Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-05
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- The Due West and Donald's rail-
road will soon be reality and an elec-
ton will be held Thursday authoriZ-
ing the issuing of the necessary
bonds. Every property holder of Due
West is said to be in favor of the rail-
road and bonds will doubtless be
voted. 1t is expected that the rail-
road will be finished In June.
- Columbia special Of Sunday to
Charlotte Observer: There are two
more weeks but only elven working
days Of the present session Of the leg
islature. unless filibustering tactics to
save the state dispensary carry the
session beyond the 40-day limit, where
there Is no pay. The calendars OF
both houses are heavy and new bills
continue to be poured into the hopper
on both sides of the capitol. The sem
dispensary. though II will likely do this
Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.
The usual lengthy debates in both
houses Over the state colleges, involv-
ing criticism as to the management,
finances. etc, there being more or less
rivalry between the friends OF each,
will hardly be witnessed before the last
week Of the session; but this spout
ing" will take two or three days, and
there will be various other matters to
distract attention from the regular
work. Altogether the legislature has a
hard task before 1t to get through with
the business. The future business that
Is engaging the most speculation and
attention generally is the senate's
probable acton on the dispensary. The
dispensary people are still whistling
to keep up their courage, and though
there has been significant conferences
between dispensary leaders and dis
pensary officials of various kinds the
past few days, there are signs Of
weakening on The part Of the dispen-
sary generals. and those who have
tears to shed over the death Of the
state dispensary system had better
prepare to shed them now. The dis
Densary people are still claiming a ma
joritv Of three in the senate and they
are continuing to say that the Carey
Cothran bill will be killed In that body,
but one finds a striking disinclination
on their part to bet that way. The
air is full Of rumors right now about
the whisky people having agreed to
put up enough cash to turn the senate,
and there are indications that at least
one senator has been offered a cash
bribe, which fact may be exploited in
the senate in few days There Is
also story to the effect that there Is
a wad Of $4,000 ready to be used to
stay the death blow that Is now coming
upon the G. NJ. I. in the senate. But as
matter Of fact, while there are some
grating. western whisky houses which
would like to see the state dispensary
as at present administered continue on
indefinitely. still the better class OF
whisky dealers who get no chance to
sell the state dispensary would well
come a change. The dispensary graft
ers have killed the goose that has been
laying the golden eggs. have overdone
the thing, have stuck their fingers too
far into the public's eye. Senator
Blease has gotten some more good free
advertising out of his threat to filibus-
ter various important things to death,
including presumably the Carey Goth
ran bill But either he Is making big
bluff in order to get into the lime
light or he mistakes the stuff South
Carolinians are made Of. And gener-
ally speaking, Mr. Blease Is no fool.
The friends Of the bill would stick as
long as he would, but as a matter OF
fact. a rule Of the senate can be
changed by q majority vote, so there
would be no necessity to prolong the
session.