The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-23
predicted. eve shall never sec tho day

predicted, eve shall never sec the day
when Statewide will prevail
Il In Lynchburg. he charged. it had
been discovered that the registration
books were literally loaded With peo-
pie put there contrary to the law.
seven OF the eight regtstrars. he furth
er said. had testified that they paid no
sttenticn TO the requirement OF the
Constitution in registering voters
The ,arsumen, recently made III the
Fred Harper. attorney for the ..wets.
was dealt upon ~ length by Mr. Glass,
who said thsi If the contention of the
attorney is law the people should
mitted 10 st."
u. men with common sense can
rake such contentious and the courts
wealth woke M. II the registrars are
the final areiters, as Mr.. Harper says.
then ,ae Unlted States senatorships
are settled now do not ,ne !; to say
res!strnrs bn' there are also some
knaves"
s rs predicted there is no doubt OF the
massage Of m onahi!nS act, but he
vented one of the right Kind. accom-
panied with safeguards around the
election laws. he said election officers
should not he allowed 10 PLY their
trade on the aealstones Of cemeteries
Three Men Blamed.
SrtshL1s the inonotony OF the de-
Inlqnrcietion OF newspnrers. Professor
G I. Jordan OF Stau2torl. 8 L the after
noon session. turned his attention TO
politicians He charged there are three
nlen N the STATE VINO st any time With
prohibition He promised no worlc
never help such men again With his
pallot a he had done in tho past. Tho
ne was referring 70 Echols, and put
l<cezei and BTrd down as the others
bt most OF them say ne meant Martin,
II wanson and Mann
Professor Jordan also cas;iEated a
Governor, unqQes5ioaab swanson. FOR
raruonlng negro convicted OF illegal
No1lng ana giTsn one minute in Jail.
professor JORDAN, Rev. Z. I. Welleford.
nlf NEWPORT News. or r. S Barbour. OF
south Boston. viii be president
officer viii be selected some weeks
later by the executive committee. 1t
vas vas announces to-day that Rev. j H..
2 position ct league headquarters as
superintendent OF publications There
is Nc question that the resolutions
morrow fayoring submission 0. state
vide prohibition TO the people
There viii perhaps be some argument
the, legislative co,nmitteo's report in
which the wet newspapers" are Sc
ivereiy criticized Speaker Byrd is here
ito address the meeting Tomorrow
morning. and Governor Mann will pre-
side at night
WET Newspapers" is Text
me annual report OF the legislative
committee OF the Anti-Saloon League
read 10 tina, body this morning by Rev.
James Cannon The report which con
tains many thousands of words. CON
tains the term vet rsoNspa pers" scores
OF times
After declaring that !tcould not en-
nhasl2e 100 strongly the relations be-
lWsen the wet newspapers and the
tiquoG traffic. the committee referred
10 SANDERS ana malicious falsehood
Wh.ch y says nus been circulated about
league WORKERS. The proper classif-
Cation ~ these newspapers, it states, is
n=tne same elass with the saloon. The
bartender, 10Y his salary, hands ont thc
fdGoy. while t1a newspaper prints the
btands AID tells where they may be
senuEaia ana thus for a definite sam
a,ess as salesman. In the sight OF
GGf4 SlEs t1e committee, II Believes the
Aet 70 oe tIe same,
sEYld+rtSfI The -eport was intended
u 0s la!Se.y an effort 10 induce tenn
ptr3ntc 'pcaple to stop taking news
papers which favor the licensed sa-
lopn There VAS no criticism Of ths
governor i'll this report Tor not aiding
iHe Htrode Dill as had been expected
: IN some quarters, and only q hare men