The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-09
PROBABLE DISCUSSION
OF THE BRICE BILL
CAMPAIGN OPENS UP AGAIN
TODAY.
Meeting Today Will Be Held at
Prosperity-First Meeting Since
July 7.

again toda:' at Prosperity, and will
be continued until the final meeting
at Newberry on the Saturday night
preceding the election on Tuesday.
the goth. The meeting today will
be the first meeting since the Utopia
meeting on the 9TH of July. 1t has
been long intermission, but there
have been a number of public gather
ingS in the nature OF picnics and bar
becues which the candidates have at
tended, and the interest in the cam
paign, while it has not been as great
as during some preceding years, has
not Jagged altogether.
At the meeting at Prosperity today
the Brice Bill, which played so prom
1nent part in the last legislature, will
probably come up for great dea}
of discussion. The candidates hav
been requested by the citizens Of
Prosperity in the public prints to ex-
press their opinion on this measure
today. The Bill was touched on at
some of the preceding meetings, but
has not as yet been fully discussed
4 representative OF The Herald and
News has seen most of the candi-
dates for the senate and house and
asked their views on the measure, and
interviews have been obtained from
some of them. An effort will be made
to get an expression from the others
for the next issue of this paper. 1t
was impossible to see all of them,
two of the candidates for the house
residing out in the county, while
some of those who were seen were
not prepared to give an interview
yesterday.
Mr.. Cole L. Blease, who is in the
race for the senate, when asked his
opinion in regard to the measure,
said:
"I am opposed to the Brice Bill
in its original form and also opposed
to it as amended. I voted in the leg,
islature to submit the liquor question
to the white people in the primary
and stated there, as will be seen by
reference to the Journal: I am in
favor Of submitting the question to,
the white voters in the primary elec-
ton, but am opposed to submitting
it in the general election That is
still my view, and will never vote
to open the question where any bu:
white men can vote on it. It is
not right for the citizens OF town
to say to the people of the whole
county that no dispensary shall be
in the town. The country people
have as much right to say that
dispensary shall be in town or shall
not be as the town people have. Why
submit the question to the town and
not allow the citizens of the whole
county to vote on it?
why allow the negro registered
voters in town voice and cut out
the white man who is not in town?
Vote for that kind of law? No, not
me. I never have and never will.
If there is an election on the ques-
ton, submit it to the entire white
people and leave the negro out of it.
The Brice Bill lets in all register
ed negro voters both in its original
form and as amended. and to this I
am opposed.
II consider the Brice Bill an at
tack on tae dispensary and simply an
attempt in roundabout way to in
iure it and it came from and is
mainly supported by opponents OF
the dispensary law. and no one should
be deceived by its so-called local
option feature. Let the friends of
the dispcnsary stand firm and see
that the law is enforced and they have