The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-27

the people are shown In the vote 10
the House OF Delegates"
Majority Want 10 Vote ON Question.
heprestntlnx. az he declared. the
majority OF the people Of the State.
Mr. Thomas White head. attorney Tor
the State AntiSaloon League. follow
ID Dr. Cannon
Il think IL 10 child's play" ne said.
FOR any lawyer 10 tell this commit
tee the question cannot be eonslitn-
tionslly submitted, SO ] will Drop
that
n want - Xxx stcut the policy
~ this question The Temperance
folks are l4s ,.-> 4...s~..tS, mere is
In the state majorits and MINOR
tty party. The temperance folks are
a a5oFity 81 both parties There are
in the State 2,6oe.eoe people. OF
this number fully s,ooc.oeo want this
act passed. They spoke through the
Hoase lest week. They are now de-
nnanding that the Senate Recede to
their demands.
Turn they down and they will turn
you down SIS they did the bondhold-
.rs OF twenty years ago. The Demo-
cratic party then wouldn't obey The
people, How Is Il YOU make the
people stan. ~vor and beg,
beg, beg:
Are you masters OF the people,
Last fall you represented The people.
didn't you tell us then ycu were our
servants! Do you now represent
your people or do you represent your
seiVes2 II | was here. dry as am,
j would give the people their dues.
"Ai OF you are young enough to
want to come back. Rememb Der the
saving of famous man: YOU may
fool part of the Peep all the time
- and all of tha ~F"~ all the time
time, but you cannot COL ali OF the
people All Of ..e .lsne,'
Boys Must Re saved.
You appropriate thousands of doll
Jars to educate the young men of the
State. yet leave liquor here TO rum
the boys. The bows must be saved.
You have got 10 let the people
settle this question. The people de-
ma nded convict lasor laws and lime
grinding by the state. They made
TIC demand and got what they want
ed. Now they come and ask that you
pass this bill, Why not give the peo-
pie what they want? The Supreme
Court Of the United States says the
-liei4ass- people have ne Inherent light
10 sell liquor.
Ii Is immaterial whether the state
-EuEs -x2eI-nr-6ry- Mhen-fhes- Tina
cones we are going 10 right you fair
and square The people have "a right
to settl. the question, and they will
settle It If they have 20 remove the
men or set Of men who say they shall
not
! represent more people than the
combined constituency of the mem
berg If this committee"
Dr. Wicker's Pointed Speech.
NJ Snl gtta- Ns gyxSfs
baptist church. who Ia a sermon In
his church on Sunday criticised the
action on Saturday af tho Board Of
Directors of The Chamber of Com
Inerce occupied the last five minues
of the hour allowed the advocates of
the bill His speech created IA decid-
ed stir and aroused the anger Of the
representatives from the chamber. DIR.
Wicker was pointed, impassioned and
earnest. He said
Mr. President: II is difficult for
any man who represents the tenn
perHnce people Of the State to speak
with composnre on this question. The
emotions # all righteous people have
been SO i<ng suppressed that to talk
on this question IL 10 find ones self
snveloped In a fame of holy zeal.
The outrage If righteousness and the
suffering entailed by this whiskey
frame OF our sons, our fathers and
our helpless women and children has
engendered pent-up Indignation
% that stirs the soul of every man who
soves hts fellow men to . degree that
words cannot express. Whiskey Ia an
admitted anarchist and boldly says
mat unless you legalfze me ! will do
even larger business in spite OF
law than ] do under your law
Gentlemen. this Is country. of
the people, for the people and by the
peopie." Can you trust them? II ]
were 81 member OF this Legislature !
would he glad to refer this question
20 the people and put the RESPONSE
bfffty for the results With thin. This
you can safely do. The one great is
sus before MS is
Men Versus Money
Gentlemen. l am for men. The
Chamhe OF Commerce has sent up a
set Of resolutions with only two points
OF contention In favor Of the con-
tinuation o the saloon. They say that
II you spbmit tho question to the
people you will stir up an agitation
IN the State. The second com piaint
they offer to the enabling act is that
Il will increase your taxation Now
claim this IL an insult to this grand
old State. To say that she has not
sense enough 10 settle her own prob
ieriA at the poles and Is too poor to
pay Tor the righteous and honora BILE
conduct OF her Institutions without
engaging In business that damns
ner sons fills her jails, wrecks her
manhood. breaks the hearts of her
beautiful helpless women and sends
the soul OF men down to hell; ! say
to suggest such thing as this is to
insult the manhood OF our Common
wealth. and this is exactly what thus
communication from the Chamber of
Commerce does. Shame on you, gen
tenlen
Gentlemen. this IL matter of
money. The men who favor this act
are working day and night for Its ..as-
ssg~s Aftfout any thought es. re-
fnnnerAffon Tor themselves Their
compensation consists In the redemp-
sion OF her lost manhood. The men
OPPOSING this enabling act are doing
go because Of the money II means to
their business, A gentleman from
Norfolk said q while ago that II in
yolved four millions of dollars worth
u property. Granted. But l repre-
sent a State Of two million people. ]
am here in behalf Of helpless women
who are victims of this accursed traf-
ssx. e@ha walt wli. night for the buy to
come home and who weep and watch
for ruined husband 10 come to
hoysl called home and have no one to
defend them In their dssolation.
a .tanr raj frsss~ All