Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-10-18
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION


A colloquy between Reys. Duna-
way and Mcllwaine was greatly en-
joyed, the former objecting to the
word trust as applied to the Bap-
lists.
Sentiment amoug the members of
the Convention is growing in favor
of recess Of the body about the
25th instant for ten days, in order
that the members may have an op-
portunity to go to their homes and
satisfy the voters of the work of the
Convention, and Of what may in a
general way be expected Of thai
body.
1t seems to us that the Constitu-
tional Convention owes it to the
State to put the liquor question in
such shape that each community
may handle it to suit itself and sell
or have it sold as it prefers, or pre-
vent its sale altogether if it desires.
This is not the situation at the pres
ent time, as under the law it is either
saloons or prohibition. - &GantOn
NetcS.
The convention Tuesday by an
overwhelming majority adopted a
resolution by Mr.. 0'Flaherty chang
ing the hour of meeting of that hody
each day and abolishing night SEES
sions. The resolution provides that
the sessions shall open daily at 10
o'clock a. IN. and sit till 1 O'Clock
p. M, when the chair will be vacated.
The afternoon sessions will begin at
p. m. and last until o'clock.
There was general discussion of
plans by the joint Legislative Com
mittee Thursday. The working of
convicts on the roads aud the syste N
proposed in the bill presented by the
Good Roads Commission at the last
session were discussed. There was
no final action and adjournment
was taken until the first Monday in
December, the day before the Legis-
latnre meets, at which time the re-
port viii be drafted.
RESOLUTION DEFEATED.
The Constitutional Convention de-
feated Judge Robertson's resolution
and adopted section 81 Of the re-
port of the Legislative Committee,
which reads as follows: "The Gen.
eral Assembly shall not grant a
charter of incorporation to any
church or religious denomination,
but may secure the title to church
property to an extent 10 be limited
by law"
This is the section which has
been strongly advocated by the two
preachers of the Convention, Messrs.
Mcllwaine and Dunaway.
TO RESTRICT LIQUOR LICENSES.
The vote in Committee on Bill of
Rights on the Barbour Liquor Reso-
luton was tie, Messrs. Green, Bar
bour, Pedigo aud Epes voting for
the resolutio while Messrs. Carter,
Petit, Wescott and Parks voted
against it. 1t was agreed that alb
sent members should be allowed TO
vote. Those absent were Messrs. l..
W. Campbell, Eggleston and Hatton.
Messrs. Eggleston and Campbell said
they should vote yes, and Mr.. Hat
ton declared his opposition to the
ordinance. This will make the vote
six for TO Eve against.
MIR. Barbour's resolution is as fol-
lows: No intoxicating liquors shall
be sold in this State without a IL
cense therefore first obtained. No
license to sell intoxicating liquors in
quantities of less than five gallons
shall be authorized or granted for
period of more than twelve months,
nor without the written request of a
majority of the legally qualified and
registered voters actually resident
in the election precinct of the city,
town, village or magisterial district
wherein such liquors are intended TO
be sold.