Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-07-11
TILLnAD'S Speech.
Discusses the Dispensary III
Its Many Phases
BTIIL ADHERES 10 INSTITUTION
The Senator Condemned Hast General
Assembly and Denounced the Pro-
position TO Establish County Dis
pensiaries.

set forth by Senator Tillman are in
eorporated in his speech at Sandy
| Flat, Grecnville equity. OH lasI Sat-
urday, aud the facts are given as fol
lows:
Greenvillc; Speci;ail-Four ihSus:ailsd
people OF more were gathered at
Sandy Flat TO hear Senator Tillman
and other ltileallish al!d pGiiissiseiaiis
on the issues of the day.
! After few Introductory remarks
the Senator led off into his prepared
| speech; whiet follows in in fuiii.
'There is but one important issue
involved in this campaign so far as
State affairs go, and as for my own
candidaep, y sests Oh the record
! which l have made since l entered
public life sixteen years ago, and the
/ intimate knowledge which HE heonle
| cf the ssate Iave cf my character
personality and qualifications. / am
/ viking to leave il there witliqut. dis
cussio4 Or presa'''atinilI:. ista iig'it igi'iit is
State Dispensary VS.. County Dispen-
sary, for no one expects the probi-
tion candidates, however &6iili9 and
well gnA!i:.ea iney may be, 10 receive
very much support.
With all their efforts (alll they
/ have been MANY md lung lolitiiinuedl, !,
tho Newspapers which have always
fought the dispensary have not been
able TO drum up candidate, for gov
! ernor, who ndsuyates local option
! Straight as against dispensary and
prohibition and. only in Charleston
does that. idea have hny ,iis!. offer
i'g Hlr Slice under it. The local op-
tion offered the people, is between
prohibition and county tlspeGsafy
and the whole fight il to destroy The
State tlispensaw iiift will 10 other
purpose than to obtain the privilege
of reopening the old liquor stores
selling under constitutional limita-
tions. The real fight is for the con-
troll Of the legislature, beeausg the
governor cannot make or change the
flaws aid can only try 10 enforce
ihelii. IH$ oily sIflience over legis-
AatiSli Would be in the use. of the veto
bower BYt jtu It is SAT- al Hmsesf jmRn9ftb nfbf got.
Eernor.: The times distinctly demand
one;
"1A any ep,esf3 some some counties Win
stahd BY prohibition with. its IS. blind
tigers and heavy jug trade il ssSSiiii'f<s
Other eshii,lti4a Viii vote Tor county
uispensaries and the cities where the
principal newspapers arc published
will have the fight on the issne of
State disMnsaty ,gt enuhit ;iisfe;a
saty viii 'Es ultimate purpose Of
| Having the county dispcnsaries turned
into licensed barrcoms if the county
dispensaries nre abolished. The
scheme is 10 restore the sale. of
liquor to private ihriieiaila,s rasilei
thar ist Ii remain in the hands of
State officials. Those who clamor for
county dispensaries instead of one
State dispensary. must demonstrate
how 1t is easier io prevent corruption
amplig the thirty or. forty county
boards than to Stop Il III '',!s S:5tdto
! Board. i!ats great faith i'll the good
common sense Of the people and do
not believe they can be persuaded To
destroy the State tlispensarN and
leave each county liz iNit%!ase did
sell lis pwE liquor. Yet The State
and News and Courier: which hafc
always falei Tic ,iispensaly worse
thin the devil hates holy watcr,' are
advocating candidates who favor
county dispensaries. The only pos
sible good reason that can be advanc-
ed on this line is that tile prohibition
counties uAdat Tile constitution re-
eeise a part Of the profits which arise
from the sale of liquor iii the other
counties. This is nnjast as everyone
must acknowledge. but it can be rem
| edsed very easily by having the State
/ dispensary make nb profits ollet thali
a few thousand dollars above its run
ming expenses, thus leaving the coun-
ties and towns to divide the profits
between them. This can be easily
done and when we consider the cX-
pense of buying liquor in retail quall-
titles and paying local freighis on il
instead Of buying carloa,l lots and
paying through freights tho cuitnti
dispensary cannot stand the compari.
sun. But this is not the greatest OBJ,
lection.
"The leakage ur stealnge i'll The
bottling Of liquor at each county dis.
pensary would be immense, and
know 10 way that it could pre-.
vent the whiskey being watered, bet;
tie retilled, relabeled and other
schemes OF making money dishonest
~, if the system were adopted. il
is not possible to prevent it, and ]
do not think any sensible man wht
CONSIDERS tie question VIII ScilouslN y
contend that it is. Even if one-hal1
of the counties i'll the State should
adopt the prolibition--blind tiger
jug trade-prugrammc it would bt
better, more economical and there
woud be less possibility of corruption
and peculation in the purchase ant
handling Of liquor in the other dis
pensary counties, il the buying. bot
Ting and shipping should be done al
one central depot instead OF III eacf
county.
lsIt must not be forgotten. because
it was tue understanding (and bar
gain was lnade) durinf tile tight II
the legislature last winter against th'
State dispensary, that the ultimate
purpose is to have Charleston whole
sale liquor dealers supply the count,
dispensarics as well as ile jug trade