The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-11
TILLMAN TO MAKE A FIGHT.
Judge Hudson to Be Sat Down Upon
by the Legislature.

Columbia. S. c., July lO-Gov Tillman
is pretty mad about Judge Hudsous deci-
siou bat his public utterauces thereon
are more guarded than usual He said
tonight: The decision has no legal force.
All the points he raises have been decided
already He is going to be sat down on by
the legislature just as was done with him
in the bank cases"
is that a threat of what is going to be
done2" was asked
Yes, " said the governor. Il mean it is
going to sit down on him"
The governor holds that as far as the
principle is concerned the state has had
monopoly all along, only she managed her
liquor business through her licenses and
received part of the revenue whereas she
now manages it herself and receives all
the revenue. He also claims thai the dis
pensary law is police measure lawfully
exercised. Il have seen many argu-
ments,' said he, against the law,
bat this is anti-Tillmanism gone
mad. The good common sense of
the people and the supreme court
viii however soon decide it, The law
books are full of cases showing that the
SJatt Cttll tItdbb Il ulOHDiOlE IbE itStl-
The very slaughter house case that
Judge Hudson quotes was decided against
him If that case applied TO parish it
can be made to apply to a state. The de-
clsion dom concern me any more than
Judge Hudsons other decisions i'll the
bank cases.
WANTS ALL THE FIGHT ne CAN GET.
The governor says he wants all the fight
he can get. He Is going to make arrests
and coutiscations and cause "a new fight
every blessed day till the law is decided
finally. He gives every indication of
being tired of the uncertainty and the
complications that are arising In regard
TO the shipment of beer made by the
Portner Brewing Company to it's agent in
GreenVille which arrived to-day, the gov
ernor says that he will have the agent
arrested at once, and he seemed puzzled
to know why his constable there had not
already made the arrest, The governor
expects a number Of arrests for violating
the law to be made in Charleston to-
morrow.
The druggists of the state are ina sorry
fix. The dispensary law says that the
possession of a United States revenue
license is to be considered prima fqcie ev-
ldcnce of the breaking of the dispensary
law. Uncle Sam says the druggists can
not compound prescription with alcohol
or any intoXicant without taking out
license. The druggists here say they
will obey Uncle Sam even if they have to
disregard the dispensary law
AN ERRONEOUS CONSTRUCTION
The Associated. Press dispatch sent
from this city declaring that the decis-
ion of Judge Hudson concerning the dis
pensary law amounted to nothing, as the
supreme court of this state had in the
Chester case last May, decided the law
constitutional, is entirely erroneous.
Only in certain respects as urged
by counsel was this the case, as
for instance the objection relating
to the mandate that Every act shall re
late to but one subject and that subject
must appear in the title thereof" The
court decided that in such respect the act
was constitutional, but went on to say
that it would not undertake to consider
Whether the act, commonly known as
the dispensary act, contains other fea-
lures not applicable to these cases in con
ttict with the constitution of this state.
Our Judgment must be considered as to
those issues and none other"