The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-08
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At high noon the Senate came to
order.
Il rise to point of personal priyl--
leEe.' said Senator Keezel. note
In this mornings issue of The Times
Dispatch that last night In the course
of a sermon Rev. j. D. McAiiister l.
reported as saying: .
.Twenty-six Senator'S sat In their
chamber in the State Capitol on Fri
dav evening and said TO the $4,000 pc
tttioners. we recognize no right on
your part to vote. We will Keep TINS
thing that pays heavy licenses and
that pays our campaign expenses.
.As one OF the twenty-siX Senators
who on Friday last voted against VIVA
ID known as the strobe bill, want to
say-,hat il correctly quoted re-
gard the statement attributd to KEY.
| j. y. McAllister as an unwarranted
and gratuitous Insult and falsehood
| a SANDER against the integrity OF
, twcnty.six as honorable gentlemen as
VIII be found anywhere In this Conf
| monwealth.
.For myself. wish to say that the
statement as to the payment of cam :
paign expenses and the inference
which II seeks to make as influencing
the vote of Senator'S Is maliciously
false. Among the good people whom
j have the honor to represent upon
this floor such an imputation upon
nv integrity know will be resented
as it deserves to be. For most OF
twenty-six years j have had the honor
to represent as true and noble con-
sti,ucncy as it has been any man
privilege to represent Whatever cam.
paign expenses 1t has been proper ana
necessary to incur when L have been
IT. has ma of nv
| own pocket. and have never found u
necessary to take up a$collection MOI
solicit subscriptions to meet them.
worked for Temperance.
.aIy record as {; temperance man
cannot be assailcd successfully among
the people where was born and
raised. i helped with all the energy
ana enthusiasm OF a young man to
pass the first local option law. AS 9
! citizen my vote has always been cast
against license. i voted for the Mann
law. and b as one Of the conferees v
helped to write 1T into the tax laws
afterFit was dead as a special act.
voted for the Byrd bill and as q Sciti:
zen and as a representative my every
act has been open and my position
known. f 5{s II.
"Aly vote on Friday. in my opinion
was in the interest OF temperance ane
good government, and l#surea wl1er
| the people of Virginia alize the true
conditions surrounding this Common
wealth now, and the untimely agtta-
lstion or this question. and have aker
a sober second thought free from the
good OF professional agitators. 9thes
Twill see the wisd ON Of the action O
\ the Senate on Frid Z al {s3 . ~
FolkeH'x Statement.
i Senator FollSes was hen re oEniZed
;Itt"Rev. NrcAllister'is reported as having
A isa Id In his sermon last night: 5isssi
One OF the Senator'S from Rich
BISmond, d before casting his vote agains
4 giving the people this right, stood a
Ito every church and every churcl
I member in Richmond. Tre said tch
\ mond has her rene y. 4 Let those 4, 90
u sBibleamen who marched the streets +
/. few Sundays ago vote! the saloons Y
y l.of the CT ty.'''56t''2 &. q ~ K n
i MY mother lied when I was at
y livery tender sage,,ssai la 8Senato or Folkes
|S.buttbefore She passed out OF my lii
Y Hi learned at her knee Il a We ryf w ole
!, Esonle respect Nand reverence for tn
q Christiangr gion. I n ever! d reaned q
saying .such8a thing as r ev, y . p. Nc
4 aAllister accused u me y Of having sal
II mere OH III ~ "a
/ no right toahold me up as a. b lasphemel
what Il I'D say. wRs this Z .lhu POO
ple here In Richmond lave a rlglltt
vote sSthe saloons out { they want i I,
and 4 II such a iconsunniat ton is dc
lIsired, the 1000 81 ble class student
|iwhoS some months NJ ago ,1larchc
I|fthrough the streets or this city coul
| |take&t The initiative, i I simply g NEAR
| tina a n local rem ed ys4 was appl icabl
and IA hat Il there was no necessity I
| take away from the people OF Rict
| llnonds heirss sac red ri ght to COVER
their own Toe AL az airs stated facts
| Mr.. All ster lad no II hit to Ara
4 Land nferenc W rom hem hat n tNa
4 q chal \ en- Sc n hes q Worth " Rar
J AtlemenS ot HE Bl BILE classes Y! zen isl