Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-14
rILLmAN IS SATISFIED.

Believes the Dispsnssryites Have
Majority in the Legislators.
sIf my opponents are satisfied with
the result of the primary elestion
held in South Carolina yesterday"
declared Senator B. r. Tillman. IT
certainly am. did not have the op-
portunity Of voting In the first DEM
ocratic primary which was held
while 1 was on a lecture trip west,
but / voted yesterday True the gem
tIemen for whom I voted were de-
feated. but that neither surprised
nor does It disturb me. The governor
does not enact laws, you know,
neither can he repeal those which
are made"
This thought was a pleasant one.
for here Senator TilIman stopped,
glanced sharply at the newspaper
man and smiled.
my fight was on the legislature.
In the senate we have safe working
majority and many friends tell me
house. with the new senators who
favor state dispensary and the
hold d-overs, we have majority Of
ten men in that body. In the house,
the vote win be closer. so I am toll.
with the odds In our favor. You
must remember that I have been out
Of the state for several weeks past,
and cannot speak authoritativeiy.
My information, which / am tcnfi-
dent is reliable. gives us an easy ma
jority in both branches Of the legis-
lature. For this reason, I say that I
won my fight" y. aieiT7 h - a
AS he uttered these last words,
Senator Tillman turned sharply and
glanced about the room as II II were
full OF his opponents, some Of whom.
perhaps, might question his word.
He presented picture to be remem-
bered. Coatless and collariess. his
full head Of iron-gray hair rumpied
up and the perspiration standing out
on his forehead. he looked the man
that he is. one who had risen from
the lowest to the highest by the sheer
might OF his own achievements.
That he was vitality concerned In the
outcome OF the South Carolina pri-
.maries was evident from the manner
in which he expressed himself. His
words came thick and fast. They
were sharp and to the point.
"I belieye that we did well In the
nrimaries considering the odds.r con-
tinued senator Tillman. .sThe prohi-
bitionists. the blind tigers. the local
optionists. and the high license ad-
yocates made common cause against
the state dispensafy, well knowing
that its defeat would give them the
opportunity. to carry out their ne
farious schemes. x.
.srbis unboiv alliance d,d NOT ac-
conn n,,sb what its nromoters had In
view vis,ted twentv.four counties.
INV object bein9 To carry them for tls
d,snensarv A. the ,ee,sIature. Am
anti I-dispensarv governor was named
ora so alao nm anti-dianensarv at
torn.v generaln
Here senator Tillman turned aside
m take a fall ont of I,von. the NOM
,naa =, tha Marty for attornev 1en-
arol .tJe r,as s,actas on tba anti
craft, nlatform" said Senator TILL
man. "a great hurrah was made
and much dust stirred In the fight
The friends of the dispensary are as
much opposed to grating as any
bodv in south Carolina. We desire
notbine more than a fair and square
deal And vet such a vast amount
Of politIcaI capital was made out of
this ant,-graft nlatform that LYON
was e,actedn
After a discussion of several of
the details of his dispensary schemes,
which has been discussed so much OF
late i'm the South Carolina papers,
Senator TiIlman closed with the state
ment that he was determined to give
his native state an institution worthy
20 a.. o,or,ous nast and ona that
would hs q mode, for others TO copv
after "It ts a berculean task" he
sa,5 "ona that reouires tncaIculable
WORK and thousbt"
IJore sanator Ty,,man turned and
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sat ooWn III chair' WHICH seoou IN
one corner Of the room. His grip
vos oman on tbe table and bA was
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