Show south carolina whisky scandal GOVERNOR into an exposure of the deals evans Is a candidate for the U S senate and he has had tho information upon which his statement Is based for some time but withdrew it purchases of whisky made from one house at a High Price on account of presents of dollars etc columbu S 0 sept 6 one of the biggest state scandals that has occurred 1 the days of negro rulo in south carolina was last night by governor evans if his statement is correct the dispensary system seems to have been a gold mine to those in charee of it governor evana it seems has been in possession of the information he has given for a long time it was entirely unexpected and it appears that the governors exposure was due to the fact that ho had been evaded for not de buying a charge made on the stump in his campaign for the senate that he had raid that tillman bad lined his pockets with liquor rebates abig thing had acted so strongly upon the former friends of evans and tillman that defeat threatened the fo mer in the race for the senate the election comes off friday evans held off until 1 this morning when he out with a denial of the statement ho explains that he hold back the denial upon bad advice and then proceeds to make his revelations commissioner and the cam mis fio nere SOD an official court stenographer are the ahn objects of Ls ire the governor asserts that presents were bent mixson by whisky houses and that mix sons eon had aleo accepted valuable presents he had called mixson up he baye when it was birst discovered and warned him that the dispensary would bo killed if any scandal was ever ten necton with its management then he bays shortly afterwards mr scruggs Sc the book keeper reported to me eliat from letters he had received and opened in absence in alie course of business and other suspicious circumstances he was satisfied that dixeon waa dealing whisky houses exclusively and was obtaining s in consideration thereof J replied to him that J was a state officer as well as mixson and tompkins and that if he baw anything going wron that it was hia duty to inform me and to secure the evidence to convict them mr scruggs reported to me that he aoa satisfied that he could secure the evidence to convict these men if I 1 would allow him 0 o leave the state I 1 replied to him that ie could go whenever he alcased on anch a mission after telling of hie discovery that mixson was paying higher prices to one louse than other bouses offered the roods he eIa to tell of a visit of Mix sona eon to cincinnati whom bo vae entertained by whisky people then 10 proceeds thus but to return efforts of mr cruggs to catch tho guilty parties hr scruggs proceeded to and re arned with evidence as he assured roe 6 convict dixeon ol 01 having received rebates from the live oak distilling acm any upon his return he saw mixson ind sey tompkins before he did bey immediately bamo up to the mansion and stated tome that scruggs biad been to cincinnati and biad returned with evidence that Mia sona eon had received thousands of dollars from peebles and company and tha live oak distilling company and asked me what to do I 1 told them if scruggs had hotd them that ho had evidence to substantiate it the best thing to be done was to see and get him to tell the truth they left with this determination and the next morning mr fice and wrote on a slip of paper that the boy had cont esad everything and had gotten the money noon called upon mo and stated that the boy had confessed but that ho elixon Ol ixon innocent as a lamb ho produced u letter from tho boy fn which he confessed and deplored the fact that be had brought disgrace upon his father and family and bad left home to return I 1 was moved with sympathy for them and told mixson to see the boy and not let him run awne that if mixson was innocent the boy had been overreached by whisky drummers I 1 was called to yew york on business or tho state and stopped in washington and told to tillman suggested that mixson should resign I 1 returned and told mr tomp kina what senator tillman had said and wo merced apon policy but thought it best to wait until further developments dixeon came to me afterwards and stated that he atia innocent iu and hia friends bad told lim not to resign I 1 replied to him that the board of control could only remove him for cause and that it he could show lia innocence that we could not remove him I 1 saw sir tompkins and bo agreed with me in this and stated to me that Mix sone friends bad advised him not to resign I 1 told mr norton that I 1 feared eliat something was going wrong at the dispensary and I 1 wanted him to stand by me in my action if the issue caused he replied that he would do so mr scruggs has never handed me the written evidence but the boys confession made it unnecessary to require it the meeting odthe legislature came and I 1 the absente of proof direct against mixson to drop the matter but to take away from him any choice of temptation and recommended that the entire control be taken from bla hands and from the hands of statehouse officers and place it in the bands of a board consisting of five member elected by the general assembly governor evans says further 1 I may have made a mistake in not giving this exposure sooner but I 1 have been deceived by these people and badly advised by my friend who assured me that the public took no stock in their statements I 1 may be criticized criticised for not replying sooner but I 1 have injured no one save myself it ie with great reluctance that I 1 do thia now because I 1 know how it will be used by the enemies of the dispensary law and the reform movement but in justice to my friends who requested and the public who are attempted to be de I 1 make this statement the parties connected with this matter are not interested in this primary but have another tribunal to which they can and must appeal tonight commissioner mixson and his son make statements the battet acknowledges that he collected for his brother in whisky rebates from the live oak distilling company that their father knew nothing of it col mixson in hie card accuses the governors brother of a disposition to enter into the business of which hia son is accused and declares that several df the governors ar falser mixson in hia card also baye op since governor evana accuses me lavishly ot getting the public money will he tell us how he ran up his expense account against the dispensary under the following circumstances in march 1895 while be was in washington I 1 sent him by express papers to KO before the internal revenue collector to have twenty barrels of whisky released which had been poised by the united states government on bis return he made an expense account of approved it himself and received warrants or same the records in abc dispensary chow this |