The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-21

BY a vote OF S to 4. the COMMITTEES
on Ordinance. Charter, and Reform last
night defeated the umlauf liquor ordi-
nance and adopted its own substitute.
providing that there shall be not more
than 150 saloons In the city Of Rich-
mond. hotels excluded, fixing the license
at $500. and driving all liquor estab-
lishments from the residential sections.
The Hastings Court must define this
latter clause.
Perhaps the most striking fact which
came out at the meeting was the state-
ment of Mr. umlauf that unless hiss
plan is adopted by the Council the
Temperance. prohibition and antisa1oon
elements will combine and demand
llocal option.
| Great Crowd In Chamber.
| There was not standing room In the
| Council chamber for the crowd that ap-
peared. the great majority of those
4 lattending being temperance people.
lAbout seventy-fiye women We're pres
ent. Liquor dealers were there, too.
4 but they did not speak when the oppor-
4 tunity was offered. Mr. Umlauf. mas
Il ter of ceremonies for the temperance
forces. wanted his speakers to be heard,
and after much discussion thirty min
utes was set aside for that purpose
Five ministers and three citizens spoke
i briefly. When the suggestion was made
i that they be heard Mr. White objected,
!, contending that at a recent meeting.
1 after due notice, only one or two ap-
A pcared to urge the passage Of the
I UmIauf law. Not having taken that
4 opportunity. he did not think the time
of the committee should be consumed
again.
Il am amazed at Mr.. White" said
Il Mr.. Elicit. There was a laundering
:. burst OF applause from the side of
4 the chamber where the liquor folk
Z n cpr Ra n6 ~ Act fyYes
4 Chairman Dabney checked 1t with the
4 adnonition that II there was repeti-
ttsn the committee would go into
executive session. Mr.. Lynch said that
Z the public had been invited before. and
3 that II no persons appeared 1t was
their fault. The committee refused to
give each side an hour. but voted for
+ a thirty-minute hearing.
Ministers Plead For 1t.
With the statement that he repre-
: sented a Methodist constituency of
/ 5000. Rev. DR.. William J. Young, pas
tor of Centenary Church. warmly sup-s
: ported Mr.. Umlauf's ordinance. The
i, tendency OF Legislation to-day, he said,
: was for temperance. He declared that
! saloons were harmful. and that there
h should be destruction or restriction.
& He cited case, which recently hap4
a |pened here, when man failed to se-
cure employment because he frequented
. saloons II We're llquori deal
he said, II would certainly favor this
restrictive movement. s
Rev. e. T.. Dadmun, of. ST. James
4 Methodist Church. made an earnest plea
. for the passage of the ordinances. Ha
; said that above all things 1t would
I protect working girls. women and tho
! u|home. The girls working In factories
Z saloons nearby and their element.
!. Every saloon" he said. means 50
: many crimes. My work Is for the up-
! lifting of working girls. They with
/. be safe when liquor is removed, FoE
= my part. wish we could close all tha
= bars"
9 IT thought well OF this committees
y substitute plan at first said Rev. H.
: p. Atkins, pastor of West End Chris
= tian Church, but think more of Mr..
umlaufs. zone bar for 1000 of popu-,
llation means one bar for 400 citizens" ]"
y Mr.. Atkins referred to the new Geor-
!. gia law, saying that the solution of
:. the liquor problem in the South by
u prohibition or temperance was the
!, solution Of the racial problem. 5si
: Strongly Urge Restriction.
it Mr.. Thomas Poindexter urged re-
It striction. Representing the vestry Of
: Christ Church he submitted a resolu-
S. ton advocating the Umlauf ordinance.
= AIr. Poindexter told of the harm which
II came to boys from saloons, and s5Want-
ed the latter out Of the residential
II section. @
Mr.. II, w. Sweegan, representing the
labor element. spoke next He said
that liquor had lowered the standard
y of the working man, and asked for
i legislation which woula restrict Is
Rev Or. Ryland knight, q Calvary
{ Baptist Church. and Mr.. George M
Z; Smithdeal took up the situation In At-
~ lanta and told of the better condition
T. witch had prevailed In commnnttle.
r When the liquor people We're no dis,
% posed to speak Mr.. White, Of the
20 commlttee took the floor and opposed
IN the ordinance. RevertinE to the dtvt
10. question, he said they could be eitmt
st mated ii the police made the propsl
el effort He thought the $1,000 lisGns'
q A was class legislation, sa3.g
el whey tell us about the good erect,
o. OF prohtbltion,' said Mr.. White, Thu
o. last year eleven millio more gallon
" OF liquor was dFenk than In the pre-
lS ceding 'yesr."s fss
J, "If,ls or local Op;ion.r q
ks Alr umlauf atyWered some pf MI
e. Whites arguments, Tim hero 81 fol
,is regulation, ha said. MY ordi
" nance fails and the ether ls sdopted