New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-26

nace of business or at his club and these are
not ..dispensary goods" Indeed, it Is altogether
probable that there has been an increased dspo-
sition to buy liquor in consequence of natural If
ritation caused by artificial attempts to prevent
the exercise of what many regard as a personal
right.
Then it is clearly inpracticable for the State to
conduct the liquor traffic in a busincsslike way
II Is openly charged that the dispensary brands
are not genuine and that they are not worth
what is asked for them. The purchaser Is con-
WINGED that he is cheated when ne buys whsNey
at "A dispensary. He asks the price OF parucu-
lar brand and finds il higher than me rate loi
which he can get it irregularly or. II ne Duys H.
he finds the quality inferior. II Is perhaps h'ed-
less to add that with public feeling in the present
state Of ferment impartial judgment IN suh mat
ters Is not to De expected. \ iuil-nooueO- i"ui-
hon. VINO is Tuning over Til!nanism eighteen
hours oui OF twenty -four, naturally turns purple
at tho sight Of a Gspensary label ana lheVilaoy
chokes over the liquor If he be forced 10 crlnh IL.
But the fact of the matter Is that the state !"
performing here functions which II Is inc"nlpc-
tent to discharge. 1t has gone into tne lr,an
liquor business. and that lies outside the range
OF government.
The dispensary law. moreover. cannot pc en-
forced without inquisitOral methods lhFasior "r
private property and subve rsion o! me r.Rl's -.
mimic nalities The bloodshed at Darlington was
q warning that high-spirited men were prepare"
to defend their personal rights. an'. tnat a arg
proportion of the State militia G. iuld hot u ~
pended upon 10 countract res!s;lhcc 10 VIA, VIZ,
was considered an odOGs law. Governor i"-
man triumphed in that emergency 10y SHeei
force of audacity and infexibe VIII, ana Is osn.
up,n driving THE blind tigers from the Sta'e
nv increasing the powers of the constapuai!
force. By recognizing the State militia ana os
enacting municipal police bills when VII ue
Drive cities like Charleston and Columbia ul thei
privileges of home rule But he has entered
upon a policy which will inevitably instSate
disorder and lawessness He Mods me new
papers responsible for educating the puollc illnu
10 resistance to the searching Of private dwell
ings and contends that the dispensary la" IS d
nullity II man can turn ms nome nso
where he can sell liquor without corresponding
right on the part of the State to hunt Tor IL anu
seize it, He overlooks the essential fact that
the State by engaging IL the LIQUOR mesa, 81
the treasury renders the traffic more or less re-
spectacle and invites competition as an anu
monopoly right 1t is the law itself by It's mar
assing menace of invasion Of personal npernes'
that instigates resistance ana every Lee-s'a-
ture while it is In force VIII be cal!eu upon ~
multiply restraints and penalties, ana an 10 no
nurpose united and enlightened puonc opih-
ion must be behind the d.spensary system no
less than behind prohibition high license o.
loca, option in order render II effective; ana II
is absent In South Carolina to-day on this cues
tion and conservative judges do not oeneVe
that it ever be supplied me system as /. Is
now enforced creates spirit OF ciass ahlaso-
pism factious opposition and open lawiesshess,
and in that respect is melancholy and hopeless
failure. 49, a;s,or-
sary law in other respects Is exerting some IN
fuences which are markedly salutary me
closing OF all the saloons and puohc 6ars
in the State has unquesuonao.! n a,.r'n
up the practice Of treating and dlTnin-
ished the number of arrests for dfuh hnir
ness and dsorderly conduct This is SHOWN
by the police returns in all centres OF popu-
la;ion and by the testimony even OF anu anu
Tilman planters having large estates IN heSI"
districts where there are few white people one
of these conservatives interested In the rice us
trict has cand!Gly admitted 10 me that IN ioeal-
ties where white women and cnaidren are benn7
fic:aly in preventing intemperance ana IN pro
motlng public security No Well-lniorIneu man
denies that temperance laws OF some kiilu al
absolutely essential TO the welfare OF o!acK-pelt
communities where liquor infiames the passions
of the worst negroes and converts tieii iIi'o
fiends T..manism has undertaken TO deai IN
drastic way with the drink evil, ana d! u!i,', "
fishing the facilities for obtaining hquor' anu oS
removing altogether saloons and bars II mas az
complished some excellent results; out IL ,I'Ia
cove ahout il in such a way TO divide rather
than to unite public opinion. and also 10 cleate
antagonism to artificial restraints ana ~
cable legislation. and TO create an uisett'iie' NC
moraliz!ng spirit of lawlessness. ~, ,,,s
So much space has been occupied with discus
sion Of the dispensary system ina, noSt hy
p Governor Evans. The educational reforms OF
Tillmanism are largely experimental ana VIII
stand or fall on their own merits: critics aihrin
tbat the Oldest co.lege IN the State has been
weakened by the assistance given 10 ne" ,IiSs 9
lions founded upon the theory that the chlioren
Of farmers needed special class institutions me
warfare upon receiverships and corporations mas
brought out In the strongest light senator I'M
mans talents controversialst ana inaS'et
Of racv English style strong In all the resources
% rit,,nerafion and abuse While his utterances
and conduct have not been free from claprap
and cheap demagogue trckery ne mas s't uo is go
railway receiverShips promo source vi GUS
and nla,admnstration: and he has been power
fully aided by the anomalous appearance upon
the scene Of Ex-Governor Chamberlain, 'he
founder Of carpet-bag government, ana no" %. ps
a fantastic revolution of the whirngis OF tliIe 'e
representative Of corporation interests anu !"
some extent a Bourbon ally. ,,
int a
cred in this letter. But / cannot close THESE
comments upon Governor Evanss deience vi
Timanism without referring briefly 10 another
anomaly The Constitutional Convention whlch
has been sanctioned by popular vote Is sun 10 pe
elected II II be controlled by tne Par'!, mN q,
IS now apparently firmly intrenched IN power IL
will engraft Tillmanism upon the present Con
stifutiOn The consequences may be mohehlous'
Not only will the dspensary system. when was
pronounced unconstitutional by the supreme
Court and only reintroduced AFTER periou VI
suspension by "A deliberate packing or the court
SO as 10 secure "A reversal OF judgment. be mace d
part Of the fundamental law, but IL Is alSo Pc Pr,
sjble that the principle OF inequality OF taNauoh
NAV also be embodied in II through the llilfnah-
tie frenzy against corporate interests: MoIeoNeI'
THO conditions Of representation, suffrage, regis
tration and election machinery may De r.
adjusted az to put TillmanisIn permanently III
the saddle Conservative and Bourbon Demo
Gratis foresee what is coming. and appreciate iuiIy
the necessity OF controlling the constitutional
Convention. Their only resource aes IN Young
game which the party now In power can also
play. - 49,, ,s,os ~, Gan
vain Timan after a hopeless and very badly
roanagad canvass in the Legislature. has APP
nealed TO the courts to test the validity OF mis-
rivals election The argument Is Instructive.
Ah"ut twelve years ago. when the Democracy
was in complete control Of the state, registration
and election laws were enacted for the purpose OF
preventing negro domination These laws estan,
Eshed a nolitical machine which either suppressed
the negfo vote from the registry or enabled me
managers to manipulate ii WHEN II was cast ,,s,
Everything worked smoothly until captain In
man through Mr.. Dawson's Journalistic enter
nr;sa and owing 10 feuds In the regular ranks.
cot into power. Then he turned the ma S,ni
against the Conservatives, and by dlsIrancnislns