The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-19
A FULL TICKET SoMINA1sD.


Columbia Thursday night did what it
| was called to do. A full ticket has
been nominated. They say It Is u good
ticket. We have no doubt It Is COM
posed Of good and honorable mon who
are earnestly in favor OF prohibition Of
the liquor traffic by statutory enact
ment. Many OF them are unknown to
State politics, but that Is no argument
against them. Mr.. j. f.. Bruuson is
said to be good business man, and no
doubt II elected would make u business
| administration. MIR. Childs has been
known as q prohibitionist and politi-
clan for good many years.
Just why the convention placed State
Treasurer Zimmerman aud Secretary
of State Tompkins on their ticket we
do not know aud cannot understand,
unless it was play at politics, for both
these gentlemen have been and we un-
dcrstand arc still advocates of tho dis.
pensary. The prohibitionists we un-
derStand arc fighting the dispcnsory us
we'll rs the salo of liquor by the indi-
vidual. Then why put on the ticket
! men who are not in favor of prohibit
| ton. Mr.. Tompkins in an Interview,
after expressing surprise that ho had
been placed on the ticket, says: II am
not Il prohibitionist, am dispensury
man, and will continue so, unless ST.
m0nton's decision and original package
stores makes dispensary impossible.
Then / am for prohibition. This is the
view OF Watson and Ellcrbc, who arc
lis good prOhibitionists rs any one" SO
1t would seem that men who arc at
present opposed to prohibition have
been placed on tho prohibition ticket.
That part Of it. We say looks like II game
OF politics. The prohibitionists claim
to be in earnest in tho support of a
principle, and not TO be in tho political
! arena any further than to make Il
strong fight for that principle by men
who are in hearty sympathy with it.
The fight, however, seems to be on
,nd VIC hope the lincs will be clearly
irawn and we hope it will be clear
| 1t issue and let us know whether the
people really want 10 try prohibition.
fhc issue will br made on tho head of
the ticket. 1t does not make SO much
| difference about the others on the
ticket.
The Herald and News is not an advo-
cate of prohibition by statutory enact
| ment, and never has been We believe
in temperance and realize the evils Of
| the whiskey habit when used to excess.
We are no advocate of the dispcnsury,
and never have been. It is wrong in
principle and is open to too much, to
use Mr.. Tillman's expression, "rottcn-
ness Still VIC acknowledge it has
some good features and which must be
incorporated in any liquor law that
| may be enacted.
While this is true, we will very
probably support some of the prohibi-
ZIONIST and some who favor the dispensa
ry and some who favor high license,
because we have regard for the men,
! and the State ticket has nothing to do
| with making the law, but only to see it
enforced. If you want prohibition,
dispcnsary or IL high license system
you must look to your representatives
in the Legislature.
For instance, we shall support for
Lieutenant Governor NJ. B. McSwce-
ney. He has made an acceptable oni-
| Ger, and we don't care whether he is a
prohibtonist, dispensaryitc or high H.
censc man. We know he will do his
duty and execute as far as his duty re-
Quircs him whatever Jaw the Lcgisla-
turc may enact.
For the same reason The Herald and
News will support MIR. Mower for At
torncy General on the prohibition tick
ct. We have confidence in the man
and know nc will discharge his duty
faithfully and we'll and that he is capa-
bic.
Now for Governor, if Mr.. Schumpcrt
will come out against prohibition and
the dispcnsary and for high license un-
der dispcnsary regulations us the best
method Of dealing with the whiskcy
question, he will be our man for Cover
nor.
So you see VIC may have q mixed
ticket in ours this year. So far, though,
we are free and do not expect to be
bound or pledged to any candidate to
the extent that we cannot criticize any
position he may take.