Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-09-08
Friday, September 8, 1905.

etc. He asked Mr.. Wilborn to name
the member of the board referred to
and Mr.. Wilborn said, Mr.. Starr"
Senator Tillman thought this was
Mr.. Brice with 1t. Mr.. Brice said he
knew nothing about the matter; but
| he supposed the pre- acher objected to
the idea Of trying to elevate the liquor
business by trying to put 1t In the
hands of men who were too good for
| IL, or possibly he might have feared
that Mr.. Starr might be, as others
have been, dragged down to the same
low level of the whisky business.
Senator Tillman repeated that he
had not come here to urge the people
to retain the dispensary. ~ have been
told by everybody who knows any
thing about 1t that you are going to
vote II out and I do not care II you
do: but / repeat to you that properly
handled the dispensary is the best So
luton of the liquor question"
In all the Senator spoke two hours
During the last half hour he had the
field pretty much to himself. The
crowd continued to listen with close
lattention; but the rooters who had
figured in the earlier part OF the pro-
ceedings were now pretty we'll out OF
business. Upon the whole they had
gotten but little encouragement, and
seemed to be out of sympathy even
with the senator himself.
The senator at length declared that
his mind had ceased to act as 1t used
to act; but insisted that he was able
to go indefinitely II necessary. Two
or three people took the cue implied
by his suggestion and urged that he
go on; but there was no indication OF
a general demand, and he brought his
remarks to an end. He was compli-
mented with the usual applause.
Mr.. Briee In Reply.
At the conclusion Of Senator TILL
mans remarks Chairman Wilborn an
nounced that in accordance with the
Arrangement previously agreed upon.
Senator Brice would have twenty
minutes in reply, and that II he
should bring out any new matter Sem
ator Tillman would have the right to
reply to that.
Senator Brice responded briefly.
He said that the respective positions
Of himself and Senator Tillman were
like Goliath Of Gath and David. Sem
ator Tillman being In the place Of Go
Hath, boastful of mis- own great
strength, defying the armies of the
living God, and threatening to feed
the fowls Of the air and the beasts OF
the field with the carcass OF his In
significant opponent. He took occasion
to say that his remarks In the court
house were not reported verbatem, ana
and that Ii had not been his intention
to criticise Senator Tillman's religious
views or status. He also said that
while as young man he had probably
used whisky unnecessarily, 1t Is not his
habit to do so now. He was not pre-
pared to say whether or not he had
used as much as a gallon for each year
of his life; but was quite certain that
he had not bought any In Columbia.
"I kept off of him." said Senator
Brice, because I did not want the
people Of York county to get this is
sue confused. 1t Is not between Till
man and Brice, but between political
and moral cleanliness and this dam
nable dispensary
He explained that he had refused
to try to purify the dispensary be-
cause experience had proved to him
that such q hope is futile. He was
willing that the governor should kick
out the members of the state board,
and he wanted 1t understood that he
had not voted for any Of them any
way. The men he voted for were de-
feated.
Senator Tillman: More is the pity.
Senator Brice: I don't claim that
difference. The dispensary would
probably have debauched my men
also.
Senator Brice took occasion to
make public acknowledgment Of the
good faith that II. H. Evans had
shown In refusing to permit the estab-
lishment of a distillery in Kings
Mountain township after 1t had been
demonstrated that the petition seek
ing 1t was forgery.
f1Nillrnon chou
him Scriptural sanction for the use Of
Intoxicating liquor. Senator Tillman
referred to the miracle at the mar
riage feast and Senator Brice MAIN
tanned that that wine was non-intox-
icating.
Senator Brice said that the devil
himself was accustomed to quote
Scripture for his own purposes and
recalled the circumstance Of the
temptation in the mountain.
am not presuming to tell you how
to vote. said Senator Brice, I want you
to settle that matter to the satisfac-
ton Of your own consciences.
He said that II there was anything
undemocratic In the Brice law, the
responsibility lay with Senator Till
man, for 1t was Senator Tillman alone
who composed the qualification pro-
visions of the constitution. He claim
eu dlSO lIldl lHC pCoPiC Va 1o' II Soo"
ty had doubly endorsed his position by
twice unanimously electing him In the
primaries.
Referring to Senator Tillman's sug-
gestion to have the governor kick out
the members Of the board of direct
ors, Senator Brice said he endorsed II
and further he'was willing to go down
to Columbia right now and wipe out
the whole Internal business.
Senator Tillman was not willing for
this programme, and Senator Brice
closed with an expression Of thanks
to the people for the close attention
they had given him. He stepped
down amid applause.
Everybody was now pretty well
tired out, and within a few moments
after Chairman Wilborn announced
an adjournment the big crowd began
to scatter and soon the roads were
lined with the vehicles Of people re-
turning to their homes.