The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-16
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Some Temperance People DO
Not Think Law, So Bad l.si5
After SA11 .Sa. sS.s sSg
FloH ) \ No MEANS \ 4. OVER Y |:l'
Action Of the Governor Awaited
Interest ots Thought 81
He WillSLeti Measure Die. u.

The very tllveliest interest is bsirg
manifested II in N tho probable action o1s
Governor Montague with reference to the
recent legislation removing tho jail
penalty from tho violation Of the Sab
bath laws. 1T is iurderstood hat several !
gentlemen have called upon him, and me. TO tt \
ono Of these Hls Excellency stated that
he was opposed to the new measure lie
Indicated. ]. however. that the Governor g
cannot always let bills die to which he
might have sono personal objectioi,s.a
Z Is very widely believed that the Gov
#ernorgf will not refuse Z his sis nature e
this PARTICULAR nensure and tt1ut5 It WIZ
spcedly3gbec come a. law. IA WI SsE
sa3 a rather striking ind decidedly inter II!
sestings situation 4is beginning to present
Itself with reference to this much idi !,
acussed new law, The temperance ser, ti-5f
mont itself lis very much divided. The
Sunday Observance ,ca que, VII chs Wa g
Intensely surprised when the bill passed
the Senate has. not changed It's OPINION.
and is by no mears Rdono with the liz ht.s
The secretary OF the, organizatio z SAID
yesterday that lIe5 thought the enactment
a Ridiculous one that simply opened the
way for the saloon Keepers to violate 9Es1
tho law. III 81 n 81 slttfi 81 ~
i4But among many temperance peopllsea,E
a differcntkv1ew Is beginning to be TAX ell.
some 8 tho most ardent opponents X Pr
tho saloon believe that the new a NJ lsf
5certair1lysf1o bad --pOssibly 8 rood. ~ we'll
known minister Of Richmond said yester-8
day that had no been lr tho Legislature
I he would undoubtedly have voted aga inst
anything that would tend ! Q 4 remove
any oftBthe safeguards against Sunday
descc ra lon. H But5he believed, neverthc-3
less that the penalty was excessive. rs
compared with the penalty for other mis-
5clenea nors. This minister 1T; Is y q well
lei,own d dvocate OF temperance he ga
he believed there wa S mora Of the SEN
tinlental than any thing else behind the
move OF the s;lloon-kcepclrs 70 get =. LIE
sinlprisonment fea ture removed. Thcy$
do not want to- be placed in the same
category with common jail thirds and
crlmina Is. ~ II HI
" THE $TIpRALD's OPINION.
The Religious Herald. the Baptist orr
gar, will appear tomorrow with brtef
editorial. In which 1t will souhs q note
very much similar to that Indicated
above ) existing elsewhere. Tbe Herald
will soy: $,
before the passage OF the Mann bill !
tho law Of Virginia provided two penal
ties following for selling liquor or. sun
dny#viz fine pusory. and revocation
Of license- discretionary with the judg
The Mann I'LL continued those peilial ties
and added confinement In Jail making
them Ill complllsor5.. The abill 2Jn =.
passed by the legislature removes the
penalty Of Imprisonment, but otherwise
leaves tho Mann bill untouched in this
| respect. $ In another respect. however. it
| is Erea rly modified. Under the bill Just
passed the liquor dealer Is liable to
convintion for keeping his place open.
| whereaa. Under the Mann Inv, " was
| necessary to prove actual sale. II we
had been In the Legislature We should
lhaye voted against the new law. And
| vet Mango + the warmest friends Of tens
! pcrance Legislation ard supporters OF the
| Mann bill voted for It. Some OF them
| say that excessive penalties make con-
viction more difficult: that In heavy fines
and compulsory revocation OF license
ample protection is found; that the jail
/ sentence brings peculiar suffering upon
innocent as we'll as guilty. They think
| that the present law In Its actual. prac-
|5tical operation, will be more effective
4 than that which II displaces. The tenn
| perauce people, at any rate. need not
/ be 'lnduly depressed or discouraged. The
present law, at vigilantlY and faithfully
/ executed. will break up the. Sunday liquor
traffic. Let lis scedto 1T that the law IS
| carried out. SS, II
lAN@ AS VIII 10 FODSSEVcl, tllo 1aca a1A ~
4 attention to a new feature of the Sun
4 day Inv embodied In. the recent lcgis-
A lation-thc provision thatsa saloor- keeper
4 Shall DO fined and his license revoked
l II the place Is simply seen to be open.
i THIS is regarded as of tlefutmost in1--
4 portance. The greatest difficulty here
4 tofore has been to get evidence ofSactual
A sales made In saloons on Sunday. y
4 will DO comparatively easy Ia observe
ft1fn< f.1ta linn
Il opcr on Sunday Z.