The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-20

shipped in from other stat, rbo 10
answer TO that Will pe that V,rpinin
~ YIN uecido for herself what sho viii
cen n.a Interstate shipments. she
sether. She can forbid them f. ~.
tau sections. and for certain ,,,,., ~
ano she can admit ynem for cnrt,,;s
~ poses. She can pass u law giving
~ a.n county, town Oh, city the rirlt
mr. win III wnether twill prohibit IL
-, ~ hermit 1t, or Will permit I'M az
s .,,'i, shipments of intoxicanta =,
e,oip shc can pass any I.n -;
p ,,i,,, concerning tho lIouo, tr,a.
mitnout any question as to tho aSra
OF the law. upon The action
1.-THE Webb law stands wc ,,
uured our charter OF rivh,a w.. sc
e traffic. And VIC shall hsvo
,ucc inc question square1v. wi, "
measure measure up to the rcsponsibi,ity ~ wv, we
on upon us by this charter,
should stress at this pro.. ear we
, , great question:: Shall tho p pne,un
rave the Right to Vote nm IL eopIc
.ou Vi inc Licensing the Sale oc ~
ni,,o All othcr Issues arc ar
;...,. Importance conpared with t,is
issue. The various pleas ,nada .n,s
prohibition which have bcen asaihst
IN this report cannot be a1Io,',o,,
peciond this issue. The nonn, W
competent TO weigh all of tbo.o arg
,, ~ rs their right to decide tn
Vi delegates has agreed with
this position. The Senate b,s WIN
this right. What should hc tho ae. .i'
OF this convention? We sbou,d ~,
clare positively our belief I'm the 49,.
of the people 'o r'shtS
we should call upon the voter, or
r. 10 eject to the position OF
Governor of Virginia a man VII ~,
,,f
the people to vote on this o,,a.ti'.s
ana TO elect 4 House of Delepates 49,
posed of men who will vote IN a.
passage of bill similar 10 tho Jo,dn',
pi'i. IN order to determine tho nosj'
ZION OF tho candidates for co,1
and members OF tic House of rn, iUi
TIE voters should :isle for ;, do6'.,.
''a'c!ncht OF tho position on ri, &,
sue separating IL from all othar -.
''o'ie' 40 mat II may stand upon n.
pNn merits without the possibility ~
H., SUnip''ca'cd with any other ouos
.,or> we must press for u verdict rr1,,
'"e people on this one issue. We me-,
make this tho issue of every os.ou,h1
uiat!'ct' ana must pile UP a. inaiori,.
~ uiis way. which viii indicate VIA.
.nc! INC people approve of tho action
no, iouse IN passing an enabling
Az or OF The action OF tho Ser,to a.,
rejecting 1t. There are Ypanv 80
matters OF law enforcement to.;.,.'
uoh which are important, but ION,
committee has thought ii wise in thir
10 stress only the one thought
namely. DO the people of Cirstn,e
prove OF the action OF tha Ss APP
Virginia IN Its defeat of the en,h,t.
ACT believing that all minor Ia.,,n
~ "s properly left To our conventIo,,
IL, Scaf, we must elect a dr.,
10 81 oeicgatea We must cndcavor
70 secure an election Of dry neu -
IF
ehneaNored 10 line tho House ~, n,u'
.ne senate III the refusal IN III,
~ people The right TO vote uno, ~
i'cons'ng OF Intoxicating LIQUOR no
adoption: 'u'ion Tor
~, Iha, we. the representative. of
we great mass OF the tc,npcrnn,s, 80 -
pi OF Virginia in convention ,a. pYo
cN'chd our hearty thanltg Ia ,hn..,
Der OF the House of pelep,tc. 80
% 'ie senate OF Virginia who voted To-
INC passage OF the enabling act az ~.
1aia OF the General Assembly or
~ We greatly deplore the action .,
tnose members OF the Scu,,c ~ w..
Eihia and OF the House OF DeIcys,a.
WHO voted against the passage ~ ~
ehaoiing act. We do not hoIjcyo 80
IN taxing this action they ronrcson,ai
~ "'snes OF the majority OF the Noe
III. IEIi'a and We respectfully but
htinly insist that the pconle have -
right to settle this great nucstio, ~,
p"''a entirely apart from any otbe,
fu'A'ioii' ana we urge those Senator,
80 rotcu against the passage of tha
ehaoiihS act 10 reconsider their nosi
49, cru 10 vote Tor this measure at
in 1914 assembly
. we request all those cltigena or
virginia who favor tho passage ~ III.
EHaolihS act to use their influence tn
the nomination and election of
such persons for Governor. Lieutcn,nf
,oNerhor and for members of the
General Assembly OF 1914 as viii f.y'
ana Work for the passage Of such an
ACT. Ana we further urge that IN
uIFloual voters inform themselves fully
as 10 the position OF all candidates fnr
saio oihccs by writing personal letters
~ such candidates asking whether ir
i'oihi mated and elected, to the Offices
LOT wh'ch they are candidates they will
,anor ana work for the passage OF said
Dill. And we would impress upon
voters OF the State that il will be
'iipossipic TO procure the passage of
an enabling act unless men favorinr
such Dill are sent TO tho General AS
semDly, and unless Governor is elect
co VINO VIII sign the bill after IL js
passed And we furthermore urge upon
our friends who reside in the districts
OF those Senator's who voted against
me enabling act the great Importance
OF iinpressing upon those Senators
their great desire that they do vote
for such a bill at the session Of the
General Assembly in 1914.
j. That we greatly rejoice at tho
passage Of tho Webb bill by the Con-
Brcss of the United States by such
large majorities in both houses, and
we hereby extend our hearty thanks
to our Senators and Representatives
in Congress for the support which they
gave 10 this bill.
.. That we respectfully petition
President William X. Taft to sign tho
Webb bill, and the secretary of this
is hereby requested to con-
vey this request to President Tart Inv
telegram at once.
JAMES CANNON, JR..
-. i. RICHARDSON