The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-07
Never Has Such Fight Been Carried On Before
Legislature as That Now Pressed By
Representatives of Liquor.
MEN PROMINENT in
TRAFFIC ARE BUSY
Hesitating at Nothing, Even Working in the Hope
That Amendments Stricken in Conference
May be Replaced Liquor Lobby Goes
To Extreme Lengths.

Blatanty open in their Vaccinations gathered around
the capitol like vutures seeking the liquor lobby worked
before when the enabling act referred back TO the
house of delegates for
In the halls the gallery the floor everywhere they
nefarious trade
Never before in the history of the Virginia general as
semb has such lobby gathered has been the city since
the beginning of this fight against the demon rum
Even the Oldest members declare that they had never VIII
messed such open and fragrant plying OF the trade OF TINS
lobby hand working day and night their efforts to
pursuad browbea threaten members OF the general as
semb to defeat the enabling act Fighting like stag at pay
which the sucking of life blood from the
Virginia citizens and the runaton Of the gen
Grafton, they hesitate at nothing.
On all sides could be seen lawyers officials Of liquor
pane and former members Of the house of dele
gates all trying deny people right express their
sentiments on wether whskey should prevail or not
said that before the enabling act passed the senate some OF
the doubtful members guarded day and night that they
raed the senate chamber and when they left their
seat only to be surrounded and harangued until life was
a burden.
Meet With Disappointment.
Yesterday the halls crowded with prominent IN
liquor traffic they made little bones about stopping
bill 1t known that of the amendments tackled on BY
the would be rejected and if this DONE the
lobby hand to that others stuck their places
disappointed for under the rules of the house
amendments be offered at this stage OF the game
The members of the house of delegates have to the
general assembly practically instructed to the enabling
originally drawn and they have kept the faith
that it back harried and chopped until its
author would hardly recognize it freely stated that it wilt
and all the efforts of the whskey lobby and all their lavish
display of money will not prevail.
the floor of the house. conspicuous for his interest
the bill esner who made such strenuous fight
the bill in the and whose noticeable vote
the offered helped to load down the
and subsequent for the passage of the bill caused
much amusement.
Lesner the member from Norfolk is Of the
largest in the State his interest in the matter
quite Another Senator Hart of Roanoke
who also fought the to the last ditch and who also
the placing of many obnoxious amendments
the measure.
There several others the floor who fought the bin
the upper branch of the general assembly dthe whispered
conferences under the gallery of the house did not
marked.
And the Villain Still Pursues.
Seated the DOORS looking like awaiting the sentence
c DEATH several whskey Dealers who nervouy twisted
their thumbs and looked off into the gloomy One look
ing them could read in their the despair that be-
fore the final fall They have worked before for
before have the people of Virginia been earnest but
they realize that the gotten by preying the
ignorant will do them good matter how much they flash
lit before the faces of the solons.
Members of the house not backward in telling Of tho
which they have been approached Some have been
offered political prestige Others threatened with political
death Assembymen not easy but loyal to their
convictions, and the villain still pursues.
It would be interesting reading could but collect the
Of cards and notes that have passed through the doors to
the members while their work They that
lit would attract the attention of blind for il he
couldn't see them he would know them. -