The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-01

B r. Tillman.
Editorially The Advocate says !:
at needs not many words to charac.
terize this matter. Senator Tillman's
letter does not modify his charge
Indeed he explains it and actually
argues to sustain his bsseless state.
ment-and 90 adds to the insult
Whereupon it is our duty to say that
his statement is an inexcusable out.
rage-the greater because made by
q man whose position demands parti.
culsr regards for truth and at least
ordinary respec for reputable people
His high opinion of religious people
"cuts no figure" when they differ
with him ! Then they are blind,
fanatics. etc" He seems to think
he carries all the wisdom of common
wealth and to differ with him is folly
His entire course in this affair de.
serves rebuke by all religious people
His abuse of good men will not help
his pet monstrosity, the dispensary
That shame to our state and damage
to our citizens will go. And barrooms
will not come back either"
ANOTHER REFERENCE
Under the caption "Thst Unholy
A lliance" the Baptist Courier says
editorially this week:
"ln one of his recent spe eeches Sen
ator Tiliman is reported to have
spoken OF an 'unholy alliance of
preachers and barkeepers' We do
not know whether he is correctly
reported or not, but we presume he
must have said something akin to
that to have made such OIL impression
on the reporters mind. We do not
pretend to say what the senator mean,
and what prompted him to cay it
He was talking Of the prohibi,iouists,
and the fight now being made before
the GpeopIe of the State He was
talking Of the prohibitionists
andi the fight now being
made before the people of the
State de has come forward as the
defender of the dispensary and
in opposition to prohibition. and
he SCENE to be greatly disturbed
beca ause there are some people
in South Carolina who are not willing
to support the dispensary as against
prohibition. He says that there is
en- 'unboly alliance of preachers and
bsrkeepers If he means that there
has been an understanding between
the preachers and the barkeepers. on
this subject, he is mistaken. If be
means that there has been formed au
organization Of these elements for any
purpose, he is mistaken, aud be
knows il II he means to insiuuate
that the preachers of South Caroline
would form an alliance with bar.
Keepers for ulterior ends, he surely
does not know the preachers of this
State. Where does the 'unholy
sllisuce come in? Are the preachers
'unholy and are they working for an
'unholy' cause when they work TO,
prohibition? Or, are the barkeepers
the 'unholy part of the slliance: II
go, what makes them 'uuholy,' the
liquor traffic ? That is the very thing
the senator is defending The dis
pensary was brought into being land
the senator ssys he is the father of it
for that very purpose Is it possible
that he is willing to admit that he pul
upon the people of South Carolina an
'onholy' thing, and that he is doing
his best to keep up this 'unloly
work! Senator Tillman evidently is
uneasy lest the preachers good in
huence will be powerful enough to
help break down the dispensary, aud
he seems willing to throw contempt
upon them by linking them with the
oarSeepers, and in this way break
their hold upon the people 1t is no,
probable that the people of the State
will kindly receive this remark of Seu
ator Tillman, and he has in his zeal
Tor his beloved institution, the dis.
pensary, gone too far and his fling OF
the preachers should be resented bv
ali right thinking people"