The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-14
PROHIBITION.
II is the Same Fight Over.

PROHIBITION.
It the Same Fight Over.
We clip the following from one Of
our well known weekliss:
A. c. Jones, chairman Of the State
prohibition executive committee, has
written q letter to several nswspspers
declaring that the reversal OF Judge
Simonten's decision does not affect the
position of tho prohibitionists in the
campaign. We quote from Mr. Jones'
letter:
I anticipated the decision III the
statement made several weeks ago,
when I ssid, "That it was the old fsAt
of 1892 over again." except while At
that time it was against the saloon,
under the old bar rson system, now
it is against the dispensary, with its
beer privileges, hotel privileges, the
original package stores and blind
tigers, which have sprung up with the
dispsnsary system. The only effect OF
the decision is to close the original
package stores and remove them from
the field 70 competitors Of the dispen-
sary, but it gives individuals tho right
TO order as much 90 they please for
persona! use from outside the State,
without the interference Of the law
under which the dispsnsary is operated.
TIE facts ssill remain that in 1892
the people of the State, without regard
to faction, presentedsan appeal to the
Democratic party to be permitted to
vote upon the question Of prohibition
with the view of making it . State
law. Permission was given, and the
party pledged itself, if msjority of
the voters voting at that election voted
for prohibition, that the party would
pass prohibition law. They failed
to redeem that pledge and the same
people came again to the Democratic
party asking them to give them leg
islature that will carry out their wishes
and an administration to enforce it.
The moral principle IS still tee same.
The dispensary is whisIey measure,
not q prohibition measure.
Mr.. Jones has clearly and tersely
stated the case Of prohlhitlonlsts.
What he says of the vote Of 1892 is
history. Not one word of it can be
confnted. The issue Wss made in
1892 and voted upon in the Democratic
party at the polls. Prohibition won
aud prohibition was robbed of the
fruits of victory by ssmebsdy's dsf-
ance Of party commands and sons
body's violation Of party faith. It 10
this year, from the standpoint of al
those who oppose the sale of Whiskey,
the same fight over. .
Yes. it is the same fight over assiust
the making aud the sale of intoxisat-
ing liquors in tho State oy whomso'
ever done-blind tissrs, blockade or
by the State dispsnsary. And yet
forsooth beeause the prohibitionista
wish to be heard again at the ballot
box, the advocates of the aispenssry
would divert attention from the n1sSn
issue BY trzing te .@saSe The impression
that tie prohiSitionists are in league
With s'the whiskey men," But surely
il we were in league with s'the whis-
key men" We would be in league With
the dispensary, for the dispsnsary has
the monopoly of the, whiskey businsss
in South Carolins.
*Ohl consistency thou art q jewel"
IF these friends of the disoensary
mean that the prohibitionists ars in
league with those vino were engaged
in selling whiakeY before We had the
dispensary. then we weuld ask, where
are the people Of such an alliance!
Have the prohibitionists been courtiug
the favor of these men? Was this
class of sitissps prominent in the pro-
hib;tion convention in Columbia? and
were these the men that were nomi-
mated for ofiss on The prohibition
ticket?
But You have heard G.'rmer bar
room keepers say they weu vo:e the
prohibition ticket. Does that prove
euch alliance? They are fee citizens
to vote IS they choose; just as other
men. If the! choose to vote the pro-
hibition ticket we shall be glad to have
them do 20, just as we should be glad
to have those who have heretofore
favored the dispensary, or anybody
else, vote with us. Z :
Many OF those addicted to the use of
whisksy voted for prohibition in 1892,
and yet had dispensary stuck right
under their neses, and thus were in
vited to pursue their downward course.
"Woe unto him that giveth his
neighbor drink, that puttsst thy bottle
to him, and makest him drsnken Also"
Heb. 2:15.
We should be glad to have those
tempted by strong drink to vote with
as that we may hslp them to move
temptation from their path. Yes, We
should be glad to have everybody vote
with Us, for We feel We are engaged
in righteous cause. H.K.R.