The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-26
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E. II. AuLL, EDITOR. 4
scuuMrsnr ON THE pIspENsARY.

sCHUMPERT ON THE DIsPENsARY.
The report Of the campaign meeting
at Camdcn rs made in tho daily papers
made it appear that Col. 0. l.. Schum-
pert had como out strong for tho dis
pcnsary. A report Of that meeting is
published elsewhere.
We thought when. we saw it that
there must he some mistake, for, Col.
Schumpcrt had been very positive in
his opposition to the a!spensary aud as
strongly opposed toprohihition, though
he favored the restrictions thrown
around the sale Of liquor by the dispcn-
sary law. The Grccnvillo News under
stood that he had changed positions, AS
the following will show:
Candidate for Governor Schumpcrt
has defined himself ut last as In favor
of the dispcnsary law ns it is. Uncle
George Tillman now stands rs the only
man with n definite and practicable
idea for change OF that law.
Ii tn" prohibition vote goes Solidly
for the prohibition candidate, the dis
pcnsary vote is distributed among El-
lcrbc, Archer, Watson aud Schumpcrt
and the vote against both prohibition
and the dispcnspry is concentrated on
Uncle George, that fine old statcsman
will round of his political career with
term OF two years as governor. lie
would make about the solidcst and
heaviest weight governor in the coun-
try, the deepest, clcarcst and most
original thinker. and most complete
master Of political economy we have
had in that Office since Governor
Perry.
With George Tillman governor and
Joe johnson in congress the old State
would really have some brains nnd
character to brag Of and men likely to
do her credit. 1t would be like get.
ting back to old standards.
The Grccnvillo News will srr frou
the following report OF the meeting Of
Saturday that Mr.. Schumpcrt has not
changed position but stands where he
did 1T the beginning:
SCHUMpERr TALKS SENSE.
Col. Schumpcrt declared that the
diSpcnsary law was the best solution Of
the liquor question, in SO far as it
threw around the vendors Of liquor
certain well-known regulations. In
whatever form liquor is to he used
these healthy safeguards shall always
circumscribe it according to the Con-
stituti0n. lie was not Il Prohibitions
ist, rs tho experience Of all ages teach
cS 1t to he the most unsatisfactory and
dcluSive method Of dealing with the Ii
quor question. lie preferred the dis
pcnsary to prohibition, but local option
with high license to both. The last
named would prove the most Satisfac
tory and democratic.
We have known Schumprrt long
time and we have never known him to
take position and then Shift for the
sake OF catching votes. or course u
mnn may change his opinions but it
would hardly be expected that he would
change in the midst o: Il campaign un-
less IT. was for the purpose of gaining
votes and not from convictions. Schum-
pert is not that stripe Of man. We
have admired him more for his cOur-
age in standing square to the rack ON
what he believed 10 tju right than for
any other qualification. Ofcour,o q that
means that he has ability to form cor
rect and reasonable conclusions.
Schumpcrt's position is about right.
The dispcnsary is wrong and prohibit
tion is beautiful but impructicablc
theory which cannot be enforced and
the dispcnsary is possibly to be pre-
ferrcd to Il lot OF blind tigers and drag
stores that would go into the liquor
business Immediately upon tho passage
OF II prohibition law.
We have referred to this to SIT Col.
Schumpcrt righ, Is we understand his
him nor heard from him. A good
many people understood from the re-
port OF the Camden meeting that he
had come ont Hat footed for the dispcn-
sary, and We do not SO understand it.