The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-26
Local Option, the Mann Law ana
the Old Law. 38

7,,,t,,.t ,f Tie Times ID ispat en- ~ "a.
SIT have read g, With n inse1D Ispatch on
cent EDITORIALS s. y ba Mann Law, and
the smo5edctt or With tho more in5erea.
Because, although the etc,. # had been
posed tho MANN Eli ynera lion and 1t saw
passea or It1m 81 the law had a agpfeev
that if the vas 1sa heip e 70 'r raise and
people, ,,d II i thc Times Dispatch did not o.
even ihe digcusso but discussed II ~ ~
fconnection with the letter, o. 3i,o Weston
seph ~ Willard Willard rn IN rep ps to whether he
by ne f,v ulu he maintenance of tss Mann nm
law We're he elected Govern4 y . W wr,,er
S hat tie be has faled 10 d ihe
cIim,nate between local ogtont TaMu - IN N
sranting of a license to sell m1uof ,,,are.
Pprt'e,aann a1 Willard Psn'hs;d
~ sa aynd enninhasized several objectionaa1,iie
fent,Tes OF the Mann Law to reguitatc i liz
liquor traffic IN the III Il I' So framed as TO
says ayy, f Great latitude in its construction
and Interpretation, and that y aog e., mo No
permit the 1appIilimoafhha Otherwise, In his opn.
E NV ,hc court would have so construe;u
the law as. to make It's operaltIioiiis VIZ W.
form Throughout ane 9 - NJ willard ard
Nv mitTrihn, BSEispa{ch both. the writer
thinks that they.haye Ignored ear she ~ re local
which he4'Man n, Law aav,, ne law on the
o Ip,,iont a ~ granting liquor license. The
Dnmocratic party passed the loGa h,s op nerl
oyer ,oa,r tWn1{EHl kHfafs district
mus iof Town or city il the people desire
it. his law has been fully a sSet, op by
people e 8 sta he stale @ the
81 provi aHSF y The 'ek
psakng Of M o Mara IF hh auor taf.
f aE 6 rea 10 epP0iBs But tho Demoeratc party
prfady tssf III
+ ana the local option law gives to them
that privilege. If prohbiti9ni1s 81 W; p an
principle then hen WIN fo do lq not men WHO are
opposed oppose to prohibition work to wipe ct tn :,
! local option law off of our statute boo os :
tSs a sweep mn Stat
against prohibition 9ut ia nj
option But the TimeslDGisp,nte4I sp,I ocn
o. opt ion Features and objects that Instead
Of the petition feature there sno VIZ r con.
secret ballot provided for N 20 tb b's M Iu1
Law. The Mann Lay. IS not inteii oe ~ ~
provide an opportunity for y9 orso on o lm'
law Of are e"Gy g ssasd 10 sue H com
m npiitt the right to decide this que,ssttitoI
A for Itself. The Mann Law Is an Addition
to the old law on the 5, sup5ee5 ed e an
III RI
Div only to those sections OF the StL.,
where the people have not voted OUT ~
saloon by direct ballot. In other words
the Mann Law is not ,pr9hibltorya NV ~,
it is law which prescrlbes the con n
ditions under which saloons can operate
i il seems to the write, therefore,, tina
both Captain willard and the times
] Dispat CHI In discussing the Mnnn a1'tw 'od u
boti what the old law was before the az
!, dition OF the Mann Law clause, an
have failed to recognize that IT Is simpl
an addition to tho restrictions Whlch, , Wnr
already PLACED upon the gfnm,iifg whe
!, the Tlmes-Dispatch states that Ean!Ls
: Willard has pointed out and emphnsl2e
5 several Objectionable features or the Man
Z Law, and when quoting from MN m " y, 5! say =
a to permit great latitude IN the cor
: structlon and Interpretation and that /.
!, docs no allow the applicant TO appeal
! the Court Of Appeals - =,
Now what was the ga aw iw R Wben u u
people in any community had voted t
. allow saloons to be Licensed, could mn
! man open a saloon who desired TO =
50? Did the vote Of the pe9plc!, o., TO Pc RI
be LICENSED w sete ;he adaes
. liquor license act US did tho grocer. q
;. butcher, ana other merchants, pay n
9 license tax TO the proper officer al'< ops
place for the sale OF liquor y W gf; tn nt
: two years ago, when the Mann Bill WI
= passed? What aro the fncts?,
Before tho passage Of tho Mann, La
j. the whole question or granting llquf
licenses VAS y the ha iae OF ,wo ,I me
o ~ in tho hands Of one man. tho, crcu
! Judge and his was the court of last +.
" Sort, The law, did not permit the appl