The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-23

through all the gradations OF his existeace'
from form 10 form, as II in a vast public
school. Gold was condemned. and all the
members OF society. unswerved by pas
sion. were fixed. each in his proper place,
I'm which each was only too happy TO re-
| main. This was what one might call
good government sure enough, and this
Governor Tillman has taken for his model,
certainly, as far as South Carolina
relation 20 bar keeping in the future Is
concerned We shall state this morning
the principal features OF her new liquor
selling law.
| on and after July ist all the oid-time
bars are to be closed and their places
are to be taken by new bar-rooms' to
/ be owned and controlled by the state
! the whole nature and character OF when
are to be changed by calling them state
dispense ries" This change Of the nature
and character OF a business through the
magic Of a new name being given 10 It,
| win throw 5000 persons out Of the employ
ment by which they have heretofore SUB
sisted. in order that 5000 other persons
may get their places; but Tillman says
| he is a Democrat, and that rotation IN
Office is Democratic doctrine, and that
therefore while the 5000 barkeepers will
] be badly dishgured. general Democracy
win still stay I'm the ring. and that Is
| the only thing a good citizen is called on
! to think about.
There is 10 be a commissioner Of the
| state Dfspensary," and this will be a
considerable big bug, for he is TO do all
the tasting, sampling and buying Of all
| the liquor that all South Carolina drinks
| no liquor suited TO South Carolina threats
unless first purchased by him. He is to be
assisted by a State chemist. II is true, but
| that will possibly have less reference 10
the. general health of the people Of South
| Carolina in practical work than TO the
Commissioner getting perfectly pure
whisky for his own drinking.
State Board Of Control is 10 appoint
county boards Of control. and these will
/ appoint the new barkeepers for the coun-
ties. to be called retail dispensers
There can be but one dispenser In each
| county, and he must be indorsed by
majority Of the voters in the town in
which the permit is TO be issued, and
won't there be some lively promises Of
free whisky to voters when that election
takes place? Liquors manufactured IN
the State are to be given the preference
by the State Commissioner but they
cannot be sold TO any one in the State
except by him. A purchaser of liquor
can buy it only in packages Of not less
than half pint, nor more than five gal
Ions, and the dispenser" must not break
these packages. Before a thirsty soul
can buy a package he must make appli-
cation therefor in writing, giving kind and
quantity of liquor required. why and for
whom. These are the principal features
Of a law that is to cure that vicious PRO
pensity Of the human appetite which has
brought more misery on mankind than
all the wars that have ever been waged.
Our special from Columbia yesterday
| gave some interesting details Of the
methods by which Governor Tillman will
put this act in force. He has ordered
badges for special detectives, who Will
make arrests. seize Whistles, and see that
the law is properly enforced, as well as
keep an eye on the country dispensers
and the social clubs" THE different
beers used in the dispensary will be
numbered instead of named" (of course
no man will drink as much by number as
he will by name) 1.-The cheapest whisky
will be retailed TO the customer at three
dollars per gallon. down TO twenty cents
for a half pint. The liquor sold at three
dollars will cost half that much at The
| distnleries, and the Governor
calculates that there will be nearly a
million gallons Of liquors sold by the
dispensarles, and that the net profit will
not be less than half a million of dollars
for the first year." which is an exceeding
| ly neat combination Of a benevolent pur-
pose to cure men of vicious taste, with
| an intention TO sell as much liquor as
possible for the greatest profit that can
be secured.
So far as we know, governmental plans
like this worked perfectly in Utopia, and
produced an exceedingly happy state of
/ life there. We must bear in mind, how
ever, that the people Of Utopia diverted
the eye more from the main chance than
the people of South Carolina do, so that
we must not expect too much from the
laaer: and we must wait also for that
refinement of South Carolina character
which the new law is going to produce
by curing all people there Of their taste
for liquor When this has happened, we
may look for Utopian habits even in
Edgeheld-and no pun on topper" intend
] ed.
This whole business is nothing but one
| OF those customary manifestations OF the
| belief many men have that one man can
attend 10 another mans affairs better
| than he can attend to them himself. II
| is the paternal and the socialisuc idea
! in government that wishes 10 follow
with a Government telegraph, Govern
ment telephone, Government savings
bank. Government express system
! Government control of the railroads
| Government milk deliveries Government
/ abattoirs, cemeteries. dispensaries. lying
in hospitals and undertaking establish
ments hotels, street sprinklers, dry goods
stores. and everything else II is an idea