The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
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Anti anti Saloon .Lloague.D Draws . a.
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Contains a Very Suggestive E EDITORIAL.
local l. Ca. Option Elections 10 Be
ID Held n the
4 State. Il Z.
sENDStlTSTO LIE CISLAToRs

within the next tow days each mem.
Der OF tho State Legislature Will Y re-
crelyc q marked copy OF the Christian
Federation, tho organ Of tho Anti. saloon
League Of vIrsinia, containing among
other thlngs, an. editorial sou Cling sonio-
Tank liko q not OF warning 10 tho laws
makers, that II they do not come out
squarely forgthe Mann bill. upon which
avoto will aDe taken Il, a. few days. this
| fact Will be used to- dcfcnt them. II. pos.
1 slble IN tho next election IN ISL H.
y. Az has been stated heretofore, II Ii thss
policy Of The league 10 keep preserved j
record Of public officials ana 3to furnish
the. temperance forces with THIS record
whom election day comes around. This Il
proposca TO do now.
DRAWS a I,ARALLljL
In tho editorial which Will u DO laid bs4
foro tho Legislature Tor their consldera.
tlonB there is given an account Of some-
thing that happened about a year ago In 4
Tennessee. Tho Anti-saioon Lea guv IN
that StaLe WAS Interested III certain log
islat!on peculiarly called tho Pceler bills.
Tho blu got through tho House. but
~
thing CLIO happened. according TO theI
editorial. "Of the eighteen Senators
who ,yoted against tho Pceler BILL, only
two wero returned, and they BY reduced Z
ma joritics. These words arc III tales
and arc marked With blue pencil. The,
league suggested that tho same thing
amny occur here Ii, connection with tbs
I Mann blll.8 S8s5 33# @ n 81 a 3s$ n
"l'rom whnt wc can sathcr."$ tic az
ticlo gocs on to say."by coming IN toucn
viii, the people all over Virginia, they.
too. nrc determined I, scGtir,, the passugd
( OF trmpora nce measures, and unlcss tho
ainnn biz passes, party lines will not,
bind tllouaaDds OF them. and their ac-
tons viii be largely like unto that II,
stronger bill than tho Mann BILL ard
make that The paramount Issue Tho
I tide IS ralngTald spreading over Virginia.
IN heamn jorlt IS OF otora III Virginia
favor the talain) bill, and We fool that
the majority viii not be ignored, = 19y4sssa s
e Among. the other marked articles in the
Federation are some headed: ''Thc Wash
llng,on Sentinel" "a Liquor Paper Ad-
mis- the Preventing of Logislatton..H
"a Cloud OF Virginia Witnesses Testify
"lf tho Liquor Traffic Wero a bollshed,S&
Markets Would Be Better" How Can
AWo Reduce tho Evil tof intcm importance 70
4 Minimum, " Temperance Figures
other .Iltfi or II Scnetnc.as5A X ollsW'iss
Move BY Liquor AIen,,'" What M the s
Courts Say and 50 on 5
LOCAL OPTION EDITION,
Il This edition OF the r7eG eration is a sy'c:-
cla! one. gotten out iii the Interest OF 10
cal option elections soon to ba held Let
{ tors from Judges, court CLERKS business
men, and SO on. tell OF the benefits Of
/ the local option rule in those. sections &C;
where II has been adopted. Instead OF
I the usual $3.50 edition. 5000 copies have
been printed. 10 be rscd by people ~ !.
a,hc places where the elections are 70 .b 't5
held. Danvillc has ordered J, 800 copies
{ t-.harlo ttesvi,lc. / 500 copies: Wythevilio,
Fl / 900 copies n Roanokc city. 1000 copies;
ot,,er orders for 1910 copies have also
boon received, q, Il.
x local ontlon election will be hold 70
Schcrlottcsvilla on March 2Gth; y N Dan
Vile III APRIL: in Richmond county in
April; In York county,; In gloucester
county o., April $1th: In Wise county on
Aorl! 4til: IN spotsylvania; In WythcT'lle ~
on April 5ea'. .aM