The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-01-11
AN Address TO THE sOLONS.
The Editor of the Chester Lanter II
sends n New Years Greeting. TO the
Members or the General Assembly.

Ahc nulGOr Ol tno CneSter Iantcr II
sends n New Years Greeting to the
Members or the General Assembly.
The Legislature will meet next Tues
day, If a long suffering Providence per.
NIT quorum Of the Nom bers to live
till that day. We have no message pre-
pared to guide them In their delibera-
tions,'so we have about determined to
let them 60 1t blind.
When tho dispeusary question comes
up they should vehemently &c nounce
the rascally officials that have brought
scandal upon the institution, they
should stamp the floor In righteous in.
dignatiOn, moisten their throats with y
dispensary sample, and pronounce it
the best solution they have ever tasted.
They should declare that nobody do
pores the effects Of liquor more than
: they do, and rolling their ewes toward
prohibition law could be enforced they
would be the first to advocate 1t. An
other sample bottle will bS opened by
this timc. Then they should commend
the resolution OF the board of control
that all samples shall be turned into
tho dispensary after they have served
the purpose for which they were in
| tended" You must be careful along
here not to let the "gallery catch on
to :" the purpose for which it was III
| tended" else the gavel and sergeant:
alarms could not suppress the laugh
ter. Grow most eloquent In demanding
amendments which you know cannot
| possibly be adopted. Bear in mind
| that lots Of your constituents like H.
quOr and want 1t convenient, and those
who don't are generally of tho charita-
BILE kind, who will not keep resentment
| In their hearts nor knives UP their
sleeves. Speak Of those who do not &c
! lieve In compromising with. the devil
| as "well meaning, but misled people,"
That. will eOund 80 much smoother chan
When you. think that you have said
everything that will do any good In the
next primary election, distinguish
yourself by moving to amend the law
by striking out tweedledum and insert-
ing tweedlodce, which will doubtlrss
be adopted by good majority. This
will satisfy the advocates OF the traffic,
and 1t will be all the temperance. peO:
pie expect Of YOU.
Then when the dog license bill comes
up, you can laugh at IL and Offer, aL
amendment requiring all licensed dogs
to wear sailor collars and knee brooch
es. More Of the voters own dogs thar
(shcep. Don't go too far with your fun
however, as there Is another element
coming into the field that you have no,
reckoncd upon heretofore. The bird
hunters are going to combine with tn.
sheep raisers one OF these days and
shoot you clear over to the other side
OF this question. The sportm on are be-
ginning to say that they would rath er
pay u license tax on their dogs than
have the BIRDS nests destroyed by
hounds and ours.
In all your getting don't fall to get
organized for the campaign you are
planning for q higher Office, when you
will have use for friends all over the
State, or at least over Congressional
district. Your constituents may think
strange OF your course at times, but
you can tell thom that they do not un-
derstand your mOt!ve-you need rot
tell them what your motive is.
Finally, Lycurgus, Distinguish your
self. Second motions, 0bjuct when un-
animous consent is required, call for
the previous question-anything that
will give you an excuse TO bob up. You
can further immortalzc yourself by
getting q namosake. Introduce some
| thing, anythiDg-a resolution raising
q committee to inve stlgato the COpcrni-
can theory, o bill making it II m!sdc-
meanor for lawyers and newspapers to
lie without license, and requiring oil
lies to be labeled y, Xxx, xxx, accord
ing to grade. You might offer resO-
luton to define and declare tho sense
OF the pcnera assembly on the century
question, or any other old thing to be
called the Licurgu3 bill, resolution or
amendment.
No, we arc not going to address any
message to the Legislature. We are
talking to the members now.