The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-13

pQC Qlms6ll III tue PO6iUlCl OF SLaQQ'
ing with the dispsnssly crowd and
for the present. rotten sysEen. Hs
Vas frank to announce thst be favors
high license but bowed to the will Of
the maj GRITTY who were crying for re
lief snd would support the Carey.
Cothran bill as it Is to be amended.
He admitted that there were
certain imperfecsion in the bill and
gave notice that friends Of the bill
and others would be allowed and in.
yitsd to cffsr amendments when IL
comes up. He proposes to cfer an
amendment to the section relating to
druggists which will eliminate the
Objectionable features which 1t con-
ta1ls.
The provision for an analysis vas
put in the bill solely for the rorposs
Of Masking 1t conform to the United
States constitution. The same pro.
vision is In the present Law and fol
the same purpose. Hs believes Snas
the sale OF liquors By individuals With
the constitutional restriction would
prove 3 solution Of the problem.
Local option is democratic. 1t
allows the voters OF each county to
settle the question for themselves. 1t
is not right for Oeones or Anderson
10 say what Charleston shall have
and neither Is II; right for Charleston
to say what O:onee OF some other
county shall have.
Senator Blease ehsllenged the loca!
optionists and the senator from Char
lesion to put a high license provision
in the bill and paid bis respects tc
the prohibitionists IN the hnuse. he
quoted MIR. Lyons printed testimony
before the committee in combating
tie charge Of corruption and said
that Mr.. Lyon owed bis position In
the State today to Senstor Tillman's
lspseoh on the State house steps when
he tried to MAKE the voters OF souur
Carolina cringe ike whipped ours al
his feet.
Senator sinkler insisted that he be
quoted correctly, insisting thai MI
Blesse misrepresensed him.
Mr.. Blease said he was no apoiogls'
for any man e1cept himself, Du'
when man was on his bed zoo miles
away, it is mighty easy to talk about
stealing, but II any man would meet
hin, an the atreets and charge him
With being q thief and come OF as De
went In be would vote for the carey
Cothran blu. Senator Blesss vas
very impassioned in his defense OF bhe
dispsrsary board against what ne
said were improved and unsupported
charges OF corruption. He declared
that the recsnt primary was no voice
OF the people," He knew OF ssouncE
dispensary men who voted for anc
worked for Mr. Ansel. He pointed
out various senators who came hsrt
ss locsl men Who we're unopposeo. ~
dsclared there we're more State dis
pensary men In the house TO-DAY faa1
were there s year ago. MI. Anse
only received 35, coo votes In the MS
primary: that was not msjor1ty o
| the 120, 900 voters In the State. II
the second primary Aiken county
whisb gave him (Blesse) q majoris!
In the first prima,y swept sIcund ant
|svsmned Manning. Is thst q do
usnd for local option? He also eiset
| Newberry. Union, Dorchester ant
other counties, declaring, that thei'
was no ground to say that the psofl
had spoken 90 p:sinly. He said tha
the campaign made in the p1inar.
against Mr. Msnning had made it I'm
possible for a self.respscting dispen
ss1y man to support an eleven-hou;
vert who came over to it becaus'
he saw the way opsn to she man
sion. That wss why Martin T. Anss
Is now governor and not because tn
people cried out against the Stats
| dispensary. When the papers tell yo'
that the people have cried OUT so loua
ily for che abolition Of the State dis
pensary they are simply misleading
YOU. He predicted that Il this Carey
| Cothran bill should pass this year na1
year you would hear voice from Char
lesion and from Columbia and Beau
fort and Georgetown sayiDg, W.
have given you what you wanted, nov
give US what we want and let as have
She trus principle for local option
1;oanea auetar ), Ynu will hear The
ssns papers that have been elamorina
for this bill, ,clamoring for high hosns;
They know they must c swhsl
first and they crawl in here for this
bill and then they will get up sno
wors for what they really wish. H.
Insisted that the bill gave three mel
the right to rob the men they buy fron:
and then hide behind the lsw that ycu
can not cue 3 State. II they buy toe
much liquor thsy can refuss to psy foI
1t, that ia the sort Of thing ycu will
be party to. He paid his respects t..
the Anderson Daily Mall and other
papers for their criticism OF him. He
de-, .,srsd that II there was 3 lie out The
editor of The Mail told it and sub
mitted an article from that paper
telling Of the jug trade on which bis
statement vas based. Ee declared that
the Florence Times whose editor vas
then on the floor had urged him to
"get out Of the way and let the car
Of legislative progress roll on,'' had
done as much dirty work against him
In politics and If that editor coulo
come down hare and forsake bis prin
ciples, be (Senator Bleass) was not
made Of such stuff. He did not care
tor his political future, he WAS no suck
er, he did his duty as he saw It; he
will not be a traitor to the $4,000 peo.
pie who voted for him, he declared.
Senator Hardin, who rexs spoke,
endorsed the county dispensarY ard
said If the people wanted the dispen.
sary to 60, let 1t 60
Various motions were made on the