The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-30
THE DlSPENSARY.
What Senator jillnan Thinks Cnght
to bs Zone With It.
RAISE ABOVE SUSPICION
Or Farm It On: 60 Some Rcspons;o!"
Private ladiviopa. or firm
To Mansge As A
Monopoly

regaldit 6 TIE GlSpensaiy 1d"' Ia
other day, with Mr.. kohn Of Ih
News AID Courier staff, said that i
would be very unfortunate in nor
WAYS than one if nothing were don
at the approach, 6 session OF the Gen
eral ASS nbly TO straighten out To-
dispersary system, and raise 1t aooV
the cloud OF suspicion that is over it
He said that 10 his opinion the who'll
point vas the be.termelt OF the syS
TEN. What the General Assembl,
would have to dc would be to straigh
ten out thirgs, remove the doub
about the conduct Of the business ant
raise tie purchasing and other feat
ures Of the system absolutely aboVs
suspicion 1t ought to be nothing
more than the consideration OF tht
pracsicability Ct the suggestions made
along these lines. Senator TillnaI
said that if nothing were done at the
approaching session Of the Genera
Assembly, most likely az the n: z1
session tie argument would be thai
the proposition had better 60 before
the people, as t1e General Assembly
generally declined to ts ke any radica
steps at its secord session, and or
that account he toped very much fol
the sake OF the dispensary tiat the
toning up Of the dlspeDSary Law
would be undertaken at the approach,
ing session.
In the opionion of Senator Tillman
it is utterly in practicable and III ad.
vised to have county nsg5ment OF
dispenSarieS. He urges that the same
incentive that it is suggested now &C
tustts one bt ard to making money
out of the c!spensary, would exist
amor G forty boards. and that Il there
is co1rup upticn in one central board 1t
would be spread out among forty
boards, instead CT cne, il there were
no charge in The method Of purchas-
Ing and the manner CT conducting the
syst N. Senator Tillnan says that he
does poa FOR an instant charge that
there is tHis corruption or this mis-
management, but that the system has
to be raised above suspicion to satisfy
the people.
And then Senator Til'man went on
to relate a bit OF history. he saiG
that, during the progress Of the dis
cussion Of the 6i> pensary system in
the Constitutional Convention there
were all sorts OF suggestions made as
to tie clause in the Constitution rela'
tive 10 tie conduct OF the whiskey
business. The diSpersary was being
attacked on all sides, and there seem
ed to be 10 way out OF the situation.
Mr.. McCalia, who was delegate to
the Corve ntion, arose and said that it
was remarkable to him that the faith
er Of the dispeDsary system, meaning
SenatJr T,l:man, had not said a word
and that be hz6 allowed the discus.
sion to 60 on without even making a
suggestion. Senator Tillnan then
arose and stated that the right Of the
State to deal in liquor had not yet
been settled by the Supreme Curt,
and that he was unwilling to enact a
provision that left no leeway to deal
with the issue. That Afternoon be
prepared g substitution for the pend,
inc propositions, ard the suggestion
that he made is LOW the Fundamental
law as enacted il the Constitution.
In tnat constitutional provision there
is clause which provides that the
State can create an absolute monoio,
" ard farm it out" In other wnrdS,
the State might turn over the GMps q
sacy TO any responsible firm Under
bono, ard then require that they con.
duct the sale of liquor under the con.
stitutional provisions, requiring hrst,
that LIQUOR be sold only in daylight,
second, that no liquor should be con
sIneG or opened on the premises
where sold, and third, that no liquor
should be sold in less thaa half. .pints.
With the enforcement Of these funds.
mental principles Senator Tillman in
sists that it will be far better for the
State to farm out the liquor selling
privilege, or in other words, to Greats
monopoly, and then see that it Is
carried ous according to law, than tx
allow the systtm to continue updal
suspicion, or 10 psrnit the counties
handling the dispensaries, as has beer
suggested.
Senator T:liman's idea is that the
talk about the dispensary must stcl
for the god OF the State, whether
the talk oe With CT without cause
and the only way 10 do it is to raiSs
it aoVve suspicion by quitting the pur
chasing power IN the hands ct p>,pl'
WHO 90 not want to have that prtVi
lege, and vino are uot candidates 10!
thai position, and il sOne such q
uendroeau as he suggested in hi
Gef4ey speech canoot be adopted
that as q last resort it would be bet
ter to firm out" the liquor bushes
and have some responsible firm con
duct it uEdsr proper bond and re
StrictiOCs.
he is satisfied that such an srrang
nent c9uld readily be made, but hi
chief objection to it is tcat it woul'
bring the element Of personal gall
into the sale o1 liquor, and the chic
virtue Of the oispeasary law, If p,o
perly enforced, he insists, is tha
there is no element Of personal gall
to any one connected with the dis
oensary Sys en-, and If that persona
EQUATION can be eliminated the dis
nensary vii he run upon toe line
that he has always hoped to see.
As to tie victory against the di;
pensacy il Gafoey, Senator Isl!ma
6oas oct seem TO be disturbed at Al
He says tGat tue vote was not
larss as 1t might have been, and tina
rher.. was by 70 means full ballot
ano ulau the advocates Of the d1sper
sary law were discouraged and oenol
a;ized with the present cono1tion