Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1906-04-27

Y )HSlucTeu Ill Separate piiio'
the provision placing distillerles on
the same footing with the bar
rooms, and the more explicit deli
milton of the meaning of the words
"police protection" and the word
district" was in the general bill
This general measure never reach
ed a vote in either branch.
The opposition was led largely
by some of the senators from fruit
growing sections of the state, who
made the plea that the farmer had
the right to make brandy out ofhis
fruit, and that the people in the
country districts had a right to
convenient places to buy liquor by
the gallon for home uses, that it
was unjust to compel them to send
to town for liquor, especially as
that made in the country was not
so badly adulterated as that in
town. An effort was made to pro
hibit the granting of Islillery Ii
cense, except in cities and towas
with over 500 population, and as a
last expedienI, to prohibit the sale
of liquor at any disilIIery located
in the country or III d town with
less than 500 population. But the
effor was in vain. The bill was
not gotten out of committee until
Judge Mann moved to discharge
the committee, and then it was re-
ported. But it was impossible to
get the Senate to take the bill up
for consideration. Judge Mann
tried every parliamentary expedient
but in vain. The plea was made
that there was no time to consider
the bill properly, and that it would
block ether important legislation.
But this was simply talk. The
General Assembly showed the. ease
with which it can push aside the
calendar, regular order, and every.
thing else when it so desires. On
the last day Of the session mes
sage was received that the law coll
corning land assessments had been
shown to be Of doubtful validity.
A bill was prepared, all rnles sus-
pended, and the bill passed in both
Houses in short time. There is
no difficulty in passing bill if the
Legislature wishes to pass it. But
the bill in question concerned the
matter of State finances, and the
Mann bill amendments were sup
posed to affect only morals. The
vote to suspend the rule resulted as
follows, nine senators not being re-
corded either way;
Ayes Messrs Anderson, Gunter,
Kerns, Lincoln, Mann, Phlegar,
Sale, Strobe, Tavener, Thomas,
Walker, H. T. and 7. A. Wickham
-13,
Noes-Messrs Campbell, Chap
man, .Echols, Fulton, Garrett,
Greear, Hartman, Holt, Keezell, Ri
son, Lynn, Machen, Niemeyer, Rob-
erts, Stands, Sims, Turner-17.
The lesson to be learned by the
people is that if they want morals
placed above money and politics.
they must send men to the General
Assembly who will place morals
above everything else.
DISPENSARIES
There was considerable activity
on the Dispensary question. Pro-
badly dozen towns were agitated
by discussion of the question. In
the case Of the wet" town, the
movement was the result of discon-
tent or disgust with the bar-rooms,
and in "dry" territory the agitation
was usually conducted by men who
really favored the sale Of liquor, and
appealed to the financial nerve of
the taxpayer to accept the dispen-
sary as good plan to raise revenue
and at the same time, to get rid of
the "blind tigers" No special till
considered, but the principle Of the
dispensary was opposed. Speeches
were made by DR.. R Fl Bennett,
Rev J W West, and the Editor of
the Advocate, Special emphasis
was laid Aron the matter Of OPEN
ing dispensaries in dry territory.
The committee declined to recon-