The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-11-24
HIGH LICENSE BILL
NAY BE SOLUTION.
Col. B. A. Morgan Talks
OfHiS Pending Meas
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SoueatlNo D. n MOTSSN mas SiNPh
close study to the whiskey probl"m
and he is probably one of the best in.
formed men in the state cn the sub
joct. In an interview with the
States correspondent he had some
interesting things to say and the
mooted question "Atter the dispeu-
sary-what7" was commented upon
at some length.
In reply to that query Mr.. Morgan
said:
''I wish could toll you O-linari-
ly on quo stions Of great moment one
can pretty well tell what the legisla-
ire is going to do, but in this in
stance it would not do even to guess
at it.
"You see, when We adjourned last
winter, but one county had voted the
dispensary out, and since that time
such number have gone dry that
unless you knew what effect the &C.
ing dry would have on the respec-
tive representatives, it is idle to es.
innate the action nf the house. III
remember correctly, some counties
have voted out the dispepsary whose
representatives were standing by it
heretofore"
'Do you think the legislature at
the coming session will take action
in the matter?"
"Yes, l think there will be positive
action Of some kind in the legislature
the coming session. l understand
there are number of bills being pre-
pared by various members. and that
bills covering almost every phase Of
the question will be introduced
"What about your license bill,
Mr.. Morgan?"
81 have felt II little lonely with my
license bill last session At that
time but one county, as before said,
had voted out the Gispensary and any
idea looking to sbolishing the ma
chine WINS quite foreign 10 most of
the members, so, when I introduced
bill to that effect and it was prompt
ly referred to the committee on the
dispensary and that committee as
promptly returned an unfavorabe
report, was left in a class all to
myself. In the five sessions I have
attended not u session has passed but
some bill looking to a change in the
dispensary law has been introduced
but not one Of them went to the root
of the thing and sought TO dig it up
entirely. Such u bill was so out of
the ordinary, the Brice bill was not
excepted, that it really seemed to
some as foolhardy and some news
papers criticised it only so far as to
say that if it's author thought he was
making short cut to fame he was
wsefuily mistaken. But If / mistake
not. some counties in which such
criticisms were made have since ad.
ministered the dope.
My license bill is on the calender
for next session, being No. 46O, hav-
ing been introduced last year and
continued. think. now, that / will
amend the bill so as to make it of
force in all counties alike, in order to
conform to the orstituLion, and will
therefore, make it in the first place
pure and simple prohibition measure,
with provisions allowing the people
in the various counties to vote upon
the question whether liquor shall be
sold in such county under the license
or county dispensary system. Ii the
people vote against both systems,
why. the county remains dry. In}
other words, it is local option bf
tween prohibition, high license
county dispensary. r."
"Is high license barroom sM,
Mr.. Morgan" ''e'"'
mo, high license is not s
system. Why, l will taks ,na w
stitution and prove to yo{ W., WV o'n
the most prohibitive sJ :, %
the constitution. have 3haan ammasa @
at good people holding tha,r hona.
in holy horror at VIZ binb tn1'' ,iaanas ""nas
system and callingfie.n's n's" license
system, when, If [bsv hut tnan UI ~
law permitting rh,shau IS U'1S.,.u''ona. a.".,0 @
:, - w. so,n "s they buy it, permit
ot hours tb after night or any length