The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-11

q that they will resume their iniquitor
= trade, debauch our households, furnish
y ing poison to the people and max
e them kill one another, and they wi
# repeal the dispensary law by sayin
e they can sell whiskey from their res
t dences. Shall this demon, who hs
r already four or five victims, have an
r more? One o. gro at Spartanburg.
| white man at Wexford and three me
j. at Darlington. do not intend for hin
to have any more if I can help it. II
has enough. In Gods name, as
statesman, and as leader of enlight
ened public opinion, I shall not budg
? one inch from the position I take ths
this is the peoples governmentan th
, people shall rule it. (Cheers.)
Now, gentlemen, you may imagin'
in asserting this that l am going t
) aggravate the trouble; that in claiming
the right to search private residences
will cause an outbreak. I will tell you
what am going to do. / ain going tt
tell the State Tomorrow in proclama
tion that the revised statutes of South
Carolina are a mine of strength, wealth
and wisdom for governor who will
search them and enforce them. What
would / have been able to do if had
not been able to control the railroads
and telegraph, preventing them from
reinforcing the insurgents and sending
abroad more incendiary lies to inhsme
the people?
TAKES CONTROL OF THE POLICE,
"There is another sword of Damocles
which the law places in my hands to
suspend ever these Insurgents or peo
pie who are pressing for this law to be
annulled without process by the Legis-
lature, and tomorrow I shall cut the
thread which holds that in suspension
and 1t, and that issection 5l9, which
gives me power in an emergency to
take control of the police. We have
had the spectacle presented of the off,
GERS OF the law opposing officers Of the
law; those who have been sworn to
support the Constitution and the laws
disobey them and aid others in dis
obeyiDg them. IF the mayors and city
councils do not make the police do
their duty intend to. see that the
police d. their duty or I will discharge
the last man of tnem." (Gheefs.)
A voice: "That's the way to do them
up"
II intend, as say, to control The
State in the interest of the law and
order. I will not surrender to any NIB
nor to any whiskey element; if the dis
penssry law is good and proper, and
the people want It, they shall have it,
and those who don't want it must take
it. (Cheers.)
"Until the result of this new move is
seen I shall cnnfipe the duties of the
constables to watching the railroads
and Selling contraband whiskey, and
to watching the police, seeing that they
do theirduty, and report to lne whether |
they are doing it. If they don't obey
my orders strictly, if the authorities Of |!
the towns don't cooperate, then I shall |
call the Legislature of South Carolina |
together and I will have the power
given the Executive to remove these
men and appoint others in their stead |
who will obey the law and enforce it.
(Cheers.
SHOOT HIM!
ave will continue to search private
bouses where contraband liquors are
to be with warrants. We are
Obliged to do this as long as it is the
law. Its the law until repealed?"
A voice: "Why don't you obey the
law yourself?"
Governor Tillman: "In what respect
have I not obeyed it?"
(Cries of "Shoot himw "Shut upu')
and keep quiet"
1T is true if the Legislature is as
sembled in extra session it will cost
but money is no object when
the rights and the liberties of the peo-
pie are involved. So there is an extra
session in sight to enact a metropolitan
police bill for all cities and towns, un-
less they cooperate with the Execu-
tive and remove this trouble.
I'm conclusion, I will say to those
who are opposed to this law, to submit,
to quit, to cease their opposition. They
must cease it. We are not going to
good law because they are
opposed to 1t. I propose to uphold the
Jaw. 1 have never done anything to
aggravate the situstion-I never will +
cannot-Iwil not-I dare not-allow
the minority to come forward and say.
This is a bad law; we don't want it and
will not obey it: you cannot enforce it,
If the law Is thus annulled. then any
law can be similarly abrogated by a
and all law become farce.
We have thousands of other good men
besides yourselves who are ready to re-
'pond. The people Of South Carolina |
must govern 1he State, and those who
are in rebellion and resistance must get
out of the road, because the train is on
;he track. have got the throttle in
ny hand, as Governor, 7 am going in 4
IN time, so help me God" cloud
,heers.)
The troops in Columbia then left for
home.