The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-28

House bill No 81, which in the last
few days has crcated much discussion,
was the first matter taken up
sen 9o Haley so of hynehps s .ns tso
discas a s' on THURSDAY when the hour
set as the special order for the hearing
q the Byrd liquor biii -, cut H., him of.
Senator ifalsey reiterated u. l,,s state
set through Under the guise Of q gem
,eral law i measure which In Its ma
ture and in the end sought, Is solely
private. He said that many cltizens OF
tie bill. but that he has explained his
position III letters and through tho
Columns Of q Lynchhurg newspaper,
and since TINT time ne s,b is'Ses se NO
ator Halsey claimed that under the
provisions OF this bill a railroad com
pany could at any time 1t wished. In
order TO Shorter, IL i's tracks from ei,y
or town. leaving that city or town
many miles back in, the country.
Defends Road.
Senator sims replied to Senator Hal.
sey, and made q stormy speech IN favor
Of the bill. He ack IN ,he na,d ,Mm q
the part srnaa o mte OF the situation at
i.vncn b,,re. The Norfolk and Western
Railway r. iiH' Company found 1t necessary,
as public rerylce -. ~ aisnh,rra
G 80. ,,',i,c duties to build the belt line
ar cut of around Lynchburg. the
line was not built for the pniyatss Senator
cit OF the railway , eo ,,,ihiic good IN
ar'ler to- to puiid the road. subsidiary
company had to be organized ~, 10 NEE NEE
tbe neculiar conditions OF the CASE
That so%Randy wh sna Officers Of the
me . stoes anI Western Railway Com
M .,an,. q stil, in existence. The line
wiil he operated whether tnc p. aa,I,
passed or not. but 1T ~ ,hs @I Norfolk and
,nciitear we're it allowed to take oyer
~ ,,rnnerty. Continuing, Senator SINS ,s
e eI that the railway foH nrriv;jcrs'
rot ae% ,nn,n sssk khy f Tor warrant in
nu. for SWAT What It has done for the I nee
law - io vnchburg-benefits when .m 1.si,
are now enjoying. ana "i''e"
not give up. A.. .o.ro1led radical
raiiroad legislation. he saia ne TO sc re-
ut times that 1t was t,ops anything
fuse to grant corporatii,o.hso an TIE one
they wished. as :, y these corporatio
side 70 ae discharge their cubic duty;
,hat , eve, apsd. "and or the o,h ,h. dis
Heny them tho facilities Ao'
charge Of this duty.
a,,r sat for the hearing OF tns
The ho 1i , sa nassed when Sena.o.
liquor to oeik his seat. Senator MANI tha
s S,is for the special order at ,o.daw
railroad bill went Over ,,sern, N.Y. was coli
SeaTiy y, debate upon substitute OIL y,
S SarnS Nv senator Parks for section -
ne Tho Byrd bill. The substitute pte
vided that when Two 1l g., ITO 10 a Justice
that there is reason 10 believe that i.s
; ;Iia sale Of whiskey is being cartie 80
on the Justice shall issue a "a All he
search such ,o- PLACES n,akin m' Complaint #
named I'D ny rct Nv, NO or more gallons shall
he fond. the finding shall be ADMIT
ted as evidence along VIII otne. Us
person in whose possession such spir-
| It's were found had been enga Sed III
| the illicit sale of ardent SPIRITS. me
original section provided that .ne nm
ing Of two or more gahons OF asnfn1
spirits on the premises searched snoull
consist Of prinla facie evidence OF the
sale of liquor.
Favored Substitute.
Senator Lassiter was IN 1asoI ol
the substitute; at he e. f dhu np' two GAL
| Ions or over of liquor I'm persons
house should be considered evidence
upon which to convict. ,..s
also in favor of the substitute tsl he d ha
not bAlieve that any one should be
!! convicted of illicitly selling LIQUOR OF.
ardent spirit simply because liquor "as
Senator Mann opposed the substitute
| declaring that under the original sec
| ton the idea was not to have me
| but to stop the Illicit sale OF liquor BY
those regularly dealing In that Inc
of traffic. o, ~,
gallons OF liquor in his house for PR.
vate use need have no fear. he would
| never be suspected. and no two repu.
table citizens would make complaint
Senator Saunders, of MiddleseS. sup;
ported the original section. He SAID
| that in his county. under somewhat
similar measure, the ''speak-easys' and
| "blind tigers have in large measure sur.
Gravson, also supported the. original
section. The substitute. to his mind,
was not good one. He believed In
sale Of whiskey, and the section in
question should not be amended, ne de-
| c1ared.
Senator Walker was also against the
in his opinion, be more effective in
stopping the Illicit sale of liquor. Sem
ator Wickham was in favor of the sub
| stitute.
Parks Win. Out.
Senator Parks closed the debate for
| the substitute and made strong ap-
peal for its adoption. The Senator
| said he was as much against the liquor
! traffic, especially the illegal liquor traf-
| tic, as any one, but he thought under
! the existing conditions his substitute
| was the most equitable method OF
1 settling the question under discussion.
| The pending question was called, and
the substitute was adopted by a vote
\ Of 10 to Is.
Senator Parks then offered an amend
ment to section %. which provided that
consignments of liquor could be deliv.
cred only to the person to whom it was
billed. The amendment provided that
lit could be delivered to the consignee
.or to his agent upon a written order.
\ This amendment was also adopted.
AT o'clock the chair was vacated
until 4 P. NJ.
/ Afternoon Session.
| The afternoon session was entirely
consumed by the further consideration
of the whiskey bill, and the Senate
was about ready to take a vote when
the president called attention to the
fact that the hour had arrived to va
i cate the chair. When this announce
ment was made there We're all sorts OF
motions to get the session extended a
few minutes, one Senator going so far
1 as to propose that the clock be moved