The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-01-28
The Dispensary Measure Is
Offered in the Senate.
JUDGE MANN TO OPPOSE
Win Stand for His Original Measure.
Blu Defining Libel Is Presented.
Interesting Proceedings in Both
Branches Ne sterday.

Tho feature Of tho Legislative session
yesterday was the Introduction BY Mr..
1 Clayton, In tho Senate, Of q general liquor
tispensary law, designed ) apply to the
erure State. The bill was referred to
tho Committee on General Laws. and It
promises to provoke big night when its
consideration Is reached. Tho bill en-
bodies many Of tho features Of tho South
Carolina law and souno OF those In the
local laws on tho subject now In foroo In
cartnln Virginia towns. It embodles q
local option feature and permits each 10
oahty to gay by popular vote whether or
not they will have dlspensaries.
Judge william Hodges Mann stated that
hn was not in fnror Of tho measure and
would make bold stand Tor the liquor
bill presented by himself. The amend
nsnta to the Mathews dog Law were or
dered to their engrossu,ent, and this fore
shsdows their early passage.
Tho House session was briaf. That body
net tho Leako stock law as q special order
On February 9Th, and ON motion Of Mr..
Jennings, Of Lynchburg. the general phar-
macy relief bill was passed by. Only two
hills were ofteret, but they were both Of
pubdo interest Ono amends the Law In
relation to libel. making It nisdemeanor
for any person TO furnish libellous matter
to newspapers and fixing the punishment
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the other amends tho Coda In rela ton tn
working GOAL and other mines near the
lnnds OF another without his consent. The
libel bill Is practically a reproduction Of
the North Caroiina law on the subject.
Both bodies will meet ut noon to-day.
The Senate.
When opening the Senate with prayer
yesterday the Row. DR.. J. William Jones
lusde most fervent petition to tho divine
throne. He prayed that tho State Of vir-
g;D1a should have lAw-abiding and God
fearing people
The session OF the Senate lasted nearly
two hours.
There was good deal Of debate OVER
sheep. This was substitute for tho
House bill In briof, this measure pro-
Mded that II tho commissioner Of tho rev-
enne should fail TO list for taxation a
Geg found on tho premises Of any person
30 would be fined IS. 1t was further pro-
s1ded TINT II tho sheriff orr constable
Should tai to kill the dog no should be
lined S.
Senators CosblIl and shands led tho OPP
position to tho bill, and they nucceeded
p placing amendments upon It that prao-
AcaI1y kills tho bill. Tor Instance, the
commissioner Of tho revenue must will
fully and knowingly fall to list dog
tor taxation before no can DO fined. In
Yther words, he must know that the dog
y upon tho premises and fail to tax him.
The House bull. az amended, was or
dercd to its third reading.
JUDGE MAEN'S BILL.
+ Sooa after tho Senate met Senator Mann
3rose to question OF pernonh privilege
uz,d sud:
ri notice . publication In Tho Tmss-
Dispatch Of this morning which certainly
does not express my views and which
desire to correct
E'-The publication doubtless grow out Of
conversation between my friend, Soma
about the liquor question. Senator clay-
tor sald he thought general dispensary
bM would solve tho liquor problem. I
said Il liquor was to BIO sold at all I
thought the dispensnry system was prob
ably tho best wuy 30 soil It, ns tho
officers selling would be Interested In
keeping the law and would supply tho
miserable poison they purchase at the ga
looms.
AS my position on the liquor question
Il 30 well known might not hnve guard
cd my expressions as should have done
ard certainly would have done II 7 had
expected to be quoted. And now. In or
der that there should BIO no misuuderstand-
ing Of my position on this most Important
subject, desire to say that tho Mann
ELL was designed, and I think Its effect
win be, to practically stop tho licensing
of saloons in tho country and In towns
which have nc Corporation Court ! that
II was 80 confined because wished It
TO BIO practical measure, and did not
think could pass 1t II cities were In
c1uded,
= desire to say further that on, OPP
possd to the sale OF liquor anywhere ana
under any circumstances, and am 80 tho
roughly impressed with tho evil wrought
BY It that I would, II ! possessed the
power, destroy tho secret Of lts mannfac-
ture. It follows that, holding this view,
II cannot favor my. bill which l!Gonses
the sale Of liauts or which enables the
6tato to dispose of It," f.4 TIKI y 5s.
DIeFDNsARY BIIIA 8
Senator clay,or offered q bill 10 pro.
wide Tor submitting the question OF es-
stablistLng d4spenaaries for the sale Of
Intoxicating llquorsYtn any Of the oolm-