moi
looking forward In the future to any
plums that may fall from trees, state
county, or municipal. That Is, The
Yorkville Enquirer is an Independent
newspaper, and so 1t is not grooming
itself for anything in the heavens
above, or on the earth, or that Is be-
meath the earth in the way Of politi.
cal advantage. We are perfectly will
ling to take The Enquirer's declara-
ton at its face value without any
question whatever, and, no doubt, ev-
eryone else who knows the editors
and owners Is willing to do the same
thing. But we cannot understand
why The Enquirer Is so emphatic In
its protestations. There are any num-
Der of newspaper people in South Car
olina who are not Office seekers. They
are just as far from 1t as The Enquir-
er, and yet they have not found 1t nec-
essary to make any declarations on
the subject. It seems to us that The
Enquirer protests over much, and In
doing so II may make an impression
fhof did mt infopd m r1naka Tho I'm
quirer has been absolutely fair toward
the present administration. In fact
1t has been so fair that In the opin-
ion of some-which opinion may not
be just-it has leaned over just wee
bit. Now Is 1t possible that The En-
quirer has been threatened with an
appointment Of some kind as reward
for Its fairness? And, 30 declares with
emphasis that 1t wants no pay for do
ing that which Is nothing more than
Its duty. Certainly this Is high ground
and 1t is just the position that every
newspaper should occupy. So far az
we are concerned, while we do not de-
sire or feel that we deserve anything
political, yet, we have newspaper
friends whom we should be glad to see
get a good fat plum, provided 1t fell
from an incorrupt tree, and we do not
think that they would desire fruit
from any other. OF course The En-
quirer would not eat fruit from q
tree that was not good and according
to its own declaration not even from
one that grows in the front yard OF
the White House. Well, anyway. all
state constables and detectives have
been knocked into a cooked hat by
the Webb bill and so here we are!-
Greenwood Journal. '. -
Partly serious, partly humorous
just a little resentful; but altogether
credulous, the remarks of the Journal
are not unworthy Of reproduction, and
a few words of reply will be In order
Surely the Journal is aware Of the
fact that a newspaper which tries to
devote itself to duty to Its readers as
a whole, rather than to the interest
and fortunes of individuals is liable
to make enemies. There Is nothing iu
the comments quoted to indicate that
anything of the kind crossed the mind
of our friend while it was saying its
say; but nevertheless we are satisfied
that 1t knows. We feel sure that II
has figured out how people who are
working only for their own selfish in
terests always cultivate antagon-
ism for people who think they are able
to find a better and more useful field
along some other line. A man devot-
ed to his own selfish ambitions soon
grows to think that this is the one all
important thing in the world. And
people of this kind too are usually
very spiteful 1t is a common failing
with them to calculate that the prop
er promotion Of their own welfare re-
quires that they try to injure the other
fellow. Has the Journal ever had its
motives secretly impugned by people
who would injure 1t? Has it never
been the victim Of cowardly reports
circulated with intent to injure, and
in such a way that 1t could not fix re-
sponsibility? The Enquirer Is famil-
lar with these things. 1t has had SO
many baseless reports circulated about
it, that it sometimes thinks it is callous
to such things; but occasionally It
feels called upon to correct false ru-
NOR of peculiar plausibility, in the
only way it has Of making such cor
rection. Efforts have been made from
time to time to weaken the confidence
of The Enquirer's friends by throwing
out the impression that we were work
ing for certain selfish ends-generally
Office seeking, and the declaration
which has struck the Journal was
made on that account.
So far as office holding Is concerned,
we know that it Is important and nee
essary, and we hold in the highest
honor and respect the public officer
who does real credit to his trust. No
one of the publishers Of The Enquir-
er is in the least averse to holding
public office; but all were taught un-
til we believe it, that a newspaper man
cannot give his best service as seek
er after public office.
But has the Journal really consid-
cred the full significance Of its inti-
nation that we might be more reluc-
tant to accept office from Governor
Blease than from another? Men who
fought the governor most bitterly in
the interest Of themselves and their
faction have accepted appointments
from him. The Journal itself testifies
that we have been fair to the present
administration, and 1t Is aware that
some even think we have been partial
Then If 1t were office we wanted, and
we could get 1t from Governor Blease
then why not accept 1t from him as
quickly as from President Wilson ?
Lest there be no mistake, and to avoid
the appearance of criticising those
who have fought the governor in their
action in accepting office from him.
we unhesitatingly say that Is just
what we would do.
Judge Woods Resisns.-The follow