The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-06
HOW They VOTED
Line Up of the House on the
Liquor Question.
DISPENSARY MEN

Deserted Their Coiors and Went Owe
to the Carey.Cothran Bill Which
Abolishes the State Dispensary
and Establishes County
Dispensaries.
The yots on the dispensary bills
Wednesday was a surprise. The pro
hibitionists with few exceptions voted
against Prohibitionist Smiths smend'
ment providing for prohibition. The
real test vote was on the Carey
Cothran County Dlspensary bill, and
out of the I23 members OF the house,
only 4e favored the retention OF the
State dispensary.
Those who voted for Prohibitionist
Smiths amendment were: Nessrs.
Aver, Bailey, Bethune,. Boyd, T. S
Brice, Cannon, Carson, Carwile, Gull
ler, Derhan, Dick, Dingle, Dixon, J.
B. Dodd, Douglass, Epps, EptiDg,
Garris, Gary, j. P. Gibsons GlasScock,
Goodwin, Gyles, Harmon, harris,
Hinton, Hughes, HVdrIck, Jones,
Kirven. Lsne, Lester, Leitnes, Little,
McColl, McKeown, Mtley, Morrell,
Reaves, Richards, Robinson, Sawyer,
Sc!uggE, Sharpe, Slaughter, D. l..
Smith, J. E. Smith, Stilwell, Stubbs,
Tstum, Tompkins, Wingard, Woods,
Wyche, Yeldell -55.
The 6S who voted down the Smith
proposition were: Speaker Whsley
and Messrs. Arnold, Aull, Bsllentine,
Banks, Beattie, Brantley, A. G.
Brice, Bryan, Carey, Oarrigan, Clary,
Clinkscales, Cosgrove, Cothran, Court.
ney, Cox, Croft, DsVore, Doar, J. 81.
Dodd, Dowling, Fraser, Frost, Cause;
". J. Gibson, Greer, Hall, Harley.
Harrison, Hempuill, Johnstone, Kells,
han. Kershaw, Lawson, Legare, Nc.
Arthur, Nom Msster, Mann, Marshall,
Miller, Nash, Nesbitt, Nichols,
Nicholson, Niver, Parker, Patterson,
Richardson, Rueker, Saye, Scar
borough. Sellers, Shipp, Kurtz P.
Smith. Spivey, Thomas, Todd, Van.
derhorst, Werner, VonKolnitz, Wade,
Walker, Wsllace, White, Wiggins,
Wfnberly, Youmsns-6S.
So the amendment was rejscted.
The only absentee WAS MI. James
Norton.
Mr.. Rucker moved the olinched,
which was sgreed to.
The following reasons tor voting
were ssnt to the deBk:
II vote aye on the pending Smith
substitute, for the reasons: (s) That
| prefer it to the Carey. Cothran bill;
(5) that the continued reports OF gratis
going on In the management of the
State dispensarv causes me to seek
the needed relief through the prohi.
bltion bill. Howell Morrel." )"
II vots aye on the Smith substi-
tute, for the reason that I prefer that
to the Carey.Cothrsn measure, haV-
ing determined, from an Investigation
Of some county dispensaries. that
they are very corrupt, and I do not
wish to SEQ corrupt county dlspensar-
les all over South Carolina.
Herbert E. GYles."
II voted for the Smith amendment
as preferable to local option, though
I represent q constituency favorable
to the State 6ispenssry, provided 1t
could ba purified.
''T. W. ScruggB."
II vote against the proposed sub.
stitute for the following reasons: l
wrote the original Of that substitute.
introduced 1t IN the house, 80 that
and other prohibitionists might
have an honest and fair opportunity
to ex press ourselves and 60 upon re-
cord. Soon thereafter I became
satisfied in my own mind that ad-
vccates of the State dispenBsTy in
tended voting tor 1T, with the view Ct
dividing the anti. dispensary forces
and saving the State dispensa-y. ]
became satisfied the bill could not
pass the senate. The bill was then
held in the committee, st my sugges-
tion, until such time as it might not
interfere with anti.dispensary legis-
lation. II I believed the bill could
pass the senate, T would support it
heart anG soul.
1T comes In today with new
father, and I honestly believe the
effect of its passage by the house
would be to hold the State dispensary
in this State another year. I bslteVe
it is my patriotic duty to help defeat
such 6 result under these circum-
stances. I must refuse to be used
as catspaw to draw dispensary
chestnuts out Of the FIRE.
81. Wright Nssb,"
II vote no on this bill and ask that
my reason be incorporated in the
journal. Having been elected to this
house on a State dispenssry issue,
and finding that ] am in minority,
I accepted a prohibition measure in
good faith, IS preferable to county
dispsnsary. L. A. Carson"
Mr.. Corey offered the following
amendment, which was ageed to:
Amend section by adding at end:
"The tsrn 'nanutacture,' wherever
used In this act, shall include bottl.
ing ablishments for malt liquors. "
Mr.. Richards moved to Indefinitely
postpone the bill, and demanded the
7eas and nays, which we1e taken, re.
sulting as follows:
Yeas 40; nays 73.
Those who voted In the affirmative
are:
Nessrs. Aver, Bailey, Bethune.
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