The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-28

clubs 1t was desired to drive out. b,,t
also upon the smaller bona-flde clubs.
not 80 wealthy, but In every other ro.
spcct In ms good standing az the clubs
whose affluence enabled them to escaua
the terms of the new act. Much discus.
sion cnsued and the problem proved very
knOtty There seemed no wny out az
the difficulty until the amendment pro.
posing the "chnrter'' feature was nro.
scented by the Lynchburg Senator yestcr
day morning at the meeting of the ri.
nance COMMITTEES. Instead OF making ali
clubs nmennble to the whiskey laws tho
bill ns 1t now stnnds with this amend-
inent, simply empowers the judges to re-
fuse license to clubs who cannot file Il
list Of members satisfactory to the court.
Everything is left to the Judge. trho
necessity of placing clubs under tho
whiskey laws disappears. and this f,a.5
ture OF the bill Is stricken out A fn,so
club with n bogus" list could get M
license. and without license could do
no business
a bona fide club, with n genuine LIST ar
men In good standing, would obtain
license without question, and would con-
tinue to operate precisely as II does noy.
There would be no financial consideration
that would impose n hardship ,Ipon !,
bona fde club, whose only fault was its
comparative poverty.
General Approval Likely.
This, 1t is claimed. would be the effect
of the social club bill as reported favor
ably, and though no communication has
passed between Judge Mann and Mr..
Thomas and the bona fide clubs the be-
lief Is expressed that the new plan will
meet With general approval. certainIv
with recognition. MS being the best way
suggested yet out OF very reapand per-
picking difficulty. The bill as reported.
VIII PROBABLY pass Judge Mann said ycs-
terday that he was satisfied with 1t. and
that he accepted the Thomas amendment
believing that It would effectively meet
the conditions
Practically all OF the new Mann hi,1a
are now out of committee and have taken
their place on the calendar. The reports
OF the FINANCE Committee. the Committee
on General Laws, and the Committee for
courts OF Justice on several of the whIs.
Key measures. were made yesterday. n,
forecast. Judge Mann states that he wIll
negin the fight the latter part OF this
week. or carly In the next
AT the session OF the Senate yestor,,ay
afternoon the Finance Committee re-
ported adversely the Roberts bill 10 am.
thorizc the sale OF wine. ardent spirits.
inhit liquors or any mixture thereof az
sanatariurns. upon physicians prescrir-
ton. This bill. 1t is understood. had
particular reference to n certain sana,a-
rum. While anxious to give every con-
slderation in any particular case Judge
Mann vigorously opposed a general law
on the ground that ''sanaturiums, would
at once begin to spring up everywhere
pretty much did the fake clubs, now
so obnoxious. With reference to tho
particular institution In question 1t was
shown 1t is said that an overwhelming
majority of the people In 1t did not desire
the sale OF whiskcy In the hotel. ,ilat
the entire amount needed did not exceed
for medicinal purposes five gallons n year.
and that the cost OF this was less than
the United States revenue tax so that
the proprietor could save money by pur-
chasing the Ave gallons and giving it
away instead of paying the United States
tax for the privilege of selling H.