The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-29

people Of tho State and desired &c
project 1t from what he termed tbs
nassdirecteSi efforts Of oyezxealous PEG.
pie. he recalled the wonderfully Dit
ter camb,Ai~n uAxed Tor me settle
ment OF tho State debt and declared
that SHOULD Statewide election be
ordered II would produce a condition
Of arairs that would he depioraeie.
Wanted 70 Be LET Atons."
The next speaker tor the vets
hsied frGm Ine .'Iockade &ity. he
RGs taptain Nelson A. patterton. Mne
deciarea mat has Town wanted TO man
ase MS own asAaafs anu Mas ~iiiins
To let other comm 3nltiss exercise toe
same ragnt. ne said that he repre-
scented the best element Of the peo-
Pie Of PETERSBURG. ana had come with
other gentiemen of that city to regis
ter q sotemn protest sxsins, the Las
sage OF the enabling act, He invited
the people present 10 come over and
see Petersburg II they wished TO see
a well managed town. h descrihd
the local option election held In his
city as the gnos; 6isgraceful ever held
there, and he declared that his city
had decided there and then to kill the
matter forever. Hts basic principle
was the sovereignty Of the local peo-
pie, and his principle desire and thas
OF his city was TO be let alone" he
declared that his people had hung
tE.ar n.ads In shame because the tenn
perance folk had actually hsld poiifi-
cal meetings on Sunday.
Mr.. Kelly then stated that he had
understood that the Travellers Pro-
tec,.ve Association had on the pre-
vions night adopted some resolutions
which they would present However
there was 70 representative of that
body present with the resolutions.
Closes Wet csset
Mr.. Kelly then took the fser In
the final enort or behalf of the wet
see. He argued the question with
his usual aoiI;ty. making no departure
OF moment frori his sple argument,
from the wet" viewpoints In ciosins
the hght before the House Committee
Oh II iAise&esr afas Aieet4tafss-
Mr. Kelly declared that the Genera!
Assembly had no risui 10 SHRINK a
-e.-sss&saaa4afsa4 q 4ty Hast III tfse t.+t.isf
tia.-c were an evil and State~ sae
ff-,f.tssttseia- -ffet.-r-F--saess- tire
sen .he oenerai Assembly Vt the state
oasd II 10 itself ana the people to
enact a Statewide prohioitory law.
Before passing tie enabling act The
Legislators must toe SHOWN that not
only we're the eviis complained of ex-
is,ent, kut thai the rsmeay sought
TO pe applied was the best remedy. Tns
burden rested upon the temperance
people, Mr. Kelly declared. to show
these facts. he declared the pss,
cage OF the bin would plunge t..s
State into an election shat would rent
1t asunoer. He denounced the State
wids principle ~ contrary both to til,
letter ano spirit Of the Constitution
and subverslve Of the principles o.
representative 20, eminent
He declared that those backing tn.
measure had eliminated the Senate o.
virginia a. component part OF tn,
legislative authority. and had argues
that the Senate care not decline u
pass the bill for the reason tina. {
large majority Of the House had votet
for II. Mr.. Kelly here appealed ratn
o. more strongly than his wont t.
what might be termed senatorial
pride.
left.h andsd Compliment.
In the course of his remarks MI
Kelly paid MS now time worn left
hahued Compliment to the wniske,
drinkers. declaring that they dram
to drunkenness because they were n
2fGOunt, Hul lIGES hHu SSScuSlAlt
worthless, ana that they would be S
whether they drank wniskey or moi
lie declared II was no longer respecta
BILE to set drunk, and he Was oplimis
tic. declaring that the world wa
getting better all the time.
Ia the course of has speech MIR. kelf
produced tne ImpIes.len wnicn Ae Wa
mol a. pAins 10 correct lnaI II III.
people uia vote on the question the
wouiu Carry The STATE ''aIy, roterfin
to IL an reaeonaoie prescription.
such a law we!e "lst the, ne ASA
oeciaieu, the ASSEMBLY saou.d pas
in Lut. II not. in.n Lie rient sho1i
be dsnied the people to tote upon 1
Mr. he,ly aecihieu that The enaoiin
act wac n referendum pure ana sini
pie. t1e -reau from the nIchmond Viz
ginian an editorial IN when the sen
ate WAS urseu to act because Of tn
stana The mouse had taken and rea
another editorial, on the Whipping
pest DILL, In winch the paper had ufse
the senate tn oefeat a measure VINO
had been adopted py the house.
Mr.. Kelly read extensively from tn
''wet" reference book. Les,ie's eek
IL. and closed with AN appeal to In
committee TO report the measure ad
varseLy.
Mr.. Mcdaniel Speaks.
Rev. Or. George W. a.eDaniel. pas
Tor Of the faist BAPTIST cnufca. wa
then Introduced as The nrst speake
on ths. slos Of the .alys." tie s.arte
out py saying that under exlstin
conditions. WIN the Feoerai law a.
VAS, he was not ~ ardent q State
wider as he E-seSt be. but that n
wanled to see The influence OF Vtr
xtuia .tiIrawHs to-. It.s s.ae ct te;apsf
area. He defended the drunkard VII
had been made the subject of attac
by Mr.. Kelly. He declared that the
were victims Of hsoit which thei
friends desired to aid to break b
removing 30 far as possible the temp
tation TO drink. He cited the Int
John r. Morgan. Poe. Burns and man
others who could by no means b
called worthless. but who were victim
70 the thraldom Of drink. He declar
I cd that the people OF VIRGINIA shout
bA given the right to naSs upon tn
question OF Statewide prohibition 70
themselves and closed with q beauti
full description OF Virginia az q bea,
tiful dark haired maiden who wcsil
be rescued from the serpent of rum
Or. Christians Foresfut Speech.
The next speaker on the program
was Rev. W. Asbury Christian. d. d
who spoke with a force and nre tina
did full justice to his subject. D'
Christian said:
As view this matter there
. single issue Joined which you ar
called upon to decide. The question
Of prohibition. whether II prohibits o.