The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-25
HE DENIES IT.
CONTINUED from arst page.)
About forms Of law, let fools contest,
That law Which is best administered is

noouV loiiiS VI law, lcU100lS contest,
IhaC law which Is best administered Is
BEST"
And our not agreeing on the dis.
pensarY question and the LIQUOR cues
tion comes from the fundamental Off
ference OF opinion as to how 1t Is best
TO police the EIuo1 traf1e. The Pro.
hibitioniSts declare 1t is sinful to
drink In moderation, wine or whiskcy,
while q large majority Of us cannot
see any foundation in morals or re.
lfRion for any such contention. Every,
body recognizes the evil Of drunken.
ness, and how to minimize or to pre-.
vent 1T Is the whole question. You
say prohibit the sale. 1 say sell by
bonded officers, under stringent regu
lations, In the daytime only, and have
the law enforced. The profit which
Is an Incident and not a purpose in
This sale, to go where it is most need.
ed; that Is, into the school fund Of
the State. 1t would make no differ.
ence II 1t went into the fund Of the
general treasury, and tho school fund
increased from other sources. But
that Is a subterfugs. No one drinks
any more or patronizes the %dispensary
because the profits 60 to the school
FUND. 1 cannot see any harm or sin
In obtaining revenue from 3 traffic
that Is irrcpressible. The United
States Supreme Court protects each
citizen In the right to import for his
own use, and no law Of the State can
prevent 1t. The poorer and more ig-
norant classes, who cannot thus OBJ
tain liquor, have been, and always
will be supplied through some local
agency, no matter what the law
sgainst selling liquor may be.
TIE EXAMPLE OF KANSAS.
You quote Governor Hoch, OF Kan.
sas, but YOU do no discuss or explain
N official statistics In regard to
dr1nking and the payment Of the
United States internal revenue license
by retail dealers in that State. There
@re no saloons in South Carolina for
tho young to see any more than there
are In Kansas. God forbid they
Should ever return. Some Of your CO.
lab0rers In this fight against the dis.
pcnsary system, your allies and coun-
sellers, are tho editors OF papers which
have always fought the dispensary
and are o schcming to got high
licenses after prohibition has failed,
81 IL will fall. There Is not a civilized
Government In Christendom as far as
| know that does not derive a revenue
from the sale Of liquor and prohibition
vas an unknown thing until ABOUT
sixty years ago. The United States
Government received last year from
fhlI cn1rna .I1tNuo r1o ~ oIrn nnn Hnn
L think there are only three States at
this time that cling to prohibition.
Iowa and Vermont had 1t some years
ago, but they have abandoned it for
local option, with the right to vote In
saloons IL wanted, and that Ia what is
hoped for here b. your chief sponsors
Of the press.
One word more and | am through.
Let us see about your historical paral-
lei about the great leader who was
commanded to go down against the
AmalekiteS. The Hebrews of old,
true to their instincts Of thrift slew
The abominabie tribe, but saved the
BEST Of the sheep and oxen, as Saul
claimed for sacrifice, and you 90 on
10 state as an historical fact that the
W " q oUtbC was CUulLldtlu-
ed by the moral sense of the people
expressed at the ballot box to go down
and destroy the liquor tf.- nd
when called to account IT males the
pitiful plea that while it has not de-
stroyed the traffic it has managed it
so az to get money for the Taxpayers"
Your parallel Is not a parallel ati all.
PEOPLE DID NOT ORDER PROHIBITION.
The people Of South Carolina have
never instructed It's Government to
prohibit the sale of liquor. In the
separate box provided by the Demo-
cratic executive committee In the
Democratic primary Of 1892, the vote
stood, as ! recollect, 35, 600 for prohi-
billion, rs, 600 against 1t, while 80, OCO
die not vote on 1t at all. Ct quote
from memory That election was a
side show and you have no right to
magnify It's significance.
This iS a government Of majorlties
and no majority Of tie people has over
given any such order, while when the
question has been passed on since oil.
rectly and positively q half dozen
times, tho people said that the dis.
penSary Law was a better and more
sane solution. Isn't it about time to
stop abiding to that election. The
~dispensary system does not rest for It's
support upon the money that IL brings
in. 1t rests on the claim of It's de-.
tenders backed by experiences of our
people and statistics, as afordinp
more protection against the vice OF
drunkenness than any other system,
np 1ioonon. oIfl,,
II 1t has done this In spite OF nal
administration and acknowledgements,
what would it not do If such men as
DR.. Cromer and his friends would give
10 the enforcement OF the law their
great moral support?
We do not ask Endorsement, but in
. Government where a majority rules
sc have had q right to expect co.op
ration aud assistance, and we have
not had it yet. "Render unto Caesar
the things that are Caesars" was the
command OF The Master Himself.
When the statute has been practically |
lnnulled by the board OF directors,
when tho restrictive features have
been allowed to drop into issue, have
the Prohibitionists lent their assist
ance by standing up boldly for the
Had they done so we would not
be now where We are.
JEFFERSON's AUTHORITY.
You have been kind enough, my
dear sir, to remind me OF Jefferson's
epitaph. You declare The people do
not need advice, but they need an op.
p~orGupity to vote. Allow me to re-.
mind you that one Of Jefferson's max.