The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, April 20, 1908, Page TWO, Image 2
MR. FEATHERSTONE
OUT OF THE RAG]
WITHDRAWS FROM GUBERNA
TORIAL CONTEST.
His View is That His (Candidacy Thi
Year Would Not Help Cause
of Prohibition.
Mr. ( . ('. Foal licrsl one, ?11" La u rcii.aniiniineed
Id a press reprosontal iv
mi rimrsii'ay inni'iiihis willulrawa
J mm tin1 race for governor. His en
trance i111 <? I lie coiilcsf several week
U.uo was alter earnest solieilalioi
J'roin liis many friends ami admirer
ami I iDin the ]ir<>11it>iI ion force.1
1111*< hi ti'I:??111 tile Stale; I! i, > step wa
la!;i- i ' r I ! ?. ]?! ?i form o
A: i! u ,i; l\ ti<iw i*. Il - sup
p':~<'I thai Mr. Ansel v.miM run "i
I"' - in; iila! form ii; "ii w liii-ii lie w
eicc!i'?l ; wo \ -ars avo. ,? ( ;n a !etl.-i
! ' M i' Miln-r i'.i;c da's a-.,
par! nl which is below <j11 >t?* I. il wil
lie seen llial Mr. Aiisi-I now oceupie'lie
sami' position that Mr. Feathersloce
aMii-'iim-ed la-l fa!!, namely.
reverse local option law. under which
) lie co11111 i**s w ill all lie dYy mil il I In
?lisp< nsary is voted in. tlnis tli rowing
Hie Inmieu im I li, people wlm ilesir?
the dispensary; lurther, (lie nunihei
ol dispensaries in a county will lie limited.
Mr. I''eal lierstone has had Hie mailer
of withdrawing under advisement
for some time. amT Ihronuhoiil his deliheral
ion he has been in close loach
and communication with prominent
Prii?ii'iii-l > ia the Stale ami his decision
to.lay was after a careful review
ol ihe situation; he deems his
w il lidraw al for the hesl iulercsls of
the prohibition cni.-e in Soui|, ("aro!'i
.innonnciii^ hi- v\ ithdrawal. Mr.
I' . a I herst one >ays :
cveial wci'ks .iv 11 I announced
ni\ candidacy for uov.-rnor of South
* ' "iiim. upon a Slate prohihi| ion
I da I form.
I believed then, ami' I -til! believe.
1I pl" are tired of the liqitoi
11 a llie. ami that I hey are rcadv to
lake a ureal forward step and sweep
Hie legalized Irallic out of the 'Stale.
I he announcement of my candidacy
was made at the suggestion of
S||ino o| our leading prohibitionists ?
nien who nave been with me in the
light since the campaign of |S!)S. Tliev
belie\ eil I hat lhere ought to be in the
<'ni"piti'.:ii a candidate wlm would
make an aggressive ti-hl, and weiv
kind em.mil, h? sM'-est that I on-lit
I" lead :!s? movement.
,'1 1 have a I read v slated, person::
did ,,oi ,.,i! illt),
'i n; ::: ! ii i- t i!?n'. b?i| I \ icld if I.
wlial i conceives!* to ii,. jjlt. r;,|| (>!
duly.
I did not hesitate to sav I hat il
would lie a source of graI ilicaI iou It:
Die io be governor of the Stale, bul
the desire to graiily niy p.'rsonal ambition
alone would not have been suf licient
t,i induce me to enter the race
al l his | ime.
Short ly al'ier the announcement
ol in\ candidacy ii was publiclv suggested
b\ < i o v, Ansel's friends that
he wa> also in tavor ol prohibition
lllii III;:! ii,- would otter tor reelection
?'ii that pl.n! rin.
*"ll s.eined to me r'af the cause ol
I ''iI; ;i tnid|< lie weakened by
h:i\iu? ! crmli.latos in ihe Meld,
:,ll'l I n il il he would espouse that
can-:1 il would be ihe part of wisdom
*?'n:e i - with.flaw.
Acti:i". upon this idea and with
the approval ol' my prohibition
friends I wrote < Sov. Aiwl (on Feb,
' I ha I il lie expected lo make the
race on that platform I would not op.
pose him.
I am in receipt of a letter from
Hie governor informing me thai he ox
pects to advocate the reverse of out
present local option plan, lie savs;
Gov. Ansel's Position.
' My position on Ihe liquor quos
tion is what 1 call restricted local op
I ion?that is. local option as betweei
county prohibition and county dispell
sary. Those counties voting lo sol
liquor shall be restricted lo one dis
pensary in the county and that one a
the county seal, except in those conn
lies wherein there is a city of mori
than LVi.OOl) population, iu whiel
counties more than one dispensai"
may be established. This is in ac
eordance with my recommendations Ii
the .general assembly as sel forth ii
niy annual message of 100S, is in th
interest of temperance and will mini
nii/.e tiro sale of liquor.
" 'With I ho experience that 1 hav
had in tlie past two years in the pro
posed elections that wore desired i
some counties on the liquor qucstioi
I am of (he opinion it will be bet
tor to enact a law by which a count;
can vote on tire question of voting i
the sale of liquor as above restricted
instead of voting it out, as now pro
Tided?that is, mak? all tho countie
'
dry until a majority of the qualified
^ voters ol' a county vote to sell liquor
i in that particular county, and, if a
majority of the qualified voters vote
to soil, that one county dispensary
then be established as above set forth,
with the right to vote the dispensary
out at a subsequent election.'
8 "'Ibis is practically the plan that
I outlined in an interview given out
last fall.
State Ready for Prohibition.
,> "As L see the situation now, J bcI
lie\e tin? Stale is ready to take even
_ I a greater step towards prohibition
^ than this; but such a plan will, prac|
lically, give us I hive-fourths or more
i<?l the State for prohibition.
; | "With the policy of the Stale des
j *'la r,,d to be opposed to I ho Ira flip,
C ! coupled with Hi., good effect produced
. by iIn* practical workings ,,1' a prohi,
*?iJi??n law. ihe counties will I),. verv
I" exempt themselves from the
1,1'Iii"I '"I1 law ami lo place
( . Ives in direct opposil ion to the
I j well d<.-fined moral policy of the Slate,
j " I "nder such circumslances, I do
. | not believe thai my camridacy Oils
i j year w?uhl l)t. productive of good to
i the pmiiibit ion cause ami I w ill not
' be a candidate.
W bet her I lie Stale I )eiuoeral ic
coii\enl ion w ill be asked to permit a
direel vote upon I he question in the
primary this summer, I am not now
prepared to say. 1 have my own personal
views upon this subject, but beJ
lor,, jniy definite conclusion is reachled
it may be necessary to have a conllerence
o| (he prohibitionists. | nni
'seeking i<? do what is best for the ul1
limale onl|' of ih,. cause.
I I'ersoually, I shall continue to go
! into ilillerenl seel ions of the Stale
I and advocate prohibition, i shall offer
j my services to any sod ion lhal may
i de>ire Iheni. whether il lie, to make
; pi'eelie-i 'llerally throughout tile
ate iir i:i counties where campaigns
air I;. in'.:' made under lite present law.
I hi1 Ii^111 is on and the prohibi-I
ti"nist? e.Npcct to keep il up until they
js|"l> 'he legalized sale of liquor in
! Soulh ('andina.''
i Ansel's Letter to Featherstone.
j < 'olumbia State. IStli.
J I he announcement of the withjdiawal
ol ( . ( , I*'eaIliei'slone from the
race for governor was read with considerable
.interest in Columbia yesterI
da\ nioiuing. I his means, according
lo the letter written by flov. Ansel
(to Mr. Featherstone, tiiat the plalj
form in the primary this sumnier will
j lie a reverse oI the local option plan?
jlhat is. that the Stale will be prohibi.
i lion ami each county desiring a disI
,! iis;iry .-ysleni will be required to I
I vole ii in.
' 'hi- wa< the plan advocated bv Mr.
' I r . at :ici>.|i,ne I.i~t summer in his interview
t;iveil the press. It was bej
lieved some time ago. however, that
, l''eaI herstone would' not ne ii
' j eamliit'ale for governor should fiov.
Ait.-el lake this position and as a result
there will probably be a move
made by the prohibitionists of tin1
Slate to have adopted a! the State
Democratic convention in Mav a resolution
for the expression of the
| opinion o| ilie voters on State prohibition.
Ibis may be decided upon at
i } sonic convention of ihe prohibilion1
; is Is as indicated in Ihe letter of (jov.
Ansel to Mr. I'Valherstone.
(!ov. Ansel in his annual message
j''? tue general assembly expressed a
i desire to amend the ('ary-Cothran
I law >o as t<> allow dispensaries in
' j count> seats only as shown in liis lcliler
to Mr. I* eat hersione. The message
i j had I lie following on county dispenI
sl.ri.'s;
| " A I ter l he enactment of the Carev!
j ( oi lira n act. regulating ihe sale of'
liquor in this State, and in obedience
j to its provisions. I appointed county
j dispensary hoards in all those coun
| lies that had not voted out the sale
' | of liquor under the Mrice act. For a
short while and' until Ihe county disj
pensaries were opened up, we had
! Stale prohibition, and I am informed
- I that many converts were made to Ibis
i j plan during that time, t inier that act
count\ dispensaries were started in
1 the said counties ami have been run
uing ever since. I appointed an aud'
il"1'- W . 1 >. W est, as provided for in
^aill act, who has performed his du
R j I ies with fidelity ami ability, and who
1 : has been diligent in seeing that Ihe
> j law i> strictly enforced by the countv
- dispensary board's and by the dispensers.
1 call your attention to his report,
which gives you full information
o as to tlie business done by the dispen
saries in each county where liquors
nre sold. 1 am glad lo say that the
e change troni the Stale dispensary sys'
(em to (be county dispensary system
n was attended by less trouble than I
i, anticipated. 1 think, however, that
- in some of Ihe counties more dfsperiy
saries have been opened than are necn
essary. The act on this subject should
I, be amended, and T recommend that
not more than one county dispensary
a be allowed in any county wh?r* liquor
is allowed to be .sold, except in those j
counties where there are cities with a i
population exceeding 25,000. This j
amendment will bo in the interest of j
temperance, and will minimize the !
sale of liquor in the county dispensaries
and in the State. Elections have
been bold in three of the counties of
the Slate to vole out the sale of lirptor
since Ihe Carey-Co I h run law was j
onnclcd. In two of those counties?-!
Kershaw and Chesterfield?it appear- j
I'd that it majority of the votes cast
were in favor of 'no sale.' In Ivor- :
shaw the election was declared ilie- j
f>al. while in Chesterfield the matter
ol the lo.ualily of tin? election is now
pending in the courts, but the dispensaries
are si ill doin<>' business in Ibis .
county. Owini? to this condition of
ali'airs ami'oilier reasons I niiuht uivo
I recommend thai Ihe said act be furliter
amended by providing' that when
an election is hold in any county uuder
this act and ihe returns show that
a majority of the voters east their ballots
io prohibit the sale in said county,
that the dispensaries be immediately
closed and kept closed until the
matter^ is finally determined by the
county board of canvassers, (he State
board of canvassers, or by (he courts,
if resort be had to the courts."
The amendments suy?>esl ed did not
pass, owinu" to opposition in the sena
t e.
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