The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-09-06
THE LIQUOR PROBLEM.
Some OF It's Phases.

ton on the part of those having any
views at all aud standing on auy def.
mite position at all, he will not have
to look long before the following aud
other like groupings would appear:
Prohibitionist Us. D:spensary.
Prohibitionist vs.. License System.
Dispensaryite vs.. License System.
Blind Tiger vs. Dispensary.
Blind Tiger vs., License System.
License Advocate vs.. Prohibition.
License Advocate VS.. Dispensary.
Dispensaryite vs. Prohibition.
Dispensarvito vs. Blind Tiger.
License Advocate VS.. Blind Tiger.
Teetotaler vs., Dispensary.
Teetotaler vs. License System.
Teetotaler vs.. Prohibition.
Teetotaler pro Dispensary.
Consumer pro-Dispensary.
Consumer VS.. Dispensary.
Consumer pro.License System.
Consumer pro. Prohibition.
Consumer vs.. Prohibition.
Taxpayer vs. Prohibition.
Taxpayer vs.. Consumer.
These might be ampii6ed, but they
are quite sufficient to show-uot
more that the subject is many sided
than that there are so many stand
points from which men think and
speak and act with reference to it,
Let US not forget that the "man up
tree is not partisan. Shakes.
peare' man up tree wasn't; though
his part was to fairly revel in what he
saw beneath him Of blind ignorance,
of craft, Of pretense, of prejudice, of
greed, etc.
Our mau up tree is interested in
finding for himself Gis true place as a
voter end eiti7 81. An apostrophe
to the honest.rin inded, intelligent, in
dependent voterl Without him our
very institutions would orumble. He
is too few yet-too much room yet for
the play OF tho artful politician, too
much following after blind lead, too
little individuality, too much partisan.
ship, too much graft, too much greed,
too much can't, too much psuedo NOR
ality and pretensive religion, too much
looking after the neighbours morals to
the neglect OF their own by those who
.'strain at quart but swallow q
canal" too much Fear of public dis
favor, too much dread of even a
church's maranatha, too much valu-
alton of men and measures by the
standard of dollars aud cents.
It is, however, comforting to reflect
shat our people are growing in liberal
ity. A few years ago the man who
dared :o declare himself against the
special prohibition measure proposed
for Auders IN County would find turn
ed against him q vehement tide Of
popular prejudice, aud later the can.
didate who did not align himself with
the new popular movement was howl
ed down. No place there for deliber-
ate, independent individual judgment.
Men have at times suffered themselves
to be wrought up to white heat by
those who found these methods neces-
sary to their own political ends. We
have now better opportunity
thanks to the times-for individual
independence in voting, and there is
more independence and less blind par
tissnship. 1t does not follow that
because man differs from me on q
public question he is either knave
or fool, though he could be either,
anyway. All prohibit:onists are not
cranks, but some are. All dispen-
saryites are not bliud partisaus, but
some are. All who advocate the sale
by the individual under proper re-.
strictions are not liquor dealers, but
some are. No system yet developed
suited all, aud majorites are not
always right, though they govern.
pr,k % An l.
In placing themselves on one or the
other side Of the question Of "dispeu-
aary" or "no dispensary," some will
find strange if not distasteful bed fell
lows. There would seem to be no
room for any overbearing partisanship
or fanaticism where IL voters cover
such variety Of classes and Uhere 40
many vote together from such d..
verse motives. Lion and lamb this
time, teetotaler and dispensasyite,
prohibitionist and license advocate,
taxpayer and CRATER, pap sucker and
"booze artist" So line up friends,
and don't be mincy about the COM
pany.
Dispenssryite to prohibitionist,
"We ezree as against the license sys-
tenn; why play into the hands of it's
Blind tiger and quondsm dealer to
Prohibitionist, eve will fight with
you this time, but 'agin' you later
on"
TToototaier to prohibitionist, GAS I
am n.consumer Of intoxiesnts, I
shall Jet the otaer fellow pay for the
1;nuor and tIa o~oAko iii % 80
tighten my tax burden. So T shall
vote to retain the dispensary."
. Consumer to Dispensaryite, "There
isn't drop Of chemically pure liquor
pnt up in Columbia, and practically
every label plastered on tasre bears q
lie on its fsce. You have fooled tho
teetotalers, and are fooling them yet
with that specious warranted U. 8.
standard proof and chemically pure.
The truth is, You fooled me with your
promise, but no longer after you began
delivering the goods. These total ab-