The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-07
TILLMAN IS DICTATOR
He Now Takes Command of
All Municipal Police.

Enforced-wil Call the Legislature
Together il Necessary-R Residences
VIII Be Searched for Contraband
Liquor-An Unusual Proclamation.
COLUMBIA, & c., April 4--Governos
Tllman has issued a proclamation de-
claring himself commander OF the whole
force of municipal police and narsnals Of
the several cities OF the state.
After quoting the law giy.ug him the
power 10 assume this command. he de-
clares that il is made the duty OF the po-
lice 10 enforce the dispensary law. that
they have not done so, except in few
towns, but have been obsCructiug and a.
active aiders and abettors OF those VINO
are defying the law. that the state conSta-
bles appointed by the governor . enforce
this law have been insulted and bounded
by a lawless element of society. causing
several encounters and bloodshed. lie
then says:
Now, theref -, i. Benjamin K. Till
man, governor OF the state OF south Car
olina do issue this, my procl amation,
giving full and official notice to munich
pal authorities OF every city and tncor'
porated town in the state OF South Caro-
thereof, that under the powers given
me, the emergency contemplated has
arisen aud does now exist and that ! do
hereby assume sole control Of the whole
force OF municipal police and marshals
OF the several cities aud incorporated
towns Of this state. They are hereby or
dered 10 enforce all laws on the statute
books, together with all municipal ordi-
nances and orders from municipal author
tiles not inconsistent with the purposes OF
this proclamation. As soon a. the
emergency which il now upon Us shall
no longer exist ! will relinquisE control
and restore the former status"
Before issuing his proclamation Gov
ernor Tiliman spoSe TO large audience
at the state capital addressing his hearers
"a, Citizens soldiers volunteers and
fellow citizens" He said in part:
south Carolina to-day is attracting
the attention of the entire United States,
the situation here is so grave and
anomalous, that it is proper for clear
and official 3; atement to go forth. As
the governor Of the entire people (for
have never sought to be anything else),
that statement can best come from me.
I've are all familiar with the occur.
rences OF the past four days. You are
aware of the contention made by those
who are resisting the law Now, let us
lock at the consequences. II the claim
set forth that private residences shall not
be searched for whisky il once admitted,
it simply repeals the di-pensary law and
il repeals il in an unconstitutional man
per, for If whisky can be sold from private
residence, If mans house can be turned
into a saluG II, from which whisky can be
transmitted to regular saloons, and we
are not permitted TO go in that private
residence search for and seize coutraband
goods, you can readily see it is useless to
pretend to say that wo have a dispensary
law. |, as chief executive, have sworn
that the laws of this state shall be obeyed
and respected and until the dispensary
law is repealed, legally, so help me God,
will exert all the powers / have TO see
that all tie laws are obeyei" Cheers.
He then described the disturbances a.
Darlington, the seizure of state arms by
the mo b and the hunt for the state coh
ables. Continuing, he said
81 say these men were advertising
themselves ta the world Is lynchers,
and that they intended to lynch these
constables VINO were in the woods none
OF them guilty of having started the
row. They we're gallopins and hurrah-
ing over the country, sending for rein.
forcements, aud all bearing arms, but
they Lave never fir-d a shot at single
constable. They wayiaid the constables
at the depot, but hays never seen one
since the first fire Qaughter), and 1t
seems that they did not want to find the
consta bles
To-day we find the state divided into
two hostile camps. Why3 Simply be
cause the minority are not willing TO let
the majority govern. The body polite il
diseased il is IN fever. Whyg Because
In this city and Charleston the people
have taken to their bosUms viper in the
shape OF newspapers which distils day by
DAY poison into their system and will not
let the lever slbside. They Civ. me
credit for nothing Tney try to sting me
personally by abuse, slander aad misrep-
RESERVATIONS ] wear a coat Of mail which
they have never pierced, that Is an honest
heart desirous OF bettering the interests
of this state and looking TO the welfare
OF the whole people. But, fellow citizens.
this strained rei ationship between the
factions in South Carolina must stop
must cease, il cannot go on without pre-.
cipitating civil war We Of the majority
faction are not 20 blame. These men
who have opposed Us have got 70 submit
to the rule OF the majority.
1T has been sent abroad all over the
state and the United States that my life
is daily threatened, that men are
Offering TO go to Columbia to kill me.
Threatened men live longest A bark.
ing dog does not always b!se. Ny life is
not worth much To me, but is worth as
much a. any other mans. anI rather
taan desert my post to my enemies by
leaving the executive mansion. where
you have placed me. / would have gone
out of II n corpse. (Cheers)
who is doing all this, The blazing
element The Match which IL trying to
reacH the powder isthe barroom men. the
whiskey men, and those who are egginz
them on. Ia Gods name. as a statesman,
aud az q leader OF enlig1t public
opinion. shall not bulge one inch from
the position tax; this Is the pc piles
government and the people shall rule H.
(CheerS)
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