The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-08

believing that the local option method Is cal
cuiated To produce permanent results, yet II
the Legislature passed II bill giving the people
the right to vote on the question of Statewide
prohibition he would sen the bill. and TURNER
more declaring that local option election
should be held in any community In which he
lived he would vote dry and furthermore De
ciaring that If an election should he held on the
question of Statewide Prohibition he would vote
dry
The journal WAS compelled in 1909 to declare
its position on the Liquor Question ana SAID pos
itivcly that In any eee ion held on The question
of statewide Prohibition IL would be against
Statewide Prohibition. Governor Mann ieclar--
ed that lac would vote for Statewide Prohibition
IL such election And yet the journal no" de-
clares that II stands whore Governor Mann stood
the last time he was heard from. How colnlediiy
coutradictory., The Richmond Evening journal
standing 'cifh Governor Mann any question,
and especially on tie liquor question: But per-
maps since it has been ,old by the liquor people
that its position II not satisfactory to them.
il viii contradict itself gain and will now work
for Statewide Prohibition 10 spite the liquor
men.
The Journals latest eilort is its sorrow over
the failure al m IifgiHtaH TO print the speech
OF Hon. Carter Class the subject OF Prohlbl-
ton, The Journal works itself into quite an
alarming state, it dtseourses upon the fact
that Tin F9afdff has not published any eN-
tract from This speech and has not comphmented
Mr.. Glass. Ana when the journal discovered
LHdt evening IN the ffSt EDITION OF Iht lH9l4tuH
a very full report Of the speech it added l.. >.
to us editorial stating that The VirginiaH had
published on the back page about a column OF
Mr.. Glass speech. This misleading. 1t
was calculated to produce the impression that
the speech had been printed in obscure part
OF the paper. when frantness and fairness would
have said that The lif0iainH had published on
the editorial page Of the paper very lengthy
report of Mr. Class speech Tin fact about as
much as appeared iii Mr.. Glass own paper. tho
And FRI hnp 1a3 fhh
Journal to say the next day that in the regular
edition Of The pGqiaiGR that day. leading ed
torial quoted strong paragraph from Mr. Glass
speech and endorsed it,
But the Comical thing In connection with this
incident is that while the Journal profess,
ing such soiicitude. lest the ''temperance Iar
0,aida should not publish Mr. Glass speech, it
actually fcrgetl@) TO publish the speech or any
extracts from 1t in its columns. How could
the Guardian Angel of the Temperance people
who had been deprived of their rights by the ny.
pocritical Ftrgiatda fail to print in full this
great speech on the evils Of the liquor teaffc?
Can il be possible that after all its anxiety for
the publication of this speech, it uncertain
what the inspector of the Sunny Brook Dis
tillcrFo would think, II Ire should see this speech
/ in the very next column the picture of him
sell and his Pure wfiskey9 That would be
comiealy contradictory would it not2
In the issue OF December the 18th the ,Ioufuai
is more comieal than usual And can
4 the dusky wings OF thu ir guardian angel rs il
! cndeayors to shield the temperance people OF
4 Virginia from the artful devices of the super
! intendent of the Anti-Saloon League no refec-
ton Is Intended upon ehe inherent nature OF
the Angel but bad company has left some SCOT
and smut the original whtenels OF its wings,.
With an assumption OF great caution, which is
comieally contradictory of the rest of thE edi-
7 tora, II declares that concerning the assertion
I that IL the : Superintendent of the League lis
a rat he is "a I{pI yr+ifb
the liquor interests. have nothing to say.
If others wish te draw that conclusion they are
welcome, and we will not say they are wrong,
while carefully refranng from asserting that
they are right, One is forcibls reminded of ali
old town gossip VINO from house to house,
and declared that She had heard it's assorted that
The preacher was patronizing the dtam-shop,
for he 10 walk in that direction every
day She would not say that the assertion was
wrong but she would carefully refrain from "a.
sorting that il was right for some persons did
say that the street which passed the saloon, was
The shortest way to his study at the church. But
II he did not want 10 40 into the saloon, why
did he not go three squares out Of his way and
go down muddy alley 10 get to his studyg
The chain of evidence presented by the Guard.
I ian Angel 10 prove that the Superintendent OF
the AntiSaoon League is in alliance with thu.
liquor interests is OF similar nature He is
declared to have been in alliance with the ma
chine because he worked for The election OF
Judge Mann for Governor. This is q non SO.
quitns There were only two candidates for
Governor. Judge Mann declared thai, In any
Local Option election he would vote dry" and
! THAI in Statewide Prohibition election H.
would vote dry The opposing candidate de.
clared that in any given Local Option election
his course would be determined by circumstances
aud III Statewide election he would vote
wet Certainly II was natural to suppose that
the Superintendent of the AntiSaoon League
would favor the candidate. who declared that he
would lp fact hat
chine is said to have voted for the same man is
no proof Of an alliance between the AittiSaloon
League Superintendent and the machine" II
would certainly have appeared ;ts contradictory
AS The Journals various devious twisings and
turnings. for the Superintendent OF the Anti.
Saloon League of Virginia to have worked for
a man who had declared he would veto .wat,,
under certain local conditions. and post Iyely SO
IN 4 Statewide election. What sorl Of an al
. lance would the journal have invented or
imagined under such condition.
The only proof presented that the Sjiperintend.
ent of the AntiSaloon League IL NOW in alliance
with the machine md Therefore With the
Liquor interests" is the attitude OF this poDer
The Rtchmoad lirgiHtdH. the question Of
calling special session of General Assembly to
leealize the primary next summer. and on the
question Of calling a State Convention TO mass
upon the liquor question And heeause the
Guardian Angel has attributed such notiyes ms
q for the position OF The Ricbmoad VI,
giHiua. without any regard to the arguments
given for The Fft0Ga,dns position The T;y
giAt4n is showing how conlical and contradictory
the Journal Is in its discussions of tho Bnuo,