Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-14
LAW AS TO DRINKS.
GOV. TILLMAN ON SOUTH
CAROLINA'S NEW PLAN.
The Great Rcformer Thinks 1t
Will Increase the Revenue
and Help Temperance.

Governor Benjamin Ryan Tlllman,
the Chief Executive Of South Carolina,
whose remarkable political career IN re-
cent years has attracted such universal
attention. was one Of the most striking
and interesting figures among the dis
tinguished visitors who attended the
convention of Southern Chief Execu-
tives.
The representative of tho Palmetto
State is a man whose appearance could
moi fail to attract attention no matter
where he goes. lie Ia tall and power
fully built, and his ceIn-shaven face
shows strength and character IN every
feature. Tho Governor has lost one OF
his ewes. and the lines of his physiogno-
nv are perhaps q little rugged, bus one
can readily see that he Is possessed OF
unusual intelligence and Is moreover
person of exceptional qulckness and
brightness lie Is ever ahAhle and
genial and what he says IS original and
generally witty or clever
At the Exchange Hotel, where the
distinguished Carolinian Is stoppine, he
has excited the greatest lnteres. among
the guests. hut be Is entirely unostenia-
tious and bears his celebrity without the
elightest evidences Of bIdheadedness.
CARouNAs LIQUOR LAW.
Governor 1ilman was seen yesterday
by q representative Of the DISPATCH
and asked to give his views about the
recent hauor law passed by the South
Carolina Legislature, which has so reVo-
luhonized the liquor traffic III the IaI-
IL, ito state.
at this time" said the Governor,
"whiskey Is SOLD IN tue State under the
license system only IN Incorporated
towns. The prohibition element IN
South Carolina has. with varying results.
made several fights in the municipal
corporations 10y means OF what are cali
ed wet and dry tickets, but there
have from time to time been strenuous
efforts made TO pass prohibition law
for the whole State. and prohibition
actually exists IN six counties. In other
words. 10 saloons are licensed, but
whskey u brought to these counties by
cxnress companies and railroads, while
druggists are allowed TO sell 1t upon GER
ticates from physicians, as IS the case
III other so.called prohibition communl-
ties.
THE PROHIBITION BILL.
"Ycar before last the House OF Re-
representatives. passed Il strict prohibition
bill. which was killed bv the Senate,
and the agitation resulting therefrom
caused the question of prohibition or
no prohibition TO lie submitted at the
democratic primary last August Pro
hiniuon prevailed by 10000 majority,
but it did not obtain Il majority Of the
votes cast, Great many not having
voted in that box or on the question at
all. When the Legislature met last De-
cember however, the House again
passed q strict prohibition bill. This
was amended in the Senate by striking
ont the promhitory features and leaving
the machinery which mad been provided
10 enforce prohibition rs a meah0 Of dis
pcnsing liquors This machinery IS
very complex and stringent Provisions
were incorporated in the bill looking
somewhat TO a monopoly by the State
government OF the whishey traffic IN the
purpose OF policing II.
WILL HAVE 10 BAR-ROOMs.
"Uuder the new law" continued
Governor Yllman, (Which goes into
eject July 10Th. there will be no bar
rooms in the State. Whiskcy will be