The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-19
LEAGUE TO ABANDON
LOCAL OPTION PLAN
Legislative Committee Recommends Resolution
for Stat w eide Election on Prohibition II
Requisite Number Seek It by Petition.
!, Resolution

these intoxicants he shall go to the
penitentiary. and break rocks on the
public road.
Proper Subject for Legislation.
Verify. If there is any matter that
is proper subject for legislation II
is the liquor traffic. 1t affects both
the material and moral prosperity OF
the individual and of society. and II
is the most important question before
the American people, and especially
before the Virginia people at the pres
ent time. The time has come Wnen
the indiscriminate sale OF Intoxicating
liquors to be used as beverage mus.
be declared to be q crime against ING
individual and against society, ana tne
! law of the State, the expressed Will Q!
the people. must brand as criminal
the man who is willing to engage IN
a business which he knows VIII re-
| suit in the present and eternal ruin
| of his fellow creatures. II, after tho
| law is passed, men continue TO make
money out OF the ruin OF their EEL
| lows. they cannot plead the right 70
do SO by the consent OF Inc Peopie
! expressed In law. and claim tne pfo-
i lection of the law. but they VIII Know
| themselves to be criminals ana VIII
BIO punished as criminals Whe.eve1 ~. ~
| officers Of law are true " t''eti oo>1'
! of office.
4 This question Is not fundamentally
: a matter Of party politics. It becomes
SO only when a political party makes
LIT an issue, as matter OF eHpedlen-
cy. 1t Is primarily moral issue. like
1.-THE education OF the youth.,sthe care
of the helpless and the insane and the
. reformation and punlshmeht Oh the
criminal. But, like all OF these, ~ rs
, closely related to the econofn,c "eiiare
of the whole community, pc ~ u eowh
CITY state mr. nation. a traffic thai
involves the expenditure OF nearly -
. 900 900 900 annually, or over $50 ioi
every man, woman and child IN TINS
great country. Is not only moral is,
) sue but an economic Issue OF the mrs
: Importance
Most Dangerous Enemy.
We arc met together as a. body o.
!, citizens OF the state OF virginia, WINS
: are firmly convinced that the beverage
= Liquor traffic Is the most dangerous
i, enemy Of the school. lne nome, w
y church ana thc state that Is known
Q to man. wa are determined by God.
: help to destroy IT, There IL no di
!. vision among Sls az to our great aim
= Our aim rs tho abolition OF the bever
- age liquor trafnc from none .cnd OF VT
: glnia 10 the other, from Accomac =
!, Lee. from Danville 70 Alexandria
!, from the country crossroads to tn
- crowded city streets. from me proVln
- "a cial towns to this city, when - y,
q capital city. not alone o. we peo =,
~ y who live in Richmond, bu. 10 Z, a. "a
=. people in avery section Of this hlstosi
"a commonwealth. a.
III The only question before ua to-d !.
h. Pie the question Of method. Icy w re
OF member thls important fact ~ a. 81
q. discussion, However We lnly r -. =, :
judgment 1T ~ net .n ,@asts one
so rnomcn, that wo arc nn0o I, sa ms IL
l,s aim. The Anti-saloon Leh VA ~ 20
- body Of mon and women l0lne J. IN, ,ns -
81 under tho one mptto, LIE n..am mr Nh,
:. 2, Tho beverage Liquor rra' n,ow ~
" GO" Let III present 1ua 49, AZ al,
Ia strongly as poaaible in AZ n,i Gau for 81,
Inc fun credit 10 eacll oln l1' ~ fnr,
" eorily 81 purpose, and haYihki IN ~ ~ Il
our plan fort the constdrrn.,,1n"nd n,la,' g
y brethren lei us abidegby IN ~, h acciai,
10 ~ Tho eoaYonlon. viss.eY, re,'e ,n,c
W reached, let w 70 forth tu'''