The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-10-08
Constitutional Convention.
A BUSY AND BvENTFUL WEEK.
Dispensary, Divorce, Factories and
Suffrage.
THE DlspENsARY QUESTION.

The Legislature is Given Thre
Options tn Dealing With the Liquo
ProbIem-Oid Time Bar-roOms No
One OF Them.
When the convention reassemble,
1T dived into the vitally important mat
ter of Incorporating the dispensar.
law into The constitution.
A motion to indefinitely postpon,
Mr.. Clayton's substitute was the pend
ing question. This substitute wa
read AS follows:
In the exercise of tie police power
the general assembly shall have nj
authority to license tho sale of intoxi
eating liquors or beverages by persons
or corporations within this State
The general assembly may prohibit
the manufacture and sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors and beverages within the
State, or may authorize and empower
State and county officers, both OF
either, under the authority and in the
name of the State, to buy in any
market and sell and retail within the
State Intoxicating liquors and bever-
ages In such packages and quantities,
under such rules and regulations, as it
deems expedient."
Mr.. Clayton having returned, made
q vigorous speech in support OF his
substitute, covering the points he
elaborated last week. He wanted the
possibility of the return of the bar
room nailed now, once and for all.
Mr.. Farrow then got the floor and
proceeded to make u vigorous speech,
dealing largely with the police powers
OF State. What these powers we're
the courts must decide.
Some question arose in the midst Of
Mr.. Farrow's speech as to what had
become of the amendment sent up 81
few days ago by Senator Tillman to
be read, providing for licenses for
liquor selling on the dispensary plan
in case the supreme court of the United
States held that the State had no
light to sell liquor. The matter after
q long wrangle, was Strengthened out.
Things were terribly mixed, and it
took an endless amount of talk to tell
where the convention was at.
Mr.. Farrow continued, saying as
between the scheme proposed by Sena-
tor Tillman and prohibition he would
support the former.
Senator r. b. Watson believed that
all other questions were small in COM
parison with the liquor question.
Liquor was something to debauch the
whole land. He gave some forcible
statistics. A half million people were
making and selling the stuff. He had
been glad that South Carolina had
taken few stops forward to stop the
sale of this damnable stuff, calculated
to make all men villains and murderers.
If all the money that goes to this evil
could go to other, things there would
be no suffering. He had lived to
educate one little community to think
it disreputabe to handle the stuff.
Who could estimate the magnitude Of
the evil? Yet they tell us not to have
it shut Off. II our dispensary is knock
ed up, don't give us back the barrooms.
He was ashamed of some Of the cities;
debauching their people to pay taxes,
and running the people utterly. He
cited the state of affairs in Greenville
and Charleston prior to the introduc-
tion of the dispehsary system. He
was glad South Carolina had taken
the first stride in the right direction.
stuff up in as unattractive a shape as
possible, and he was glad that it was
selling no more of it than pos ossible.
Mr. Clay ton wanted to allow post
pouement till tomorrow in Difference
to Senator Tillman. This was because
of the misunderstanding about the
printing of Senator Tiliman's amend
meut N2s
Mr.. Patterson wanted to hear the
much talked of Tillman amendment
read. He was not willing to indefinite
ly postpone the Clayton substitute un-
less SenatoNTillman's amendment COW
cred all the requirements.
Mr.. Parler said they had heard
enough debate; their minds were made
up and they knew how to vote it was
best to decide the matter.
1t was then shown, after Mr.. Hen
derson had called for the previous
necessity to get the Clayton substitute
indefinitely postponed before the con-
vention could get Senator Tillman's
amendment before it.
Mr.. Wilson, evidently laboring under
8 misrepresentation as to the statas of
affairs, took issue with this statement.
He said. in the course Of his remarks.
replying to Mr.. Sheppard, that he
would like to know whether the
journal or the gentleman from Edge
field was correct.
Mr.. Sheppard-(with great emphasis)
The gentleman from Edgefield is
right, as he always Is.
Mr.. Sheppard stated that it was not
his purpose to thwart or confuse the
friends OF the dispensary. He simply
wished to get the amendment of Sena-
tor Tillman before the house.
Senator Tillman then rose and stated
in emphatic language that he hoped
the dispensary's friends would not be
~ Guy oubh iuSbo 90 oouO
of them were advancing, Governor
Sheppard had stated the matter fully.
The roll was called on the motion to
: indefinitely postpone the Clayton reso-
tiop. The motion prevailed by the
following vote
Yeas-Aldrich, Alexander, Ander-
son, Ashe, Atkinson, Barry, Barton,
Bates, Bellinger, Berry, Robo, Bowen
Brice, j, S.; Brice, T. w; Carver
Cooper, DELAY, Dennis, Douglass
Doyle, Dudley, Evans, w. D.; Farrow
Field, Fitch, Floyd, Fraser, Gage
Gamble, Garris, Garry, Gilland. Glenn
+, L.; Glenn, j. P.; Gooding, Graham
Gray, Harris, Harrison, Hay, Hayns
Porth, Fl smphill, Henderson, ID s..
1tdehry, HERS, Hodges, Howell, Hutson
61rby, johnson, T, e.; Johnstone, George
Jones, Willie; Keitt, Kennedy, e. j..
: Kennedy, j. W., Klugh, Lee, Low
man, McDermotte, MCGOWAN, Nc
Hagen, MoMakin, Matthews, Miller
Mitchell, Nathaps, Nicholson, Oliver
Otis, Parler, Patterson, Patton, PeaBe
Prince, Ragsdale, Hedfearn, Rogers
4 Rosborough, Rowland, Sheppard
4 Sloan, Smith, A. j., Smith, Jeremiah
\ smith. II. F.; Smith, w. O.; Sproti
"A stokes, Stribling Sullivan, Taylor
'Til,man, b. r.; Tillman, G, D.; Tim
morman, vonKolnitz, Waters, Wells
Wharton, Whipper, White, a.. III