The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-19
Methodist Conference
Reasserts Demands
on Legislature.
ADOPTS REPORT
ON TEMPERANCE
Emphasizes Fact That Church's
Position Toward Liquor Is One
of incorporating Warfare.
Sale of Liquor at State Fair
Condemned-Appoint-
ments To-Day.
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Lynchburg. Va. November lS-The
order Of the day before the Virginia
Conference of the Methodist Erisco-
mai Church, South. now in session IN
this city, this evening was tue re-
port Of the committee on temperance.
Rev. ]. W. Bledsoe was president pro
tenn of the conference. James Cannon
presented the following report on tenn
perance:
.Your committee is of the opinion
that il is the wisest policy to con-
centrate the thought Of Our people
upon two or three matters. which are
of vital importance to the temperance
cause at the present time. There 10
a great tendency. when we do not WIN
a complete victory. to ignore. or at
least to minimize. the results wnlch
are obtained.
"At the last session of the annual
conference we called upon the Anti
Saloon League of Virginia to press the
battle independent OF facLonal ana
partisan parties to secure Statewide
nrohibition for Virginia The league
instituted ana carried On mos.
energetic campaign. and placed before
the General Assembly of Virginia such
An array of facts and such monster Pc
titions that there would be no question
in the minds Of any impartial persons
that the people Of Virginia oemanHeo
the right to vote upon the question OK
Statewide prohibition The enabling
act was passed by the House OF Dele
gates by a vote of two to one, ana
was defeated in the Senate BY a vote
of sixteen to twenty-four. although IL
was claimed at that time, and Is De-
lieved to be without question at the
present time, that a majority OK the
senatorial districts desired their rep
resena,ives to vote for the enabling
act.
.-rhe vote OF the Senate has not
changed in anywise the fact that
majority OF the people OF Virginia de-
mands the right to vote on Statewide
prohibition. and 1t certainly should not
change the determination of the tenn
peranoe people to secure that right.
Nor should 1t be considered an impos-
ability to secure that right before 1916.
The next General Assembly meets IN
1914, and II the temperance people OF
the State do their full duty and send
up a House of Delegates which VIII
repeat the action Of the House OF Dele
yates in 1912, and If the people VIII
press upon the Senate their demands
for concurrent action. 1t will be dimcult
indeed for the Senate to refuse to con-
cur with the action Of the House CT
DELEGATES coming fresh from the peo-
ple. 1t is the duty Of the hour to re-
asser. with all possible emphasis our
demand that We be given an oppoT-
tunity 10 vote on passage OF State
wide prohibition law"
EsuaI Inportance.
"a matter Of equal Importance 10 the
passage by Congress OF such Iegtsia-
ton as will prevent the shipment OK
intoxicants from vet territory into dry
territory contrary to the wishes Of the
people OF the dry territory. After
ionE-drawn-out battle We have 1T last
been able to obtain from the Commit
tee Of the Judiciary q favorable report
on the bill providing for such leg,sia-
ton. The bill has Seen placed on the
alendar, and December 1e has been
set a. the time for its consideration.
In view Of the fact that the bill has
heretofore been smothered in commit
tee. 1t ID q long step forward 70 Sc