The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-09

In anticipation of the renewal OF the prohl-
bition debate there was very large attend-
ance of members and II good SprlmkllnS Oh WIS
itors in the House yesterday. The morning
hour passed without any noteworthy occur
encc. There were, of course, the daily routine
committee reports, introduction "f orlslnal
matters, disposition OF measures coming over
from tho Senate and such like proceedings,
but nothing whatever of public interest dcvcl-
,pcd itself. When, therefore, the speaker an
nounced that the further discussion of the Ab-
beville anti.liquor license bill was In order, an
animated forensic battle was looked for.
Strange to say, hOwever, nobody rose 10 his
feet 10 either defend or condemn the measure,
and the question was put: 'Shall INC eh3cI-
ing words OF tne bill be stricken out?' MI.
Graydons' motion to strike out the enacttns
words was io~t-yeas ii, nays Gl. The vote
was as follows.
The Vote On FIR. Graydou's Motion to
Kill the Bill.
Ycas-Mcssrs. Aldrich, Ancrnm, Baker, Bax-
ter. Beckham, BelIinger,. Boyle, Brawley.
Brown, &. w, Burke, Camlin: Chandlrr, Ciy-
GonzaItz. "ia : C GsaSdon, ] mutson, Kennedy Macus'
ker. Mason. Massey, B. H., Mears, MuId:ow.
McCrady. McHugh. Mckevn,. Mcki>sick Nc
Master, Nelson, Pope, Ray, Raysor, Riddle
.:aeker, SchunpeTt Seglef, Simm9nS' A.
Wilson, Stanyarnc,. Wilson. W, B;, Nither-
spoon, Woodward, Ioumans and tho Speak
er-Total 81. , ,,,, Diva
Boggs, Bowen, Bradley, Braamlette, Brice'
Bronl,cr, Brown, ". ~, Browning. Ciinkseaes,
Clyburn, w. A., Dantzltr, Dayie, DlnkinS,
Douglass, Doyle, Faddy, Folk, Fox, Gibson,
IIemphil. Henderson, Kicking Hill, Jones,
MASSEY. J. H.. Sikh, Mitchell, Mockbee, Ne
Ivcr, O'Bryan, padgctt, Parker, PettigreW,
II. b., Robinson. Rutland. ScudLay, Sheppard,
SarI att, Tarrant, Thompson, Watson, Whar-
ton. Wimbcrly-'rotal G'. n,.o,.,u
Absent or not yoting-MesSrs; B'ack~eil'
Donaldson, Free, Haskell, Hase!den, ilough.
Lee, ]. Ancrum Simons, Simonton, turner,
Walker--TOt;il IL.
The Close Vote.
This vote. although little closer than the
Temperance forces expected, was satisfactorily
emphatic, and they did not apprchepd any
trouble in passing the bill. In these calcula-
tons they erred, as will be seen further Oh.
Canning Tactics Of the Enemies OS
the Bill.
Mr.. Stanyarne Wilson of Spartanburg re
newed the cunning taclicS employed yeSter.
day by the enemies OF the bill. He suggested
IN amendment, which, if adopted, would Grip
pie the measure anu render IL almost useless.
The amendment was aS follows:
.lf a majority OF the electors vote In favor
of license it shall he lawful for the town coun,
ciis of the said cities, towns and villages, ana
they are hereby required, to grant Licenses ior
the sale of liquors.
In support of his amendment and against
the bill he proceeded to speak with his accus-
toned lcrvOr. He protested to be earnestly
IN favor of ena:ting good. cXpcdlent law
which does not injurc the body polite nor in
fringe on the rights Of individuals. "Wnile l
am thus disposed" said he, ITO do anything
that is right and proper for the cause OF tenn
perance, yet am not willing to enact so un'
just and sweeping q law as Is now proposed.
There is nothing fair about this scheme. 1t is
a vertablc "headS | win tails you lose game.
1t, too is an exceedingly dangerous measure.
Let us not introduce factor into our politics
which will be perennial, which VII never 0ic.
1t will be Il perpetual source of danger The
advocates Of the measure, admit, are actual
ed by enthusiasm. There is however, anoth-
or equally as powerful, that Of desperation.
The inevitable tendency Of this class lcglsia
ton, which must of necessity bear unjustly
in some part Of the community, is to enGcn-
der diStrust Of and dissatisfaction with the
dominant party. The result will be that these
classes of men who regard themselves as lcslS-
lated against and u,Uustly dealt with will rise
in their desperation and ally themselves with
some other political organization. Whatever
you may say about the equity OF this meas
been unjuStly treated There are men to day
who believe that this law is like the one which
was written in blood. | am in favor OF re-
form moral reform-but every evil cannot be
Is evil we are suffering with. TheIe are other
evils. am not in favor of jeopardizing the
interests Of the Democratic party by passing
such sweeping legi>Iation. Must the govern
ment of South Carolina be endangered be-
cause Of this crying evil? am not prepared
to say that South Carolina shall take into her
hands that which she cannot control. Let TIE
desperation OF these people among whom we
are now leyislatiEe be aroused and they will
rise with red banners and march against our
government. do not know what the scnti-
ment on this question Is in Abbevillc, but do
know that it will he doing them great init
tice to force this law upon them.
Mr.. scs,dtay Does Not See Any Harm
in the ELL.
Mr. Scudday said that he thought the gen,
tlemcn who had offered the amendment had
done so thoIghtlessly. He was surprised, he
method to defeat the bill, after the question OF
striking out the enacting words. He could
not understand how any one can assert that
the proposed measure will in any way inter.
fcre with the rights Of the pro-liqnor men.
He moved that the amendment lie tabled
but Mr.. J. Ancrum Simons Of Charleston, In.
dicating wish to say something. courtcouSly
withdrew the motion, SO that the bill could be
further discussed.
Mr.. simons Makes an Ingenious Ar.
sumcnt Against Prohibition.
Mr.. SSlT-OnS look SiaTp ISSUE Will MI. Scl'It-
day and made a very ingenious argument
against prohibition in general and the pend
ing measure in mrticu ar. He emphasized
the points which yesterday were touched up
on By Mr.. GraydOn, touching the injustice O
class legislation, and wound up by saying
"What right has anybody to say that !, living
in IAhbevil!e county and being in favor Of IL
ccnSing the sale o.. liquor, and being tax
payer of said county, what right, | say, has
any one to stif!c my voice and enact law
which is directly against my intcrestS?'
This is the argument which any citizen of tho
county can urge agains. the passage of the
bill.
The Evils Of Inte:mperance Have
Nothing to do with this Biil---Et l.
Simply to Give the People the
Right to Vote on H.
Mr.. Hemphill made two. minutes speech
in support of the bill and said the evils Of in
temperance had nothing to do with tins bull
| II simply sought to give the people the riga
! to vote uron the question. He laid great StrcS:
upon the fact that no petitions had been SEN
I here against the bill. His words carrict
weight with them.
Nr. HeNastcr Gscqucsss that t:se I'eo.
pie of Abbc.iila Cous:ty Attend to
Their Own Business.
| Colonel f. w McNaStcr next obtained the
! floor and made q brief but logical and preSpi
cuouS argument against the bill. j. conslS
! tent 40 vociltc Of temperance in all things, h'
could not consent to Glrthering what lie con
ceivel to be incorporate legislation Th'
evils Of intcmpcrancc must be eliminated
from this debate, as they who advocate ant