Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-02-14
rIllmAn pENouncEs THE iEelsLAruas.
Says No will Stump the State on the WhIskey
issus-Local Option Contrary to Constitution.

dlspensary ana yesterday maze oold
to make a remark upon the situation.
The passage by the House of the
Morgan bill and the impending vote
in the Senate, the result of which,
even at this distance, is not hard to
forecast, causes the father of the q.
M. l. to observe that the members of
the present Legislature are not unlike
those of former Legislature, which
he was wont to characterize as the
!, .'driftwood Legislature"
~ note," says he, "that MIR. Dabbs,
of whom l have never heard before,
is very uneasy for fear will do some
'ranting' next summer, and that feel
ing on his part must be due tn con-
seriousness that conditions are being
produced that would warrant some
hot talk. For instance, on Mr..
Hamel's motion to substitute q
straight prohibition bill the vote was
21 in favor of and II against. We
must thus have proof that there are
II avowed prohibitionists in the Leg
islature, and only p. Yet 81 con-
scientious, God-fearing gentlemen
have voted for license provision
permitting Charleston to reopen the
whiskey shops in that city, and this
is done evidently in carrying out a
bargain to get Charleston's vote to
kill the State dispensary. The first
agreement was to have wholesale
liquor dealers in Charleston as we'll
as retail, but that frightened the
leaders of this conspiracy against the
dispensary, and the wholesale pro-
vision was struck out.
"Without Charleston's nine votes
the Morgan bill would have been de-
feated by majority of two votes, 80
if the State dispensary is abolished
at this session it will be done by a
DIRTY BARGAIN between the
old bar-room element in Charleston
and these 21 prohibitionists.
81 think it is a very nice text upon
which to preach some good honest
politics next summer, and, if my
health continues rs good as it is now,
shall certainly feel called upon to
expose that and great many other
shortcomings and mysterious trans
actions that have been transpiring in
the Legislature of late"
THE INVESTIGATION.
"What about the revelations be-
fore the investigating committee ?"
the Senator was asked.
"That only further exemplifies the
need of arousing the people. / have
noticed in the debates constant allu-
sions to the State dlspensary, as
that damnable thing on the Conga-
ree.' want to ask who is RESPONSE
BILE for the management of the State
dispensary? The board of directors,
of course.
"Who elected the board of direc-
tors The Legislature.
"How many of the men who have
voted in the House of Representa-
tives to kill the State dispensary
voted for the directors who were re-
sponsible for the label steal?
"Who appointed the county board
of Spartanburg, where there has been
the most scandal and corruption in
the local management The men,
bers of the Legislature from Spar
tanburg.
"Do these gentlemen in the Legis-
lature imagine the people are all
fools and that they will not next
summer hold to strict account those
who, without instructions from them,
presume to destroy the State dispen-
sary, sacrificing several hundred
thousand dollars worth of property !?
Can it be thought for minute that
the Legislature will be permitted
year after year to encourage corrup-
tion in the State dispensary by the
election of men whom they knew
would be unfit to manage its affairs
and then destroy it because their