The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-18
Joint Committee Listens to-
Last Speech and Will Pro-
badly Act Wednesday.
LARGE AUDIENCE AT
THE FINAL STRUGGLE
Several Speeches On Both Sides.
With the Closing Argument
Made for the Meas
ure.

inc St'ode otate-"tde pronibiuon
bill will be finally passed upon We'd
nesday morning nv the Senate .ra
49, 6,.t...
"h fFNheses ana
Electiuns, nut no sooner unless a spe-
elal meeting OF the committees can
ne had' ana this special meeting Is
lmpFopab DE- according to the best in--
formation which can now be had.
Immediately after the hearing
Thursday night the committee went
into executive session and decided that
no further argument would be neces-
sary. A brief meeting was called ear.
iy Friday morning, but sufficient time
for a full discussion or the various
provisions of the bill could not be
found.
The hearing Thursday night was
one of the most interesting ever held
before a legislative COMMITTED Roth
sides-the prohibition and the Itounr
interests--were ably represented ara
/ there was large and dasnlv intsre..-
ed audience.
- fay,,.a-f
of the AntfsSaIoon a. 80 ~ 1870.
/ Nrs uo.yard H. - - w - r. ~
treasurer Adams ~ Sn,towaw c,,,r
+,,~r,yyt--t,~1ras,,yZ g,s,sss-sr
ton nnba,d ths ta,, oerar sna nrha,a
"a, te.ae, s,., ahS 1na, wo
Y,a p,aa, , 81 ma,aosi Mehsa ~,
-, a',+I uie ne MoueI
,, e'dss ue' eIteFeu ,le aists Ior tne
49,. aho ,iiAas .ne pIncipa,
! ep . on trat slae. tnousn sesettla
liners opposed tne Strooe act
~ was oeciaed immediateiy aIter
Gates OF 'ne bitt shouio open the dis-
i casslon and close It. the wh'skes pee
pie coming IN between the Affirmative
! arguments with any evidence against
Z the measure when they could om0r.
/ DR.. Pitt For Rill.
The first speaker Thursday ni9ht
I Was Hex Er X II. Pitt, editor OF the
Religious Herald, who advocated the
passage OF the STROBE Statewide bill
/ giving the people the privilege Of
calling an election to abolish liquor
trafnc In Virginia he recommended
the favorable reporting OF the bill.
declaring that II the matter IL nat
settled now, 1t Will be thrust into eli
subsequent elections to the great con-
+ fusion OF pollueal conditions In the
1 STATE ana 10 the damage OF party in-
terests.
evidence mas come 10 me-. ne saSus
ana in manner overwhelming. that
4 the people ot Virginia want to vote
on this Issue which Is recognized a.
4 one OF the ciearest democratic pr1n-
ciples.
I -'@'N' - - - . - r. - tAU
| Womans Christlan temperance
! Union of Virginia. followed with an
tmpassloned argument Tor the pro-
I teetlen OF the nome, ana in the nams
1 OF the nundreds or women sne repre-
scented oesought the Legislature 70
aooHsn the iesahzeu Whlakey
curse which she declared, Is wreck
ing the morality or the common
! wealth.
/ In snostantiauon or her argument
she quoted numerous sta1isucs' touon
I ing particularly upon Maine snow
ing that the wet States IN ths
thtoh TAT outstfip the others In criho
ana criminal expenses.
oafkes rIa"u.
representing, ne saiu, larse ma
Joflty OF Ihe respeceaole people OF
/ fSoahohe, Ioiohe. Johnson VINO w1s
next caiieu, ueciareo Una. mas Tow
teusaihea VET because tne uIes
hao never perh sNeu laII snow
Of tHe Poits- ile openss ,nt,
the liquor e,snieh. "I ms .s HA
sorrup.so points IN .neis iasu. az
,y itauuu'sn' 'ho''''us Ha" uo''''nao01
the eisct'ohs'
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ehe aus. ~ ,,s -, n,;,.rr,s,ia 49,
negroes ~ e"e pvne ~, ~ aars.oaa ~.
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! she negroes meIt 20 Sas' eh
Ior the tona,aida,ioe u s"e ''a1o.
trairic III r.oanoH p,..
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npss,, W. 70 90 nor cent ~ the neonia
- "a aanla "a that Az.
OF ms 'o"n' anu W 49,. s,.as
ing .he las. seaas q, us nrn.rnas
~ nra,.to,s ef., vaars
than IN the pIssious ny s. -
rrolessnr 'oIuan. =. $4,000, ~ -
next speaker. sala tnat me psopis
! the stare WsIe nos si.en . a u.sns. -
ton. SINCE numerous ns~spapers VIZ
constantly peIossins tne issus
asked the comHiit.ee 10 $50 ne me
4 people tne righ. OF pe.r,ion wish ~