The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-08-07

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Tillman Gets the Crowd.
UNION, July 31.-Strong mon ant
brave men looked for serious trouble
at Union this afternoon and early to
night and held their breaths until il
was over. We'll, it's over, and there
was no personal difficulty between But
Ter and Tillman. There wero hot
words, however, and the two men
shook their fore-fngers at each other
and talked hard and fast while the
train on which they were dashed nois-
lily along and everybody breathlessly
awaited the outcome. It's a long story
how it all camc about, but the public
will devour every word with eagerness
and will not then be satisfied.
Hcre's the story, although somo OF
the samo facts appear elsewhere in this
report. On Saturday at Laurcns Sen
ator Butler gave to the newspaper men
part of q speech which he intended
to mako there. This was given them
for the purpose OF getting it to their
papers by mail. The entire matter
related to tho Dispensary. Each COR
respondent mailed the matter to his
paper. Senator Butler did not use the
matter in his speech and the newspa-
per men telegraphed their papers not
to use 1T. For some reason the News
and Courier saw fit tn publish it on
Monday morning with statement
that it was q part of tho proceedings
OF the Laurens meeting. How it madc
the mistake is not known. Governor
Tillman was mad. Tho matter again
insinuated that there was something
wrong in the Dispcnsary. When the
Governor spoke today he jumped on
the article and on Butler, using some
strong language to the senior Senator.
"han thn Snno N ,,nylinl no
we're on Tillman and the crowd got
mad. Butler got mad and for while
things were squally.
The article referred to is as follows,
and was intended to have boon spoken
by Butler ut Laurens:
81 have already during the campaign
referred to the management OF the
State Dispensary and asked Governor
Tillman what had become Of the cents
per gallon rebate the State was enti-
tied to on his liquor purchases. In re-
ply he stated that he did not get this
rebate because he did not continc his
purchases to tho trust. I was not thor
oughly posted then but have since had
the benefit of Commissioner TraXlers
report from July 1st, 1893, to January
1st, 1894, and in looking over it find
that Governor Tillman is in error in
saying that the State was not entitled
to this rebate as mono of his purchases
as published in this report released the
Mill Creek Distilling Company from
payment of not only this I cents per
gallon, but as | will show you of d much
greater amount, and if it has not been
paid steps should be taken to have it
collected as the taxpayers of the State
are entitled to it. In Commissioner
IraXler's report we are informed that
the first liquor purchases for the State
were made on May 22rd, 1893, from the
Mill Creek Distilling Company, who
are in the trust, and amounted to about
sixty-onc thousand, three hundred gal
Ions at a cost of about $S4 300. OF this
purchase all except about 1850 gallons
were entitled to rebate of cents per
gallon, but also cents per gallon for
cash. The l $50 gallons of high priced
whiskey was entitled to discount of 1
per cent. for cash. Further reviewing
this purchase, [ find that the State
paid the Mill Creek Distiling Compa-
ny $l.3O per gallon for II, 1916 gallons of
single X rye, which was only worth on
that day $l.20 per gallon. They also
paid the Mill Creek Distilling Compa-
ny on the same date $l.26 per gallon
for S,2Sl gallons Of single X Bourbon,
the market price Of which on that day
was $l.20 per gallon; so in this single
pulClltlSS WS iluu Uic UtSDuYcrS OIL
State over paid
"On 1880 gallons X rye ut 10 cents
per gallon $l,793G0.
1881 gallons X Bourbon at cents
per gallon l,114S6.
Rebate on $3.50 gallons at 7 cents
$4,196.5O
''Cash discount, 59,950 gallons at 2
cents per gallon, 81, ,109.OO
"Cash discount, 1,345 gallons cost
about $3O.27 at per cent, $4,000.
making grand total of $8,423. so
:, lost to the taxpayers of the State ON
this single purchase amounting to loss
over all the purchases made by the
State, but simply call your attention to
the loss made on this single purchase
from the Mill Creek Distilling Compa-
"The Governor promises that the
Dispensary will be in full blast again
at an early day and apparently he is
anxious to have the law in force again,
and while do not propose to give my
views for or against it, | do think that
the State should buy its liquor to the
very best advantage and not vest the
purchasing power in one who has no
do not think 1t wise to have a law
which opens the door to corruption.
1t Is not my intention to convey the
idea that Governor Tillman is dishon-
est but do say that an Act that gives
the power to any one man to use the
money and credit of the State to the
extent Of thousands of dollars and per.
mits his accounting to the State fol
this trust as Is done in this Dispensary
report is, to say the least, an unwise
Act.
81 have only covered the first pur
chase made by Governor Tillman and
understand that all rye liquors have
since been bought from this company
for the State Dispensary, and will gC
no furhter, but would be glad IL some
one perfectly familiar with the liquor
business would carefully review all the
statements issued by Commissioner
Traxler and let tho taxpayers OF the
State know whether the other pur
chases were made at or above .theil
value"
TILLMAN'S RESPECTS TO BUTLER.
Governor Tillman followed the Rail
road Commissioners. He said that be
fore he began his discussion of issue
he would pay his respects to Senate
Butler. He said that Butler Is allow
ing his mouth to be used as a sewe
through which other people squir
filth at him (rillmap). He reviewed
Buffers various charges against him
Now there appears in the News an.
Courier part Of what is alleged to hav
Butler did not deliver any such speech
and Courier, Governor Tillman sal
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