The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-22
The Saloon Was Driven Out of Tennessee


those persons who rent property for
liquor purposes
The Pendietcn bin of 1907, raising
the limit on size OF cities TO those hav-
ing 1890 population or under, In
Guiding Chattanooga. Memphis, Nash
VILE and Knoxville. the largest cities
in the State, was big step toward the
. s-izA victory. y ~ hs
The speaker told OF the booze re-
benion" In the larger clties. after the
passage OF this measure, and pointed
out that the liquor men never obey
the law--any law.
They are a iawless set" he declared.
When the first law that they should
not sell To slaves was in effect. they
sold to them. They sell to minors.
Every man here knows of sales of
liquor made to minors I might go on
in history TO this very hour and show
they ares lawless gang.
1.-THE first rebellion was the .whis-
key rebellion in Pennsylvania George
Washington, then president OF the
country. a Nirsinian, led his troops
into Pennsylvania; then feeling that
he was getting too far away from
the seat Of government he turned his
command over to lighthouse Harry
Lee, another Nirginian, and the re-
i,t-tfftrfi w--1s QueiiEd.
You cannot segreEats the saloon
man and license him and make him
obey the law He is lawfeas"
There Is not a man here who would
want to bring UP his family near &
saloon. within hearing of all the vile
Itterances that come from one Of
them.
If ] didn't want one near my own
home wouldn't vote for It to be by
my neighbour
Speaking Of the revenue said TO
be derived from licensing the saloon,
Senator Webb denied there Is any
revenue. He declared the situation
IN dry communities and dry States
Is better than where the saloon If
licensed.
Since Tennessee became dry we
get more revenue without the saloon
than we did with 1t. The revenue
has doubled for schools The bank
deposits are ten times larger than ter
years before. There Ia not a mer-
chant but who will say that bust
ness is better and collections are bet
ter since the State became dry, There
Is no revenue from whiskey"
Mr. Webb told of now Governor
Hooper. a republican on a prohibition
platform. had defeated Bob Taylor
previously undefeated, and had turned
so. 900 Democratic majority into q
II, 900 republican majority.
Bung- Hole Democrat.
! II am a Democrat but not hung
( hole Democrat" he shouted II have
I been told l arm not a Democrat wher
/ 7 vote for a Republican. but any younf
man who wants to be hon ored---wht
would be honored In Virginia-rnus
get out of the liquor party"
He made reference to the cam
rafen of TAYLOR. and told the con
vention that Taylor and he were per
sonal friends
But he said, ~ would not vot'
/ for my brother II he was a 'bung
hole Democrat"
In concluding his address Senate
Webb said that the border OF Tennes
see touched that of eight other States
'Of all these, Virginia Is the one tina
has established 81 nuisance at our Dor
| der. at Bristol" he said, TN placins
saloons as nn"r the border of Tennes
sec as possible.
| 'T. ~ Virginia to line on
border with saloons to degrade on
/ young men"
/ chorus of "amens" interrupted
and then the speaker concluded.
The white ribbon OF the w. G I
II. is more becoming to Virginia thai
Is the white apron of the bartender