The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-28
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canvass which was made BY the Anti
| Saloon League people and by the repre-
scnatvcs Of the bar-keepers IN adyo-
cacy OF this bin was conducted upon tho
1 tna Of k;eIerns 3, e e bI o and anE
exclusively TO the members about t t,ie
provision with reference to ccnlarElng tlle
discretion q tho Judges Wl nj, eiod an ny
bonu-ndc clubs. he received NJ llldirctc &C.,
rather than n direct answer. and was tol1I
thut the bill met with the approval OF
known 10 be club mcmbef. and Had
pissed tho Senate With little or no ~;
position rf FL mn foteT nq5jhgale
| OF Tuesday. tho 13th, and comments Upon
! that paragraph as follows: Now the fact
| is that II Mr.. Cannon or any one else, Mt
this time or at the time hat the bill was
before the Senate had frankly stated
that the Bill did put soclal clubs Oh !lc
same footing with bathrooms. tho bill
would not have passed the Senntn COM
nttec or the Senate, or the House Com.
mittee, but the committee, ga not get
| this frank answer, but rot tho Indirect
one. which. MS above explained. perpntu-
atcd TIE error r., which the subcommittee
From this language i Is evident that
AR Caldwell would have the people Of
| Virginia believe that the Representatives.
o6ths LeagqG net osy hs
that they Intended SO to do. I do mot
propose to hurl epthets at Mr.. Cardw,ccll
nor to compare my standing and rcrutn,
ton for honesty and verac!ty with his.
simply say that these reckless statements
| display culpa bic Ignorance. US no man
has a right TO make such statements
ton nntil he has. at least communicated t.,
with then, upon the subject In question.
And his conduct Is the more clilpablc be
cause III my article IN the Timcs- DISPATCH e,
Leader Leader Of March 18th there is a long in
| tcrvicw with Judge Mann In which nc
states that as lie understood Inc. n,.,'es
the Elks did not fight the bli ai,a VIZ, werc
willing TO give up some Of their sDriviiesees s
in order that the fake clubs n ,.t ar ,pc
suppressed, and that he felt greatly srat'-S
ned at their magnanimons action.
Judge Mann. He and d's to'! a ~, t,.S
matter toEether a .m,qh.co ,upn knew es-
actiy wha t was In the bill whlch, l tney
had offered as q. substitute to the 2riglna!!
Bill offered by Judge Mann ana l"Holeu
pf i had TALKED talked with DISTINGUISHED rel, rep
rcscntatjyes OF the Wcstmorelatld, IND,
they had tod me to tnat 4 FOR granted
s shat nc Senate knew what It was doing
, ,,ihe Il tpassed The bin and that It
knew that section No lal was me w ser.
' [a4e ine rhff oase Finance nance ccnmttee
thought Of ealinE the Mas "'t ceary
state ahs in Tie bill told them that he
Judge Mann's original bill by a SUP,
Senators Thomas. Sale and shackelford
and that the representatives Of the rcpu-
table clubs had stated that It was asa aci
eeptahe TO them ihnt ~ 't the Senate Senate
and the senate also. and that while i
was not the bill which we had or o., ~
presented yet we had &c, nccep nn y toiI ID
ihem tn that L would be glad il they would
talk with the sub-cominit tee VINO drew ~,
the bin, and they could Il tell then + ~
do not know how many Of them taikcd
10 the subcommittee. but know tliii
Mr.. Swift, who called the bill up; dia
himscW that the measure had been ac-
ceptcd by tho representatives OF the gen
| uine clubs.
granted that nobody knew the meaning as
| OF the BIZ except the representatives OF
! the Anti Saloon League and the bar
keepers until he made his ,G great dls ssh
bill could have passed the Senate Finance
Committee or the Senate itself. had they
! known what they were doing. At TINS
Of o3 being SO ignorant as not to know that
such Il bin could not have been approved
| by the Senate. really supposed that the
| Senate Finance Committee and the SEN
ntc also had decided to ALLOW this change a,t,1
In the law to be made, because they
loved tho State moro than they, loved
liquor. and ! never thought That must
t taiked how it could o happen TINT such
Bill could pass and meet with the np-
proval OF the genuine clubs. ], in my
dense IGNORANCE. thought that II VIZ :;
The House that the representatives OF the
reputable clubs had aged to tho bin;
and to refer them to, t'iesc gentlemen ~
any further cxpnnatlon,. ] did not think
| 1t my business to give their reasons for
their action. Indeed should not have
been willing TO have represented them IN
was so ignorant as to believe that
the law-makors Of the State would place
MA triotism above appetite and that they
nd been conyheen 5f 1's lay present. IL
pissed. because 1t would be beneficial 10
tho. finances and the morals Of the, state
v Wien told told tho House Committee that
| tho measure WAS entirely acceptable to
tho representatives OF Tho reputable clubs,
51 Mr % rf~sGp So to oo mk saythns else
/ repeat what said In tho beginning,
that Mr. cardwcll displays cupable ignoo-
rance. coacernlng the conduct OF tho rep
and Ills accusation Of double dealing and
OF, completely with the liquor deulcrs on
the part of tho Anti,saloon League Is not
Ills standing, and he Owes It to himself
md to tho people Of Hanover, whom nc
represents III the Legislature, (some OF
10 state that no hns spoken and written
about this matter without ACCURATE ln-
lorna ton. JAMES CANNON. Jr.5
! Blackstone, Va.
! i'rhe communication from Mr.. Card
/ well, to which Mr.. CannOn refers, was
not meant for publication, and appeared
in our columns through mistake,-E ltor
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