The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-09-15

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berS of the State Board are
all Thieves and Should be
Removed - Senator BriCe
Spoke Briefly in Answer to
Tillmdn'S Assertions.
The Red Nose law was discussed at
Tirzah, York County, Septemb ber z,
by Senators J. S Brice and B. r.
Tillman.
The exercises were opened with
prayer by the Rev. DIR J. Stokes,
who asked for divine guidance, and
that reason and not passion or preju-
dice should Influence the people in
disposing Of the problems now before
them.
The speakers were introduced by
the Hon. J. G. Wilburn, and the first
to be presented was Senator Rrice,
who spoke for about an honr and
half. He denounced the dispensury
law as being the most infamous yer
enacted, and maintained that the
only remedy was to wipe out the
whole miserable business. He COM
pared The corruption recently brou III,
to light to that which existed du,ing
the days of Scott, Moses and Neigle,
and stated that under no circum-
stances would he, as representing the
people OF York in the Senate, v.te
for any measure calculated to give
the law new lease on life.
Mr.. Brice stated that in his ,fforts
to amend the law So rs to give the
people the right to drive out the dis
pensary, he hal been insp' ced only
by desire TO promote their bes, !::-
tercsts and restore to them the right
Of local self-gnvernmcnt. lie stated
positively that he was not Il candi-
date for Governor or any other office.
He made out good case against the
dispensary aud received liberal CD.
plausa. At the conclusion of Sera-
tor Bri,e's speech, tho chairman an
nounced that in view of the fact tha!
it was then after - o'clock, and that
Senator Tillman would speak for DOS,
sibly two hours, the meeting would
adjourn for j. minutes.
SENATOR TILLMAN's SPEECH.
After reassomblipg Senator Till
man was introduced. BY 6exH pre-
face he referred, as he always does
when he appears on the stump in
York county, to his having made his
first political speech at Tirzah in
1856, and explained that he was there
now at the invitation Of friends in
the county, who had sent him
numerously signed invitation of
come up and defend himself aguinst
attacks made on him at the anti dis
pensary meeting held in Yorkvil!e en-
August Z.
He devoted considerable time to
defending his course in obtaining the
passage Of the law, and repeated his
claim that majority of the voters
in 1892 did not ask for prohibition.
thirty thousand against it and eish-
teen thousand who did not vote on
the proposition.
Senator Tillman, however, de-
nounced the management in Colum-
bia as thieves, and stated that while
there are scores of honest men in the
State who are working for salary of
Sloo year, they are not in charge of
three and half million dollar bus.
mess. He had something to say
about the great benefits the agricul-
tural class was receiving from the
dispensary, in that by reason of the
money paid into the school fund the
schools were kept open six weeks
longer than they would be without il.
Much OF his time was devoted to sar-
casm and ridicule, his target beino
senator Brice, and those who are
standing with him in the fight against
the dispensary. He referred to the
communication recently addressed to
Ex-senator McLaurin by four citi-
zens of Spartanburg urging him to
become a candidate for Governor On
an anti-dispensary platform, and
stated that he had investigated the
men who signed the letter and found