The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-17
HOMEMADE THUNDT RBoLTs FOR THE
TINES nISP ATCH

The Times Dispatch declared that the temper
ance people OF virginia are entitled to all tho
help we can give them" The public has been
waiting to see what help The Tjp.cs-Djspateh
would give to the Temperance cause
One Of its first efforts in that direction was TO
send 10 Danville the same reporter who Islander.
ed so outrageousy the good men and women Of
Petersburg, and to publish from his pen an at
count Of the arrest Of Police Chief Stripping. in
which account a great effort was made to bring
discredit upon the dry" leaders in panyilIe for
making that the chief of police And this
report vas backed M Ia the editorial columns
by disparsgine references to the lack Of wisdom
on the part OF the "drys" This was Indicative
OF an exceedingly helpful spirit. to be sure.
Since then there have been several editorials
in the Supreme touching on Prohibition. and
all of them have been efforts TO show the folly
Of the temperance people. who were declared in
the prolanely penitent editorial of February
25th as Thousands of good people. none better
in the world" men Striving for the good of hui
manity." men Of splendid purposes" etc
Why this failure TO give the temperance PEG
pie the help promised Is it because, like Pha.
roar OF old the promise was made when frantic
with fear, and later was repented of? Or is it
because The TipteeDispatch does not know how
to help?
Assuming the latter to be the real reason, The
Firoinian very difndently offers the Supreme"
material with which TO forge some Homemade
Thunderbolts in lieu of the long-distance. for
eign thunderbolts which it has been using
against Prohibition.
"a Ddngtlc. Danvlle was dry for two
years BY a majority Of ten votes, which ma
iority secured by heavy registration of
voters not contemplated by the Constitution,
Danville was voted wet" Since the return Of
the license system to Danvie. the number of
drunk and disordery cases in the Police Court
has increased $50 per cent ! This has hap,
pened under High License and Strict Regulation.
II the Supreme" desires to give the temper.
ance people 'all the help" possible We modestly
suggest that here is material out Of which TO
forge a thunderbolt to hurl against the liquor
traffic. 1t lis true it is homemade material II
is made right here in Virginia. 1t does not have
the foreign brand of Georgia or Alabama upon
il IT may not please the highly cultivated
taste of the Supreme" which delights in i'm.
ported foreign-made thunderbolts, but We ven
ture 10 assure the Supreme" that it will do
great execution if given fair trial
90 Bristol Bristol dry for two Years BY
q majority OF 81 votes. after an election in which
thousands of dollars were brought in from the
Wholesale liquor houses OF other cities the city
was voted wet" Since the return of the Ii.
cense system the number of drunk and disor.
derby cases in the Police Court has increased
900 per cent This has happened under High
License and Strict Regulation
The Ir0tniaa timidly presents this material
to the Supreme out of which to forge another
thunderbolt This is obtained a little further
away than Danyillc. 1t is almost foreign. 1t
just step across the street into Tennessee We
beseech the Supreme to accept this material
Let not the homespun Virginia brand upon it
bring it into disfavor. Give it a trial. Make a
thunderbolt out of it, and then hurl it with pow
In Virginia cities.
We all understand that there will be some
awkwardness about the first trial But the "Su.
preme" is so anxious to give the temperance PEG.
Pile 'all the help We can give them," that the
awkwardness viii not be laughed at
Let us have some Homemade Tliunderbolts
from The TimeSDiSpdtch' If the material fur
nished above is not enough out Of which to forge
as mighty bolt as the Supreme" desires to
hurl. The Vyginiqas will furnish more material
We suggest. however. to The Times Dtspatch
that before using it, 1t will be well to submit ii
to the Inspector of Sunny Brook whiskey, as It
may he that he will not permit ii to be used He
is very partial to imported goods. He does not
like yirginia-made goods. He may consider IL
to be beneath the dignity of the Supreme" news.
paper of the State to be found using homespun
And, of course II it does not receive the O. X.
Of the Inspector. it cannot be used, for it might
prove tn be a thunderbolt to the cash.drawer OF
the Supreme and-well-that might be worth
GOVERNMENT BY INVESTIGATION.
The frequency with which Investigations of