The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-21

period.
No individual Liberty.
Then we hear the timewOrn anG
.threadbare argument about individ-
ual liberty--that 1t is good old Demo
cratic doctrine. Good old Democratic
humbug' tApplause) II the Demo
/ cratic party were otie to this doc
trine and apply 1t az these gentle
men apply IT. IL would wreck the
I Democratic party In less than twelve
months. much greater applause.)
I'VE are told that we cannot leg
isiate morality into people. No you
can't. That isn't what we are trying
Ia do. We are trying to free ourselves
Z from Tho reproach Of affording faciit-
ties for immortality To the people o.
Virginia Tremendous applause)
That is the question, IT isn't qIes
ton of how much liquor any one
drinks bat what We arc going to say
on the END is that the state or Ntr-
cirja win no longer afford facilities
and opportunities for the saloon To
do business. We have made the sa
lonu an institution of the State OF
virginia 70 furnish facilities to our
bows to destroy themselves, and we
also are furnishing the penitentIaries
and asyums and hospitals 10 lncar :
cerate them after they have done 1t.
IT is n State institution and what we
shall continue to be State tnstitu-
ton | have no doubt as to the YER
diet This was the most roundly
appiauded part Of the address.)
mot only do they not want local
on.fon. hut I'm the final analysis they
don't want individual liberty 1 see
that a number of citizens of this city
have signed their names to a paper
talking about individual liberty. There
isn't a man of them who believes IN
the individual liberty to drink liquor
There is not a man, who, II he were
10 employ even a janltor tomorrow
would ask as his first question 10
vou drink The chances are ninety
nine 10 100 that II he answered yes
he would not be employed for any
considerations And yet these men
who wouldn't employ drinking man,
aud not one of whom would couh-
tenance drinking by one of Their I'M +
portant business attaches, are gong
to The polls and vote no afford ahat
.fanitor and those atJacnees ample
facilities and opportunities to get
drunk fGreat APPLAUSE
And then IT will Increase taxes.
Suppose it does" continued mr., tiass
with great pathos and effect, % the
nitv ! have for men with property,
Who -hv diligence and Thrift have been
able to accumulate some OF those
things that make wealth, who would
not he willing to give some OF tnose
things TO save the boys or F,rRlhia
fr,yfu rain. r se utterly reprehehSl-
hla nature of considering his great
,rohlem on such a plane. why NOT
pursue II to it's logical conclusion ano
license all sorts Of immorahty!
Virginia il in such dire need or rev.
enue why not license gambling and
all the other evils?
Tcmpt Not the Boys.
II 1et rs look at this thing from a
common sense view, Who ever hearu
Of a bov OF eighteen or nineteen or
twenty going out In the highways ana
bvways seeking a drink of llquorE u
isn,t n natural habit, it's an acqulr-
I'd taste. and If we remove It from the
vnntb Of this state and this country
for II Ia coming great applause -
there isn't any probability that our
},ovs will seek it, Our boys don't seek
tbe saloon, the saloonkeeper seeks ths
how. OF course he don't go out anu
drag him in by force; he entices the
hoSy in and | am not in favor OF let
ING him be here to entice him. CAP
plause.) ,rn..
"A Republican member OF coneress
sror, Maine is a member of the com
,nittee Of which I am chairman
went to him In confidence recently ano
asked him If prohibition was eHecti.e
ia Maine. because the issue was up "
W.. state and | wanted the facts. He
looked at me with astonisnmeht anu
said. Does 1t prohibit? Why, yes
) ia that extent that it is considered
disgraceful for a man TO be seen ~
:, tinsv state, because 1t is evidence
. that he has violated the law. The agi-
4ation and adoption of the cohstltu-
tional amendment has made aitogeth'
~
II notice one OF the papers III w
vfnia that has been advocating 'he
omen saloon said that the cause OF the
democratic victory in Maine was that
the Democratic party stood Tor 1oca'
opt{on In that state. There is pu'
one Democratic congressman AT WASH :
ineton from Maine He asked me 10
go into his district and help MIN N
the campaign. butt could not get on
"a do SO when he came back to
Washington with an Overwhelming
majority and I went to congratulate
him, did he tell me whiskey mad
elected him? I expressed regret that
could not help him and he said Mr'
Glass, you have helped me. the cur
rency bill and the administration OF
woodrow Wilson carried the state OF
Maine. "a great round OF applause')
He didn't say anything about whis-
key.
As to Taxation.
but to get back to taxation. They
say 1t will impose a tax OF $TOo0oo
on the State. suppose 1t does!
would rather the State of Virginia
would collect that amount first hand
from her citizens than second hand
from the liquor traffic. applause
We who are in favor of expelling the
saloon are not afraid of higher taxes
Only those who are apologizing FOR
the saloon are disturbed, and IL the
traffic puts seven hundred thousand
in the treasury alone, in heavens name
how much is spent In guzzling the
vile stuff and making people fools
prolonged applause.) Therefore II II
means an, increase in taxes. let's have
IL. We who favor 1t will be willing
to pay and those who have been
spending money for it will have more
TO spare 1t won't increase, II Will
tighten their burden. They won't be
able to get so much liquor and viii
have a surplus after paying taxes.
Those best informed tell us that
there will be no increase. but the
pity Of such an argument, putting dol
lars in the scale against humanity
Look at the spectacle across the wa
ter I have no doubt the heroic king
of Belgium. contemplating the destruc-
ton OF war might have said: "If we