The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-05-01
= Tuesday, May /, 1905.
AS TO REQUEST BOOKS.


"Not at all. We do not con,,ons
the violation Of law IN any respect"
says the Herald and News; 'but il is
very evident that it is trying to "puM
back'' against those who are trying
to have the law enforced, II argues
that because. one law is violated, an>
other should be treated the same way.
1t is like the "Marlbor, Man" who
did not believe in trying to run one
evil out till all can he routed together
Tho Herald aud News also arsnes
that after a law has been violated
for n long time, the Violation $honla
not he stopped. nor any "hurrah
play made ahou, il "ai this late
day." In other wori$, wrong be-
comes right when il is rracticcd 50
much that is becomes a habit,
The Herald is probably aware that
attention has been called tc the vio-
lation Of the request book law be-
fore this late day, We condemned
the violation number If times, az
far back as Governor McSwccncy'
administration. when the editor of
The Herald aud News wos the gov
ernor's private secretary. We did
not get enough help, howcvcr, to
raise "hurrah play' sufficient to
cause the administration to have the
law enforced.
The failure to use request books
is by no means the gravest wrong
that has been committed in the name
Of the dispcnsary; but The Herald
and News picks out and attempts to
smoothe over one Of the smaller evils
of the system, and would lead its
readers to infer that "that is all that
is wrong with the dispensary, and
that "that is all that the invcstiga-
tion can aecomplish.". How about
the label deal, and the glass con-
tracts, and the liquor illegally
bonght7 Does The Herald and News
think that too much noise is being
made about them, at this late day,
since graft has existed so long and
mas not Dcen punished YETI
The Herald and News kind Of
whitewashing is what has permitted
the violation Of the law so long, and
scared the public conscience into
thinking that it is all right to display
the laws you do not like.-Pcc Dee
Advocate.
The Herald and News has said
nothing to indicate that it would ap-
prove any whitewashing of any kind
and the Advocate knows it. Yes, you
can go back as far as Gov. Tillman s
administration and you will find that
the request books were not used and
everybody knew it. There was no
need for an investigation committee
to find out this. We repeat if that
is all that is wrong with the manage
mcnt, then the dispensary is in good
shape.
The point we made was not that it
was right to violate the provision of
the dispcnsary as to request books,
but as everybody knew this provision
of the law had never been enforced
that it was waste of time and
energy for the committee to be max
ing any "hurrah' about it and if
that was all they could find wrong
with the management the institution
wns in good shape. The commission
was not appointed to find out what
everybody knew and could prove. Let
the committee tell us about the label
deal and the glass contract and liqour
illegally bought and if the Advocate
has any evidence along that line let
it tell the committee what it knows.
The Herald and News makes no
charge, because it has no proof.
What we want is the evidence. There
has been sufficiency of charges.