The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-17
LEAGUES !! !. ! II.
AT WORK [ 4 !.
sa I9SaEI 4 7.
Trying 70 Defeat 's'l'' Anti. Mann 4 u /
Bill Candidates. ,' 's,':,
\ VERY HOT EDITORIAL
Federation Pretty Strong Ii lts Expres.
sion Concerning Election Of Mr..
Rosenegk In Hsrrlco--O Commit
tee to Discuss Organization.

!, According TO L member Of the Executive
! Committee Of the body, the Anti saloon
( League Of Virginia IL doing some pretty
effective political work throughout the
+ State In connection with the fight being
made on the Mann law. The primaries
are pretty generally over by this time
but there are still several Of them to
come. including that in Richmond. and
the league, TO the best OF its ability, IL
< preparing tor them.
The ohief object Of the league 10 10
+ secure the election to the Legislature Of
men favorable to the Mann bill, and 70
secure the defeat OF those Savowedly op.
posed to H.. Since the adoption OF tha
law by the last Legislature there hua
been a very general cutlery against II
among the whlskcy element. and this
n sentiment has taken active and concrete
form In the primaries when. in many
cases. the whiskey people have put up
men who wifi go to the Legislature and
vote for a repeal Of the bill. III is this
movement that tina league has been trying
70 counterfeit, and 10 accomplish this u
h has had to do some out and out political
work. In some cases thorough can.
vaas Of the county has been made, ana
IN others this work is stili going on. En-
forts In this direction are also being made
In Richmond, though quietly,
81 -3t5 lLfCAC1IJE II AN IJlCAffCD, 4t
4 Tho league has been considerably handl-
capped BY tho fact that 1t Is not thor.
oughly organized In several portions OF
tho State. It realizes this drawback and
has Just set to work 10 remedy It.. The
Executive Committee was called to meet
Tuesday afternoon. but could not get a
quorum. Another attempt Will be made
next Monday, and will probably prove
successful. At that time some step to-
ward completing tho organization by
means OF which moro effective work may
be done will bA taken.
On the whole, however, the committee
seems to DO satisfied with the aspect Of
things. The Legislature meets in Novem.
her and the Mann bill Will be one OF the
big issues. {355
'''Its hard to tell In advance" said
the Rev. ". 3. Beauchamp one OF ths
members OF the committee, ''but think
we shall have safe majority Of the
men In the legislature. There will GER
tainly be big fight, but think We
shall win, At all events. We are going to
Bet down to work vary hard"
LIQUOR IN HENR1CO.
Tho very decided victory OF the saloon
element In Henrico, the home county of
Y the league. seems to have stirred up that
body no little. The Christian Federation.
the order OF the lea que, has Just come
from the press. and It's loading editorial
Is devoted to tho question. It goes after
tho leg!slativ nominee pretty fiercely II
Tho Federation thsreaf tert proceeds ia
decla 70 that the friends Of the saloos
In, the Legislature. such AZ the Henrico
representative, viii not stand up 5squarely
and firmly when any proposed leglsla-
tive act Involves a moral Issue. Tho sa-
ioon-keeper's Intersst Is anti.phillsophical
and anti.socal.
In another place the FedeWtlon has the
following In reference to the matter:
'Tho big brewer. A, von Rosanegk. OF
Henrico county has been elected a dele
Kate to the Virginia Legislature. It la
in this way that the liquor power purposes
20 Influence legislation. Let us hope that
enc very boldness Of the attempt will be
the means OF defeating itself.