The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-08-03
THAT "UNH0LY ALLIANCE, "
SENATOR TILLMaN FURTHER DE-
FINES WHhT HE MEANT THEREBY.
lie Keiteratcs that Prohibitionists ant,
Blind Tigers nro Working Together
Against tn" Dispansary
The following letter is from Sen

The following letter is from Sen
ator Tillman:
Rev. j. 0. Wilson, Columbia, S. G.
Dear Sir: L have your lettor of
July %, asking fmy speech at Ben
ne'tsville WAS correctly reported. l
do not recollect the exact words l
used at BennettsYillc, but they are
in effect true as quoted; and mas.
lnuch rs tho district conference Of
tho Methodist church, under the
leadership Of Bishop Duncan, has
taken the matter Hp, aud the Bishop
is reported to huvo "nailed" my ut
to. ance "as lie," while the report
of the committee on temperance
denounced any inFinuation that tho
effort Of Christian ministers and
other citizens to ria the State of this
gigantic evil is a sought Of voluntary
combination with the saloon element
as base slander: that is itself an
attempt to streng hen the power Of
this most damnahle iniquity." l
: will take the occasion offered bv
'YNour inquiry to make announcement
oyer my own signature Of what
said and meant at Dannettsville. Of
course the reporter gave only tho
barest outlines.
l have no quarrel with the minis
ters Of any church. or denomination
and have no purpose to give offense
to any OF them. l lave always borne
testimony to the high character and
purity of purpose eharacterizing the
ministry, but believe thoy are
wrong in fighting the dlspensary law
az they do, and L claim tho right to
say 30, acknowledging at the same
time their right to freedom of speech
and freedom of political action Oh
this and every other subject.
l mentioned the attitude of the
ministers incidentally as an illustra-
ton of the anomalous political situa-
ton. The ministers attack the dis.
pensary because it does not go far
enough, and the high license people
and the blind tigers, whom I desig
mated as the "old bar keepers" at
tack the dispensary because it goes
too far. They are thus found fight
ing side by side in the campaign.
There is only ono candidate in the
field for Governor opposed to the
disJ ensary, COL Hoyt, and all of
these clements are ullied iu his sup
port, and the proof is that Charles.
ton in tho last gurbernatorial elec-
ton voted for MIR. Featherstone and
prohibition, when it is notorious that
the whiskey element in that city is
predominant and th%t the dispensary
law is not enforced, mainly by
reason of the lax morals Of the
grand jurors, who have failed to dis
charge their duty under their oaths.
Colonel Hoyt last winter in his pa
per, the alountaineer, urged coalition
between tho high liconse people and
the Prohibitionists in the General
Assembly in order to repeal the dis
pensary law. Colonel Hoyt socks
the Governors of2co and of course
wants votes. I an opposed to his
election solely on these grounds and
called attention to the clements SUD-
porting him. There may be no open
"""lllance," and technically L may
have been in error in asserting it.
but L think it permissible to declare
all the supporters Of any one candi-
date "allies," and if the Aethodist
minister who accused me of ISLAM
der" will show that they do not in
tend to work to the same end as the
p"f Keepers, Tor tho overthrow Of the
dispensary, I will then consider the
propriety of an apology. Until such
proof is given I shall stand by my
guns. If Methodist Bishop chooses
to call me a liar, and the church
temperance committee feels con.
strained to denounce my opinion of
existing conditions rs ISLANDER" tho
people of South Carolina will Judge
between us. If they can stand it +
can.
L long ago learned,
"Evil is wrought from want of
thought,
AS we'll as want Of heart"