The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-24

CUT OUT ALL GRAFT.
,eaatc, Ti,Iman Ssys He Expects Bric'
Law to be Repealed New Year
and That the Dispensary
VIII Return to The Favor
nf the peonIe
of the People.

4NS aSQtpg uOQ CQEieS pOQOeuG Va
the Charleston POST says 1t has been
learned there that Senator Tillman
hsd several important conferences
when in Columbia With the support
ers Of the diSpensary in the Lsgisla-
ture and that when he left them it
vas With mighty good understand.
ing that a bill will be agreed upon by
the dispensary people and pushed at
the present session. The bill will seek
to remedy defects of the existing law,
the especial object being to plaza the
leading officers Of the inst tuition be.
yond the temptation OF corruption.
Your cores. ond Mt is in iositjon to
state that the main features of the
proposed bill will be these:
First-The purchase Of rye, CORE
and bourbon under yearly contract,
BIDS to be ADVERTISED fo7 an opened
during the sessions OF the L gislature,
5he State to buy everything from the
lowest bidder.
Sacead-No bid will ts +, c Lived from
any firm that has not put up with the
treasurer OF the State a certified check
for a large sum as an evidence OF good
faith. The firm receiv ng the bid to
be required to put up with the State
treasurer per cent Of the gross sales
Of the State d:soensary for the pre-
vious year. TINS will BE- 4 guarantee
Of faithful and honest p p-rformaLce OF
contract.
Third-The State to get the whis.
key direct from the bonded Warenous
es OF the government, before there has
been mixlcg or blending and when the
product is as pure IS the government
can guarantee it.
Fourth-The State to do it's own
blending and mixing, thereby guaran-
teeing al ah-oll:elV pure article, there
being no cnGucs Tor doctoring, unless
the tfilcialS Of the State do so them
selves, which Wouli be made Iu lish.
abla by heavy sentence.
F fsh-Every bid, and Senator TIL
nan is understood to regard this is
zcout the most mportant feature, to
oe submitted d in triple Ite, one bid to
the Governor, another to the Speaker
Of the House and a third to the treas
ereI; these officials TO hold the bids
until the day Of their opening, when
all are to be presented at once II the
opinion Of Senator Tillnan, this would
absolutely prevent collision and the
altering of bids, as the law would pro-
vide tnat al bids received should re-
main sealed until opened at certain
time and in certain flee.
Sc, ator: Tillnan believes that the
only way c llusion would be possible
would be for the dispensary t1icials to
conniVe with the bidders to deliver q
poorer grade Of proof Whisker, bat
this could be av i6ed because the spe-
ciica.ionS would ca ] fer goods Of Ger
5ain proof, direct from the government
bonded warehouses and the proof OF
whiskey is easily aseeraained. Still
another important feature will be
changing the personnel OF the State
BOARD Of control so as to give the peo
ple OF the State confidence in the
management. This is understood 10
be now under consideration.
In my opinion, the people Of the
State are overwhelmingly for the dis
pepsary.". ".said Senator Tillman, "even
in the counties where it has been Vot.
ed out. The system is all right, but
the people are tried Of the bad odor
and want to see change in the law.
The advocates OF the diSpensarY will,
in my opinion, amend the law at the
present session s. as 20 prevent cor
ruption ald insure the sale OF pure
wniskey::':s It the enemies of the law
prevent the Legislature doing any
thing in that direction they will have
10 be accountable to the people. We
will see to that, but unless the Legis
lature attempts TO do something, there
is grave danger OF the death Of the
law I am sure, though, that the
friends OF the dispensarY will make
every # ,rt at this session OF the Leg
islature to purify conditions and to
again establish the system in the COZ
6dence OF the people. II they fail it
will be because the enemies Of the Law
uaite against them.
No, there is no danger Of the law
being knocked out at this sessions, as
see it. The Legislature knows the
people prefer the law to anything else
and will not knife it. Then when we
20 before the people this summer and
put out candidates for Senate and
members OF the House We will line up
things so as to show the hands OF
everybody. There will be much dit
ference then, and this vote that has
been remaining at home will show up
fer the dispenSary."
Senator Ti]lnan expressed the opin-
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