The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-29

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should do 30. II prohibition Is wise
q fsmedy, hes said. II should DO passed
4 ny Lsgislature: II not. 1t should
sonoblc presumption that tho State
Il should go dry. th,rc was no use in an
/ election, There are some laws of
common sense which no Legislative. en-
Il actncnt can whistle down the wind.
An amendment might we'll be added
20 this bili; as to one In Congress by
laws of finance, trade and common
sense be. and they arc hereby, repeal
The state would love 100000 Ii
cense money. besides large amounts in
other taxes If. then. prohibition would
\ only. aSgrayate the evils. this would
oe thrown away for worse than moth
Chattanooga. In dry Tennessee. Is
snipping more LIQUOR he said. than
( tically local option State. The very
/ fact that the Anti Saloon League had
5 reached its limit in local option was
Is conclusive argument against the pass
People Would Make Inv.
pa Rsy. Score IRE t " Mspansl p r.
made an earnest speech but. untor-
tunately, fell into the same error that
the Richmond Virsinian made, and
to book by. Hugh A. White during the
debate in the House. He said that the
Legislature would have to pass the
which Is not what the Jordan bill says
at all DR.. Cannon. when consulted,
corrected Dr.. McDuniel
He said he was not an enthusiastic
Statewide advocate in the absence of
laws preventing the interstate ship
Inent OF liquor. He favored this bill.
s pnt not lot Sob so heartily as he would in
with Mr.. Kelley that people drink be-
cause they are worthless. instancins
great IeatoI men Who have drank. He re.
knew that Its members had motives as
sincere as his. But the directors could
m mo, claim to every vote any
vote in the First Baptist Church.
Way to End Strife. ,
The best and shortest, way through
TO submit this question. He prefer
red to settle the case on It's merits.
Should the State vote for license il
.c %ouad cease agitation for years to
As TO the protest from Petersburg,
he had not noticed that that city OBJ
5ected to interfering with the people
Of dry territory whore 1t ships It's IL
The next Legislature. he predicted,
If the bill was unconstitutional he
could not see why the opposition
should kick. The time would come.
he said. when the saloon would be u
Rev. W. Asbury Christian, D. D., said
mat II was not question OF revenue
to increase their taxes 500 per cent
X was not the affair of the Legisla-
ture. The localities must surrender
their wishes for the good OF the whole
State. Referendums We're not new, he
argued. since In 1928 the General AS
sembly submitted to the people tho
ton.
Issue In Politics.
somewhat new line was taken by
ley Bs =; H. PITT D. D. He said In part:
are we may have this question thrust
into every election. This. as have
p Sald should grsatly deplore am
but my own inter st in public affairs
IS by no means confined to this aues
lion. For myself. should like to be
Senate or House OF Delegates OF Vir-
ginia or any other high office or the
State the men whom think best
equipped by character. Intelligence and
experience to serve the State. Be-
not feel free to exercise this choice
every election that is held. They feel
SO profoundly that the public drinking
place ought to be abolished, their
moral coavicti-n MS on this matter are
so deep and ineradicahle that they arc
going to support the man who shares
these convictions with them, They
OF his fitness for public position My
own Judgment Is that this would be
a deplorable state OF things, and 7
am equally clear in the conviction that
The continued refusal of the I.cgIs-
iature of Virginia to give tho people
the right TO separate this question
from ordinary political Issues and 70
settle II for themselves and ~ itself
will precipitate this condition through
out Virginia. l do not undertake. To
prescribe for you your line of duty.
II, however, ] We're State Scna tor
at this junction / should vote for
the enabling act for many reasons
These which have named would be
among them"
Final Argument Made.
DR. Cannon closed the debate. He
thought the referendum sound DEM
ocratic doctrine. lie spoke OF tho let
ters written by the Anti-Saloon League
1" secure expressions oi opinion from
the people of certain senatorial dis
tricts. There was no trick in il, in his
orinion-no pious fraud. "as claimed
by a paper .championing the cause of
tie liquor interests" He had no
apology TO make for the postal cards
No man. ne believed, would say that
he does not want to know the wishes
OF his people. The House members
were close 10 the people, and no
thought the Senate should consider
this.
II this bill were defeated, Joy would
come not only to the respectable men
who have been opposing the BILL but
fsnectallv IN, no vt