The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-20


permit it,, or viii permit Interstate
shipments Of intoxicants Ia snort.
she can pass any law she pleases con~ g
corning the liquor traffic, without any
question as tn the effect of Interstate
shipments upon the action Of the
law.
If the Webb law stands we have
secured our charter of rights az to
the liquor traffic. And WE shall have
to face the question squarely. VIII Z
we measure up to the responsibility
conferred upon us by this charter Z"
Our present duty is clear, We
should stress at this great convention
the great question; "Shau the People
Have the Right 10 Vote on the eL11ess~
ton of the Licensing the Sale OF In
toXicants?" All other issues are OF
minor importance compared with this
issue. The various pleas made against
prohibition which have been examined
In this report cannot be allowed to
becloud this issue. The people are
competent to weigh all of these argn-
ments. 1t is their right to decide, The
house al delegates has agreed with
this position. The senate has denied
this right. What should be the action
Of this convention? We should de-
clare positively our belief In the rights
Fof the people. We should call upon
the voters Of Virginia TO elect to the
position Of governor cf Virginia
(
an act enabling the people to vote on
this question. and to elect a house OF
delegates composed of men who Will
vote for the passage 81 a bin similar
to the Jordan bill. In order TO de-
termine the position Of the candidates
/ for governor and members Of the
house of delegates the voters should
ask for q definite statement of the
| position on this issue separating it
/ from all other questions. 80 that it
may stand upon its own merits with
/ out the possibility Of being coYuplf-
Gated with any other question. We
must press for "A verdict from the peo-
/ pie on this one issue. We must make
/ this the issue in every assembly dis
trict, and must pile up a majority in
this way. which win indicate whether
| the people approve Of the action of the
! house in passing the ending aef or
/ of the action Of the senate in rejecting
! IL. There are many other matters OF
/ law enforcement legislation, which are
important. but your committee has
thought it wise in this report to stress
only the one thought--namely. do
the people Of Virginia approve Of the
action of the senate of Virginia in
its defeat of the enabling act?" Be-
lieving that all minor issues can be
properly left TO our convention next
year. We must elect a dry house
of delegates. We must cndeaver to
secure the election of dry" men to-
take the place of the wet men, who
endeavored to line the house up with
the senate in the refusal to give TO
the people the right to vote upon the
licensing of intoxicating liquor
Resolutions Adopted.
/ We offer the following resolution for
adoption:
/ /. That we the representatives of
the great mass of the temperance peo-
pie OF Virginia in convention as
sembied entend our hearty thanks to
those members Of the house of dele
gates and OF the senate of Virginia who
void for the passage of the enabling
act at the session of the General AS
sembly of 1919. w.
.. We greatly depfore the action OF
those members of the senate Of vir-
glnla and of the house of delegates
who voted against the passage OF the
enabling act. We do not believe that
in taking this action they represented
the wishes of the majority of the peo-
pie OF Virginia and we respectfully bur
firmly insist that the people have the
right TO settle this great question at
the polls entirely apart from any other
question, and We urge those senator's
who voted against the passage Of the
enabling act to reconsider their posi-
ton and TO vote for this measure at
the session of the general Assem- bly, In
E1914
g. We request all those citizens Of
enabling act to use their influence to
secure the nomination and election OF
such persons for governor. lieutenant-
governor and for members Of tina
house of delegates of Virginia for the
general aSse4 ably of 1914 as will favor
ana work for the passage of such an
act. And We further urge that In
dividual voters inform themselves fully
as to the position OF all candidates for
said offices by writing personal letters
1ETa - l.
nominated and elected to the offices
Tor which they are candidates they will
FAVOR and work for the passage of said
blHt And we would impress upyn
voters OF the State that il will be inn
possible to procure the passage of an
J enabling act unless men favoring such
bill are sent to the general assembly,
and unle SO q governor is elected who
viii sign the bin after 1t is passed And
, we Furthermore urge upon our friends
who reside in the districts of those
senators who voted against the en-
ahHng act the great importance of i'm
pressing upon those senators their
|, great desire that they do vote for such
"A bill at the session. OF the general
assembly in 1914.
/ 4, That we greatly rejoice at thA
passage Of the Webb bill by the con-
, gress of the United States by such
: large majorities IN both houses and
( we hereby extend our hearty thanks
To our senators and representatives la.
congress for the support which they
gaye 10 this bill.
.. That we respectfully petition
President William Il. Taft TO sign the
Webb bill, and the secretary of this
convention is hereby requested to con-
Yey this request to President Taft by
telegram at once,
JAMES CA%HsON. JR.,
II. j. RICHARDSON,
]. ID. McALISTER
THOS. NHTTEH
DAVID HEPBURN. &
y. s. BARBOUR,
w. II. VINCENT
j. w. HOUGH,
Legislation Committee OF the Anti-
Saloon League of Virginia.
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