Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-31

knew. hr. POLLARD All tue Behse-
men here know.l He could very well
understand how politicians should be
tender-footed on this bill, and perhaps
some Of them would like not to vote at
all.
Anyhow, Mr.. Waddill contended
that the amendment here proposed
threatened the very life Of the bill.
Adopt it and the bill is practically kill
ed. What would be the sense Of Hen
rico voting il Richmond is to have free
whiskey? What the sense Of Dinwid-
die voting if Petersburg is to have free
whiskey? What the sense Of the peo-
pie Of Augusta voting if the people OF
Stanton are to have free whiskey?
The amendment will kill the bill, and
be warned politicians that this is not
one of those contests in which he who
fights and runs away may live to fight
another day.
AMENDMENT REJECTED.
The amendment was rejected by the
following vote
AYIs.-Messrs. Bolen. Buchanan, Burks,
CardwelI Carter, Cornett. CrSmond. Cur
lett, Dabney. Downing. Dunlop. Echols
Fggaf Goad. HOge. JohDson Ilghtner'
Lockett. Miller. O'BannoD. Patton, Payne
Pollard. Powell Row, Ryan, >ebrell. Shields
Starke, Strihbling. Taliaferro. Terry, Van
Doyan. wilkins, and Mr.. speaker So.
NOEs-MesSrs Acker. AddingtOn, Bandy
Black. BOhannau, Borum, ChildrcSs Darst
Dickenson Uupuy, Eastwood, Faulcons
IaotraSs A Enik l. ID fulEPrSDn
Hay, Huffman. Hurt. W. II Jordan, Law
SON Leftwich Loving. Mallory, Mct andlish.
McClntic, Martin. Mauck, Mayo. Muutord,
Nance. Nobin, Oglesby, Peters. Reid Rob
erts Thorne. Turner, Waddil. Webb. West
cott. and Wise-4l.
SO the House, by this vote, refused
to exempt cities from the operations of
the law, and the announcement Of the
vote was greeted with great applause
by a portion Of the House.
RECONSIDERATION.
Mr.. Hay moved to reconsider.
Mr.. Terry said that he was waited
upon by the secretary ofthe Local-Option
Alliance yesterday, and was asked by
him not to put the cities in the bill, and
for that reason he had voted for the
amendment That gentleman had ex-
pressed a fear that to include the
cities would imperil the whole mea-
sure. Mr.. Terry was doing what
the temperance people asked. He
considered that he was bound by his
party platform to vote for local option,
but as it was in the interest Of tenn
pefance, he was willing to be guided by
the representatives of the temperance
movement in this State.
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
Mr.. Cardwell Mr.. Stuart in the
chair said that the marked difference
between the Republican aud Democratic
platforms was that the latter purposely.
deliberately, omitted the cities. 1t
promised a lOcal-option law for cOun-
ties and districts The matter was
fully discussed in the Democrat; COM
mittee which prepared the platform,
and it was said there to put the cities
in would be to make the liquor interests
of the cities combine to defeat the law
in the country. After full conSidera-
tiOn the committee reported the plat
form with the cities omitted it was
never intended to pledge the party to
pass a local-option law for the cities.
Hence there was no sense at all in much
of this talk about obligations of party
platform. Mr.. Cardwell was of opin-
ion that a bill osght to be framed to
carry out the platform, and he had
hoped to see a bill that would do itsen-
sibly and practically.
A GOOD THING.
Mr. Mayo said that it seemed men,
bers wtre of opinion that this IS good
thing where not needed and bad thing
where needed. lie did not wish to see
the cities exempted, and he could not
believe that the friends of this measure
would ever consent to its being done.
1t would be an unjust discrimination
against the counties.
IN THE INTERESTS or SUCCESS.
Mr.. Darst was heartily in favor Of a
local-Option bill, independent of any
pledges Of party. 1t is a measure hay-
ing for its object the elevation of the
people it is believed that it will lessen
crime and reduce the number of con-
yictS. But in the interests Of the sue
cess of the measure he proposed to
change his vote.
a POLITICAL MEASURE.'
Mr.. Fulkerson had seen from this
discussion what he had all along sus-
pected-th that this is political measure.
The gentleman from Hanover has told
it all. You throw out a tub to catch
the country vote, and YOU throw out an
other to catch the cities. The platform
in this respect means nothing. lie pre-
dicted that, no matter whether the law
applied to cities or not, it would cause
the defeat of the party responsible for
its passage.
THEY DO RECONSIDER.
On the question of reconsidering the
rejection Of Mr.. Stuart's amendment TO
exempt cities. the vote resulted
AYES Messrs. Bolen, buchanan Burks,
Cardweil. Carter, Crismond, Curlett. Dab
ney, narst, Dickinson. downing, Dunlop,
Echols Figgat. Goad. Hay. iiOge. Johnson.
W. I. Jordan, Lightner. l.ockett Miller,
NOblln, OBannon, Patton, Payne, Pollard,
Powell, Row. Ryan. saunders, Nebrell,
Shields, smith. Starse, Ntribling. Ialia-
ferTo. IeIry. Van DOran. wilkins. and Mr..
SpeakeT-4l
NOES. MeSsrs. Acker. Addington. Bandy.
Black, BOhannan BOrum, Cnldress Dupuy.
taulcOu. Fentress, \ Oram FulkersUn. T.. D,
FulBersOu. Huffman. Hurt. ". VI. jordan,
Lawson. Leftwitch, Loving. Mallory Me.
Cand!lsh, McCllntlc. Martin. Mauck. Mayo,
MunfOfd Nance. Peters Roberts. IhOrne.
Turner NaddIll. Webb. Weseott. ana
" ise--34.
CITIES SHALL BE EXEMPT.
The question recurring on the adOp-
tion Of Mr.. Stuart's amendment-to
exempt cities and towns Of 5000 in
habitants and oyer-the vote resulted
AYES -Messrs. BoIen Buchanan BuIks
CaIdW ell, carter, CrlsmOnd. CuTlett Dab
ney. Dsrst. plckenson. downing Dunlop
tchos. Figgat. GOad Hay. fioge Johnson
William /. Jordan. Llghtner Loc kett. Nil.
Ter. Nobin Patton. Pollard Powell. Row
Ryan Saunders sebrell shields. Smith
~farke, Strbling. Talalerro. Terry. Van
Horan, Waddill, wilkins, and Mr.. Speaker
40.
NoEs-MessTs. Acker. Addington. Bandy
Bohannan. BOrum, thildrsss. Dupuy. East.
wood taulcon Fentress Abram Fulker-
son, l.. T.. Fulkerson. Huffman Hurt, W. IL.
Jordan lawson, Ieftwicb. Loving. Mallory.
Met andlish lcfIintic. Martin Mauck