The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-11
'DR. SAN SHALL At
FREDERICKSBURG
DELIVERS SMASHING ASSAULT ON
ADVOCATES OF THE LIQUOR
INTERESTS.
STU ALTON
MAKES MAsTTRLY PRESENTATION
OF CONDITIONS EXISTING IN
THAT STATT-REFCIEs THE
"wTTe, LEADERS CLAIMS.

Especial to Tbs Richmond y!rSinian.)
Fredericksburg, Va, Sept l0.-~-Rev.
Sam Small made smashing assault
upon tha saloon forces here tonight To
an intensely interested audience. He
had his facts thoroughly marsl1aita
and fired them with his Well known
directness and energy.
Some OF the most decided hits that
he made were landed upon the Tecen.
letter irsded by Colonel St c. gorge
Fitzhugn. OF this city. and widely cir
culated by the hQuorite league in
Richmond.
Colonel F9tzhugh's letter" said DR..
Small, is fully as amusing as 1t is
amazing. He certainly Is well advised
that his opinions in favor of the free
and unlimited coinage CT liquor
licenses at any old ratio available is
greatly ovsreStlTnated. Later on.
about Septam Der 20. for instance. he
will find that they have been double
discounted and thrown into the dis
card By the great electorate of Fir-
GINA His opinions coincide too
ideutiealIy with those voiced by the
accredited liquor papers aqd liquor
orators CO the Union for the past forty
years to have effect by reason OF
novelty or logic.
1T ought 10 bring tears TO our eyes
10 see the dear man 'shuader1nE, as
he says he does. over the disastrous
consequences Of Statewide prohibition,
and vet not turnips q hair or hear -nss
q groan over the we'll known dis
astrous consequences that are flowing
daily and hourly from the present
liquor license eystsfn of the State.
Really, he has reserved his shudders
until tee late date 70 make them
Impressive or eartNSEslakfng.
Heart-Sttrring Procession.
Also his heart is moved within him
because of the emotional elements
mixed up ia this Campaign. But
what my friends. is rsors calculated
TO stir up strong emotions in red
hloodeA rnen ana vx<m.hsarted we
men than the constant procession OF
erankards, woe-rlddsn women, de-
spoiled children, confirmed criminals,
hopeless insane and helpless raupers
that are being created Gay by day by
The State licensed and State partner
shipped saloons of Virginia One
would need to BE- as caiious as
Bash! E&zouk and Sc void Of human
sympathy 50 an oyster not TO 90
emotionaily excited by tho dismal
bloody ard disastrous trail Of INC
saloon serp~rts over all the fairess
pictures Of Virginia life and cfviliza-
iicn. Wa plead guilty to sach emo
end the hcastly ceaiaa of them al.
About tie Paid Orators.
..fv DEAR friend Colonel Fit.hugh.
liz much disturbed by men whom he
SUSPECTS are imported from other states
and raid to speak for Statewide PRO-
hibttton. That certainly In psinfol
contemplation. / car we'll imagine 10
the genial and generous volunteers
who are enlisted ard sighting all over
the map OF Virginia, with vocifereas
boasts of the mighty campaign tond
we have got to carry this eiectionF But
a. ami one of the speakers from
smother Stats have A fair ana square
proposition on the paid crater l'hs 10
make to the liouorites.
'Tf they WIFI come witch me-Fann'e
OwenA Pleasant Holt, Ecdte Hirscn
ana half a dozen others, can name
and make oath before court rs 10
exactly how much they are being paid
and by whom, TO put up th-s-idnor
hight In v.rrfeia. 7 will swear truth
fully how much SRI being paid end
by whom 10 fight against tnem now
let them come up. or shut up
'T will also include the true re-
cord of where our little campaign fund
comes from ard from whom II they
will rweas 10 the size of their barrel
srd who put the money into it, | dare
them to the test.
Fsiiare 81 Prohibition.
Tho gallant gentleman repeats the
old tune that prohibition IA a failure
a. demonstrated faiiure! But who did
the demonstrating Not tho peonie OF
Maine, or Kansas. or Georgia. or North
Dakota, or North Carolina. The demon
stYators in every case have been the
hired scouts of the Hdpor WafRc who
have gone to those States testifying
that the lawless are stiif breaking the
laws Certainly thsy are--ail of them
that haven't been caught and sent TO
the penitentiaries'
Tut whore are those alleged 'nfteen
States that have tried prohibition and
repudsatsd Il - vicious and futllaT
dem and the names ana defy this proof
Of that assertion History tails the
truth about those eta&es- and the
saiqucrites fnlsify that history In the
most outrageous fashion. Nearly all
the States that represent prohibition
did so under the stress OF civil. war
in order to raise money to squip troops
70 como down into Virginia and Gsor-
gia and fight to exhaustion the armies
that followed Robert y. Lee and made
immortal history behind Joseph r.
.fohnstont
Tho Alabama Fake
''Somebeay has buncoed our gallant
colonel They have caused hirn to - y
cf Alabama and prohibition that she
became Disguised with 1t after slx
years Of trial and went back to locsi
option r. thie ysars Aa1A. 1hst stats-