The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-13

genuine ess and that s the S had
n nas,aa sly, passed by the Senate re-
and shaeRelfe ee s and he told me
ba, n the day ha, he had don done So and
of the. three bills. but ii was the short
ness Of e time Inc IN which TO get them passed
bill was passed. and but for the sudden
introduction OF. the. bill concerning Tam
pering with Bills the Fake" club bill
NJ. As it was. Mr.. swift's name was not
called until ILLS. He stated on the floor
Of. the House the origin and history of the
by a vote of 90 to o.. AT that point / left
for my. train. and knew nothing more
The above statement gives all the facts
IN the case SO FAR as ] am concerned.
and was was, leading 1, In me effort to get the
and think the statement of Mr.. Swift in
your Monday morning issue substantiates
has seriously refeeied upon tho ,emper
ance people, and myself In particular. as
l was in charge of the bills SO far as the
report report Stat states. !h TO Sfr. cardweii belongs
the glory of having discovered the mali
cious object of the bin and of defeating
MIR. Cardwell pointed ont to the members
that the bill contained clause that
placed social clubs ION the same footing
as bar-rooms and stated that the evil
WAS attempted In the figures. quoting an
act What ,purported to allude to on. one
ton TO dismiss the bill was bitter 20 a
degree, and disclosed tina. the attack
upon the reputable clubs had strong sup
Well Well o riga nv" ''''s''' ''''t
Now / submit that 1t is impossible 10
read your report without receiving the
imnre sSiDn thar mnVpYnent had heen
the State" and that the bill called up
them. and that the bin had 'maliclous
object" II these charges be correct, then
somebody, must have organized the move,
the BILL and must have deceived the
Finance Committee when 1t reported the
bill favorably. was. the person who was
liquor dealers had anything to do with II.
as en M kP4y them in ss sue sae T
charge then when reduced to its final
analysts is reflection upon the temper
ansT sssp Of the u Lesislature as havns
organized a secret movement to injure
the reputable clubs. and of having tried
port push -'ArousA.-A-'''i. pu'
I do not hesitate to do everything hon.
orable and right to blot, out the Fake,
a am nn wit 70 be PUT H hRe sn Position a
working in the dark and of working by
dishonorable methods to secure even good
results. My course in this matter was
entirely honorable. / deceived nobody,
and the facts bear out this statement.
| / think The Dispatch should with
draw these erroneous statements quoted
| above.
| In conclusion, would say that Mr..
| Cardwell Is welcome to all the glory
that he car, gain from having defeated this
bill. He will also have to bear the re.
! sponsibilty Of having defeated n measure
| which the Finance Committee Of the Sen.
| ale. and which the Senate itself thought
! to he tho best way OF Kidding the State
Of the FAKE clubs. which by the testl
mony of the ministry, the courts ane
poverty and crime. especially among the
| poorer classes. 80.
have entered into particulars in this
| matter because want all of the mem.
hers Of the Legislature who knew OF
! my connection with the measure to under
| stand clearly all the facts.
JAMES CANNON, Jr.
| Blackstone. Va, March u, 1906.