The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-03
Common G Couneil Cuts Ous
Residential SectionPro
visioninD abney Law
UMLAUF THERE
TO SUPPORT II
Ready With More stringen.
Measure if Other Had Been
Defeated Pollock Substitute
Presented and Killed-Or-
dinance Now Goes
Back to Board.

/ With the elimination OF that sectior
which provides that no saloons shall
be licensed In the residential districts,
I, the Common Council. by a vote OF ee
Ito 6, adopted the Dabney ordinances
Hast night and sent 1t back to the BoarG
of Aldermen for acceptance or rejection
lin its modified form. Councilman Pol
| lock presented a substitute. which he
! attempted to withdraw at the last mo-
ment, but the chair refused to permit
this. and 1T was killed by exactly thr
| same vote as that cast for and egainsi
| the Dabney measure. Tho surprise oi
| the evening was the sta ateulcnt OF Coun-
Gilman Umlauf that he was present
to champion the cause OF the Dabney
ordinances adding, however. that II II
| Iinet defeat he would insist upon thes
passage of more stringent laws.
| Earlier In the evening he introduced
| again his original ordinance, limiting
| the number of saloons to 112, but with
ont changing the license tax so tha:
1t could be adopted by majority and
not by two-thirds vote.
/ After the meeting, when Council
had refused to drive the bars out OF
the residential sections, Mr. Umlauf
was asked If he would press HIS meas
ure. II do not think so,' he said, In.
timatlng that 1t would have no chanc.
in either branch OF Council.
I The action OF Council was, of course
| the feature of commanding interest In
the days development in the whiskey
| fight, but there were also a number
of other Interesting matters. In the
carly afternoon ministers OF Rich.
niond met and discussed conditions al
length; took steps looking to bring
| ing out full vote of citizens interest.
cd In good government" but de.
clined to indorse any ordinance which
1 h q e. "a rNf yvy SlrAt,
| statement made at the Academy OF
Music Sunday afternoon by the Rev
! DIR. sRyland knight concerning the ac
tivity sof the liquor dealers brough,
forth sharp denial from AIR. a. vor
/ y. Rosere gk. to whom DR.. knight re-
isferrsd a, B as, ~ thDrity for his assertion
4 During the Afternoon. the exec,itiv,
4 committee OF the Retail Liquor Deal
ers' Association issued q. formal state
nient to the pubic expressing resent
| ment at some of the tll-consideres
- arges made against the organizns
tfon as a whole, and setting forth thei.
attitude toward the proposed ordin-
ancas regulating whislfey traffic il
Richmond. All in all the day was TIL.
most interesting In the history of tht
saloon fight up to this time.
The Council Meeting.
AT the meeting of the Council thre,
members OF the Finnnce Committee
who supported the ordinance in Its
entirety. refusing then to strike our
the residential section feature, changed
front last night and stood With the
majority. They were Messrs. Spence
Pollard and Lea. Mr.. Pollard was no.
at that meeting, although 1t was stated
on the floor at the Board meeting last
Friday night that he voted for the or
dinance as drawn. After a long dis
cusslon, Councilman Lynch's motion to
change the date when the ordinance
would go into effect from February
1st to May 1st was killed overwhelm-
ingly and without roll call. There had
been hours of debate before this action
was taken.
Councilman Graham s. Hopson was
the first to move that the residential
section be stricken out, after Council
man Lynch had made passing reference
to 1t. you might as we'll kill the or
dinance," said Mr. Umlauf- Mr.. Cary
however. said that this amendment
would assure It's passage; that the peo-l
pie did not want prohibition, and that
the people as a whole We're urging,
conservatism. Mr.. Pollard, admitting,
that the amendment would weaken the
ordinance, said that he would support
1t out OF Difference to the minority.
Mr.. Cannon was the only member alb
sent. The vote on the Hobson amend
ment was 81 to 10. those voting on the
negative side being Messrs. Atkinson.
Barber, Bliley, Davis, CARRIER, Gates.
E. D.. Richardson, Umlauf. We'll, and
d. NJ. White.
Pollock Substitute.
AT this luncture Mr.. Pollock sent
forward his substitute. 1t provided
briefly, that no more than lao licenses
should he granted; that no saloor
should operate noving-pic ma
y ;,rJ f.ah los n,sa al
amusement device; that the saloon
keeper giving or selling to a drunken
man should be fined, but not carrying
out the Dabney idea, which provides
that a man guilty Of violation should
forfeit his license.
There was more or less wransltng.
different members expressing their
times, although 1t was admitted ger.
urally that every man had long ago
made up his mind. as to how he wolld
VOTE Ar. Cary criticized some features
OF the Pollock plan, but was inter-
rupted by Mr. Pollock, who said that
IL 1t did not meet with popular tavop
he would withdraw 1t, II do Withdraw
1t, Mr.. President" he added
'.AIr. Pollock has tampered with tsis
body as no man has q right e g.. aosy
do one thing in the event his q ilpancs
is defeated, then change arc .Ao altu =
Withdraw It." 81 u .5s
II shall do what think 7 shA With. 8
our asking the approval OF any mem.
ber on this floor" Mr.. Pc, .ock replls9
with feeling. The chair rlled that tns 6
paper could not be withdrawn without 8
consent, and q moment la te.,sS
Council disposed OF II permanently np
vote of 2s to 8.
Vote ON DRbuey Ordinance.
7 Then came the RON caIil on the pIbs 4
ney measure amended in Que par.icus
lar only, The SIX members who votes
d against It were, Messrs Rliley. Davis
Don Leavy. Pollock, Weil aud NNilllaE1
L White. sJg Ii M
Nobody scanned to know what wonii
.happeu When Ii Is returned 70 tht II
Board OF Aldermen, although the pre-
diction that the lower branch NEoAse
sustained 8S.
This was the sum total OF tha cysn-S