The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-07-26

Tho candidates. are not saying any
lthh iHgHnew.Op tho newspapers arc no
uOing' the square thing. Is IT. lmDOr
Innt for bali a dozen. men to discus:
railroads 1t Is better ior two candi
dates to tnlk one day and two the mex,
if they talk their out and say sOmo
thiRGs II they have any brains it vii
tukn tho liberty Of looking about tho
uispensary. Not because he wants tu
dictate: for the people will not submit
TO dictntlon. National issues ncru no
discussion. llo would try not To bias
| their votes.
Regulating the sale Of liquor has
been the cause OF moro trouble than
any other problem. If tho State has
the light TO mcddle with the sa,c of
wh'skcy q: all it has the right to regu-
late its sale. Whiskey is usually
drunk where bOught-0thcr articles OF
commerce arc taken home. The his
tory OF former prohibition contests in
THIS State IS that town after town
would go ''dry' and then would go
wet at the next election. When a
town was dry under prohibition, there
was Just as much drinking and no rev.
enuc. Thcre were %, 600 votes in 1892
and but $4,000 votes on the prohibition
question and the crude prohibition
question won by 10000 votes. Childs
lntroduccd an ironclad bill. The Lopis.
! laturc ts always d skittish crowd. 1t
passed the Childs bill He himself had
taken this bill, had knocked out some
drastic features and inserted lhc
Clauses which allowed the State to sell
| liquor under dispensary regulations.
This waS passed by the senate and ls;cr
by the house. 1t was an issue in 1891
(,ln \ IL l.
| Kept the constitutional convention from
! inserting the law in the constitution,
body and oreechas. 1t was settled in
lo96 and again in 1898. How MANY
times must it be settled to be settled :?
Inc people must quit voting for Der
sonal preferences uud settle this issue
once and for all.
The prohibitionists arc honora
men and led by an honorable man, but
they pol!cu but l5, 0OO votes last time
Charleston voted for prohibition in
tho last election. Are thew enforce
ing prohibition now? There is an un
hoiy alliance OF preachers and bar
keepers led by Col. Hoyt, and yet YOU
people vote for their personal PREFER
ences. You are not fit to vote. Gaugh.
tcr)
marlborough is a model county, thew
say. They have never sold whiSkey by
i"ws. 'On, you hypOcrites When /
was Governor heard Of wagons com
ing DOWN here from North Carolina.
Where do you get your liquor? |
kEOw you drink it. You love it. Yo,,
20 down to the depot on Saturday
evening and you will find whole ex-
press car loaded with Jugs and dcmi-
johns"
Tillman replied that this is q knottv
I.ie.tl0n. Tho constitutional convcn.
tlOn in its liberAlity to Charleston de.
clared that there should be a true bin
by a grand jury before there could be
a change Of vcnire.
The grand jury in Charleston will
never find Is true bill against Il blind IT,
ger and is lying. But if he wore gov
ernor he would put so constnhlcs in
Charleston and raise hell on Chicco's
street.
lie called upon the people to make
the candidates for the Legislature de.
clare themselves over their signature
in the roupty papers, ana run .uuarclv
on the liquor issue. II d man were
licensed to sell liQuor under constitu.
tionhi provisions IL would lie ii failure.
nc would keep open Sundays, circus
days ana alLer sunuOwn, aud he wOult
sc! AS mcHn liquor a. nc could get.
Behind the prohibitionsts come the
nigh license peopic-GOnzalcs leading
the van--and they arc marching
az Ainst the common foe.
lie disclaimcd mcddling and said he
had only given his views for what thev
were worth.
"What ahont Marcus 2" inuuirod
some one.
Tillman then said that the Demo-
cratic party had lined up and reunited
We have the Republicans on the run.
Bryan has five chances Of winning TO
his one in 1896. After Bryan has been
in there four years and given them an
honest administration the Republican
party will not be heard OF in - years.
AZ Darlington the next day uoyt
replied to Gilman.
Col. Hoyt was received with applause
sprlnkled all over the yard. After
paying his respects to GRAY and Me.
Sweeney he said that Patterson re.
minded MIN Of q cogwheel railroad. lie
has the same old speech and If he slips
cog he can't go. In speaking OF illic.
it sales in Maine in comparison with
dispensary sales here, Patterson saws
nothing OF Illicit sales here. All OF The
public men on both sides in Maine are
agreed that the people want prohibi.
N'N'' '''" o''N Poi'piSoi pm vISS arc alFd III
OF any attempt to repeal the law. Pat
tcrson knows that Hoyt has continued
to denouncc as false any charge OF col
msiOn on his part.
Tillmhn ought to come out in his
dress suit and give Patterson q fair
chance to swing on his coat tails. His
sack coat Is too short.
HOyts cologne is preferable to one. \
corn liquor. There were few dispcn-
sarics for several months after the law
was first enacted, but the clause leav.
ing 1T to the will OF the people was
stricken out and dispcnsarics were cs.
tablishcd everywhere. If they would
strike out the profit feature the dis
pensary would go to pieces.
He would not enforce the prohibition
law by bloodshed. Any man who saws
that law must be enforced by armed
constabulary and bloodshod does not
express the sentiments Of the pe0ple
There is no truth in the intimation that
we would have drug store barroom.
under prohibition. The law was vio
lated In prohibition towns in formo,
| years because members Of tnw, ann,,