The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-08-15
The senator looks well and hearty

and tl!e OIQ-tlliie 1Atiili'''' ~
mis- vicor and the mattcr-ot-tactneSs
was in evidence As he talked 10 the
editor Of the Index. His cnaracteTis-
tic phraseology. together with h;S
forceiulness ard earneStness. was
most noticeable. and when he spoke
of his pet. the dispensary, tatherly
light was in his eye.
Speaking OF the startling reveal
tions-as some would call them
being made in the inner and outer
workings OF the system in Spartan
burg. the senator said that most OF
the witnesses so far seemed to be
disappointed ofice-seekers. and as
for the testimony Of Supervisor
Miles, he said that there were posi-
blv a hundred men in the state to-
dav who could say the same thing.
THAT they suspected there was DIS
honesty.
"But" he said. 'he wanted the i'm
it and if there was wrong-dolng. DIS
close il.
Senator Tillman declared his faith
in the people Of the state as to their
retaining the dispensary. He SAID
that county control would not do;
that the large towns like Columbia,
Charleston. Spartanburg and Green
Vile would virtually have been bar
rooms.
The greatest, most intrinsic. val
liable thing about the dispensary
system is the fact that it destroys
the opportunity for personal greed.
When asked directly by his inter-
viewer as to the personal greed
now causing all the trouble in the
dispensary. as evidenced by the testl-
mony at Spartanburg and elsewhere,
the senator's cOuntenance lit up with
peculiar warmth as he replied:
The legislature had run in a whole
lot of changes and internal alterations,
and now they expect the people to
kill it on account of these. II the
board of directors had been abolished
years ago all this trouble would not
have come up. When was governor,
and in charge OF the workings OF the
dispensary, l kept in touch with every
man on the constabulary. every man
in the whole affair."
When asked the direct question by
the editor Of the Index, Don't you,
senator, in view af all the intorma-
ton as given out by the Spartanburg
Investigation, in view of all the pub
lie opiniin and hearsay, really be-
lieve thar the dispensary system as
the law now stands presents good
opportunities for graft"
The senator replied unequlvocally:
No, | do not. Would you abolish
the supervisors office at Greenvlile
on account of the fact that there
seems to be opportunity for gratt!"
Wen the question OF state control
was brought up. he said that 1t was
the only way to run the dlspensary.
III counties control. or rather. il
the counties should decide this ques-
tion for themselves. it would mean
THAT the city in which the diSpenSary
was located would get ali the pecun1-
ary benefit. AS it stands now. each
school district in the county gets
portion of the fund, thus benetlting
all.
He said that political enemies OF the
dispensary were taki"s advantage. as
a matter of fact, magnifying the dis
content and dissatisfaction, and IN this
way hoped to destroy It.
The senator gave our that he d1ad
been invited to speak at Anderson
next Wednesday. the 10th, and that
on that day he was going to give
them a remedy for the troubles OF
the dispensary. He was gong to
tell them the righ! pflysic to take,
and would be glad to meet any one
on the stump.