The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-27

wet politicians and ofice-holders Will
do things to aid the saloon that they
would not do to aid u brother in the
'esh who might be a candidate for
office. They Will allow the new Consti-
tuition to become void by allo wing the
very class supposed to have been elm
mated to qualify for voting in a local
option contest. These persons arc now
on the permanent list as troublesome
factors in the future. For these rea-
sons. we advised Danvllle and ali towns
and cities contemplating holding local
option elections to postpone the same
until the Legislature is given tho OPP
p~ortupity TO cure the serious defect
In our special election. laws. We do
not wish to see the new Constitution
made void by INSCRIPTIONS men. Much
more might bs said in this exposure.
When saloon men in Roanoke offer an
influential negro high daily wages TO
work among negroes In ~prepartns them
for registration II is time to speak. 1t
is such work as this that Will con
strain Virginia people to drive the sa-
loon out OF the State and that speedily.
Virginia people do not wish to SEQ
the saloon control officers of the law
and make void the franchise clause of
our Constitution. The saloon Will not
stop meddling and Will not cease to use
INSCRIPTIONS methods. This our citi-
zens will not stand for. The saloon
has determined what law we shall have
to govern dry TERRITORY and used Its
influence to prevent .citizens In local
option territory frora securing more
effective antiblind-tiser laws The
people are coming TO the conclusion
that the saloon must go In order that
its influence may be removed In inter-
terins with what we wish in dry ter
ritory.
If any one thinks that the state
Ement concerning the registration of
Vicious voters Is overdrawn. an inVcsti-
cation of the records In W and
cities where local option elections have
been held during the past two years
will show. If any one thinks thai the
statement concerning Atlanta Is over
drawn. / refer them TO DR.. J..B. Haw-
|thorne. who was in Atlanta.
Now. Mr.. Editor, you say: ATLANTA
tried prohibition and found it nnsatis-
factory" No proof Is given. In reply
wo give you Henry Grady's statement
and an additional statement concern
ing the wholesale fraudulent voting OF
negroes vouched for by DIR. Hawthorne.
prohibition was a failure in this or
that city never say. regulation was q
failurc"p The Atlanta race riot, which
|disgraccd our Southland. wa traceaple
to the saloon. Was regulation a sue
cess? The municipal graft in san Fran
cisco was traceable largely to the In
Inuence Of the saloon in politics. The
Texas soldier riot in brownsville was
%traceable to negro soldiers being re-
fused drinks in saloons. The assas-
sination of a Western Governor and
the accusation that the secret order
among miners was responsible for the
crime Is charged by Hon. Thos. Darnell.
OF Lincoln. Neb.. to be traceable ind +
Irectly to the saloon. The political rot
tenness OF Louisville and the apparent
fraud in elections, so apparent that q
democratic Court Of Appeals ousted all
the municipal officers. is traceable to
the influence. of the saloon In politics.
The saloon has damned municipal gov
eminent in scores of cities. It has been
more responsible for the failure OF city
government than anything else. Is
regulation Il failure or success in New
York City? And why. Mr.. Editor, Is
IitEthat we never see press statements
on tho failure of regulation. but al
ways on the failure of prohibitions
J.. w. WEST,
Field Secretary Antl-saloon League.
III prohibition in Atlanta had been
satisfactory to a majority OF tho voters
they would have retained It'd,
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