The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-19
'CHAl0NER RAPS
LOCAL Washers
Ruffians, He Says in Address,
Who Deserve Bullet in Knee
cap or Hip Joint.
ROASTS LEGISLATURE, TOO
Speaker Late at Meeting Because
His Chauffeur First Went
on Joy Ride.
BOASTS LEGISLATURE, TOO

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| on Joy Ride.
! Fierce denuncia:ion OF the Broad
Street mashers--"rascals. humans. PAL
| troons, unshot-up and unhuhs, "no
make sport and pastime OF insuit-
inc u,,,e GIRLS the
! address OF John Armstrong Chaloner
AT Thompson's Hall last night. Recent
axnosures in Richmond stirred Ar.
, chaloner's Indignation, and he strong
| Nv advocated raising the age o CON
| sent SO that the children OF virginia
"oigb, have at least as much protec.
.ion as those in wicked New YORK.
where the statutory age Is sixteen
The LEGISLATURE came in for It's Iuii
share of criticism for not passing the
proposed legislation raising the con-
sent age at the last session. In CON
/ clusion, Mr.. Chaloner made the to'-
lowing point:
The Legislature and Governor:
"Supposing the Author OF paraoies
came TO Richmond He would say !:
What terrible thing is this / hear OF
Richmond the home Of Marshall. the
lsxpounder Of the Constitution"
| II would say: The General Assembly
| had an opportunity to pass law rais-
! ing the age Of consent and did not. IL
was not a measure In which the poH-
| ticians were Interested
| And He would say: Has NOT the
! Governor of this state the right TO
call a special session OF the Legisla-
ture?'
| "And I would reply: 4 understand
! So
He would ask: rs not the Governor
a Christian man.
! 81 would reply: Y understand he IS,
very much So Ladies and gentlemen,
that is all have 20 say tonight
Changes Meeting Might.
Mr. Chaloner announced that in fu-
ture the semi-monthly meetings VIII
| be held Thursday nights instead OF
| Wednesdays, so that ministers may
| have an opportunity to attend aho
preach six times month instead Oh
| four. And If they don't like the pro-
ceedings they can retire"
| The speaker was half an hour late,
the chauffeur Of the tax!cab he ordered
having. he explained. gone on a JOY
| ride with his girl"
In the beginning Mr.. Chaloner MADE
IL plain that he is not straitlaced- Per
! sonaily. ne said, he OF necessity al
stains from wine and beer. even from
tea and buttermilk, vegetables and
meats. living only On dry bread and
| water. But he asserted, Il am OPP
posed to prohibition and favor local
option. I favor segregation and con-
troll of the social evil" Having an
nounced this, he thought he had said
enough to tring down upon his head
the anathemas OF many pulpita but
for the criticism OF the straitlaced he
cared nothing.
| Became Disabused
Next he told OF his gradual olsen
chantment with human nature. Early
in life he had been impressed with TWO
sayings-that OF jeremiah: THE heart
Of man is deceitful above all things,
and desperately wicked" and that OF
Vo,.aire: 1.-THE more l understand men
the more 1 admire dogs" He differed
from these writers for years, having
faith In his fellows. But, continued
Mr. ChaIoner. ne went into business in
1892 and had occasion to deal with a
certain railroad president. who fatty
broke a direct business contract. A
! suit resulted. but was not pushed be-
cause Mr.. Chaloner was put into
Bloomingdale through concerted per
Jury Further, as his excheQuer fell
his friends fell, too. So at last ne came
to the conclusion that Jeremiah and
voItaire were right-"present company
always excepted" All these things,
proceeded the speaker. showed that he
was not afraid to say what he thought.
Then he discussed the Richmond sit
uation.
Need ProteetiOn Of Law.
These dogs that roam Broad Street
! have the fear Of death and tho peniten-
iary in their hearts," he said They
could not get their SIS a week Jobs
back II they should 60 to prison
/ When we can get the Legislature "a
care as much for protecting girls as
i for the oyster industry we can have
| an end to this work Of the sons OF hell
the spawns Of the devil. consider
these white rufiiians inferior to the
biggest. BLACKLIST negro that ever oper-
ated in any State. A Richmond man
said to me that IL his daughter was
taken out automobile riding and
brought back at l o'clock there would
be no question as to the size OF the
bail bond, for there would be nobody
to BAIL
l Mr.. Chaloner advised sho ,t.ng the
ruffians in the kneecap OF hip joint
not to shoot to kill, but to MAIN. He
cffsred to buy a pistol and box Of cart
ridges for any widow in INDECENT cir
cumstances with a daughter to be pro-
tected.
1 The press Of America. according Il
Mr.. ChaIoner, Is haIf-baked and Hit
crate. He ventured the assertion that
the Portuguese press could give the
American papers cards and spades and
a licking in any score above adver-
Using rates. His grievance against the
press is its tendency to braS and 70
pat the public on the back instead o.
exposing the truth.
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