The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-02-16
A DIRTY BARGAIN
Was Made to Pass The Local
Option Bill Says
SENATOR TILLMAN,
Ito Cha'gess Corruption Ia Dlsoensary
management, and Asserts That a
Strengthening Out Is Needed.
saysThe Dlspensary will
besthe Issue this Year,

bsthe Issue this Year.
Mr.. zach McGhee, the Washington
correspondent Of The State says SEN
ator Tillmsn insists that when he
characterized the method by which
she Morgan bill passed tho house Oh q
dirty bargain" he meant just that
word and no other, though he says he
did not mean to reflect In any way
upon any Of tho Charleston delega.
tion.
Says he;g"I said there was o trade
by which 0harleston's nine votes wore
cash for the bill In consideration for
making that most remarkable excep.
tisn for Charleston, allowing it the
privilege denied ell the rest Of the
State Of having license IL IL wants It,
There may NOT have been any ao-
tual overb bredo, there may not have
been any formal agreement, but the
thing 10 s0sRelf evident that it isn't
worth while for any body to deny 1t.
Charleston has always been in favor
Of local option, by which, of course, 1t
is meant Shat it wants saloons, and
its representatives in the legislature
cav that the only way to ges 1t was
to vote foTsthis sill.
"LikewsEs the antidispenssry msm
bers from other counties know thae
the only way they could get Charles
ton supp0Ibsof a 30 called pro0ibitiDn
meaAure would be to expscj Charles
ton from It's operation by giving It
the third Choice OF high license.
ELSE why did they exceps Charles
ton, and why did they not except ca.
lumbiA aiD, or Greenville, or Spar.
eanburg, or any othor town.
Why, sGis plain as the nose on
your face af they had mob given THE
special privilege to Charleston they
would noGShave got thcae niue votes
and the blu would have been defeated,
and now it."
a sekg gojtsEEWntnremam.
Defeu re, wlo iSpb3Oea8IssrAta S5sFs8f
pondenGa that Senator Tillmen said
he had nothing TO say on tho South
Carolina situation, considering thNt
In q general way 1t was not his bust
ness to interfere and that he had his
hands full here.
AS a matter Of feos, there q be
no doubt that he has his hands full
here, about as full as any man in the
senate, bus he instinctively keeps one
ear to the ground for what 10 going on
In South Carolina and 1t ia as impossi.
BILE for him to keep out Of 1t as 1t IL
for him to sit quietly In his seat IN
b senate when q spirited debate is
going On.
Il would be a FOOL" said he today,
to sit here in Washington, however
much / am absorbed with affairs here
and see the people Of South Carolina
tricked without at least making my
protest.. And by people I mean the
real majority OF the white people for
whom | have struggled"
The senator was once called down
in the senate for using the WORD
"trlckery" when referring to the pres.
ident, 80 / asked him What he meanS
by 1t in this connection. II say trick.
he replied, because that 10 what
1T appears to me. The Brlce law dis
franchises one-third OF bhe white men
Ia the State who can vote In the Dem
ocratic primary.
Besides, the enemies Of tho dis.
pensary, why for years have controlled
tho Stale, have been putting mon In
charge Of 1t who have mismanaged 1t,
stolen from Ii, brought IL into bad
order, and the newspapers which are
and always have been bitter against
the diBpensary and against me, and
which make a practice OF suppreSsing
whatever is favorable TO tho dlkpen.
sary and loudly Wanting what unf&v
orable TO IL, are the ones which have
the largest circulation and the ones
which these 'dFiftwood Legislators
read and look upon as the law, the
prophets and the gospel 80 the people
are hoodwinked, but there is a time
coming.
The people will get o chanoe to
express themselves next summer and
without any Bric0 law to d!Bfranchise
any OF them and bottle them up All
fhay need iS somebody to stir them VI
and let them know what Is going on
Tho diSpoDsary will be the deo.dlre
isouo In the whole campaign, not only
In tho oleo5ion Of memoera Of the leg.
Islature bus In every election In the
State, for governor, for State officers,
for county ofioers, for my successor
IN the senate and ALL"
Something was said last sum ~
about the senator running for govet.
nor instead Of TOR the senate an6
there has been somo Eush talk here
though perhaps emanating from soma
ambitious representatives not ayeret
10 being called upon BY the people to
bake a more exalted seGt. Asked she
direct question Today, Senator TNl
man BaidP
Yes, | have Thought many times
OF doing that, The only condition
ohat would induce rae 10 consider 1t,
however, from a %p8rson6l standpoint,
would be the fact thsa my nealtt
hould be Ru0h 40 60 make IL unwiso
for me TO remain in Washington and
attend to my duties hero. But soma
body ought to take up tho fight IN
South Carolina and straigten things
ia tile Interest," of bhe people vino are
being hood winked, put the dispensary
In good shape and otherwise given an
example vi honest politics.
Those who think he contemplates
running for governor say that in CASE
of cleo jlon, after serving one term ne
would again seek election to the sen.
ate and thus break all previous rec
or IL IN his or any Other StAte. OF