The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-18

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realized that he was irving 10 find Il
l.mphnlc by which To escape the re-
.icnpti"n of his pledge THIS rcaliza-
ti"n ahgrrti me 81 much that could
hardly trust myself Ia speak. | pncri
f!inilIiS up and down the Extrutiyr
chamber, aud finally told Him thai
was IN no mood ~ l,r ,lili,,l with in
,''at fashion. that II he i,trndri TO
biiirn me. as several ,rw >Ir,,m.lS had
predicted he would do he ni.ht resi-
assured that would publish, the pledge
aid show up the whole affair. Them
started Wli. but lis | had M, hand ON
the door knob he called me back ami
offered tn leave the Interpretation of
the clause To any lawyer would select
pinIn'>rd Chief Justice McIvrr. hnt
i.. objected then suggested MIR. Il.
w. Sliantl and t;rn. l.tRnv +. Van
mans. and tlr chose MIR. SIiIIld AMI said
he would submit the question 10 him.
(Wrks aftcrwail | questioned Mr..
>hnud, and ll. told M. hat the Gov
trIinr had not said Il word to him about
IT'D
The main issue then came up. after
some talk. an,l t;nvrrnur t:lIcrln. bare
fhrrttiy denied that lic IlA,I ni;t,r ANY
agreement whatever. Il had his letter
tempted unload tfr whole rcSIuIlSi-
hillty nI Weston and \cnl. saying llc
had tnlt! them when lIt wrote he letter
that ln. had not changed his views. WAS
stlll tor the di>l"l>ur!. and would
make a." agreement. Assuming IN air
at viriuous indignation he said he
would Sru.l for them aud make them
set him tight. Gle never ,liL.l was
:" disglisrttl that again started to
Lave. saAlnE | w"uldrXIn,Sc The whole
aff.tir aud let him settle. it with Neal
ainl Weston as llr could: but again lic
begged me to come back. and then,
leaving his seat and coming To nv
si,ic. III front of the wrSt window III
si:' rig!' !i;i.,i!. !,3' A;si!: ".,oiit g.t
mad; let's talk this thing over quietly
;!n'i see 1t we cant compromises it,
Aud then hr proposed to do precisely
what he had promised and wf,ut had
expected i" urge the Legislature to
ruSS nn Act permitting each county to
cllm'St by ballot between piuhihilioll.
high iicrns,. and the ii~rcnsary. IT.
WAS lightning change on Ills part, and
almost took my brtuih away.
lfc went Un to siiy that it was no new
thing an his part; that he had held
those views before. he had written the
letter to Weston and hui told w. ID.
Evans OF them. Then he added: "But
] don't see how can put through an
Adinlnistinti"n mriSliie cnrryimg out
the PLAN" answered that did not
matter; that did not like this "Ad-
niinisttaltiun measure" idea anyhow,
aud that Thought in this case il might
do aS much harm ia R.m,i. All | cx-
lmctesl was that he would .lu what ne
had promised to tlo AMI leave the con
sequences with the l.rgiSlutmrc lie
said again that he would make these
recommendations aud wtntu"uy sat
iSti.pl.
did not see Governor Ellrrbc again
until last Saturday aficrInrn. On Fri
day MIR. Weston informed me that the
Governor had rc;l him that part of his
tIlcS~;l .yc relating to the liquor question:,
and that it. seemed to him thrulglu.it
;lm argument for the retention of ti.r
dispcns;Iry system. although it. did
make Il brief and bare suggestion ;ls to
letting ti,. people of the counties scttl,
the question for themselves. lie diu
not like it, he said. / told him that if
the message dill not come up tO prom
Isl. would show u;, Eilcrbe r,ltIft.ssly.
The next day. saturday. Mr. Weston
gave me u plOuf of The. liquor section
of the nlesS,ige, with an invitntiun from
the Governor tn cull on him at the
mansion at s o'clock that AFTERNOON. !
read the proof, and WAS greatly in
censt,l ut what | found in it. My dis
inclination t.s ss.s. he Guv;.fii,,i was
tiOl my temper after this revelutiDn Of
lii, iiiipii;ity; bit. iii; siis. not wish iii
bring Col. Neal and MIR. Weston into
the mltter-ilA | must slu if exposed
Ellrrbe-l finally determined to keep
the appointment.
AT 5 U'cluck went to the Executive
mnIisiun and found the Governor con
vtrSinK witila visitor. When the latter
left told him that ! had read his Ii
surprised and tlis,lplm.ilit&ul; that no iIitl
not said what he had pledged himself
to say; that he had defeated llis half
way endorsement of l,mnl Dptiun by
either recommendations Of the strong. ct
character. Tie asked me to specify.
pointed out this paragraph. for one:
"lt (tlle tlispci,slry) must be firmly
aud permanently established or com
plrtely done away with 'lhis. ! nmid,
CLEARLY meant the establishment Of the
dispcnsnry on it's present biisia or its
elimination from the whole State-it
wiiS adverse to partial elimination
under the influences of local Optinm.
Then showed that the comtext uf his
recommendation as to local option lin
tied the choice to prohibition aud the
.!isMmsary only. wholly ignoring high
license as an alternative. This. I said.
wns not what he had promised mt.; if
to which wns committed and which I
preferret-hiHh license. went on tO
say that the whole ieliveranre was
tO hia professions and 1lcd-
gees. and that I quite understood his
motive in limiting the ciloice to pro-
hibiti"n and the disprnsary and in I'M
posing special and 0n.rO,ls burdens al,
pr'hibitiUn c0untits-he sought tO
force the slislnrs,,ry on the people ;ls
the only entlurablc alternative.
He had made the word nf promise to
the cnr and b,Uken it, m the hope, I
M,itl. He replied, with marvellous cf-
frontrry. that he had mnal. ,ln promises;
that Frank Weston hm,l not ,,cic. prep.
erly in rOnc.nling from me what fc
had said. aud that he would make him
publish his letter. answered that
would do that: that proposed to show
the public that I, ut least. had acted in
good faith. ! got mp, bale him gnnti-
evening. and walked out nf his sitting
room. while. he WIS saying: "Y0n can
tlU an you please"
So tn \ il ffn. end Of my hope of doing
something through w. II. Eilrrbc for Il
fair and democratic sulutinm of the
liquor question. have made my try
ami failed. nn.i all the men nn,l papers
l.