The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-23
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senators think, but cen .hey get
away with it,"
There Il na dc4ht that thu first uArt
Will work out according tu program.
The rider" Will dcfeat ibe enabling
AGA az il viii no reported hst MAS;
does -ot mean that there VIII iH eb
enabling act PASSED. The 'i,
claim that they have enough votes fs
k;N ihe amendment nut .hey a. #
hesitate Sc sag nat. Il they canr
they @.ll fHf Tp'e a. pass the senate
committee +.''e hIl Joker and al
FAeE VIII pass the .tt; without
she R,y.eus- -. az tloy Will have no
act a. AL stacu.ng their triumph
ter two yeats. ana in the meantime
carrying the aght straight into rhe
oalltwielSE Ct the members ~ tha COM
mifee aTld explaining 20 the people
inst what happened
Fhis In rho present plar ~ the
leaders ~ the senate fuau ~ commits
tee. Fear Of them are tie KIDD %
death with it, Another apparent"
has doubts, tgt - willing to try H.
Maybe they won't change their minds
and, then, maybe, after sleeping
ever It every night hctwe@1 now and
January 4ta, they Will
NcAliister says No.
Secretary McAltster said yesterday
afternoon that he had heard nothing
concerning thu new proposaly, and that
ne did net believe tbat such a bin would
ever reaeb the people lie WAS positive
that the measure IT. introduced. would
meet speedy defeat ir either or both
houses Of the legislature and that Gov
ernor stuart would refuse 90 slgu Il
should II pass
The movement "a get such a bill
Through Is similar to one made four
years age and is an attempt On the part
of the iquor forces to prevent the en-
Aiding act coming before the people
by appendiug the increased taxation
clause. II is well known that the elimi-
nation Of liquor In the State does not
II I = -
should Virginia do such thing IL via
pe the irst time on record
Cor the many states now dry and the
91s towns and cities Of Virginia which
have voted liauor opt not a single one
has found it Necessary to increase the
TAX rate. The statement made by
Auditor Moore In his report 10 suffi-
eient guarantee lu.4 Virginia can well
do without the revenue from the liquor
traffic The auditor showed that al
though it was never intended that the
treasury of The State should contain
a great surplus, such Is the case, that
The work Of the state might be done
with the liquor revenues entirely clint
mated or that by increasing the rate
five cents on the hundred the same sur
plus might be realized.
Absurd. He Says.
THE idea Of raising IL ten cents
liz absurd and is mere bug boo to
Brighten those " no might not be able
to see through the plans plainly II If
in there fer the sake Of argument and
an argument which no thinking man
would for the moment consider. The
enabling act / am confident win be
passed. II not this year then at the
next session of the Legislature and
il will so through without any such
amendment as these people propose"
In speaking of the chances for the
passage of the bill by the present gen.
oral assembly. Secretary McAIistcr said
that there WAS 10 question in the world
Of favorable action by the house. The
light will come In the senate as in
commonly known, and the result is
expected TO be uncertain until the
very vote la taken. lie is OF the opin-
ION that the sixteen members who voted
Tor the bill two years ago viii again
do so and states that the four required
10 tic the vote may be forthcoming
There are more than this number who
are uncertain. bat. who. may cast their
vote for the measure Should IA tie
be registered Lieutenant Governor Ell
Tyson w4u swing things FOR the "drys"
as he has already gone on record in
"a statement TO that effect
Many letters are being sent out at
the present time 70 men throughout
the state well 1T 20 tho various
legislators reminding them OF the ap-
proanh of the meeting of the general
assembly and asking them to use their
influence TO a.d in the work Of passing
he enabling act.
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