The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-02
Will | | ], |. HAVE {. 4 !
.'H|O''I|''F|' fight J / !
Battle Royal OH BctwceilS Liquor.
4 Association and Sunday
League. t55s5 81 il
T'R 10 STOP THE / MEASURE.
The ,Ten,pcrai1ce3N7o Make.
Strong Effort Il, /. This
Direction


8t31na th6. Senate Of vliEininS yl |, inn
likelihood, DO laid tho lines OF lnnothers
SbattlosroSal between tic forces, saloon,
ami tl-salooil.i contrn1sng respectively;
for and against the passage Of a measure.
that received on Monday the practically
Unanimous approval OF tho lower house.
Coming ut the close of Il long period y 6
Legislative activity tho fight ~ promises
ito be ono OF tho most Interesting Sund,
Spectacular Of tho many mat ters lat
have ycnlycred tlieslato. sessions. s sa.
The bll5inaq question: u ollcslednc ipg tho
fpennlty3 orivio'ation Of tile Sabbath laws
and around q ! tho contending 4 t,ementss
will pitch their camps. on The orc side
tho Sunday. Observance League OF 9lcl,-.
}t1lond, With the temperance forces from
Everywhere behind u. VIII Tod sc II solemn
and vigorous protest ngalnst the Rroposs-s
ton; on the other tho Liquor Dealers
Assoc citation or Virginia, w!th&all sof7thos
strength y Gun muster, sill limo %up and
fondenvorsfto prass to complete success
tho Smoyemcrt d lready half Won. (
The Sunday League.
Tho issuek is clear aud distinct. The.
respect that 1t reduces the penalty for
the olation Of the Sunday Ia VS.. rhls;
penalty under the celebrated Mann45law;
consists OF tllgeo 4 ll!r IS: az fnc; to) rnyo-
cation Of License {: and (3)s Imprisonment
iii jail If tho new measure is enacted
the Jail penalty will be eliminated
~ It is useless a to try and disguise the
}siderably exercised over the r,n ssag Of
the BILL ny tho 1iouse. It has been thor
5oughlY stirred @lip.& howcver, and Is now
preparing ScarefullySto check .rtherspro.i
sgress OF the obnoxious bill. Tho Senate;
Committee on Finance will probn bly, s;iyo!
a hearing on Friday. ] Judge III. Mann
of ottoway, is ~ member Of this COM
smittoc, and will oppose tho bill vi gorous-t
Ely,Fnlong with others, including the Rev.
s Campbell, secretary q the Sunday, !,
League who will appear. Judg Mann
believes that the bill can set he de-.
{fentcd.. If II cannot be stopped in the
committee, It will be fought on the floor
II tho Senate.
The league will contend that tho prop
sosition Is preposterous, and thatiit ism
bold attempt on the part OF the Rhis-.
key men to secure su fftclcnts lopi,ortunity
TO violate the law They will declare8it
TO be an admission by 8 Is adyocat les that
they intend to &flyain the face Of law and
severe. If such Were not the case, the
league viii say, 1T would !. be q matter,
Acknowledgement to tue saloon keeper what
Jbcnalty was placed upon an offcnsc he
did not purpose comm tting. ~ I Inc lea Ghe
will further contend that the jail fet-s
gture is the only effective check to- the
violation OF the laws against selling
fwhiskey. .i ~ "a 81
The Liquor. Mems Side.
Tho Liuuor Dealers Association Of 3Yir-5
ginia Is pressing Tho bill, and VIII 4 do
all II. its power to haye$it passed by the,
Senate. The secretary Of tho organiza-#
ton said yesterday that he expected e, a
successful issue tho fight the Wliisisey.
men will put up.
T. In explaining the attitude Of the saloon
forces. the secretary OF the association
endeapored TO show that tho currer.
conception of the bill as a measure for
tho violation of the law is entirely efro-
reous. The association does not counts-
sp,inIshmenr OF this misdemeanor Is eSces-|
&svo and burde nsome.5 i shes sim ply.
said tho secretnry, to protect the man
who might innocently, by selling aS'teW3
minutes after midnight on Saturday, for.
instance. open himself TO the charge OF
n violation q tho law and be 2 !, loekca
up III jail. II was to protect this ma
and the mar whose indiscrcet clerk
might overs tep +he bounds. anS to pre-
serve his postcritys from the ja.i ST Elna
btllat the new bill Wns oil fered
@."ThIs cnn,;ot be o rslSe tos5yiolnte the
+ Sunday aw, i W hen tel you lla e the
Liquors Dealers Association Of Virgipta
IT'S distinctly opposed 10 sunday selling,
and will Join with the ssunday Obsc rya 2 CO
League and anybody else to- brcals It UP.
We Will EexpelS a member who 81 ola tes tho
Sunday Ia ". 10 will 1l;st itute criminal
proceedings against I'm, u u eye ~ VI. y
our powel,ssc Will Eicndenvor in Rich
.mond and I'M The tate a large, pre-.
servo the sanctity OF the hbbat TIL his
lis not, therefore, our object We simply
objectstc al cesslve punishment includr
Ing the Disgrace OF ~ Jail tern. " for q
conscientious saloon-kee por who might,
through no grea t fault of his own, IN.
fringe !, poIi II he lnw by q few m oments
after the midnight of Sn turday. ~ 9
law is oppress i've, n and when laws are
oppressive they create rebel loE. 3 III n
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