The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-08-10

not with the air OF man who has moth
Ing to do with the race, but with tn
evident conviction that he was himsel
the first choice OF his auditors, an
that the colleague given him would b.
one OF his liking.
Leaving this question, Senator Till
man entered the one nearest his hear
the dispensary question. "None o
these candidates" said he, "appear t,
o.; De friends of the dispensary law
There Is many a politician hiding ou
in the bushes to see how the people
stand" Senator Tillman went on tt
describe the war which had been made
upon the dispensary law by the cities
In which they had openly fought it,
operations, so much so, ne declared
that Charleston had seeded from
South Carolina on the the liquor law
1T was then" said he, "that | made
up my mind that the State should take
chargo OF the police force of IL csc
cities. AS Governor always asked, is
such thing right is it for tue bone fit
OF the people and when the answer
was In the affirmative there was moth
ing in sight to prevent my perform
ance OF 1t. | want one law for South
| Carollna-oue which Charleston will
nave to respect just as much as Abbe-
vile. Senator Tillman went into de.
tall as to bow the dispensary law orig
! mated. Inere was an attempt being
made to commit South Carolina to pro.
hibltton, as the case was in Maine That
prohibition simply furnished an excuse
Tor prescriptions by doctors to build up
a,generation OF hypocrites, who were
always sick when they wanted drink.
| u preferred the dispensary system, >
said he, "a prohibition law would not
nnEnrnnI hot, l.
| lltical, 1t would go the way OF all poiit-
ical measures. There is al old ex-
preston that the best way To- fight the
devil Is wi tn his own tools, and argued
that the best way to fight liquor is
with liquor. | do not agree with min
listers who make out that the drinking
OF whiskey is u crime. 1t ia the abuse
OF whiskey that is wrong. We can not
treat with men AS we would like to
have then. but as they are.
IN wv, what is the giant evil in the
whisky business? 1t Is the element of
personal profit, the greed of men who
make money out of it. The dis
pensary wiped that class out
OF existence, 1t is personal pro-
ft that opens up brilliant saloons
by which to seduce men. 1t
buys politicians, it bribes policemen.
AS II result Of the dispen.ary we have
today lass drinking In South Carolina
than was ever before known in the
State. But now" said he, 1--WE hear OF
the appeal to Ca ,ar-the federal court.
Newspapers have fought the system
and little politicians have Boiled 1t,
saying that the officers have had ro-
bates aud have even attempted to mon
ton my name in connection with it,
will stand up in the face OF God and man
and say that they are liars. cannot
go into the indecency Of our present
federal Judge. In all the iniquities
which marked the career OF Judge
Bond, and God knows they were bad
enough, yet he never cQualed Simon
state monopoly is only to build W. that
personal monopoly which has damned
SO many communities. II the decision
OF the supreme court is right, even un-
der high license or low license, or any
other plan, the legislature may adopt.
original packages can still be brought
in and distributed throughout the
State. Ole OF the candidates for tho
Senate, Mr.. Maytiold, has criticised
the bill which | introduced which
commands Simonton to take his dirty
hands off the throat of South Carolina
This candidate Is pleased TO say the
dlspensary system Is rotten. If that
be true, 1T Is the fault OF the admins
tration aud not of the law. omust,"
said the Senator, stamping the floor,
put the dispensary either in politics
again or out Of it. Make the county
dispensers elective, as are your clerks
and treasurers and sheriffs and II YOU
are capable Of electing those other
county officers you should be equally
capable to elect the right kind OF dis
pensers. The trouble with us now Is
that there Is a divided responsibility:
that politics has got into the State
board" 1t was here that Senator Till
man spoke of the position taken against
the dispensary by Mr.. Gonzales and
declared his purpose, II necessary to
keep the dispensary to the front, Of
resigning hls scat and entering the
fight for the governorship next year
with that question as his sole platform.
Not that want to giveup my pres
we'll where am. Whenever | get up
to speak every one of them comes in
from the cloakroom or wherever else
they may be, and they crane their
necks to hear every word | say. And
let mo tell YOU" said he, amid the
laughter OF the audience, that pitch
rocks up there as we'll as here. went
up to WashingtO to speak for you and
| am doing it," AT this point a per-
sistent gentleman with O red head in
sisted upon Mr.. Tillman's taking up
the tariff bill, which he did, saying
The whole scheme OF the Dingley bill
was public theft. 50 described 1t In
my place In the Senate. I said its
purpose was criminal; that | was
against 1t in all its shapes and forms,
but If these people, having the power
to enforce the protective tariff, insisted
upon 80 doing, | wanted my share for
my people. They accuse McLaurin of
being republican" said he, because
he voted for several amendments OF
the bill calculated to bring some of its
benefits down this way. Now | voted
the same way, and | am not a republi-
can" Senator Tillman continued upon
this subject at some length, having the
entire audience in sympathy with his
views and cheering him enthusiastic
cally.
There can be no doubt Of The import
ance OF Senator Tillnans speech to
day. While disclaiming particip pa
tion in the Senatorial canvass he ha.
made himself the most tprominent figure
in 1t. He has set the pace as to publ,
policy, one in which the candidates
will have to follow in his wake from
sheer force Of circumstances. So true
is 1t that when Tillman speaks IL
South Carolins all others are forgotten
and that he will from now on be tn,
central and the controlling figure