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eounty declared against the dispen sary system and that this prohibi tion which we now have in these fif teen counties is in no sense the will of the democracy. Why didn't the people vote in those elections under the Brice Law? The answer is easy; many of them could not because they were not qualified electors, and more of them would not because they were disgusted by the mananagement and corruption which have been shown to exist in the State dispensary and in some of the county dispensaries. Special Dispensary Elections Under the Brice Act. Union 412 761 1175 2594 Newberry 376 845 1221 2616 Marion 281 1148 1429 3299 York 131 725 856 3158 Horry 322 854 1176 2663 Lancaster 126 956 1082 2557 Florence 743 638 1381 2396 Darlington 291 680 971 2403 Oeonee 86 667 753 2918 Spartanburg 416 2114 2530 7080 Greenville 383 858 1241 6767 Anderson 719 1148 1867 5663 Fairfield 374 205 579 1574 Edgefield 198 425 623' 1730 Saluda 238 371 609 1965 Williamsburg 447 588 10-3 2156 Laurens 772 818 1590 3194 6315 13800 20115 54730 There are the official figures ob tained from the office of the secre tary of state in Columbia, and from the records of the democratic state committee. The above table shows that less than one-half of 'the people voted, while only one-fourth of them were in favor of no dispensary. Anderson $32796.63 4620.76 37419.39 Net Profits from Dispensary for the Fiscal Year, Nov. 30, 1905. Darlington 14754 2029.58 16766.02 Edgefield 6354.19 2582.09 3936.28 Greenville 34533.46 4371.62 38905.08 Horry 3822.74 4223.13 . 8045.87 Lancaster 10657.36 3004.56 13661.92 Marion 15669.30 3159.59 18828.89 Newberry 7838.44 2424.33 10262.77 Oedinee 7739.68 2796.03 10535.71 Piekenis 2270.18 1971.32 4241.50 Saluda 3678.80 2968.60 6647.40 $yAr'burg 31600.22 5330.19 36930.41 Union 12825.26 2181.86 15007.1% york 3594.50 3543.35 7137.85 188137.20 45207.01 233334.21 The above amount of profits only shows the mnyreceived by the counties. An equal amount went in to the town treasuries, so that instead of being $188,000 it is double that or $376,000 and the 'grand total would be $421,000 for these fourteen coun ties. This sum represents profits alone. A great deal- more than this is being sent out of the state to pay for liquor now coming in by express. We have all of the evils of liquor drinking and none of the benefits, but if the people are satisfied, that' is their business. ~ Having studied these two tables, I <desire to direct attention to these. points: the election under the Bries act and which the people are now liv ing have in no sense settled the ques tion in those counties. Unless our people have lost capac ity for self government and are no longer able to think and act for them selves, they will see to it that strong, reliable men are nominated' in each tounty for the legislature and that .aceh candidate that does not pledge himself to carry out the will of the majority of the people in regard to whiskey shall be defeated. The blind tigers, the barro,om element and the. prohibitionists will doubtless all com bine and support anti-dispensary can didates as they have hitherto 'done, for they will hardly put candidates pledged to their several policies. It is therefore the dispensary against the field and the only complication *likely to cause trouble is the division among the dispensary advocates of those who want each county to buy liquor for itself and of those who think it can be more cheaply and hon estly done through the state dispen sary. There is therefore great dan ger of the dispensary forces being divided into two factions and of the advocates of the county dispensary system aligning themselves with the other three elements. Let us consider for a moment the relative advantages and disadvan tages of county dispensaries and state dispensary. I declare most em patily my belief that by proper changes in the law along the lines sugtrested in the Ravsor-Manning bill that all possibility of stealing and bribing in the purchase of whis key for the state can be prevented and it stands to reason that if the li quor is purchased at wholesale by one board, shipped by the car load, and bottled at one establishment there will be a great saving in the expense. The county dispensaries would have no facilities for handling the whis key, but leaving all of this out of consideration the one crucial test of the relative merits of the two sys tems, state dispensary or county dis pensaries, is simply this: if we can not by law so hedge about and con trol one state board as to prevent stealing how in the name of common sense will we be able to watch and prevent thirty or forty boards from doing it? Because the retiring state board has engaged in questionable practices and was guilty of such gross mismanagement and malfeasance in office is no argument to show that the law cannot be changed so as to de stroy al,l opportunity for such prac tices. No law will execute itself when those charged with the execution of the law fail utterly and there is neg lect from the highest to the lowest, it follows as a matter of course that it is the duty of the people to elect men who will not flinch or neglect their sworn duties. - It is therefore obvious that the people must look more to the integ rity, honesty, truthfulness of the can didates who ask for their votes than to the mere capacity to speak glibly, and the plausible address of the oily politician. The people should bid fence straddlers to get to the rear; they should demand outspoken decla rations of policy and no man who failed of his duty in the past should be again entrusted with office. Look at the present disgraceful and out rageous condition in Columbia. The old board of directors of the state dispensary has loaded down the state with about $700,000 worth of liquor bought on credit in open and direct violation of the law. Why are not these men arrested for/malfeasance in office? -Why were they not removed last summer when the evidences of gross incompetency and mismanage ment were first made public? Why did the legislature ever elect such men? Why in the face of absolute proof in the letting of glass contracts and in the purchase of lables to sa3f nothing of the purchase of whiskey that they were guilty of misconduct, why I say did the legislature refuse to change the law when the house found that the senate would not con sent to the abolition of the state dis pensary?i It was because of the in fluene of the State newspaper. There is every reason to believe that the house stood out to the last and refused absolutely to~ amend or alter the law in any particular in the hope and intention to have the state dispensary so far disgraced before the people that in the coming election it would be destroyed. Diid these leg islators discuss the question of abol ishing the state dispensary when they were running for office in 19047 Did they have any authority from the people to abolish the state dispen sary because of mismanagement of the men the legislature itself elect ed ? Was not the failure of the house to accept any measure of reform in order to prevent fraud and specula tion in the future due entirely to the. influences of the new Columbia ring. Was it not clearly shown that the primary object was to destroy the state dispensary and thus pa.ve the way for licensing the sale of li quor in those counties which wanted it, 'even providing for wholesale li ense in Charleston with the purpose of having Charleston sell-'to the coun ty dispensaries instead of having the state dispensary supply the necessary stock? Was there not a bargain be tween the prohibitionists and' the old barroom or high license element and is there any man in the state so bra zen as to stand up and call this hon est politics? Can the men who with their eyes opened to corruption re fused point blank to reform the state dispensary have the impudence to ask the people to trust them again. Fellow citizens, we need some hon est politics in South Carolina; we need some straightforward plain speaking; we need aggressive and honest action by the masses to pro tect themselves. The people have been asleep. They have been lulled into inaction by the honeyed words of adroit politicians and it is time for them to awake. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. Look at the present situation also. A new board is elected to manage the state dispensary under the old law. That old law was fatally defective in some part ic-ulars, but it has not been obeyed in the last two years at least with regard to competition in bidding for the right to supply the state dis pensary with whiskey and in other impotant particulars. The new board eomes into office fining an immense stock of liquor bought on credit and practically all of it bought contrary to law. The legislature gave to the investigating committee full control and authority in regard to auditing and passing upon these accounts. The new board then is subject to the in vestigating committee and the situa tion seems to. be this: the authority of managing and directing the affairs of the dispensary is now divided, the new board of directors having some of it and the investigating committee the balance. There is something like $600,000 worth of debts hanging ov er the state dispensary. Unless this liquor bought on credit was bought according to law, is there any obli gations to keep it and pay for it? Is there not plenty of opportunity for more graft and secret transactions in regard to the settlement of these ac counts? Will not the legislative committee be suspected of corrup tion ifit does not get in the middle of the road and stay there, that is stand by the law, obey it itself and re quire all others to do so? Why so much delay? I mention this thus early in order to direct the attention of those most interested to this condition in the hope that the state's rights and in terests may be protected by all those now in charge, and to serve notice so far as I am concerned that I expect to spare no man in criticism whose action in this crisis shall not bear the closest scrutiny and if there is con tinued negligence and no attempt made to punish those responsible for this anomalous and extraordinary state of affairs, it will certainly show that the people need to be aroused and another revolution is in order. I cannot lead it as a candidate for state office, for it is not immodest in me to say that I believe I can be of gTeat use to the people of the state in the senate, but if I misunderstand the temper of the people and they shall resent my efforts to open their eyes and point out these glaring evils I am perfectly willing to abide their wishes and will gladly retire to pri vate life rather than to remain si lent against promptings of my sense of duty. There is one more ' matter upon which.I beg to warn the people. There are evidences in plenty to show that the same'clique or ring which is fight ing the dispensary and which has al ways fought me intends or hopes to bring about' a change in our primary regulations so as to prevent any demxL orat from voting in the primaries who it not at the same time a quali fied voter. They hope to~ use the club which has proved so effective under the Brice law, that of confining the election to qualified electors, to ob tain control of the democratic -party to resume their sway, undisputed un til 1890. I warn the farmers and all other democrats, especially operatives whoare busily engaged and have little time to devote to politics to at tend the next meeting of the demo ratic clubs on he fourth Saturday in April (28th) and get their names on the rolls and send delegates to the nextc ounty conventions who will rep resent them truly. The allies and directors of the new Columbia ring will be on the alert and carry all of their forces to these club meetings and unless the people take more in terest than they did in the Brice law elections the next state convention will be controlled by this element and the possibilities are that the regula tions of the democratic primary will be changed to suit their purposes of disfranchisement. The Alliance men of 1890 need not be reminded of the old anecdote of the politician who told all the farmers to ''plow on'' he would attend to their publie affairs. Let all of the people take an inter est in politics this year. w hich is their duty, in order to protect themselves against the schemes of these trick sters and all will be well. I have felt it my duty to give this warning and whatever the result I will, bow to popular will without mur mur. If the people want prohibition. either the actual article or the hum bug which we now have I do not ob ject; if they want county dispensaries instead of the State dispensary, I do not object; what I do object to is that they shall neglect to inform them selves and .be lead by the nose,.by de signing men. When the democratic party has spoken authoritatively, I will bow to the will of the majority, but let it be all of the democratic party and not as mall faction which claims to represent our best people. B. R. TILLMAN. 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