The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-08

poer rrou, Outside the stAtc again Being sol,
In south Carolina.

G%RKENvILLn, 8. C., June Judge Simontor',
original package decision. declaring tina, IN,
prohibition In tho DispcnsaTy law agnins, IN.
importation OF liquors In original packages and
their sale by agents Is contrary 10 tho laws Of
interstate commerce.. has upset Gov. ElIcrb.
and tho Tillmnnito party. When the decision
was filed, on the last day OF May. Gov. EIlerh.
appeared dazed, and II was sovcnty.two hou,
before lie could decide not TO call the General
Assembly together and to retain the force Of
whiskcy spies or constables. Had the constable,
been withdrawn, 1t would have been cQuivalen,
to abandoning efforts to enforce the Tispcnsary
law, for the suppression of the blind tigers
depends almost entirely upon them.
Gov. Ellcrbc has at last announced tina, the
dispcnsary will run along as before and take II,
chances in competition with the original mack.
age" agencies which are already being cstah
lished in the towns. The constahlcs will doubt
less be able to hold the tigers in cheek not les,
than before the decision. and the dispensary will
be affected chiefly in loss of trade. This Toe,
will not be great relatively, inasnuch MS well.
TODD people have never purchased liquors from
the dispcnsary, but have persistcntlv imported
It from beyond the state. In fact. this decision
will in some measure strengthen the dispcnsarv.
for, so long as a citizen can purchase from whom
he chooses, and does not feel that his private
that intense opposition by influential rlassss
which has been manifested by some tacit en-.
enlargement of blind tigers.
Liquor men expect TO reap a harvest In the
sale OF original packages. In this town an ex.
saloon keeper has already secured the agency Of
one Of the great brewing companies. and is do
ing q fine business in delivering beer in crates.
The dispensary law has probably been felt more
kecnly by beer consumers than by any other
class Of drinkers. The prices Of beer in tho
dispensaries were high, and there were no con.
Yer SleS,s6 for d p4esense 1T If S eSp'sfsa sI thay p 1t !. il
first rejoice in the realization Of the effects OF
Judge simonton's decision.
holds that under the definition whiskey, for eI.
ample. brought into South Carolina bottled. but
in a box or case, cannot be sold by the agent by
the bottle. Others hold a contrary opinion. and
until there is some settlement OF this point the
ever, in this town of 1900 people. six persons
in addition to the beer agent will open original
, In the absence OF a reversal Of the Sinon.oa
decision by the Supreme Court Of the United
the ie'S disp oeen system Viii probabiy be asa n:
doned when the General Assembly meets in Jan.
gary. The Tillmanites generally admit as much.
to enact a rigorous prohibition measure to sup
plant it. and the likelihood is that the et9r,
General Assembly should meet now. before The
anger Of the Tillmanitee over the DECISION has
With q proposition for high licensed retail whis.
key stores or shops to be governed BY the same
TTe Re oIssr words Is tho how sn s5Rg,y to viii III BE- ei % ensei1S:
the dispensary with the State monopoly feature
removed.
Under tho Constitution of 1895 liquors can
only be sold between sunrise and sunset in this
State, in quantities not less than a half pint. and
they cannot be drunk on the premises Of the
seller. Therefore. there cannot be a return 10
licensed. bars without a constitutional amend.
ment, which is improbable. At present tho
Prohibitionists appear TO be masters OF the
situation, but 1t il predicted that should Senator
Tillman decide that the continuation of the dis-
| pensary Ia impossible. he will ally himself with
the high license proposition, in which event
its popularity will Instantly expand.