The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-04
pROHIsrrToNIsTs AND SCUM.

PROHIgITIoNIsTs AND SCUM -
q The Ttmts.pispafcb delivers itself of the
sssrharge that all those who favor Statewide pro
b,bit,on "are necessarily allied with stratum
4 - The regulation which is lower morally than
liz licensed retailers uader the local option
system.
Yne yc,e eader sotemnly says the issue in
he campaign ia NOT whether the saloon must
h.. bnt VII Their the speakeasy must CONS
isoth Of thes- statements pert of the des-
perase eaef;-- being made by advocates OF the
~slcaH to retain it in Virginia.
few simple questions are amply sufficient 10
fiar.sy tn situation thus sought to he confused.
There Is legalized institution in Virginia called
sine saloon There is an election to be held.
II thai election results way the saloon is
deairoyea If it results in the opposite way the
saloon is empowered to go on in its career OF
u debanchcry and misery. Therefore II Is that
sycry Intelligent voterin VI GINA is alive to the
\ TACT thar the saloon is the issue Does anybody
Aiuagins tie saloon would be spending hundreds
~ thousands Of dollars for any other issue than
Its cvf existence that there would be any
y rercsent atives Of national liquor interests CON
stlucting campaign under the mask of the Local
& Sesf.Gove-nmnnt leagne through newspapers II
sEan control, dominate influence?
& Voters Of Virginia. tie campaign work of the
sMisouor interests is bent to one END; that end
~ the confusion Of Firginians by the injection
Or false cries into the campaign
II Tae Tmts,Djspetch defines its element of
Hnrfety tha, Is lower than the licensed retailer
partner Of the advocates # State prohibit
nnn Is i, a prohibition liquor - that sup
apaieg iiauar IN the scnm? is II prohihitiontst
b Nlan makes the scum what IT is by first training
ssit In the way Of crime and drdnke ess and
s#sleecit7 Was II a prohibition liquor house that
srnered TO break its rules and defy the expressed
will NJ tho citizens Of Winchester by shipping
s,.auer iato dry territory. stating that it knew
&st .ks titae such liquor was for Illegal sale by
sssane .xcnn?' Was II the scum or tho prohibi
4 t,crist or the Iegalized saloon that sold more
.flegai liquor from three bonded warehouses in
sfehs d aicHmond than all the scum Of the
Il Enr.tSg Journals anarchistic state Of North Car
ssTselian cold IN one year.
Tac Ne'es Ieoa,r has. temperance party Is
sis ~ the licensed retailers whom the Times
4 Isspateh cxioiis as being Of 40 righteous and
taw.ahidsne nature? Those temperance forces
nhorl the Ncns Leader represents" must be
-.rseed 1;-agGe conzomeration motley horde
WITT Observation-Disclosures and srnnt Hired .efat4ef
shsrp = .sft for the interests their favorte
tie saloon No wonder they eager tc
hsdf the saloon their valued and valuable ally
THUS II H. easy to understand the eagerness o.
II tie Ncirs TyqlcY 10 shield It's temperance party.
b whose interest II has opposed every temperance
measure that haas b2en before the Legislature o.
4 Virginia in the last fifteen years dncluding the
y Mann and Byrd laws which +. now declares are
Indispensable the Nc,es Leaders desire to con
q fnrs IL easily understood.
\ What If present prospects prevail and sweep
sSass rsa5crasy eli Virginia citizens become "th'
rnauv sincere advocates OF the prohibitory method
IL dealing with" the liquor irafrc? VIII th'
Il 9fmcs-DisndtcA continue to declare that Virgins
ID allied with the scum OF society. will It openly
.ronfess lis membership in those temperate
h forcrs whom the Nctrs Leader represents" th'
4 orra nized legalized liquor trafcn
Aad where, oh wherc. will the Eren!ng yonrma
sEe- Doubtless still engaged In foreign mission
work among the anarchis,ic heather OF Norti
Carolina, turning on the light of truth in the cit,
n Durham.
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