The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25
Voice Of the People

Voice OF the People
want. the baylor Survey "Lct a'one.
Editor of The Times Dispatch;
| Sir.--Ir the issue of your paper OF
/ this date appears a letter from "Carys-
brook. Va" signed "Fluvanna on
."rhe Baylor Survey" The writer says:
| "Anything that will improve the
/ states revenues and at the sn .. ti NV,
necple In the end, should be adopted
| by the legislature. ttluVauna Is
! absolutely right; no ono would oppose
Ianythins to better conditions IN Iiae.
water" but that is the question at
| issue.
we arc opposed to. the breaking OF
| the Baylor Survey because It VIII
prove injurious to our oyster lnous,r!'
| and ninetcen-twentieths OF our people
| think this. way. Should not Underwater
| people be the best witnesses or the
| best Judges? Simply because Tide
water can only boast of about twenty
| four votes Ing the General Assembly.
ought she TO be ignored? we propose
to fight to a finish any move in the
LEGISLATURE looking to the breaking
of the Baylor Survey in any manner,
shape or form; If we are beaten, theh
Will say to my Democratic TRENDS
living in Underwater: Don KICK ~ IS
~ Democratic measure, and stand by
your party and don't go over TO the
Republicans" Thousands In Underwater
think more of Legislation on the oyster
and fish industries than any other
question in the world, because 1t is
the vital one with them, and at this
day when we find deserters from our
party going over we VIII have hard
work 10 keep the heretofore unterri-
fed in line. Yet we Will undertake to
do $50. No man ever doubted, or had
cause to doubt. the Democracy of Tide
water Virginia
"Fluvanna" is mistaken when he
thinks Speaker Byrd did not put Tide
water representatives on the commit
tee. will correct the mistake.
Speaker Byrd. tits true. failed TO put
on the committee any member rep
resenting James River on the north
side, Mobjack Bay, York, East. North.
Ware, severn, Piankitank and Rap
pahannock Rivers. and the western
shore of the Chesapeake Bay. yet no
did appoint Messrs. Rev. of ,Accomac.
chairman; Houston, of Hampton;
Norfolk. and West, of SUFFOLK, from
Tidewater. ignoring two-thiros of the
oyster country interested in this in
dustry.
Speaker Byrd exercised the power
given him, ard, as far as | am con-
cerned l am satisfied. and should I
object to the committees action / can
oppose 1t on the floor, and Speaker
Byrd will not object to that He would
not if he could. he could not il he
would He Will give all n fair show.
.F!uvanna" is mistaken. The most
objectionable bill to Underwater would
be the breaking of the Baylor Survey.
and would be fought; but some other
bill would be opposed, perhaps, yet no
fight made in comparison to the one
on Baylor Survey
do hope the Commission OF Fish
cries will not offer the bill 10 break
d., I....
fered, and the same members are re-
appointed by the Governor (and hope
they will be-, the Commission Of
Fisheries Will obtain the displeasure
of a large majority OF our people, and
should 1t pass our people would be
indignant So much better for our
people. so much better for Virginia,
and so much better for the Commission
OF Fisheries II our people are let alone
and not disturbed by unjust legislation
on our oyster and fish industries.
j. n. sTuBBs.
House of Delegates, January a.
1.-THE Antl-SaIoon League's LoEic.'
Editor Of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,--In The Tines-Dispatch of Sat
urday, January %, the editor Of The
TimesDispatch makes the following
statement;
THE annual report of the legisla-
tive committee of the Anti-Saloon
League contained this sane, wise and
sensible observation:
ANY method (of obtaining state
wide prohibitlon) that does not clearly
demonstrate beyond any cavil that the
law enacted is the expressed Will Of
triotic citizens of the State will not
receive the support of the people,
Here is candid acknowledgment
of the well known facts that % a.
r r. a. hn u,kr n
did not represent or might not be ac-
cepted as representing the will Of tho
majority. and (2) that no law which
is not approved by a majority of those
" no haYo to 1.-Two under 1t viii be sun
ported"
Following this extraordinary inter-
probation OF the language of the Leg
islative report. the editor Of The
that this statement In the report is
an argument against Statewide pro-
hibition. 1T Is amazing that any man
with the plain language OF the report
sueh an argument, The report distinct
~ says that the law must be the will
or d majority OF the intelligent and
patriotic citizens OF he state The
Times Dispatch twists this to mean a
under IT," But these two statements
are not equal to each other in any
sense. rho report of the committee
meant exuctly what It said-''a ma.
Jority OF tho Intelligent and patriotic
"a majority of thoseSwho have to live
under IT.
The now Constitution attempted to
provide for the government OF Vir-
ginl by q majority OF tho Intelligent
II dld not attempt to provide for a
government by majority OF those
who IN Virginia. 1t deliberately
and openly restricted the electorate OF
tho government under the control or
III majority OF tho intelligent and pm
trlotlc 1ltianna OF tho state" rather
than under tho control OF majority
~ thone who 1.-Two In Virginia. The
willing 10 lcnve tho aueption OF license
or h0.llGonNe 70 the Intelligent and