The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-02-16

q bair-splitting lawyer tho present
OF the Supreme Court decision, the
amendments had been considered
necessary. The amendments were
made to meet the objections of the
various courts so as to allow the States
to exercise police control Of foreign
made liquor in the States as we'll as Of
home made liquors.
Mr.. Mills opposed the bill as a step
backward, allowing, as it does, inter
terence with interstate commerce.
He considered it a very dangerous pre-
cedent.
Mr.. Vest also opposed it on the same
ground. He said the effect of the dill
would be u more radical interference
with commerce between the States
than WAS the Wilson bill for a similar
purpose
MIR. Tillman said the object of the
bill was simply to prevent the laying
OF a conduit for the Importation Of
liquor.
Continuing, Mr.. Vest said he thought
the Supreme Court had conc much
further than it could properly have
done under the Constitution in pro-
hibiting the importation of liquor.
The effect o! tho bill would be to con.
hhS PS'piS Y WV pulSudSc " July
liquors manufactured in their own
State. The bill was, he said, intended
to maintain the South Carolina mono
poly under TIA Dispenslry law.
II openly confess that to be the OBJ
ject," said MIR. Tillman. Three
iourths Of u people have expressed
their support of the principle."
The Washington correspondent Of
the News and Courier describes the
novel method adopted by Senator
TIiiman to win friends for his msasure:
Senator Tillman is having great diff
fculty in convincing the Senate that
his bill to override the Supreme Courts
recent decision in the dispensary case
is @ ~meritorious measure. He made
another effort to pass his bill to-day
before tuo Senate proceeded to the
House to tho electoral vote, but
be was vigorously opposed by Senators
Mills, Vest and others. The Senate is
not inclined to overturn a decision of
the Supreme Court to crafty the per-
sonal ambitions and political aims Of
Senator Ill'man, aud his b.ll will pro-
baby fail even If it is ever pressed to q
vote.
Senator Tillman has hit upon q novel
scheme TO expedite the passage of his
bill, but i will bar. ly succeed. He
has tried 10 the hest Of his limited
ability to invoke the ~tine-honorcd and
generally respected "S31atoriat cour-
tesy " in behalf Of his measure. Hav-
ing failed upon that line, he is now
appealing 30 "Seuatorial vanity to
push his pet pr"j&ct successfully along.
He enu oavOrud III play upon "Suua-
torial vanity" by procuring an auto
graph album ana inviting Senators to
wrlcc their names in his took.
There Is II rule OF the Senate which
prohibits employees Of that body from
soliciting autographs during the scs-
slon OF the Senate. The business used
to be carried on to u large extent until
certain Senators, like Conkling. Ed
munds, Beyard amt others, declared
1T was Il nuisance and directed the
scrgcant-at.armS to have the practice
discontinued.
Tiliman commenced operations on
the Democratic side with Senator
Inrpic, Of iuulana, and Senator Bate,
of Tennessee. Several other Demo-
Gratis were thus enrolled by the South
Carollnian He paused and looked
across the aisle 10 the Republican side,
and there sat Senators Huar, OF Massa-
chusetts, Sherman, of Onio, aud ALI
SOD, OF lowa-aIl big men, but also
strict conntructlnnjsts rs to the rules
Of the Senate, and hard mo- t. APP
proach at any time or place. Senator
TIllman g.;zad ~inicntly at Hoar for II
ic" minutes and scratched his h"ad as
II atrald To 20 uD against the Mussa-
chusetts monitor of TIE tSenate, who
read his colleagues such Il severe lee
ture yesterday about betraying the
secrets ot executive sessions.
He's going 10 tackle Hoar," OK
claimed one OF the newspuperreportcrs