The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-29

themselves from tho censure OF Mr.
Duke uheir real employer) by blam-
ing their blunders on me.
IT is necessary Of course that off,
cials OF public service corporation,
members of city council and city at
torneys, should employ reasonable
( degree of secrecy in the formulation
of plans and policies In order that
they may not be made Ineffective or
be weakened by premature publicity.
i The greatest democrat In America
President Wilson, has recognized
this and approved the principle by
applying 1t to important affairs of ouS
country. :
So have no quarrel with the
Southern Public Utilities Company,
city councils or myself for refusing
TO divtilge policies and plans until
their judgments dictate that the time
Tor divulgence is opportune and such
diyulgence necessary and wise.
What / am dealing with nnzv are the
secretly contrived and artistically
yeiled attacks upon my official and
personal conduct as city attorney and
as, citizen of Anderson interested
in the permanent prosperity and fun
damenfal happiness of my people. II
| Is obviously unreasonable to expect
me to devote gre deal of time and
thought to answering every Tom
DioA and Harry big or little, WAC
hoha nm in an nnfriendIy newspaper
( Qoudly proclaiming its neutrality, as
: Turkey did while German officers di-
rected her shfps) and whining
through it to the public.
! Either this: II didn't do it."
/ Or this: "If did do 1t the city at
!, torney told me to do it."
And this: ~ did and didn't, but
me not TO do it."
! For this and other reasons de-
cline to be humiliated further by the
! necessity OF being forced (by news
/ paper rule of ethics requiring replies
| to be published In the same news
paper In which articles replied to ap-
pear) to make additional answer to
| the winners through the Anderson In.
/ teliigencer 4 know to be unfair and
unfriendly to me Ia this fight, because
among other grounds for this belief
/ know this paper has already par.
pOseiy violated a custom or rule oi
newspaper the highest rank and
character its zeal to place me ai
e disadvantage In presenting "my
side OF personal issue relating 70
this controversy, and / will prove IL
to the satisfaction Of fair-minded men
and readers.
On account OF the newspaper rule
I that must answer publications
Through the paper In which they ap-
| pear, unless refused permissiO;i to dc
so, r went TO The InteIligercer office
| about $50 D. IA. on last Saturday {
/ week ago; with my; first reply to Capt
/ Watkins. Eata the editor and the re-
porter were In end the former prompt.
| ~; accepted my reply for qualifications
i AS tnrned TO so the editor himseli
began conversation in regard to the
irvoposed citizens law and order
League very pleasantly. Responded
i COT 'teousIy. We chatted for seyeral
minutes and asked ,or permission te
return later and read the PROOF = ..
my reply to Captain Watkins Thf
was freely granted with Instruction
j to- return about 8 p. m. for that pur.
i pose About 8 O'Clock I returned and
i read the proof and was IN, the Office
15 minutes or more. The editor whf
not then In but the reporters were
all there and during my frat yisii
Il Mf NJ. NJ. 4 Mattlson, president OF the
IInteli.gencar Company. came III and
/ saw me there. $
know now. but did 1iat know
upon either visit. that tho Einore III
\ itsRview had been obtained by The IN.
iteiiigencer before either Of my siBlfi
lie The 1nfelligeneef office and vi
sneither the president Of the Company
the editor or any o. s tho reportefi
Iasl=ed me for statement Of tfny sides
| or die matter of offered me tho oppor.
Efunity or s5eing '.intergie5red. In or.
l der that the public might get both
sides at slle same tisne and with equal
ipuDiicity
vglth the southern Pahlie utilitlss