The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-01-19
BOUGHT VOTES
WITH YHISKRY.
AN ASHkvIltE DiSTIllER SAYS ne
FURNISHED DEMOCRATS WITH
900 GALLONS

| oh tile assurance
That the Asheville Liquor Blu.
siness Would Not be MoIes,ed
Democratic DistiIIer Claim,
Party Has broken Faith.
Some days ago a bill was intro
duced In the legislature by Webb, OF
bnncomb county, To not allow any
whi-key dis,illery in Ashevilie I'm
der a capacity Of less than thirty-six
bushels per day. The day the bill
was TO b voted On In the Hou G
friday the follow ing sensational
special from Asheville appeared in
the Raleigh Post:
Baskerville, n. c., Jan. 12.-
Special.-The Asheville distillery
| bill which will come up in the
House o-morrow, has been the sub.
jet Of much discussion here, and
the friends Of the distillers are
charging that the legislators from
this county lave not dealt fairly in
making the minimum capacity SO
bushels with 900 bond for main.
tenance. 1t is said that ali but one
distilier will be put out Of commits
sion if the bill is passed; and when
this is accomplished it is not unlike
ly that an interesting, if not sensa-
tional, suit will be brought by one
of the distillers against prominent
Democratic leaders of this county
for alleged violation of contract.
The distiller in question is
Wiley p Black. When asked
about the matter this evening, he
said:
'.rhe distilleIy bill agreed upon
by Messrs Webb, eileen and Muir
ply will have the effect Of putting
me out business, and 1 intend to
bring suit for $1,000 the amount Of
liquor furnished the Democrats dur
lug the last campaign by me. l am
Dem crat, and when the managers
came to me and asked what l would
contribute l asked what they inten-
ded to do about the Wniskey legis-
la,ion. l was assured by several
Democrats that the Ashevilie liquor
business would be lett alone. With
this understanding agreed to honor
the orders of the Democrats for
Whiskey. 1 have now on file more
than three hundred orders for Whis-
key amounting to six hundred gal
Ions, that was furnished by me dur.
ing the campaign. These orders are
, signed by several county office
holders and may be- examined by
any one. Mr.. Webb's bill will have
the effect Of ending my business
career here, and inasmuch as the
whiskey l furnished was by agree
ment, and the agreement mas been
broken, 1 want pay for my goods.
have never knowingly violated
the law and have always stood by
the Democratic party, but the pro-
posed bill is manifestly unjust.
II say 1 am one of the distillers
who have not been fairly treated.
If Buncombe county was flooded
with whiskey, by the distillers. as
the gentlemen from BuncOmbe
charge, 1 know that six hundred
gallons of it went from my distil'
lery, and was sent out upon the
| written orders of the Democratic
managers who now seek to destroy
my business"
A Post reporter called on Messrs.
Murphy s. Webb and each one OF
them denied any knowledge
of the agreement. Mr.. Webb said
the statement that he had made
any agreement with the Whiskey
men was an '.infamous lie." But
now read from another special from
Asheville that appeared in Sunday e
Post, in which the reporter says he
has seen the orders on file from
! Democrats in BuncOmbe county fol
whiskey:
baskerville, n. c., Jan. a.
Special-As a result of the disclos-
ure made by the Asheville dis,iller,
Wiley P. Black, to the effect that
large quantities Of whiskey went
from his distillery during the las,
campaign upon the order of leading
Democrats and for the Democratic
committee, Solicitor Mark w.
Brown this afternoon had subpoena:
Issued for many Democrats and
Republicans to appear before the
grand jury at the February term OF
court and tell what they know
about the use of whiskey in the last
election. Including among those
summoned are Chairman j. J. Mac
key of the Democratic county exec
utive committee, who is now IL
Raleigh; r. B. Roberts, Chairman
of the Republican county executive
committee, all the Republican
county executive committee, all th'
: Republican county candidates whs
were defeated, the successful Demo
: cratic candidates, and others con
nactad with the camD8iQn. in.ludin{