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,
He Charges Corruption Ia Dlseensary
Management. and Asserts That =
STRENGTHENING Out Is Needed.
SaysThe Dispensary will
be,the Issue thls Year.
SENATOR TILLMAN,
lilo Charges Corruption Ia Dlseensar,

beitlle Issue this Year.
Mr.. zsob McGhee, the Washington
correspondent Of The State Gays Sen.
ator Tillman insists that when he
characterized the method by which
the Morgan bill passed the house as o
dirty bargain" he meant JUST that
word and no other, though he says he
did not mean to reflect In any way
upon any ot the Charleston delega.
tion.
Says he: II said there was trade
by which Qharleston's nine votes were
cash for thp bill In consideration for
making thsb most remarkable excep.
ttsn for OeArleaton, allowing 1t the
privilege denied oil the rest of the
State of hsving license IL 10 wants 1t.
There may not have been any 40
tuel overS afedo, there may not have
been any formal agreemenb, but the
thing is sosaelf evldenb that it isn't
worth while for any body to deny 1t.
Charleston has always been In favor
of local opgion, by which, of course, 1t
10 meant that Ii wants saloons, and
its representatives In the legislature
saw that the only way to get 1t was
20 vote fortthis sill.
'LtkewiEe the antidIspensary msu
bers from mSother countiea know thst
the only way they could get Charles
ton suppoTbof q 80 oailed pronibltion
measure would be to expecj Charles
ton from It's operation by giving II
the third choice OF high license.
Else why did they excepS Charles
ton, and Why did they not except O..
lumbiA also, or Greenville, CT Spar.
tanburg, 0rany other town.
"Why,sSts plain as the nose on
your face q they had mob given this
apecial privilege to Charleston they
would noghave got these niue votes
and the bill would have been defeated,
and - now It,"
4. 4 aeks aga; ;it,ssFtamnu,remam.
pefeo 10, wae 9pOlGs u1AEs esttsa 80 feA4
pondenGe that Senator Tillman said
he had nothing to say on tho South
Carolina situation, considering thNt
In a general way 1t was not his busi-
ness to interfere and that he had his
hands full here.
AS matter Of ftos, there can be
no doubt that he has his hands full
here, about as full as any man in the
senate, but he instinctively keeps one
ear to the ground for what is going on
In South Carolina and 1T is as impossi
BILE for him to keep out Of 1t as it IL
for him to sit quietly in his seat IN
the senate when spirited debate is
going on.
Il would be a FOOL" said he today,
to sit here In Washington, however
much / am absorbed with affairs hers
and see the people of South Carolina
tricked Without at least making my
pfooest. And by people 1 mean the
real majority OF the white people for
whom have struggled"
The senator was once called down
In the senate for using bhe WORD
trickery" when referring to the pres
ldent, 80 I asked him what he moane
by IL in this connection. II say trick.
ed," he replied, because that 10 what
1t appears to me. The Brlce law dis.
franohiaes third of the white mon
la the State who can vote In tha Dem
ocratio primary.
Besides, the enemies of the dis.
peDsary, why for years havo controlled
the State, have been putting men In
charge OF it who have mjBmanagod 1t,
STOLEN from 1T, broughb 1t into bad
order, and the newspapers which are
and always have been bitter against
the dispensary and against me, and
which make a practice Of suppreEsing
whatever 10 favorable TO tine dispen
sary and loudly vaunting what unfSv
orable to 10, are the ones which have
the largest circulation and the ones
which these 'driftwood legislators
read and look upon as the law, the
prophets and the gospel SO the people
are hoodwinked, bit there is q time
coming
The people will get o chance to
express themselves next summon and
without any Brice law to dBfranchlse
any OF them and bottle them up. All
fhsy need is somebody to stir them ul
and let them know what i8 going on
The dispeDsary will be the deciding
tsaua In the whole campaign, not only
in the cleo o5ion Of Nom oerS OF tho leg
islabure bub In every election In the
State, for governor, for State Officers
for county officers, Tor my successol
IN the senate and all. +"
Something was said last SUP. m II
about tho sonator running for goYae.
nor instead Of TOR the senate and
there has been sOmo Euoh talk here
Jhougn perhaps emanaJlng from SOM,
amoi6lonS representatives not &vergt
to being called upon by the people &c
eake a moro exal6ed se&t. Asked She
direct question today, Senator TIN
man Raidp
Yes, have Thought many times
OF doing that, Tho only condition
ehat would induce me 30 consider It,
however, from u personal standpoint,
would be tho fact thsh my n0ath
hould be Ru0h nc 40 make 1t unwiBo
for me to remain In Washington and
attend to my duties here. But some
body ought to take up tho fight IN
South Carolina and straigten th!ngs
In the interest Of the people who are
being hood winked, put tho dispensary
In Rond shape and otherwise given an
example of honest politics."
Those who think he contemplatel
running for governor say that In CASE
OF eleciion after serving one torn he
would again seck election to the sen.
ate and bhua break all nravtous rec.-