The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-23
allowing the people to initiate an cleo
ton on the subject.
ContcnIh Wore Known.


Coming 10 the quesnon OF deception
pursued Judge n.!Ams, the Stroue
bIll OF TWO years ago Way wiueiy print.
ed anu Distributed. Inc Joruun Dali
was III the main copy. The Strode'
Ayers measure mac permitted the SAFE
OF liquor III urug stvres on physicians
prescriptions, winch he mad re-
tusuu 10 inuorse. .>uw. this nad been
changed 50 that the Legislature may
maze tho laws tn govern. so he
Inougnt II UNJUST TO argue ueceiL
I1e SAID that IL the rients OIL Inc In
uiyIuuai are not 10 ue iutcriered with.
Congress nuo no risut ~ pass "A law
pron.uIung polySuriy IN UtaA
ave are on lue point. nc concluded.
"of arouslng Sleoping ilun. Inc
people want the. Gou-sIsen riBnt to
voLo 10 put out OF Ine olate what tney
nones,y Deneve TO De menace 10
society, ana To the social ans. moral
couuitIons OF virginia
Mutual rhpinnntions.
On question oil pcrSunui privilege,
.dr. OiIyer objected 10 Deing imputca
with onerng amendments 10 hlii the
bill. Juusc MliIlams taid he wouio
be incapauie OF iniputing any but the
puresl designs to Air. OIiver, ana when
nr. White sad he wound vote Tor tnS
measure We're ms amendments adopted
Juuge Williams referred the same re
marx TO MIN.
Captain ". W. Baker, of Chester
fieIu, SAID that " men an enort was made
the second TIME TO take up the bill our
OF its oruer. he had voted aye. but
said ut the same moment tnat he would
oppose tue measure on its passa 60
W men Intercepted wmie canciuate
he had dccnncu TO pleuge his vote un-
til he had examined the question But
he mas now evidence that the people
of Chesterfield want to vote on the
question, and DO would therefore vote
aye"
Steam Roller at Work.
1t was agreed that the amendments
be taken up in order. and that the pa
irons should be given one minute on
each. The Hugh a. White amendment.
permitting prohibition only when the
Legislature shall have passed the ne
cessary law, came first. and Mr.. White
, said ii WAS offered to make the bill
constitutional. and so that the General
Assembly might get the voice. OF the
people. a roll call was demanded. and
resulted s follows:
Ayes-Banks. Bell. Borden, Burt
Challley. Christian, Coleman, of Nor.
folk; Cox, Curtis. Daniel, Fulton. Gil
liam, Grant, HARDWOOD, Houston, Hover.
ton, Kemper, Land, Milstead. Moncure
Montague. Old, oliver. Parker. Peck
Roberts. OF Mecklenburg: rutherford
Spessard, Sutphin. Tempieton, Taylor,
Terrell. Ntz. Watts, Webb. White. OF
Rockbridge: Wise and Wissler-3S.
Noes-Anderson, Balm, Baker. OF
Chesterfield. Bargamin. Bowman, Brew
er, Brown. OF Danville; Buck. Coleman.
OF Spotsylvania: Dreamer. Earman,
Evans. Fitzhugh. Gregory, Harvey
1vey, jennings. Jordan, Kent. Kinsey
Love. Lunsford. Malbon. Martin, Massie
Mcetze, Moore, Moseley, Mustard. Nor
ris. Page, Dadford. Rakes, Rev, Ro-
berts. of Washington; Robertson. Rolls :
ton, Rev, Smith. Stebbins, Stephenson,
OF Bath; Stephenson. of James City:
Stratton, Tate. Throckmorton. Tiffany.
Walton, Weaver. White. of Albemarle.
Willeroy Williams and the Speaker-62.
Pairs-Mr. Land with Mr.. Brown, OF
Westmoreland; Mr.. Richardson with
Mr. Tabb.
The White amendments to cut out
the sections regarding the effect of tho
election were lost.
All Are Defeated.
without division. the Montague
amendment providing that there should
be no other election on this subject for
| four years. was rejected. Then ensued
the vote on the amendment regarding
the number OF petitioners. which re.
| suited in the alteration between Mr.
Montague and the Speaker. This waa
| Lost by SO 10 "a.
Alden Bell OF Culpepcr had an
amendment that three eighths of tho
vote at the preceding State election. in.
stead OF one fourth. should be required
on the petition. Only one-fourth
selected from the particular election
| OF 1900 would. he said. be manifestly
unfair. Tho three-eighths In that
election would be about equal to one
fourth in presidential contest. II
was lost, 50 to 49,
Another amendment by Mr.. Bell pro-
viding that the election should be held
on the November election day of this
year met the same fate-,S1 to IS.
| All others wera losf--that of Mr.