The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-23
pY ALEXANDER ronwARD.

fe- special TO The Times DISPATCH. a,e5cs.
Newport News. Va. February 22-In
scathing terms, with all the eloauence&
at his command, Representative Car
ter Glass. Of Lynchburg, tonight, be-
fore the Anti Saloon League Of Vtr-
ginia. arraigned the Legislature for its
failure to make the payment or Doll
taxes. by other than the voter, a PENAL.
offsnse. and for Its further failure
to provide adequate registra ton laws,
The fact that nine years after the
proclamation OF the Constitutions, no
such statutes had been enacted, he
termed ineNplicable, except on the
ground that the General Assembly DID
not want to enact such a law. 9SiI
You call this an Indictment OF the
Democratic party?" he asked. es. it
is. 1t Is meant to be an Indictment
Of the Democratic party. which, when
IL had the power. did not enact the
necessary laws. Tell me l should not
criticise the party? 1 shall criticise
IL until 1t rectifes the wrong
Mr.. Glass said little on prohibition
matters. while he expressed his sym
pathy with the cause Of State wide
prohibition. He referred to the liquor
advantage - the loopholes left to-
nullify the franchise clause Of the
Constitution. and to admit negroes to
the franchise.
~ unique feature OF the address Of
Mr. Glass was his failure to criticiseH
those Virginia newspapers which OPP
pose the prohibition method OF dealing
with the liquor question.
Target for Many Attacks.
During the day these papers were
made the target for every sort of att
tack, from the mild and good-hum-
ored arraignment of Senator Lincoin,s
to the savage attack OF DR.. Cannon,
who classed the newspapers who OPP
posed prohibition with the saloons
themselves. denominating them shar-s
ers IN the profits.
General Secretary j. D. McAlltsrer
and Attorney Thomas Whitehead join-8
ed In criticisms. the pace having been
set by the superintendent. i.3s iis%ss'::
Copies OF tho Richmond Yirginian,
OF which Cannon is president. con
taining the full report OF the legisla-
tive committee. We're received and dis
trihuted throughout the church at the
night meeting. Mr.. Lincoln alone
credited the editors OF wet" newspa-K
pcrs with perhaps honestly believing
that prohibition was not best He
presided tonight, and related Ills eff Is
forts to induce tho last Republican
State Convention to take an advanced Il
position on the liquor question. He
said If all the papers in the State We're
unnecessary.
Mr. Glass expressed his pleasure at
the warm reception given him. espe-4
cially in view Of what had been said
about newspapers during the day.
Perhaps, he said, 1t was rejoicing over
one sinner that repenteth. He traced
the struggles for white supremacy in
Virginia beginning with the days OF
demonstration.
The enfranchisemcn. Of the negro
race he characterized as the crime OF
all history. He told how the white man
devised the plan of righteous robbery
at tho ballot box TO preserve Anglo
Saxon civilization" Then. he contin-
ued. bad men of the white race began
that there should be no pretense for
cheating and the Constitutional Com
vention Of 1901 was called. Mr., Glass Z
stressed the point that there was no
domination. but 1t desired TO correct
the evils OF the threat Of negro rule. I
Iia read from the suffrage, clause OF 4
the Constitution, giving the means pro-
the white men and TO prevent the ne-
groes from qualifying. One OF these
was the personal payment Of the poll
tax. In this, he explained. the conven-
istics OF the coored race, and not the &
liquor interests. and the politicians dis
regard this, a provision OF tho Com
st!tution. now in force, Is that ths
make application in his own handwrit-s B
ing. stating certain facts, Yet this isg
disrcgarded. said Mr.. Glass. from one 4
end OF the state to the other. Men
are registered In large numbers who
have not complied witi,;his mandate
this outrage, he argued ought to- hid &
speedily corrected. Unless II ia, 81 sS;