The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-06-19

40 our standard bearer, Col.
lloyt, with the Prayers aud Best
Wishes Of the Mothers of Orango-
burg
On tho reverse Of the card was q
quotation from tho prophet Isaiah,
chapter Is, verse -.
MIR A. II. PATTERSON
was then presented by Chairman Ia
tum. This candidate for Governor
clicitcd 40 onthusiutm during the
first part of his speech, but later, as
he began to stir up sensational mat,
ter, ho was chccrcd 10y tho crowd.
Mr.. Patterson, after somn hrsul
tory self praise as to his stand on
education, got down to business"
In regard to the LIQUOR Question i;2
said:
In October, 100a, Gov. E:nns al
dressed q circular letter to all tho
mayors and intcndants Of the towns
and cities IN South Carolina, in .
quiring whether drunkenness nrd
crime had decreased since tho cnnct
mcnt Of tho dispcnsary law. Thcr
answers showed that the consump-
ton Of liquor had decreased II 6 I
per cent, drunkenness hal de.
creased 81 per cent, and the mum
Dor Of cases of drunk and disorlcrly
conduct had decreased GG 8 Is per
pcr ccut. Gov. Ellerbo on October
L, 1897, only little over two years
ago, addressed cirrNlnr lutirr to
minister's Of tho different dcnominu.
tions III tho State, containing about
the samo questions az that of Coy.
Evans, and out of .lG3 answers rn.
ceivcd, 32l reported q decrease IL
drunkenness Of lG 3 ror cent
You can judge yourself whether
or not Governor McGwecney hN3
been friond 70 the dispoEsary hy
what the papers say. Gov. McSNcN
ney can't so back on tho papers, bo-
cause.thoy arc his chief supporters
at present. Tho Hampton Guar
dian, of which no is editor &ul lrp
priotor, came out in strong ciito-
rial just before tho last SESSION Of
th Legislature, strongly advocating
Senator Appolrs local option bill.
Gov. McSweency simply says tha% hn
did not know that such an uticl"
was going to appear in his paper.
But you will observe That ut The hoad
of his paper is "AIiIes Is. Mc>5weo.
ney, editor and proprietor" And
tho reporters, in defending Gov Nc
Sweeney said that they did not know
| but that he would have favored some
thing of the kind. Why did he not
come out ]iko man and say at that
timu "I am not in favor Of tho dis
ponsary lawf' At that tmo the dis.
pen3ary was under fire. from all sides,
on account Of tho recent scandals
in tho State Board Of Control, and Il
great many Thought that it would bo
repealed. Even tho Columbia State
came out and intimatcl that Gov.
McSwccncy had leaning towards
local option. 4 very significant fact
is that tho managers CT tho Hnmp-
ton Guardian have never como out
and denied any knowledge on Gov.
McSweency's part. 1t struck the
public rs being q fcolor as to the
strength Of local option. Does it
not look peculiar that these young
mon would havo written an editorial
that would have been calculated to
elect or dofcat tho editor and owner
Of the paper?
Now let us SEQ how Gov. Mc5wco.
noy has enforced tho dispen&ary law
in Charleston. There arc said to be
354 blind Tigers in Charleston, any
how there are $50 U. S. revenue Ii.
censes taken out there and do you
l1ncw how many constables Gov Nc
Sweeney has placed in Charleston to
enforce the law with? Only four.
The constables are only required to
make fow raids, and tho indict-
ments are turned ovor to the police,
and I say right hero that not one IN.
dictmont has ever been brought in
Charleston by the constables Of the
State since Gov. McSwcenoy has
been in office.
TO show you the mockory of tho
enforcement of tho eispensary law in
Charleston by the police, have now
before mo report Of the chief Of
police to the Governor, Of 30 casoa
which ho reported III July, 1890, Civ
ing tho names and addresses Of tho
Keepers Of tho blind tigers. All Of
these cases wero thrown out by tho
grand jury. WhyP Because in
evory single one of them tho Same
Two mon were tho witnesses. On
Feb. 9th of this yoar Chief Boyle
reported 80 Eow cases, and again on
! ly two witnesses wcro used. Do you
blame tho grand jury for throwing
them outY No. Why did they not
haul up reputable citizens who pat
ronize these places and mako them
testify?
I[o then jumped on Gov. NcSwee'
ney for not making hurried raid
on the custom house in Charleston