The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-28
SUBMIT TO PEOPLE.

requiring the Legislature to submit to
the people the question of whether
liquor should be sold in the State or not,
at a special election called for that pur-
| pose in 1905. He said this would be but
u small concession to the demands and
! wishes of the temperance and religious
element, who had been denied their other
reasonable request.
The substitute was adopted. Yeas, 80;
nays, 81.
Upon the announcement Of the adop-
| ton of the amendment there was seen
Of wild confusion. President Goode put
| the question Of adoption OF the section
as a whole as amended, and in response
to a weak sound of ayes came a thunder
| ing response of noes. Before IL roll-call
could be had or any motion be made, a
motion to take a recess until o'clock
was carried with a whoop, and the recess
was taken at / J5 O'Clock.
Half a dozen members announced their
| intention to move a reconsideration CT
the vote Immediately upon reassembling.
Afternoon Sess'na.
When the afternoon session opened the
President announced that the convention
having taken a recess, pending the call
for the vote on the adoption of section
/, relating to the sale of liquor, a
whole, that vote would be completed
The result was that by vote of So to
section as amended by the amendment
of DR.. Dunaway.
Chairman Green renewed his motion to
strike out the whole sectio-. This mo-
ton prevailed by a. large majority.
Judge Quarles asked that the vote be
reconsidered. He stated that there was
some doubt as to the power of the Leg
isl;tture to establish dispensares. If the
section was kept liz the Constitution. that
doubt could not in the future. be an ex-
cusc for legislators to refuse to grant
relief in cases where the demand was
almost unanimous.
The vote was reconsidered by a good
majority. The article was finally adopt
ed as agreed upon in Committee of the
Whole being the Quarles amendment
It reads:
Sec,ion /. No intoxica ting liquors shall
be sold in this State without license
therefor first obtained. The General AS
sembly shall have the full power of en-
acting local option or dispensary laws,
or any other laws controlling, regulat-
ing or prohibiting the manufacture or
sale of Intoxicating liquors.
CHANGES IN CONSTITUTION.
The article relating to future changes
in the Constitution was next considered.
Section /, prescribing the manner in
which amendments to the Constitution
could be adopted, was adopted as it
came from the Committee of the Whole
Section two which related to the method
of calling future conventions. was struck
out in Committee of the Whole, thus
leaving the whole matter with the Leg
islatlre. This action followed an excited
debate over the question of submission or
procla ma ton OF the Constitution to the
people. Mr.. Barbour moved to relnsert
the section. This brought on another
debate over the question of proclamation.
In,
both offered amendments requiring that
the Legisla turc in calling future con-
ventions should also require the people
at the same time to vote on the question
of proclamation or submission. IheE
made earnest and extended speeches IN
support of this position.
Both amendments were defeated by the
decided vote of IS to 40.
WAS REINSERTED.
Tho r,otio,, to reirsert the section rec
commended by the committee, and which
MIR Wvsor so bitterly opposed IN COM
mittce Of the Whole. prevailed by q vote
Of 81 to 25 AS adopted. it reads:
Section 2. At such time as the General
Assembly may by law provide majority
OF tho memEers elected to each house OF
file General Assembly being recorder IN
thr affirmative ti,-. question. Shall there
he a. convention to revise the Constltu-
tion and amend the same?" shall be DC
tided by the electors qualitled TO vote
for members of the General Assembly;
and in case a majority of the electors
so qualified, voting at such election, shais
decide in favor OF a convention FOR such
rurpose. the General Assembly, at us
next session. shall provide by law for the
| election of delegates to such convention
| and no such convention slidil o'i'e1 J" ''o
! be called.
This completed the report by sections.
Tt was then adopted as a whole and re-
ferred to the Committee on Final REVISION
| and Adjustment.
Judge PortIock offered a. resolution 10
resciud the action requiring the Score
| tary of the Commonwealth to be electeo
nv the people, which was referred to the
CsomniltU,e on the Executive depart
ment. ,
The hour of six arriving, the cohven-
ton adjourned until to-day at 10 O'CLOCK
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