The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-01

n INA commit tee y that Ills clients,
IA bine rights. ard that they SHOULD =! /.
Sii Goppressedg ~ III ID tall which
81 BIZ ,fnif md fea Bile In Its sor.
~ ,,pohl aii ak Iie Went after eFI
N d thatswhiie Mi ffiohd seetned TO
sfH .hntS heaven aid earth dcpehded
siiboS setting Ms Az bills throug n III ne pe
fHrrved ti6tice ni,oti Hin That he D put,
through Il bad. Sill he ight hear some =
thing save pippti eppless drop Typ " IN AZ
hbbmarls IN ter on. she /. E Il, z
Nudge Rober tson took a. crack 4, ,t . a. ~, VIZ
scdunclls Of ciues by declh ring that ese
ely councils. which some tin, es refuse -
( g investlrntcd.,, seemed yer Y anxious it'ls
IA grt lit,to tt,e hunt with the sislatuire
faitnr double iIuuorb taxes, and he thons ll1
4 Was t,nfair and should not be enco gu
nrcd Ho said, IL III n beauti fti pe e. ora
don, that aii& this Talk about virginiialns
I hoIng class Sof degenerate drntiksarfd l
una Unjust, and that old Com 2 mon ~
S,vhnlth WINS or, ID high plane. and that
,nfe,,,nernt,ce n wns n fast disappearing
b. Rlsso LU'r1o ON 8 GFFDR I1D'. sss 81
! 4 tt,dxe Robertsorh fine address WIS
s,nIdly ci1eercd, md Mr.. IL q, Younger,
h n Richmond, was introduced by HON. on
IL Kelley. and presented the 1ollo" y,
resolutions, which were re "a q y ~
clerk: y u VI h 4 I. B. u, ~,
While we fully appreciate the DIN l e.'l /.
ties before the Legislature IN 1rnil =, a
sn,itable revenue biil to raise siihicie q
5f,,,ds ~ meet tho requirements OF the
Ssinto poyernn1e and whereas, there
y, "a no doubt many tax-pay ers through
5a,it Tire state who doBnot make honest
2retur,1s and wierens, there are TWEEN "
faIrht counties IN the State Gas set $fo oN
n N. editorial on the fourth age OF me
Times-Dispatch OF March aDth) that that ~! 90
Snot report one dollar income tax 70 ,,nEe
state treasury. and six other counti !, s,
TINT report less than 10 therefor nc tlt
y ,I,cHoiyed. Il. THAT We earnestly protest
.,pinst 3Ithe. adoption 4 OF Ito Luptocn9
s,1nhndment al unjust TO the mere hnntss
this Sta tel III that 81 reau Tires their
na1os and amount of license taxes 70
be lpublished IN n newspaper. or posted s's,
m Che front door Of tho courtho use, IN n
III county and city In the State when VIM. "a
N gard Ms n class legislation. and
d. pre-, unwlse,i /. Il & 3.
5Atet lved, q That Il such @ feature 81 70
tl,s yevenue bill Is necessary Is Z shoulo
be made to apply to tax-payers$ allke o.
and not single out ono class alone sior5
qualifications s. NJ a5S B. II Is. 4, Jl5
n Resolved 38That the special attention
Of the members OF the Legislature pc
called to The Times ispatc oh editorial
alluded to. and TO the pertinent facts
con aimed therein. 81 45.. Vi!
Resolved, q. That a copy OF these reso-
buttons be presented to the F1nanc Com
Smittee. before which said amendment Is
now pending. 5$S8 5 VI ssj
5'Ss,7s IA JOHN .. BLAIR. P resident
&6C q, D. Coleman Secretary. rs
a :...nIRC TIANTs TALK.
Mr.. Younger spoke briefly for the reso-s
8lut,ons. and Mr. j ohm Blair. president of
tho wholesale Grocers, Ass ton, adj
dressed the committee briefly on Il the
Same line, and offered some further reso-
slutions, aimed n chiefly ut the Il: Mann
amendment & Mr.. Blair's firm does not
sell liquor. and there are sixteen othcr5
wholesale firms here In the same cate
CORY, and It was on behalf OF these that
he spoke. He was followed by M w
NJ. Parrish In pposition, and when he
had concluded Hon. oseph T. "a La wless I
fof Norfolk, counsel for the retail liquor
dealers of Norfolk city and county and ar
Richmond city, began his very able ad- $
dress on behalf OF HIS clients. Mr., Law
less commenced his speech by q powerful
onslaught upon the Mann bill. which. he
declared, was both double barrelled and
retroactive in$its provisions: He charged
that It was class egislation \, because 1t
permitted men who could gos%to Ocean
View to drink at will and pleasure, and
forbade the poor man in the country and
tho little town to have the same privi-
ileges. It permitted the Goulds and the
iYandorblts to ride In the palace 3 cars
10 the Hot Springs and drink fine Wines
while the poor were not allowed to get
a drink near their own homes. II the
bill was to be passed, MI these amend
5ments should be stricken out
STATISTICS PRODUCED.
Answering Judge Mann on the peni-9
5tentlaty and hospital propositions, Mr.
Lawlesss produced figures to show that
AT per cent OF the prisoners In the penl-#
Tertiary in the last ten years were total
abstainers IS per cent. mod crate drink
ers, aud g, per cent. intemperate. and he
created : ut amusement by declaring
that II Result should obtain long. an
annex " 4 have to BIO made for total
abstaine III s5 II s.
as Taking s kteen counties where " local
option 5sliled. Mr.. Lawless admitted
5tilatSl ! found tGat tho cri nina ex-
3ponses decreased, but ION the other
hand d found this to obtain else
where lie State, and he assigned as
tho I'D j tho act that general laws
looking Ills end had been passed.
The 1erBcould not understand how
the COZ iee$had reduced the Insurance
tax 49, tunders the a mount raised BY
49, 49, : t-f -l.AI