The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-03
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Secretary McAlister
quent in Final Speech 81
Statewide
LIQUOR ATTORNEYS 4
TEMPERANCE ADDR1
Messrs, Kelly and Carr
Make Arguments Ayr
Expediency and Legalil
u. Of Prohibition

sound through the icorrid0rs
memories OF many OF his heaxNAM}
years to come Rev. ]. y. AcAN
secretary OF the Anti-eai0on
OF virginia, closed the ar1utA
bshAlf OF the advocates pf -
act hefeore the HOUSE Cona1n1ff
!. Privileges and Elections lase n1v~ Z
+ No speech delivered Ia yeara GQS
temperance question: IN NirG3nl1
peared TO be more skkective ~ ~
home the truth 1fSths gospel 60
Terance more str6AGiy upon tn
Taxing UP the speeches wh3ch
been delivered since the ArAe
the hearing to the conclu0t
dresssa OF Messru. Kelly Amdss&a
well. the temperance champt1
, few well-directed thrusts and Nf
, ientless logic and facts and
tongues end would break thu
and Influence Vt the argumants
out by the FOES Of the meaaute4o
thu Lenple tho right to settle to
ton Ut Statewide pFohfb1ftos1ss
themselves. ,as3I y
Al the c0ncireicn 81 hfa a01
which lasted one hour. the cOn
! adjourned to meet on Monday II
noos, Ut O'Clock when they VII
slider the question and tetermanW
| their report n
u
kssfiys Temperance 3peegg
When tho committee was cMll9
order At 3 o,sl0ck last nfEfk
K ely, leading counsel fur IT,
| interests took tbs noOf speaki1g
thing over an hour. Mr. xA1l a.
Mned his argument psincipAnz
,expsdinncy Of pruhihatnsy l
psefAcef hin remarks M s&rtn1
Il M hoped 10 bring into the a.. r.!
! 4 senao 0f the righte0psnees
catisc - the ecntlemeH ou IA
side. He declared that ~ Ssu4ld ~
Ifeaaf g f1mpernte. He dech9E
ther4 h4d bern no AtfSsnpe !.s. =
\ nAalmenk III the lght ~ 49,
svtofr9v FOR psup39 N ~.
IiSqu0r business. = n husaheSe "a II. !..zl
! by the 1fate.e II NJ
He declared that ne honesty
/ lieved that the, way to deal with
HONOR traflic. was not by State ).
prohibition He declared that
! wanted to see Virginia prrspero
and hanpy. and he did not think e1
| the method offered a remedy fur ~
/ uuauestioned evils OF the liquor tr1N.
/ fic. a
! He declared that the peopIe VI VI
! ginta had no inherent rtsht to N09e
on the question, taking the poss09
| fatly that the people OF the kt4&s
had no right to demand rc3eH
| dunn. and that should the Gams11
Assembly grant snch right It w04t9
re doing vain thing which wcuM -
pronounced unconstitutional.
Assembly Itself Could Not Act E
! He admitted the right OF tho A40
| islature itself to iegislate upon
question directly, but declared
| the Legislature should not do e.
| unless It was shown to be clee
necessary. He declared that thA
| Of the Nquor tratfic had been 401
| mendously exaggerated, and 4u0zz
I figures which he commended ahoNN@
[, that the great gain Of 9Aupalf
| crime and insanity placed at the
| Of drink was occasioned from ~
reasons. He declared that pAnp4x
brought about drunkenness. in14
/ OF drunkenness causing pAupND@
| He declared that his clients had
referred to In most intenperaf9
! ner as blood suckers and their u49
| as tainted money. but that mauxss
4 them were as high and a. cle4M@
any men IN the State.
He read communications from
| heads Of several Insane asyluranG
j AlasinEs that al4sahsslisaaa4 saEnaaGa12 49,
more than & per cent. of insanft$S
endeavored to explain the stAtG
made by the Governor Of vlfG
that 80 per cent. OF the apptfcqx
for pardons came from th090@
1 were convicted Of crime 6rek
l about by whiskey by saying fN9
was perfectly natural for thNs
Wet to endeavor to bolster III
case by saying that he wxS 0xN
when no committed the crime.
He paid particular attention toA
Arxunenr that pTuhf ticu
! prohibit. reading literally fr0e4
Mayes ReIl's contribution along
line in Leaiie's Weekly.
He declared that one Arm lMS
ginia shipped atty thousand e9
OF corn whislxey into the Sta1
Tennessee in one year. thereby IN
4 flying prohibition 10 that State
/ Liquor Law Observed.
He affirmed that tho liquor
OF the Commonwealth we're RES6
" observed by the liceneed QG3
the only violations OF the 49,
by unlicensed people In unt1&
terrftory--And YOU may hAA98s
| II you want to. said hs. Al
At no time In the hinto4x
State. he declared. was theirs
tie need for drastic NhinkeN
ftson. There was no NJ IN
/ reform further than public
leads. Conditions were ~
Virginia, NJ thought. that tn
4 6nmethtng hA0 been said ahe1
| tlictAting "a ne rural c0rn1
The citien Atdxst ~ that
have votes &n6ueA. s3s3
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