The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-23
SUBSTITUTE plan
WILL BE ADOPTED
Council Likely to Pass Liquor
Law Limiting Saloons to $50,
1Iotcls Excluded.
MUCH INTEREST IN MATTER
Members Regard Ordinance as
Best Offered Talk Of Local
Option,

From, present indications the whls--
key ordinance, as recommended by the
COMMITTEES. M Ordinance, Charter ann
Reform, will be adopted and enacted by
tho Council. That. at least, is the im-'
preston prevailing after general DIS
ctlssion of the proposition with mcnl-
.bers. Whether or not this Will mean q
cali by the temperance element for n
local option election. In view OF tllel
Councils failure to accept the umlaufl
plan, WILDE determined by subsequent
events. There is more or less talk as
to the possibility of this move but
no authoritative announcement has
been mado by representatives. OF the
temperance ior antisaloon forces
AS Slteretof6re explained, the substl-
itute provides that thcrc shall not be
more than 100 saloons in the city. hotels
lcxcludcd; that the license shall he $500,
as a gainst $3.50 at present: that no bars
shall be permitted in the residential
section. and that the legal meaning OF
this latter. term shall be decided by
the Hastings Court.
There arc now about $50 saloons IN
| Richmond; scattered everywhere. Sew
cnteenth Street leads. with seventeen
| bars.
Question liz Dchntnblc.
Whether or not Richmond would so
Idry IL an election is ordered is de-
batable question. of course, upon which
the two factions have very strong
| opinions. Though there is general
demand to curb and restrict the liquor
traffic. there appears to be no power
full demand for prohibition. Much Of
the opposition is on tho broad ground
that it would not be advisable for a
4 CITY such as Richmond With many
Others. this view is not based solely
upon the effect 1T would have on bust
ness, but because of the fact that II
would require an extra police
force to deal with violators OIL
!. the law. In the same way 1t has beer
publicly asserted that the dives, so
Z called. could be quickly wecded out u
the Police Department would prove
Itself equal to the occasion.
In the discussion OF the problem
:. much has heen sal dby the Temperance
clement about prohibition in Atlanta
the assertion being that tho city WI
he dry after January list, as dircc
result OF the race riots there NOR
than a year ago. As matter oil lae
! the citizens of Atlanta had no election
They did not have the right to fvot
for saloons or prohibition. but had I
prepare for prohibition BY reason o
la law passed by tho Legislature. ]
; was frequently said in the Georg!
! newspapers that Atlanta would nav
retained the bars had the people vote'
: The conditions are said to be the sam
. in Savannah, Macon and Augusta.
, Eight Goes to Council.
/ But be that as 1t may, the Conncl
linen here are saying that what may
IS sauce Coz the Atlanta goose may NJ
e he sauce for the Richmond sands
,r Therefore, they want to deal with u
vi question STRICTLY from a local poi
It'll Of view, without regard TO what III
II happened elsewhere.
,ft Mr.. JACOB CmIeuf. the father of Y
ID early closing hour. the best restricti'
y. yet placed upon the saloons does II
ID believe TINT prohibition would be
effective in Rlchinond as In rural cor
h munities. He has not abandoned .
st fight for hts ordinance. which was d
ID feated by the committee, and VIII r
le new il upon the floor of the Council.