The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-04-27
STARTLING CHARGES
MADE BY MAJ, HAMILTON IN HIS AN
SWeR TO HIS RETURN.

Tamperod With Tho Disponsary act.
Something That May Hreak Tn tho
Law.
COLUMBIA, c., April 20.-Yes.
terday was productive of an important
disclosure in regard to the State dispen-
sary law, and the making of some
startling charges against The Speaker of
the House of Representatives. It's per.
haps the first tmo that s uch charges
have been brought against an officer of
the legislative branch of the State yOv-
ernment, aud the final outcome is await
ed with interest. This sensation is the
product Of the Chester liquor test cases
now pending in the State Supreme
Court, and the charges referred to are
made in legal paper, which is a por-
ton ofthe record Of these cases.
Yesterday Mai. Hamilton went to
the Secretary of States sllicc aud spent
an hour and half examining the records
which he charges have been tampercd
with. To have been warranted IL usinr
them in his answer in which paper they
appear, Maj. Hamilton must have found
something from his Investigations which
he has not made public. Several at
torneYs TO which his answer was shown
seem to think that he has made a strong
case against the Dispensary law, and
consider that if his allegations as to the
tampering with the enrolled act arc true
the law is necessarily void.
Here ls On exact copy OF Mai. Ham,
llton's answer TO the return made bv
the respondent in the Chester case
which speaks for ITSELF
LIE STATE OF SOUTH CAROIINA-
In the Supreme CourL-Thc State
eX relatOne w. II. Hoover VS.. The
Town Council Of Chester.
The relator replying to the return Of
the Town Council Of Chester hereto
filed on the 18th of April, 1893, SAYS:
l. That it is not true as averrcd in
the return of the respondent that the
Iowu council of Chester hal any righ,
OF discretion to grant or refuse q License
when the relator had compl ed W tn all
the requirements Of the special act OF
1888, regulating and granting OF license
by the town council Of Chester or under
chapter LV of the general statutes.
2. Because if said town couacil had
fuse licenses to sell spurious iuLozi
eating liquors uuder the act Of 1888, The
said town council of Chester never ey.
crcised their discretion.
8. Becausc the act Of 1883 and chap
ter LV ot the general statutes was not
repealed by IAN act to prohibit the
the manufacture and sale Of intox icatlng
liquors as beverage within the State
except as herein permltted," approved
December 24, 1892.
+. That said bill never acquired the
force OF law in this State because the
original bill, which passed both houses,
was altered and changed by Ira b. Jones
Speaker OF the House Of Representatives
at the time or after it passed the House,
and amended as he saw fit. when it an.
pears IN the journal Of the House of date
OF 23rd December, 1898, that no such
changes, alterations or amendments
were ever sanctioned by the House of
representatives.
3. That the original bill substituted
lor the Roper bill wss bill pure and
simple to raise revenue Tor the State
OF South Carolina, and originated in the
Senate contrary to the constitution Of
this State.
=. Because the original bill was one
whose oble IT was to raise a revenue for
the State, and such object was noLex.
pressed in its title"
7. Because said bill, not bcing an
amendment to the Roper bill, never re.
colVed three readings in the House;
never became an act, and ls void.
.. because no power was ever given
TO the Legislature by the people OF
South Carolina to create for the State a
monopoly in a la vful merchantile busi-
ness 10 the exclusion OF her own citizens.
>. +. HAMILTON,
Attorney for the RcIator.
Attorney General Townsend, who
has not yet seen the charges made in
the answer made to the return. yestcr-
day morning said that he would appear
in person at the hearing on May |, and
make argument in the cases. HIS object
ls to throw Maj. Hamilton out oE court
on the ground that he did not get per-
MISSION to go INTO the State Supreme
Court from the Attorney General, as
required by law. He said that manda.
mus was prcrO12tivc right handed down
from the King OF England H. was the
only person who originally had the right
TO allow the use Of manGamus. $50 it
Is yet in South CarOlna-thc law on the
subject has never been chlngad," says
The Attorney General. lie says Mr..
Hamilton comes i'll and makes the State
plalntlif when the State did not agrCc
to come into court. In support OF this
nc called attention to the title OF the
cascs.-"Thc State cXrclation W. II
llOovcr," etc. He said he did not think
the Supreme Court could possibly grant
writ of maudamus without the Statc's
concent, until after the law went into
effect and there was some violation.
lie seems confident of throwing the case
out OF cOIrt.-State.
What Spo ,ker Jones Says.
COLUMBIA, 5, c., April 2l.-Thc
answer of Maj. Hamilton, the attorney
Tor the .iqnor men in the dispensary
test case, containing the severe charges
against Speaker Ira B. Jones, OF the
House of Representatives, proved to be
the sensation Of the day Yesterday, and
there was much talk all over the CITY.