The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-05
Senate Rejects Committee Amendment and Holds
to Fall as Time For Election on Matter OF
Statewide Prohibition.
ELECTORATE RESTRICTED TO
THOSE REGISTERED JAN. |
All Such May Qualify by Paying Their Poll Taxes
But No Further Names Can be Added
Decision to Permit Manufacture of
Beer Causes Surprise

Two of the yesterday consumed in the
consideration of the enabling act in the amendment stage
There amendments almost without number Many OF
them proposed by opponents of the with the purpose
its advocates declare of loading down to render USE
less.
There recorded votes almost without number The
first of these with Mesr Brock Early and Moncue voting
with the d showed clearly that the enabling act had enough
votes to insure its passage 1t became apparent Indicated
The Virgnian several days that the only question
a 0 the form in which the bill would pass.
Seldom has there been vigorous and determined fight
the floor of the Every inch of ground holly
tested While the friends of the liquor interests repeatedly
indicated their expectation that bill would pass they left
unurned defeat the by rendering I'M
satisfactory to its advocates if they could not muster enough
votes to kill it.
immense crowd gathered the capitol to hear the
debate The senate chamber cloak gallery and every
space available crowded to overfowing Brewers liquor
Dealers ministers temperance workers and scores OF women
made up the mixed gathering of interested spectators
Vote Next September.
The amendments proposed by the committee to the
bill as it passed the house we're first considered disposed
of Indeed it in connection with these that most of the
other amendments were offered The senate committee pro-
posed that the election the question of Statewide prohibition
held June next instead of September provided by the
house bill The first real fight made this question and
Wendenburg led the fight for the VETS while Mers Mapp
Walker Saunders Buchanan and West were the foremost
figures presenting the OF the drys The FIRST vote
taken on the question of time for the election and the
friends of the bill carried the day by vote of 2 to 49,
of the interesting features of the fight with
fixing the electorate that shall pass upon this inn
poran question The senate committee proposed to open the
voting lists all qualified voters when the act shall be
proved This would make possible the admission OF large
numbers of names to the registration lists.
Mr. Tavenner of Shenandoah, offered All amendment adj
hitting all qualified in the November election of 1913
others who shall be qualified in time for the June election
Messrs Mapp Walker and West earnestly opposed the
latter portion of this amendment and it finally withdrawn
as the patron realized how difficult would be to ascertain who
is qualified in June lists made throughout the
State at that time.
The first vote therefore, the direct proposition OF
limiting the elecorable to the qualified voters IN the last
November election with only the addition of such men
as shall become of The vote this amend
resulted tie and Lieutenant Governor Eyson voted
s'No'' thus killing the amendment
Senator Mapp led a successful fight and secured the
adoption amendment restricting the electorate for the
special those whose appeared the regstra
ton books January 1914 and who shall have qualified by
paving their poll The wisdom and justice of this
amendment manifest the there June
elections the counties and towns there nducement to
voters in pay their poll taxes i'll December the
of all the cities had to do in order to vote the cleo
tons to be held in June next for city officials.
Effective In 1917
The committee amendment providing Statewide pro-
hbon if endorsed majority of the voters shall not be-
come effective until May 1917 received the amendment Of
the vote of "A to TO- The dry leaders sought to
have this clause amended to have prohibition into
May 1916 provided the bill There was sharp
and determined fight on this question
The potential argument used In Support OF such
long delay that the loss of from the liquor
would be and that beth the read HsHeHt of the
finances of the consideration for the
vested the liquor business Virginia demanded there should
be time allowed than provided by the original bill
Continue To Make Beer.
adoption hate the afternoon of amendment offered
by Senator Wendenburg permitting brewers business
the State manufacture malt beer with three
and oneha per alcohol be shipped outside the State
packages of not Tess than I'VE gallons or two dozen
was the surprise of the day. 51sas
The senate had adopted amendments exempting the
facres Of wine and Of cider from the operation Of the
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