The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-21
)LIARD AND MOORE STRONGLY ARRAIGN THE. SALOOl

greater than there, and deduced mat
n man who guzzles lis better able TO
! pay than a sober man. But the climax
/ of absurdity was reached In the mat
ter of Sunday schools and churches
/ attendance He made II appear that
more people go to Sunday school and
church in Virginia, and the deduction
was"--the crowd interrupted with
| laughter--"that the selling and drink
ing of liquor is conducive to church
| attendance.
Only Criminal Would Sell.
They say that the law can't he en-
| forced. One of your papers this MORN
| ing says that " the State votes for
prohibition that thereafter the safe of
liquor in Virginia will be the exclu-
sive prerogative of criminals. That's
what 1t ought to be. tApplause.) III
the law means anything 1t means that
anybody will have the prerog ative-the
privilege right--to sell It. / grant you
that II we vote Statewide prohibition
criminals exclusively will sell liquor.
and then self respecting Virginians will
look after the criminals, and then we
will have material for building good
roads, but IL does seem to me that II
/ the governor of this Commonwealth
could send special officers to Norfolk
and break up a nest of gamblers that
Sor years and years has been defy
! ing the law, -se the -affieers of the law
I can break up the criminal traffic in
whiskey.
But no great battle for great is
sues is ever won Immediately. or
course there will be violations. We
have hers an anti gambling act and
! I venture that IL could have been
! violated by Mr.. Moore and his party
OF friends In Richmond or Alexandris
with a good deal less difficulty than
he experienced in Maine In getting
/ liquor. Shall we repeal the gambling
law on that account?
Give them a chance and II they
are not disposed to obey 1t and the
officers are not disposed to enforce 1t
/ Virginia may follow the example Of
Kansas and adopt an custer law zap
plause) and then If any officer from
i constable to governor. fails to en-
force 1t we will summon him before
the Supreme Court of Appeals and put
( him out of office. tUproarous applause)
: But we are not going to have any
governor Of Virginia who will not en-
i force the law. Virginia don't elect
that kind of governor. and Virginia is
not long going to have any local cf1-
4 GERS who, won't enforce the law CAP
plause.) Nobody deters me from my
plain moral duty by threatening that
criminals will defy the law. Cap
plause.)
Corrupts Public Life.
Il am opposed to the saaoon for an
other reason. It Is a greater corrupter
OF our public life and politics than
any other cause N the world I do
not believe that any evil cause ever
/ triumphed In the nation save by alli-
u1t hn ua1n L.
bone Of every corrupt political ma
chine. 1t Is the only institution tina.
specializes in all phases of politics:
that goes Into the politics Of every OF :.
fice from legislature to governor and
from president to CONGRESS. 1t Ia a
business that. by It's very nature, en-
cages and necessarily commands po-
lice provisions and surveillance. The
druggist has to pass an examination
by a board. The doctor has to pass
the State board. The only man VIII i,
has to prove his character is the litu or
dealer. i do not say it in a spirit OF
harshness, but to. illustrate the fact,
that so dangerous the business that
before the State will consent to make
it one of Its recognized institutions
1t requires that II must prove its
good character. 1t is dangerous, It
brings wreck and ruin and makes for
evil with every drink defy any man
to make a single solitary defense, to
advance one single arsumert or rea-
son for the saloon that appeals to a
high-minded and thinking man.
1t Is the pest hole of profanity. of vul-
garity, of filth, in every respect il
place, the rendezvous Of every force OF
evil, and no man can say without d
blush of shame, that he will vote for
IT.. Those who defend it, defend II by
going to do II in Virginia and in this
countrv of ours as we'll. applause
The first half century of our ma
tional existence the public mind was
given over to the discussion or the
great evil OF human slavery. 1t led
TO the War Between the States, and
for five years we were engaged in
strife and warfare. Then all the at
tention of the North and South was
given to the consideration of recon-
struction and rehabilitation. We in
Virginia were occupied with the ques-
ton Of race supremacy at the ballo.
box. We couldn't give attention to
this great evil that had fastened it
self on us, and that was spreading Its
tentacles over the State.
Those days are behind lis and for
some years the attention of the great
est minds In this and other States
has been given to the consideration of
this great evil We are getting far
| tner ana 1arther along IN temperance
week by week year by year. In my
own community scores and scores OF
upright men who voted five years ago
for the licensed sale on are now lined
up with us and have avowed their
purpose to stand with US on the firing
line on the 22nd. The moral sense OF
our nation is aroused. and say to you
that Virginia will free herself from
this evil and that this nation a little
while after will follow her example.
II hope" said Mr.. Glass. that the
cause of righteousness will triumph
on the 22nd and that the capital city
will have high place in the victory"
tApplause)
Mr. Moore was very happy in his
presentation of Hon. John Garland
4 Pollard, whose speech Is reported in
another column.
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