Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-09-08
Friday, September 6, 1905.

Zah not because he wants to; but as
the representative Of the dispensary
opposition In York county" he paused
again. He pursed his lip. punched his
nose. frowned and turned around and
laughed at Mr. Brice. The same part
Of the crowd that had been applauding
applauded again. Mr.. Brice showed no
interest. Senator Tillman went on
with the reading. Ito persuade the peo-
pie that they have no right to vote out
the disptnsary under the Brice law"
and after a j, pause declared, Il don't
believed that Mr.. Grist himself believed
that. when he. wrote II"
There was more laughter and roofing
as Sena or Tillman continued u have
come here as a public servant to let
you know that ! am not too big for
my breeches and to discuss the most
important public question that has
ever confronted the people OF South
Carolina, have my opinion on this
matter, and Z will not igiveiup my opin-
ion for all the politicians lin or out OF
York county or South Carolina.
Passing along / recall that Senator
Brice remarked that IL my position on
of Senator .Latimer,. he would not
have hit me- Now don't know that
/ have questioned his right to hit me
as much as he. wants to: but at the
same time ] would have II understood
that I do not surrender myiright to hit
him back. This was said with q facial
grimace that brought an applauding
response, and with expressive intona-
ton the senator went on to say thar
Mr.. Rrice had not shown him proper
respect In charging the dispensafy law
to himself and the devil. He thought
Mr.. Brice would have shown more re-
spect had he said that the devil had
all to do with 1t.
really don't think Mr.. Brice is
candidate for governor, Senator Till
man declared: but somebody Is try
ing to put bee In his bonnet and IL
Mr. Brice does not run like the devil
that bee is going to get there. He re-
ferred to editorials and news letters
which mentioned Mr. Brice as the log
ical candidate Of the dispensary oppo-
sitio~. Then turning tauntingty TO
Mr.. Brice, he said: 1T hope you Will
reconsider because I really think you
ought to be candidate"
Beating about for a new start Sem
ator Tillman asserted that Senator
Brice had gone so many directions
wobbling and twisting from one side
to the other until IL was almost i'm
possible to follow him; "but one thing
is certain, he did not want many OF
You to read that book lkirtons
pamphlet because" and the assertion
was concluded with contagious laugh
ter, "he read 1t all himself" This
whisky question. he went on, has 80
many sides to It that nobody, not even
the ministers Of the gospel are infalii7
BILE. - .'. F+ ,4 =,
Referring again to his papers, Sem
ator Tillman took up THE ENoUIRHR's
report of the anti-dispensary mass.
meeting and, said that he had hoped
| that Senator Brice would follow up,
the line he had started out on there,
and then asked, "Who gave Senator
Rrice the right to declare publicly IN
this God-fearing community what my
religious views are?" This man has
charged me with infidelity. with BIAS
phemy, with collusion with the devil,
and have a right to defend. myself"
His face assumed an injured express
sion that seemed to make powerful
appeal for sympathy. Then he de-
clared that he was willing to compare
records with Senator Brice and prove
that he had contributed $40 to build
churches where Mr.. Brice had con-
tributed 81. He told how frequent
church building subscription papers
were brought to him, and how he In,
yarIably explained that he was una
BILE to give much, but never failed TO
fork over $5. ~ s..s1E 20
/ But I did. not come here. for
/ lQuarrel," the senator continued; but
for reasonable. logical discussion OF
the liquor question: Yon have had
/ eloquence and beautiful rhetoric; but
i fine words butter no parsnips.
The question is not whether you
should have liquor. for you will drink,
but whether you shall have 1t In a le,
gal way. These prohibitionists tell
lyou to get 1t by express IL you are rich,
but IL you are not rich they expect you
| o sneak around after a blind tiger.
At Rock Hill reliable, man informs
ed me that the average receipts or
liquor by express were from loo, to-
200. gallons a week--sonething- like
10000 gallons q year. A pretty good
Showing for dispensary, Is II not2 he
sneered. The Brice bill, he declared.
can drive the dispensary out Of York;
but It cannot drive liquor out Of York
The United States supreme court has
guaranteed that. -
The human appetite Graves stimu-
llants, Senator Tillman declared. Fit
lis not whisky, then IL Is tea, coffee,
morphine, cocaine. You will have II
land IL you can't get II lawfully you
will have It unlawfulIy. II you can't
get It from a dispensary you win order
It by express or buy it from blind
tiger. 80 ,9Js
Recurring to the fact that Senator
Brice was once his political friend and
failing to elicit just exactly the re-
Spouse that he seemed to have desir-;
ed, he reminded his audience that he
was very sick last February and, I did
not know then whether would ever
see you again. In q subdued solemn
tone, indicating feeling that he real
ized that he Is now In uncertain
health he concluded impressiyely. "I
don't know now that ! will ever see
you again! - Ia
"If / believe the dispensary law is
| the best solution Of the liquor ques-
tion," he declared, getting back to his
subject, "I am going to. say 1t to the
teeth Of every man. In South Carolina,
Ino matter what he think, whether he
be, prohibitionist, local optionist or
Iwhat."
Reminded by his notes, he referred
sarcastically to Senator Brice's sug-
gestion that he had ridden into office
on a movement, and had been enjoy
ing a princely salary ever since. He
said he was giving value received and
was worth the money. He claimed al
so that he had nothing to gain in agi-
i Itating this question; he could have
easily played hockey. and nobody
would have found 1t out. He declared
that he no longer delighted In pubic
speaking and that he could have gain
ed another election without opposition.
Then as IL seeking to explain the
small support the dispensary Is getting
from others besides himself, the sena-
tor remarked significantly, Most Of
the dispensary politicians seem to
have taken to the bushes-not to the
bushes exactly; but to the tall timber.
They are giving anxious study to the
Atmosphere and asking whether or
not 1t is a dispensary cyclone that Is
coming"
| Defending the establishment Of dis
pensaries In various counties without
a vote, which act Senator Brice had
| declared undemocratic, Senator TILL
man claimed that II was done at the
/ instance Of the representatives OF
those counties In the general assem-
bly,.
Senator Tillman reiterated his be-
lief in local elf-government, declar-
ling that he had sucked 1t with his
mothers milk, and then went on TO
argue the hopelessness Of Senator
Brice's desire to abolish individual
participation in the liquor business
for the reason that the United States
government is now In that business to
the amount of $170 000,0 900 a year.
| Can those people who claim that
the sale of whisky In dispensaries Is