The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-21

of trade building. said Mr.. HoughI
resulted in a meeting at which pian3
were made for the organization of Z
chamber of commerce without thes3
made to induce the board of tradd
to abolish the saloon. but the only
result was the adoption of Il resoluI
ton prohibiting gambling and thu
selling of liquor on Sunday.
Although the business of NorfolA
has been increasing rapidly the menu
bership in the board of trade has del
creased. The chamber of commerc(
was formed with a membership al
1o2 men who guaranteed $61 900 fd
five years. Mr.. Housh spoke n
about ten minutes. told OF the in
creasing interest of the business mel
in the cause of temperance and prol
hibstion. and predicted that with tflj
passage OF the Webb bin in the fn|
creasing support given by businesd
prohibition in Virginia is not far on
Virginia and North Carolina.
ID. FL. Barger, of CfrsstfansburgI
compared the political progress Of
North Carolina with that OF yirginid
to the detriment OF the latter. Carol
lima was governed In the nlneties lpx{
Virginia Is now. he said. but the pol
litical domination Of whiskey had
been broken up. John BArieycor1
kicked out OF the State and the rail-
roads eliminated from politics.
MIR. Barger tntimated that Virginia
is as bad or as was the North Stats
and as a result Virginia is behind
North Carolina in more ways than
one.
Senate Oiigarchy.
j. e. Cooper, of Winchester, tho
leader of the dry forces In the recenI
election which was won by them. disI
cusssd the defeat of the enabling acj
by In oligarchy in the senate, and
demanded to know if the voters 81
Virginia are the wards OF the Stat(
legislature" His address greasij
pleased the convention. and a motioI
to have 1t printed in full In the nersI
papers was put and adopted
B. e. Moomaw, of Allegheny. urged
the citizens of dry localities n,ssrcpl
resented by wet senators. to get th(
sentiment of their communities OF,
paper. and 1t would be effective with
these senators. He agreed with Honj
most of them, would vote accordinA
to what they believed to be the sentil
ment Of their constituents. He gav<
as example the senator from his dis}
trict who had demanded petitien1
from forty per cent of the voters
we got Them" said Mr. MoomawI
and he voted for the enabling actI
You can do the same thing,
Campaign on Students.
Il
the college students lis being conf
Quoted by the brewers and whiskey
distillers of the country" was tha
declaration of J. p. Mcconnell. prest{
dent of Emory and Henry college I'D
said that books are sent to eolfegef
free by brewers. and these INTEREST,"
In the liquor traffic. and these are ae{
cepted by the librarians without ques{
ton usually. These books defend th}
use of alcohol. and teach that ID had
no bad effect on the system. He said
that the presence of these books had
been discovered by him In Emory and
Henry college library. church
school. and on investigation he found
that they had been donated
Following DIR. McConneifs address
which was on the subject of the re
sponsibilities of the schools and col.
leges toward the liquor problem,
resolution was adopted. on motion al
DR. Cannon. instructing the executive
committee TO be instructed to reques
the authorities of our schools aud
colleges to give such prominence N
the study of the effect of the iiuuos
traffic upon individual and social lffe
as its great Importance demands
Colonel ]. ID. Johnston, Roanoke
league superintendent. thought that
the matter should be in the hands al
a special committee, as ii was of great
importance, and what is everybody,s
business is nobody's business. DR.
Cannon thought the executive com.
mittee the proper body to undertake
the work. Colonel Johnston insisted
upon his amendment, saying thai
there was no need for sensitiveness ~
authority upon the part of DR.. CAM
non. who denied that any such sen
sitiveness existed. but held that IND
executive committee could better Id
the work. Colonel Johnstons amendl
ment was lost and the original reso
luton then adopted.