The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-14


lations as attorneys for these liquor
concerns to thwart the legislation
necessary to uphold Attorney General
Lyons hands.' Many senator's rose
to questions of personal privilege and
were heated in their remarks.
Senator Appel "comes again. in
his issue Of February ~, in which he
says:
The bill to tax liquor drummers
lies way down on the calendar, and
unless there is some one who will
take an active interest in its passage
in the lower house, it will remain u,-
considered. If it can be reached it
will be enacted into law; there is
some opposition to it however as is
the ease with all general bills cspcc-
tally anything affecting the liquor
interests. The moment there is Il
bill introduced touching the whiskcy
element. it stirs up All opposition
which results in bitterness. In my
last issue I gave it as my opinion that
this bill would be fought in the house
and stated there were "lipuor drum
mcrs in Columbia. and thcy had
friends in The lc"islature:' this
was reproduced in some other news
papers. \ member of the general
assembly asked me if did not regard
staten ant of that character re-
Election upon the members. OF
course. I did not. IT would have to
be verr thin-hided member with a
ghost of wrong-doing haunting him
to feel that such statement is a
reflection upon him, when in his own
conscience he knows he is guiltless.
Everything said adversely to liquor
interests seems to be an irritant, to
some it seems to touch them in a
tender snot and they get up and de-
nounce it as "infamous' as "out-
ra%couS' and "insultin".' with hair
starling ON ends unless they happen
to be bald-hcadcd, they vchemcntly
declare with manifest emotion cit
warn't me-" they the proceed to
grow eloquent and punctuate their
remarks with very bold az PROPOSE
tons. int1mlin" their language to be
taken by thc public as whitening but
the scorching words are always pre-
faced with, in effect, elf 7 am
meant" or eff any man imputes to
me wrong motives for voting as 7 did
on that measure, or charges me with
being recreant to my duty to the
State,' etc, or "I scorn. T put the
foot Of my uttermost contempt upon
any charge from any source that I
nave ever swervcd in the rightful
DISCHARGE Of my public duty. as it
Is given to me to see the right - Tt
sounds warm, there appears to be an
atmosphere charged with sulphur.
but when one to whom this rush of
hot Dir is hurled at. is not posing for
effect, and will not permit himself to
forget that Ire is not a bully. but an
officer Of the State charged with GER
tain sworA duties, he can very grace
fully maintain his self respect by let
ting pass unnoticcd these if-but-im-
Observation-Disclosures. even
emphasized as they NAV be with
tremulous voice and rcddcncd face.
"If' is condition. and amounts to
nothing whatever. IF T were to say
in the senate chamber. "somcbody
has stolen my pocket-book," T would
regard it unnecessary for a man not
havin" stolen my pocket book, and
hot having any knowledge of who did
steal it, to get up and vchcmently
declare IT did not steal the senator's
pocket book, but if any man means
TO- impugn my character, that man
hath not a fig leaf to cover his nak-