The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, July 25, 1905, Image 1
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VOL. XLII. NO. 89 NEWBERRY. S. 0.. TUESDAY TLY 25 1905. TWICE A WEE.$.0YA
SENATOR TILLMAN ON
DISPENSARY QIIESTIO]
HE WOULD ENJOY A JOIN
DISCUSSION.
Even Though He Is Not Eager T
Undergo The Fatigue-The Sit
uation as He Sees It.
-zpecial to The Herald and News.
Trenton. S. C.. July 24.-Personall
iperintending his farm work, an
caring for the flowers which he love
senator B. R. Tillman has steadil
:mproved in health at his home her<
,o much that. to use his own word
while he is "not eager to undergo tl
fatigue of making any speeches. F
thinks he would "really enjoy havin
a jo:nt disc:ssion with any champic
the anti-dspensary people might uni
.on. or, f,r that matter, any ha
d,zen of them." Senator Tillman sal
that he has "been about" very iitt
iately. But the people of South Car
lina know that. since Senator Til
man's first entry into the politic
aren- ~ . has never failed to keep
c:e'watch on the political stiuatio
and since that first entry his viev
have always been of interest to mo
of thom. Especially at this tii
when war is being waged upon tl
dispensary, which since its inceptic
has been regarded as his' creatur
are his views upon the dispensa
auestion of unusual interest. H
nrst decisive utterance along this Iii
in the campaign now on was ei
bodied in a letter to Representative
W. Higgins. of Newberry couni
which was published in The Hera
and News. That letter was wide
read throughout the state, and it
needless to quote from it here.
Clear and Concise Replies.
Senator Tillman was seen at I
home here by your correspondent a:
asked if he had anything further
-ay in regard to the anti-dispensa
.j-. His first answer was cle;
encise and decisive. It was to t
effect that. as a matter o, course.
held , the position which he h
:aken in his letter to Mr. Higgins. A
n1 Tilhnan cheerfully answer
i th-, other questions which w<
He weighed' his war
but the old vigor and animati
which chacterized him in the days
his tiret gubernatorial candidacy w<
in his replies.
-The movement to vote out the d
pensary in his home county. Ed,
Seld, was first called to his attenti
As to Edgefield County.
"I have been about very littl
said Senator Tillman. "and have I
no opportunity. other than attend
one picnic in Edgefield, to meet
people. I, therefore. am not pos
as to the present trend of thou
and i\eiing, but those who have b
:aron:d and are wvell informed, tell
hat a tis county the sentimen1
nany .::g very rapidly. The pec
.re~~ -t < wanly aisking what they
byeafter the d:>pen-ary is al
he . hileC the effect on the Sch
:2ndl . wthdrawintg from the cc
:y the mnoney hitherto received fi
:he sta:e dispensary is causing a ga
many peo pIe to change fron- ."
Wcould Enjoy Joint Discussion
Set! r Tillman. c 'li''uinie S
-u!:I ami n.ot eager to unlCe
:h . . :ne of making any spee'che
thinkb I would really enjoy havin
ioint discussion with any ch aim
the anti-dispensary people m
unite uuon. or. for that ihatter,
half doz'en of them.
"The! people are disgusted with
.:-i;mement of thje state dispcw
. -pread1 belief
Some Figures.
some igures as to the erfectiveness of
prohibition, or rather its failure in
.\laine and Kansas. 1 have releived
from Washington the last annual re
port of the conlmissioner of inter
r nal revenue ftr the liscal year ending
June 30. 19.. In it I :ind the follow
mgl :igures:
"Retai: liquor dealers in Kansas,
2.$0: wholesale liquor dealers. 23:
brewers. 2: retail dealers in malt liq
nors. 335: wholesale dealers in malt
liquors, io8.
"In Maine the figures are: Retail
y liquor dealers. 430: wholesale liquor
d dealers, 5: brewers. 3; retail dealers
s. in malt liquors, 558: wholesale dealers
y in malt ,iquors. 22.
"N ow. in neither of these states
s, can liquor be sold as a beverage, un
e der the law.
e in South Carolina the figures are:
g "R;tail liquor dealers, 512: wholesale
liquor dealers, 7; brewers, I: retail
e dealers in malt liquors, 55; wholesale
dealers in malt liquors. 9.
rs
"Thd following table, which I give
you. embodying these same figures
in tabular form, will probably put
a the comparison more clearly," said
a Senat Tillman.
n, The fable is as follows:
st e"
CO.
e.
ry i
ze
Kansas 2862 23 2 335 IOS
F
:y, Maine 430 5 3 558 2
d
South Carolina
ly5112 7 I 55 9
is How Prohibition Prohibits.
"The figures speak ::or themselves,"
continued Senator Tillman. "and
us when any one remembers that no
ad man will pay the twenty-five dollars
to to the United States government fol
ry the permission to reta:.l for fun, it may
r, be seen how prchib tion prohibits,
he Of course, in South Carolina there
he are a large number of beer privileges
ad and all the dispensers take out United
nd States licenses, and tese will have tc
ed be deducted from the ?gires 3bovc
tre given, in order to show how man3
on bliind tigers we have in this state.
on .Kansas has )ossibly 200.000. mor<
of opilationn than South Carolina. whil
~re Maine has about half our population
* one who is interested can worn
s-out the percentages. The figures shov
e- that there are ahout twice as man
on. liquor sellers per capita in Maine a
,in Southl Carolina. even including th
e'd dispensers. while in Kansas there ar
iad more than five times as many.
ogReal Fight a Year Hence.
the "T am more than ever convince
ted that there is political signinicance, a
ht wvell as a desire to further the caus
Cen temlper'ance. in the move to destro
me th ispensary. I shall be glad if
islata dozen caunmes vote out th
p e ipensaries this summer. because
ae:I giv the people of those countic
>-agd chance to find out howv fa
Ohl ibit ion will prohibit. before. th
tun- rea iL: a year hecnce"
7ea't Jno0.-K. Aull.
-Two Sides To The Medal.
aid: Ev erybody knows the woman~ wi
rgo says skciety is a hore. Few of1
. I know her intimately, for, in point
g a fact, she does nlot go abcut much.
ion ran across her at a friend's house ta
ight other day and marked her languid a
any The hostess was indiscreet enough
refer to it, and even the teacups shu
the dereci with horror at the woman's
that ."Yes." said she. "paving calls is
This tiresome."
the 'C)h. responded the hostess. "1
:S itink how mutchl more tires-me it
And the :eacuos scored one fort
JAPS AS FINANCIERS.
A Vonderful Record :Made in Raising
Money for War Purposes.
Detr. it F ree P'ress.
Had it been asserted eighteen
mnths ago that .apan would be able
in an emergency. to raise 8787.ooo.oOO
for the purpose -f waging war fare
against a European nation. the state
ment would have been given little
credence, vet this is the remarkable
showing made by that nation. Not
only that, but the loans negotiated
abroad have been upon terms which
lbespeak the confidence the rest of the
wo)rld has in the mi:ado's people and
their future. The initial foreign loans
upon $IIo.ooo.ooo were in short-term
bonds upon which Japan was requir
ed to pay 6 per cent. interest and
pledge the customs duties as security.
These were negotiated in May and
November. 1904. but when Japan
agaifn found it necessary to go abroad
last March the tide of battle had
turned in her favdr to a degree that
made the placing of $150,ooo,ooo at
4 1-2 per cent. an easier matter than
was the negotiating of the earlier
loans at a much higher rate. The re
cent loan of another $i5o,ooo,ooo was
likewise arranged on a similiar basis
without the slightest trouble, in both
instances the tobacco monopoly being
pledged as security for the interest.
Besides the amount Japan has bor
rowed abroad. it has raised by ex
chequer bonds at home since the be
ginning over suscribed, by the patri
otic Japanese to the extent of nearly
500 per cent. Increased taxation has
yielded $106,300,000; economies in ad
ministration, $48,200,000; transfers
from special accounts. $31,500,000,
and from other sources more than $1
ooo.ooo, bringing the total amount
raised for the prosecution of the war
against Russia up to $787.000.000.
Even more remarkable than Japan's
I ability to raise money is the fact that
in spite of the war there has come no
material depression in industrial and
commercial lines at home, the nation
today beng in a prosperous condition.
This may be accounted for l.argely by
the fact that the country derives prac
tically all its income from its natural
resources. agriculture. fisheries. and
mining being the chief sources of
revenue, and the demands upon the
former two being increased by the
war. The p)lace: of the half million
men or more have been taken at
home by the women and the younger
rmen. and activity has been sustained
in everv line. The development ol
the country has gone forwvard: for
eign commerce has been maintained.
In spite of the unavoidrable depressior
attendant upon war, the nation has
prospered to a remarkable degree
sandI promises to come out of th<
,struggle in a financial and commer
cial condtition more favorable, comn
parativelv. than would have been pos5
e ible by any European nation ude
mir ci rcumst ances.
e i The Island Of Sakhalin.
Toki. July 1o.-The annour cemen
of the landing of a Japanese force a
Sakhalin Island and the occupation c
Korsakt vsk, f. iowed by the norther:
0 Iight of the garris' n. has been rc
aceived with great satisfaction by ti
Japanese. The landing of the army:
SSakhalin marks the first entry of ti
ie Japanese upon Russian territory prof
-er. The Japanese have expresse
to themselves pleased to be again in po
d-session of the island, declaring th:
ethey have long felt that the barga
under which they relinquished tl
Splac forty ye2ars ago was unsatisfac
rv.1 TheJaaene express belief th:
they will speedily control the enti
- iand as:hey regard -he garrist
he~e' r~sa
IN THE HANDS OF
ITS ENEMIES
SENATOR BLEASE INTERVIEW
ED BY AUGUSTA CHRONICLE.
He Stands By The Dispensary Sys
tern But Wants It's Manage
r:ent Changed.. Wait For
Report of Committee.
The f4)llowing interview with Sena
tor Blease of Newberry was given
yesterday to the local correspondent
of the Augusta Chronicle and will
appear in tha: paper toda" and by
courtesy we are permitted to print it
at the same time:
\\'ill you i,e a candidate for gov
ern' t next vear:
I-t is a long time before the cam
paign opens and I am very busy just
n1w with my duties. one of which
makes it improper for me to announce
my candidacy for a political office
at this time. Not that there is any
thing which forbids my becoming a
candidate while holding this position,
but it would be improper for me to
announce my candidacy while in the
discharge of my duties in that posi
tion. Besides. the res-at of the next
sessior of the general assembly will
have a great deal to do with shaping
the campaign of next year. and men
who are now mentioned as probable
candidates may be on the retired list,
so to speak. when the result there is
known. However, I may be in the
state campaign next year, and possi
bly for the position which you men
tion.
What about the dispensary?
I am as strong an advocate of the
dispensary system as ever and firmly
believe that my resolution introduced
at the last session of the senate will
have the desired effect. and that the
people will stand by the system ii
properly managed as originally in
tended by its supporters. I have nev
er hedged on any question and always
take a side and fight for it to the
finish. I have always done this sincf
I first entered public life and neve1
wait to see how somebody else stand.
or even how the people are. I mak<
up my mind as to which side is righ
I and stand by it win or lose. 'My rec
ord in the house, in the senate an<
elsewhere that I have served wil
show that I never change position
on any important question thati
before the people in order to receiv
public applause or to be on the popu
lar side but stand where I believe
am right regardless of results.
No man need ever ask where,
stand on a public issue, for as soon a
I study it I make up my mind an
will let it be known what I am goin
to do. It was once said that Go
Almighty hates a quitter. and it coul
have been added that He even lovt
a loser if he is a good fighter. ar
crowns a victor. M\y p)osition a
r al ng on the dispensary has he(
to submit it to the people in the pt
mary and not at a general electio
I introduced a resolution at the cou
tv convention of Newberry county
898. It w~as unanirnously adopte
tI the.n offered it in the state conve
ITI asking that this question be su
Smitted to the people in the primax
~ enator Tillman and the prohibitie
e charmnan both opposed it and caus
tits dlefeat. but I se.e now that t
e hionorable senator is asking for
-In 1892 in the house I voted for
dsimilar resolution. and in 1900 1
vocated the submitting of the qu
ttion in the primary but opposed
being submitted in the general ell
etion. That is still my- po5ition.
t-It hais been saidl -hat there was
rean ai- dispena ry people in the I
h-i.uar o. <1.3 no hing on the e
e:av q:teStin. There was no St
een n but :he legislature v
om ose f good and honorable n
who wore no man s political collar
and had no special brand of politics
except that -they were democrats, and
(her lid witat they believed to be
.e--:. Th:re may be somebody to
i a :e about the dispensary situation,
imt it where it belongs and not
..n mei 'M did their duty as they
w i . There are IOse connected
with the dispei.s:?ry ';ho have not
done their duty. i..me them!
What about the result of the elec
tion in Newberry county?
Three weeks ago the anti-dispen
sary people would have won, but a
good many things have been exposed
since then. People have begun to
think. and especially about the com
bination to defeat the dispensary.
Many men who signed the petition
have changed and will now vote for
the dispensary, others who were un
decided are now in favor of the dis
pensary, and I believe that we will
win in this county.
What do you ttnk about Senator
Tillman's letter to Mr. Higgins?
I think it is the tamest and nearest
straddle, politically speaking. of any
-thing that the distinguished senator'
has ever done, and I hope that it will
not be long until his eyes will be op
ened and his reasoning restored in
order that he may discern the con
spiracy which is being laid deep and
strong to bring about both the de
feat of himself and the dispensary
system, carrying with ft his political
friends, and that he will get back to
his original Ben Tillman-self and go
to the people and talk as he did in
the 90's. Then and not until then
will this fight be on-in the words of
another, "War to The knife and knife
to the hilt." I weome the day.
After the dispensary, then what?
That question I asked in my first
article to the people of Newberry
county, on June 8th. of this year, and'
it as yet has not been answered. I
admit that the dispensary as managed
today is not perfect. but whose hands
"is it in? How many members of the
present board of control were reform
ers or are original dispensary men?
How many of the constables who are
supposed to be enforcing the law
were reformers or are original dispen
sary men? In the house of represen
tatives I opposed bonding the con
stables for the reason that I saw the
result as it is. They are hindered
and prevented from discharging their
duties as effectually as 'they other
wise could have done. I also oppos
ed the idea of letting each delegation
-in the general' assembly name the
members of the respective county
boards of control because where dele
1gations are opposed to the dispensary
they would naturally. appoint anti-dis
pensary men on the board of control.
Those anti-dispensary men would nat
urally elect anti-dispensary men as dis
d pensers. and as a result I believed then
what I see todlay that the dispensary
d is in the hands of its enemies, and
II this I believe is the present condition
nof affairs andl if tne reenrdis are ex
-amined1 I believe that this will be,
. ond to be true. WYhen did the
a- charges of corruption start? Was it
in when a reformer or a straight out dis
d. penemty advocate occupied the execu
1 Itiv.e chair? I n my candidacy tor
-Iieut-Gov. in 90 i)o NI u the people
y. all "ver the state that the dispensary
n nght had jtust begun. The answer
dwas. "Oh. no. Why discuss the dis
he pensary? It is settled and everybody
it. has accepted it and all the candidates
a ifor governor are for it." I knew it
1-was a mistake, and I. saw that the
scampaign then being made was to
ts Iconceal the real fight and throw the
c-dispensary people off of their guard,
andl it has come through just as I
n *prtileted i-. If it had not been so
rv why were papers that hated the dis
ast pensary so hidly nighting so hard to
is- eect a governo:- who claimed to be
ch a diepe:tary man? How can the c:s
as pensary be expected to prosper t'.ess
nit is in the hiands of origina!l a:spert