The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-05

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! h%riEHa sHritan habits and traditions.
! FaSl(c sentimcnt is and has been from
! &n early day SMong(y opposed 10 IN
| t"Tn9,oITlncc.N Ald 10 this that Iowa
! ~'as the hammer Republican State oflhc
| Union, >nrpaSsing even Vermont ard
| Pennsylvania in her ovt ovtrwhclming Re-
| "ohl{can maJ"ritics Hntil prohibition
| made ii otherwise. This latter point
| j> pf ImpnrtAncc, as it has oaly been
| in strong Republican States. and those
! %lth a low per rcntAee of illitcracy
! tha1 The prohibition sentiment has
! 81 aUd a strong fcNIho!d The Demo-
! cratic party every where, wi,hon, cN.
| rcnli0n :" tar A> I recall, clinsS ,o lis
| oE hobby Of no SumpinarN lcgisla-
| ton" lhaI is 10 allow every man 10 cat
| and drink what he plea>cS and as much
as he rlcascs. There had been SON.
restrictive legislation prior: but in 1881
| a very stringent prohibition amend
mcnt 10 the constitution was adopted
| by popular vote in Iowa. providing
| thai no person shall manufacture for
| sale. or sell, or keep for sale. as a her-
era2c ANY Intoxicating liquor whatever,
lntindInE a!c. wine and beer" This
| most sweeping amendment was o! course
| Vested by lhc liquor interests in the
| toIGt, ana declared mil and voii hy
| the Supreme Court Of the State on a
mere tcchnicaliiy. An appeal was
again made 10 the people, and the NEXT
| General Assembly al The most exciting
| sessions IL the history Of Iowa leSi<la-
ton, enacted 4 law 10 secure total pro,
h'h!llon and 10 incorporate the prohi.
b!ioT! amendment in the statutes"
livery effort Was also made 10 upset
this Law in the courts: but failing in
This, organized schemes were under
taken for lis evasion. This resulted in
sin more stringent legislation in 1856 |
and P1ttng the sale ot intoXicants in !
the HANDS Of the pharmacists" for
'm""ica! and mechanical purposes
only. As might have been expected.
there VAS al once a tremendous increase
n The number OF 'phsrnlacics. ANA this |
became the most pros pcrous business in |
The State. Then TOO an entirely new
method Of cjrc0mvcnling prohibition. |
@: which We havc been hearing and
seeing much Of !alcin Sou,b Caroljn,
vas invented. known as the "Deliycrv
Gepol>. or "oriEiral packaue houses -
The Fedora! Courts were invoked. bat |
sustained ihi> new method, as .Ljdor
SimoniOn has sustained il here. Car
riri 10 me /. :. Supreme Cuur, il also
sustained il. The rcSll, was Iowa WAS
al once nooae,i with '.oriJip,l rackaua
holes. As they were called, very nprb |
a> We have them here in South Carolina.
The STATE was in a most d,nlorabl, |
condition OF absolutely free liJuor. with |
10 power on the par; of TN, local an. |
;hori;it> to restrain. tax o.. rcruIat, !,
Il was estimated tina, IL .u,o of,hcs, |
lori Ejual package holes" we're omen in |
,hc State at one time. OF course such
a situation WAS intolerable. Congress-
was invoked, and promptlv passed, at |
the instance Of the late Senator Wilson |
q! that State. what has since hceo
know As the Wilson Law. Tl4s law !
confrrs on the authorities of a State
lin the exercise of its police pow.r
the same rights over imported intoyi-
cants uS those produced at homo, or |
course this law had the effect of at
once closing all these "original pack
are holes" This law has been fully
sustained bv the Supreme Court ond !, |
will doubtless continue to do so. But |
there is a very essential difference be-
tween the then situation in Iowa and
our present situation here in South
Carolina. There it was a STRUGGLE be-
tween II real bona tide prohibition law
vcritablc "cXcrcisc of the police DOW
er, " as the Wilson Law expresses il, to |
suppress the traffic entirely. on the |
one side and the "original PACKAGE ON
the other. Here it is State monopo)v
of the liquor ira llic for the sake of cain.
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