The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-11
TiiIIman Defends Dispensary.
Speech at Abbeellie---Abases
Simonton ane al! Oppon-
ents Of the System.
Special 10 The State.

Special 10 The State.
AbbevilIe, Aug. 4-Senator Till
man spoke to large crowd at
K!ughs at IL o'clock. Chairman
Blake introduced him as zone whom
we month ago mourned as dead.
now alive aud in our service :" The
senator's remarks were devoted to
his serate record. Clemson and the
dispensary. The crowd was with
him He said
eleven years yesterday l spoke,
advocating the agricultural college
and rule Of the people Since then
I have been here repeatedly, where |
have never been shown an act Of
discourtesy The dispensary is the
best liquor system We have tried
others. The dispensary removes the
chief demon Of the traffic, personal
profit Under high license keepers
would sell at night and on Sunday at
all hazards
eff the dispensary management is
rotten, turn the rascals out. There
was no rottenness when | was gov
ernor. 1t is as possible to get hon
est dispensers as honest treasurers
aud auditors. | favor election Of dis
pepsers by the people.
Liquor men have appealed to
Caesar aud our judge has outdone
them ali. Bond in his palmiest days
could not exceed Simoutor as ty
rant He has run the government by
courts to an unbearabIe limit.
ssThe change from the old board of
control to the new was a sad change
There is politics in the board. Two
against three shows something
wrong. Something is wrong wish
any man the Legislature elects. The
governor, etc., are the rightful
board
.sAs to the metropolitan police,
Charleston has naturally seeded
from the State. Her grand jurors
persistently refuse to do their duty !;
officers of the law are discredited.
Governor Evans was right in putting
on che metropolitan police Govern
or Ellerbe is right in maintaining it
Ellerbe wanted to remove the police
but necessity called for its mainten
ance. If the dispensary is rotten,
you are largely to blame If you
admit you cant elect honest dispen-
sers you cant elect homes. treasurers
and therefore admit civilization is a
failure. In Abbeville and elsewhere
you have had honest management.
"Men who have constantly opposed
Ben Ti!lman and all his work are
bound to admit that the dispensary is
superior to the other two systems we
have tried"
AS to his senatorial record, Till
man said 81 went to Washington
to work and I have worked | have
helped save you s1,00O,0o0 OF armor
plate. l passed the dispensary bill
in the senate, and Latimer did his
utmost to pass it in the house and
but for Tom Reed would have passed
it. Of 35,0O0,000 farmers l am the
only representative in the senate I
have advocated no more than McEau.
rim. l don't claim that protection IS
right To illustrate, three brothers
own COW, two take all the beef, as
two thirds of Americans have taken
all the protection | want our share
of the COW -
Asked as to the senatorial candi-
dates, the senator said: elf the
four can't convince you one Of them
is fit. leave all For man who, as
the State senator. has been a friend
and supporter ofthe dispensary, May.
field is taking a remarkable course y
Eve are trying to get men at
Clemson fit to teach boys We want
boys sent from school to the farm ;
not from school to profession and do
nothing for their class !"
The senator left at lao for CleE-
son to attend the board meeting.