The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-22


she would speak exactly as had the
eld North state which declared by =
majority Of forty-six thousand against
the saloon.
vasAriss of Tire Queens English.
He addressed himself then to the
local option situation. lie illustrated
his idea by saying that the Enelish
language could be thoroughly under
stood only by those whose mother
tongue II was. fle said that II lady
said that she had model husband
ALI would understand that he was an
upright, clean, honorable man. But
the dictionary defined model as
small imitation of the real thing. Local
option said one thing but II meant
another, In fact II meant universal
privilege because the man pr1Nheeeo
10 sell in one place dispensed MS pro-
duct throughout all sections
He told how his own views had
bann changed i'm recent years with
regard ia the whiskcy matter and
anucaled to the members OF the
House Ito come up IT, the help or
the Lord. to the help Of the Lord
against the mighty.
He closed by declaring that even
he saloon men wanted sober people
IN their employ 10 deal out the black
beverage OF hell
Liberal applause rewarded his ef-
forts
Curtis Claims TO Rc Adoni~.
Captafn Curtis. Of Eichmond. the
oldest member OF the House, Con-
federase veteran. followed Mr.. Love.
At the outset he declared that had
he known that the gentleman from
LunenhurE was going to dress up IN
"a white waistcoat" he would have
attired himself in the same fashion,
lie declared that the gentleman from
Iuncnburg was laying claim to the
di~tinction that he was the hand
soonest man in the House. The Rich
iaoud veteran declared that he denied
the claim LAYING claim 10 the dis
tinctioy, for himself Captain Curtis
made a warm attack upon the sta.e-
wide movement. declaring that II was
nothing but politics, He took the
opportunity to suggest that the W.
men shc uld be home dafning socks
and mending their husbands
breaches rather than running around
engaged in politics and working for
Temperance. However, with all the
other wet" people who have ever
spoken on the subject, he declared
that II the Federal government would
nut exact a law making IL impossible
20 ship liquor into the State ne would
even forego the delights of his own
toddy The gentlemen from Rich
3aend, Mr. Dreamer, and Prince VIII
liam. Mr.. Meetze. had said they bad
never drank anything. They didn't
know what they had missed. lie
declared that the House had formed
itself into a temperance society. with
the gentleman from Isle OF Wight
as president and the gentleman from
Luuenhurg as secretary.
Only the Citys Business
He declared that the country dis
tricts Of the State We're irving &c
dictate to the State. and What in
the ID have they got to do with it,
inquired the Richmonder. VIVA
have the counties in the Southwest
or in Tidewater TO do with Rich
fnonug affairs. ffe reverted 10 the
expense, declaring that it would COS
he State some forty thousand dol
lars. He asked whether or not this
measure had been considered hy tins
Finance Committee?
He declared that If the election
was ordered 1t would be one in which
Democrats, Republicans. "niggers
and mugwumps would participate, ant
he declared that he wanted 10 war;
the Democratic party OF the result
Throckmorton Argues Question.
Mr. Throckmorton was recognize
by the chair when Mr.. Curtis CLOSED
The gentleman from Henrico was O
the opinion that this was not tim
for the discussion of prohibition o
local option The question before III
House was simply bill No. 2ls, TO
gether with the amendments offerc
thereto, which was simply 10 provid
for the giving To the people the rish
10 vote on Statewide prohibition.
occurred to the gentleman from Hen
rico that the first thing to conside
was what did the people want. TIL
people have an inherent right to pas
on this question, declared the speaker
It had been inquired whether or mt
there was any demand for the sub
uniting of the question to the PEG
pie. II would be folly TO hold tina
there wae not. A majority of tn
members of this House. Mr.. Throck
morton declared, were favorable I
submitting the question. which was
sufficient reply to the inquiry. II
declared that Mr.. White had with
drawn his motion to strike out sec
tions and of the enabling act an
offered an amendment to one Of then
Mr.. Oliver interposed that this W.
not his understanding, Mr. Whit
stated that he had not Withdrawn hi
original amendment, which WAS t
strike out the two sections. althoug
he admitted that he had offered a
amendment to one Of such section!
Mr.. Throckmorton stated that havin
amended one of the sections he ha
formerly moved to strike out II ha
been fair inference that he ha
withdrawn his first motion to amend
Amendment SurpInsagc.
Continuing. Mr. .Throckmorton de
clared that 1t was in the province o
the next Legislature to repeal alto
gether the Jordan bin or. To modif
II just as ii sees fit. He declared tina
the amendment proposed by the gen
tleman from Rockbridge vas sur
plusage--nonsense He discussed tn
eatAsstitutienal gnestioa:a. tFsyss.,s.@s IA:
declared that il was no more IL viola
etion OF the spirit or intent of tn
constitution to require the men VIII
wanted to take out liquor license
should get the consent of the ma
3ority Of the people of the State tina,
WIS the present law which place.
certain requirements and restriction
in the procuring sueH licenses. II
declared that tho gentleman from
Hockbridge was Il man or profount
legal attainment. but that he ha,
,sn@n hra9Eh. sita i.ss the 3s.8setfSi
ease. Tie must have been the cham
pion critic al college, declared tn
3ienrico representative The momen
anything presented itself TO him h.
Immediately began to search for 4, W.