The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-28

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sh!d ttlmtt sl lie did i'd i lesieys thht ti,s
fake clubs could be hioket, ~ fnhlcss III
social clubs we're t,iade subject 70 az inc
restrictions. coi,dltlons ard penalties III,
to the genuine clubs to show their patrll-
iieEss, i, a order that tie fake eiuis night
sad seks ae h cd} e fsor hat S or sfss
lilo ahol myself were II accord rs to tho
necessity Of such action, and snld t I,.t
he felt s,,re TINT the genuine clubs would
iloEes for tho good Of the community 1T
large. Judge MANN publicly. stated tho
same thing, The Bill that Judge Mann
rarSWe s ilsre we M's sy et %nt
contained provisions II, reference 70 Ely.
Ing Judges Of the court greater latitude,
md discretion md control over socinl
{ GhlnG's' ,, 80 that they might whenever ,, i, n
etc, s3*. refuse TO grant license or
to r{S.oke charters. Thnt was not "
1mS III Introduced by Judge Nianr n i. q
pul did not disguise ~ any wayits pur-
pose, but It stated that II, social club
acsiring to sell liquor "shnll procure q
l4i chapter 90 o'' Of e tho acts Of 1904. ap-
proved February 49, 1904. and shall be
entitled to ali tho privileges nild subject
70 Al th ne restrictions, conditions nrd pen
gentleman has clearly displayed his igno-
rance III Ills statement In this regard
There were two hearings before the FL
t lite Of the senn ,de TIC
the, Same. position which he took In tho
article referred to above md al the Sec
oha n I,tI when tho representatives Of
took the san,o position. The representa-
tivcs of tho social clubs which appeared
ihcioro me committee were from Lynch-
burg; and tthc Senate Finance Committee
Senators Thomas. shackcford and Sale
70 present q substitute which would be
afbS e a,,,,e 70 the genuine clubs When
was ev,.t 81 substitute ',a.n was presented the bI
Nnnn and favored by the Anti Saloon
League, but was the bill OF tho SUB COM
Hlttco OF the Senate.
rance also OF the difference in liz z b III ms ns
offered by Judge Mann and the substitute
as presented By the Senate sub-commIt-
BIZ the following words, @Xnd shall be
entitled to all the privileges, ana subject
TO al the restrictions. conditions and
penalties Imposed by that section 1t
Judge should have n list of the members
and officers of the club SO that lie could
s saat himself before granting the license
thul tldIiIi WOulu result 10 the moral
or material welfare Of The, community
and provided that he should have power
TO revoke the license whenever the moral
or material Welfare Of the community
offered By the subcommittee required
however. that license be procured in nc
cordance with section 14l, Just exactly as
required. Certainly the Senate sub-conr-
mittee knew what section al was The
original bill offered by Judge Mann and
the argument before tho Senate commit
tee discussed section al and not section
1+2. If the Senate subcommittee did not
know what section al was II was not
the fault Of Judge Mann nor OF the Anti
was presented By the subcommittee as
a measure entirely acceptanble to the
genuine social clubs. and was accepted by
us. not because It was all we wanted. but
bill. we did not think or asking the sub
committee whether they Intended to
strike out a ana nser d n a took i
do for a very plain and simple reason
namely. that the title of the bill was as
follows:
BE 1t enacted by the General Assembly
Of Virginia, That section 142 OF chapter
20 of the acts of 1901. approved February
10, 1901. be amended and re-enacted so as
to read as follows
bill to amend section lto should, in the
fbdy Of it, refer backS3to the original
section l42. when that section would no
in question was Intended to take It's place?
This contention Is absurd on Its face.
Section al is the section under
which all liquor licenses are granted.
and we supposed that the subcommittee
had agreed that the license should be
procured under that section. with the
additional provisions which have been In
dlcnted above Mr.. Cardwell accuses
SOmcbO6y IF deppntIOp when he saws.
This object was sought to be accom-
plished. not BY setting out such language
in the bill itself but by reference to sec
ton 14l." the intimaton being that the
number of the section was given instead
of the language in order to deceive. but
this simply displays his ignorance OF the
nal bill. Intended that the clubs should
come under the regular liquor license law
In every particular, and It was so de-
clared openly In the press and before the
tcntion 10 deceive, therefore, It was not
on the part of Judge Mann nor Of the
Anti-Salooa League. And If anybodoy
was deceived they did not know It. Docs
subcommittee with deception? Certainly
he charges them with ignorance, careless
ness or deception.
In the News Leader OF March 18th there
appears lcttcr from Senator Thomas on
this subject. which shows very clearly
who drew the substitute hill and the OBJ
ject Fad III view cy Tie bcutiGillhl WV
drew it. Certainly It would seem that
these gentlemen knew what they Intended
to do. Senator Thomas says:
Lynchburg, Va, March 49, 1906.
Hon. W. III. Mann. Petersburg. Va:
My Dear JudGaThe amendment to blu
dealing with social clubs was drafted Dy
me as chairman OF a subcommittee Of
tie Committee on Finance and Bnnks. to
whom, your bill was referred. The pur-
pose Of the amendment. was to put the
discretion of granting licenses to clubs
In the hands Of the Judge. and to give
him power 10 revoke the license when
ever n his Judgment the moral or mate.
desirable to do go. The amendment pro-
vided that before obtaining license t ,,',
club should be nled with tho judge, and
Il tho character Of these men, members nc,c ana
thnt the moral or material interests of
w community a would sho nGt be Mran 'njufGGd reg
iicensn-which / understood TO bA the
same as tint Gad by the 'I bar. ROOMS ON
~. - INV of fin hOna fl(lo clubs,