The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-20

bart OF Yesterday mornings session.
Each Of the division superintendent
lin turn told of what had been done in
their sections, and the whole was sum-
,ilarized in the report OF Field Seefe-
iary McAlister, which is printed In fun
below IN the course OF his report d.
vision superintendent John a. Taylor.
0f Roanoke, made broad charges of de-
iibcrato corruption and fraud in cons
ncction with the recent local option
election In Roanoke, charges which
were repeated and emphasized in the
afternoon by Rev. w. c. Campbell, d..
w., and other speakers from that city.
superintendent James Cannon, In a
brief report. urged the league to press
IN for national Legislation to prevent
shipments OF liquor into dry territory.
Tha fight must be waged both in Rich
tiond and Washington. he asserted.
stntc-Widc Issue Trc-entincnt.
The question of n Statewide issue
was given more direct prominence by
the program of the afternoon, when
representative men from each section
in turn reported their districts as
ready for change from local option
10 n State wide contest.
The present local option system
was repeatedly declared to have
served its time, and to be now gold
mine" for the liquor dealers them
selves. through the building up of the
jug trade" to otherwise dry terri
tory. Representatives OF the Pied
mont sections were emphatic in
stating that they mad votes enough
TO wipe Richmond from the
map and make Norfolk county look
like 80 cents" should State wide
election come. Speakers from Staun-
ton and Roanoke asserted that the
liuutr interests were securing the reg
istration of negroes in large numbers;
that they were keeping schools to
teach them how to pass the examina-
tons of the registrars, and that GER
tainly in the case of Roanoke, the
balance of power was held by the
negro race, Il majority of the white
men taking part in the recent election |
having voted dry.
EuloEy OF Cnrmncl<.
Last night the convention heard an
eloquent eulogy of United States Sem
ator r. w Carlnack. OF Tennessee.
declared to be the martyr of the pro-
hibition cause, from Professor r. d,
Webb, who, as the proprietor of
preparatory school, taught the bril-
liant Tennessee statesman.
Judge ". A. Covinston author of
Tie Georgia Statewide prohibition
law, spoke at some length on THE II
redemption or Georgia. interfering |!
many humorous anecdotes. which kept
his audience in continual state OF
applause and laughter while the
speaker drove home argument after
argument for the prompt enactment of
Statewide prohibition. picturing 1t az
the greatest step forward in Georgia's |
moral history. if not In its CONNER
cia1 progress.
The speaker turned loose all of his |
force of sarcasm and ridicude on those |
who would defer a moral issue for
the sake of commercial advantage.
DR.. Baker Speaks Tonight.
The program for this morning has
been altered to give way for the dis
cussion of the Legislative program.
recognized as the most important mat
Ter before the convention, if not the
real purpose of its assembling. There
viii be discussion of conditions in
dry cities, with addresses from num-
Der of well known men. Rev. Fl. w.
Battle, u. d. will sneak on the contest in !