The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
MOVE TO SUSPEND
SALOON LAW FAILS
Proposition Voted Down at Meet
ing Of Council Committee
Held Yesterday.
MUCH INTEREST is TAKEN
Vote Preceded by Two or Three
Stirring Addresses-Many
Ladies Present.
MUCH INTEREST is TAKEN

The fight inaugurated ostensbly in the
interest of the hotels OF tho city to suD-
pend until December list the operation OF
the Umlauf early CLOSING law affecting
saloons failed utterly yesterday. The law
becomes operative February list, but IN
view OF the fact that the jamestown
Exposition will attract large crowds to
Richmond during the summer and ad-
tumn. an ordinance was introduced pro-
viding for the delay Mr.. Cannon offered
the amendatory measure for one OF his
constituents. After two hours of argyll
ment pro and con, but mostly con, the
Council Committee on Ordinance. Char
ter and Reform. by vote OF s to b. re-
fused to recommend suspension OF the
application of the law to hotels, so as 10
permit them to dispense liquor to guests
until 2 A. M.
Thereupon Mr.. Dabney moved to amend
by making the closing hour for hotels
! A. NJ between the dates named, and
this proposition was voted down by to Z.
Seeing that they were beaten, the advo-
Gates of the suspension of the early-clos-
ing law made q final effort to save their
cause from the wreck by moving to re-
port the Cannon ordinance without recon-
mendation to the Board OF Aldermen.
Councilman w. l. White offered this
-
Messrs. Dobney, Lynch and w. l.. White
alone voting for 1t
Mr.. Dabney gave notice, however, that
he and Mr. White would file a minority
report with the Board of Aldermen ms
ended the feeble fight to defer the opera
ton of the early-cosing law.
Large Attendance Present.
The proposition of Mr.. Dabney that
bona-fide hotels be allowed to dispense
liquors in their dining-rooms to bona-nne
guests until 2 A. NJ. until December Isl
was the first proposition voted upon. IL
was the supreme showing OF strength by
the advocates OF the proposition, but II
failed on a tie vote. The recorded vote
was as follows:
Ayes-Messrs Dabney. Davis. Grumpy,
Lynch and Whites.
Noes-Messrs. Cary, Elicit, Fersussoh'
Larus and Umlauf-5.
Thereafter all OF those who had voted
with the adherents OF the Suspension
proposition. except Messrs. Dabney. White
and Lynch, abandoned the proposition
and voted with Mr.. Umlauf to let tho
early closing law remain as 1t was en-
acted. The proposition to permit all the
saloons to keep open all night until
December LIST never reached vote, but
It was apparent that 1t would have been
overwhelmingly defeated, IL offered.
.
The vote was preceded by stirring ad-
dresses for the maintenance of the law
as it stands by the Rev. j. B. Hawthorne,
D. D., and Councilman Umlauf. Mr.:
Cannon, patron OF the measure. opened
the argument for 1t by a brief statement
of the conditions which gave rise 10 the
proposition TO suspend the law. Alder
man w A Dabney closed tho debate fof
suspension. whereupon the vote was had.
Resolutions protesting against change
OF the law were submitted by the Bap--
list Ministers Conference. the Richmond
Glorious, or organization of Episcopal
clergy, and the Methodist Preachers
meeting. Many ladies' We're present to
exert their influence to sustain the Um-
lauf law. and when the failure OF the eff
fort to defer It's operation was announced
they applauded warmly, despite a solemn
injunction not to make any demonstra-
ton.