The sun., 1893-07-09

but the Prohibitipnists aroused only bS0OI
S voted tsGs isr pS9s pSs0sSOn En aS
Tie LEGISLATURE which eeqporatod with tn.
senatc sonss 81 hs fHs saq
iuoo momSers Of both 'iiSs HOUSE less than iifiy
were straight-onts or conservative Democrats
and n the the sennse Besns
Prohibitionists bad reirnincd from operatins
soS wH"a d R oS o hsS S e hsd sa
grent, many members OF the Legislature who
sidered them elves bound to support Hprohibi-
tion bill Such bill was introduced by man
sqa wSs Only
the ,consS,ftyatiyes Eho were almost eSclH.
op,poneent Of Prohibiti9n. He AID not knoW 10y
must have three, readings in each House In
order to become a law. and this anti.liauor law
timo for three readings in that chamber. TIL:
man has among his friends an editor who had
come. . to the state from Athens, Ga In that
YANKEES Of tho "S South. 'orS' and new idoas find @
tho reore had long boz been r trying to suiate
ys whsh s' s oR ~ . 4 ssg ssS eapsn
appointed sanrod a Gt city % dispenscr @ Of ouoTs
paS has wSrfed sstis sctoyIy 70 The psspe Of
But tnp ss has less than
easy to manage in so small a district.
-, The man from Athens suggested this idea to
Iii,man II md nd to Senator Itins who was In
ate There S was itte tims to 10 weigh tho PROF
eGt; The only aim Yas to find d. something with
tionary lazy. which has upset tho routine Of
e hos stats na has been p conssd ns.l
mine mine democrate e prneipies eoss w1s n renity
nd anp fGpa as %s IL a
der to make It apply to an entire State; Haste
and ill.digested planning distinguish every
and iumh hled from beginning TO end,
-. There was not time even to introduce It on
witch w2ad have PiIiod Tii%an Political
by lyins as an amendment to the Roper pro.
hibiti9g BIZ. II vas very peculiar sort Of
tion had been strekon out The Roper bill
the words, except as herein provided" and
law; He caused it to Be trampetod as ski psrtsiy
prohihitory. as a step toward prohibition" as
comprf2;miise. lfIf;niis as stride toward als
money Sub. was Ss also e argued
Gratis e, and capitalists. who had been sucking
@ s Hst1 yet
ot he ensd attenton Hio to the acsnoWIedSsd
word that he would maxi half million dol
The bill was bitterly fought for, whole day.
and & night and part Of g SECOND @ "a day ~ IN the
ties and the anti r neranee az ' men. EN- who had
nerved themselves to oppose the Roper bill in
vote q fna aSn M Il
ordinary and unimportant amendment toa bill
Whom the Prohibitionists began to read and
consider &c. the bilawheh tho Goyerpor signed:
the it
and. as they think. deirapded But tie s'tfS: Gov:
ernor continued to consider them quite as a
cred to pc a step toward prohibition. His first
act has been regarded as having a humorous |
IS Commissionsr' Under tho new Il law. afie fie
!ns s1gSa Stats disgensary snd SctsIns
S si S ss
Governor did was to go West on q tour. for the
HI tSSk ss1M M S hi@ bs tSs law
system and declared that South Carolina
tb. should b. bought in to any
Siso. 600 and $4,000 in that and Of her MS ways
an der the law the goods She he bought be n must % como me
nto South Carolina billed to the State and
agged by q certificate issued by the State.
The new law Is menaced in many ways and
rom many sides. As the Governor arrayed
,is forces q. pgainst tho Intelligence and tho
;tudying to render his law inoperative. In the
irst place tho townspoqple have stocked their
oers with rt SIX S months sSpsy OF wines and
icense has not expired being chosen to make
. test case-are likely to challenge the. coisti-
DESTROYED their business. and has been nyow-
'dly set up to make money for tho State The
TSer VI" ocsps tnfe tho srdns rnps the The
he provision forbidding them to carry
rGnsi rig sou;b And other packages Of lI1uor
With the internal commerce Of the country.
vhich only Congress can restrict or regulate.
nissioners. under the Governors orders. have
rdered Tedution lon Of tho freight r@tos on
iii decline to alter @ rates ana oao prn
ipal line. the Richmond and Danvilie. was re-.
orted on Sunday last to have already in
unsigned TO citizens at any and ali points in
outh Carolina. The, lawyers OF the State as
10 manner in which it passed the lower House So
the Legislature, whsro It wins, concur.ed in
nm ameHdment. instead OF having three
sadings, as a separate bill. Finally. It Is urgod
lat the Governor committed n grave breach |
the revised statutes whom he expended more !
loney than his Legislature set apart for his
Experiment..
But the complete failure Of tho law is pre-
lcted on grounds entirely apart from its pos
bio unconstitutionality and apart from any
tho court may put upon its en-
Its failure Is considered certain,
scauso 1t Ia believed that 1t can not be en-
reed so as to prevent the same illegitimnte
lle of liquor that has accompanied all prohi-
tory laws In NIL pnrts OF the country. Over
10 three land borders of the State, and into 1t |
way OF tho sea, liquor Is sure to ilnd ita way
decd. NO ono doubts that the railways, the Q
;Eress ompanieS. and even the Post Olfice.
III bring II In. Tho Tilmanites include thou
Inds OF tipplers, who. will themselves beat 9
o law. and will decline either to expose {
convict those who are caught smuggling G
Q stun or maintaining blind pigs" In the
unties along the coast all sumptuary laws
e abhorrent to the people. and the laws for Il
dding tho sale Of intoxicants outside the O
WINS. now and for q long time on tho statute c
'oks. have been openly and de1antly sot at 4
IuGht, there. as they are to-day and will be I
'der the dispensary act. Tho limiting OF tho Il
spensaries to only ono for each county IA
nsidered q weak point, which will encourages r
To all these predictions Gov. Tiilman repllcs n
he DID in his interview with the correspon- n