The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-10
DR. SAM SMALL IN .
nANSEMONO COUNTY

Especial to The Richmond virginian)
suffolk, Sept. 9.--Eev. Sam Small
spoke in Nansemond county twice yes
terday to large assemblies oS the
Statewide prohibition issue At Chuck
atuck at night one OF the largest
crowds ever known there ut public
meeting heard the famous speaker with
earnest interest and keen appreciation.
His pungent points and eloquent APP
peais were met by quick responses and
enthusiAstic applause.
ION this matter Of the prohibition
Of the liquor traffic" said DR.. Small.
"men Of the highest character and the
most honest purposes differ IN opin-
Ions by Wide degrees. and often radi-
cally. The reason Is sometimes plain.
They view the subject from obtuse
angles and with antagonistic interests.
Therefore the matter has to be fought
over and the will of the majority be
appealed to for the fixing Of general
policy and the fixing of that policy
concerning the liquor traffic Is funda-
mentally and e-eminently the bust
! ness of the State at large.
"A few cities, incorporated for the
convenience of the State, cannot be
permitted to dictate to the state and
nix policy respecting an evil which.
II given liberties anywhere in the
everywhere in the State. II Richmond.
for instance, could and would conhne
her liquor trade and its effects to her
own borders and people only, there
might be some show of reason. In her
claim for home rule in the matter. The
balance of the State might be induced
to let her soak. and seethe. and sub
merge herself In her own 'suds. so to
| speak. But Richmond both cannot and
49, tfv%~a mt n
TO herself. They not only saturAte
her. but seep through all restrictions
and suppurate in every section of the
State.
The only security the vast dry ter
| territory of the State can obtain for
Its dryness Is to put Richmond aQd
the other wet cities under the bonds
OF Statewide prohibition. And that In
exactly what the people are going
to do when the polls are opened to
them on September %.
Local Options Loophole.
But the liquorites appeal to us to
stand on local option. We have stood
for 1t and on it until they broke it
down under us. There IL no local OPP
ton, and can he none. when county
that has voted to be dry can still be
flooded wet by a single county that H.
censes the traffic and permits II to
wantonly violate the local prohibitions
tof other counties.
We have put the liquor counties to
| the proof OF local option and they have
failed us We have appealed to them
! 10 respect local option and they have
( laughed us to scorn. Now We propose
Ito enforce our local option by localiz-
! ing II over them as well as over our
selves.
! They appealed to the golden rule
and We reply that the rule looks good
TO US. As we have already done to
ourselves we will also do unto them.
! AS We have tried to provide prohi-
/ bltion for ourselves we will also pro-
vide IL for them: Just as they having
provided liquor for themselves have
insisted upon forcing it on us without
our consent. and we would remind
them that II Is a mighty poor rule
whether golden or brass-that Won't
work both ways
Besides. these iiquorites are all of
them strangers In the local option
ranks. They have just come up and
are occupying the camp that we moved
out of only yesterday. as 1t were, and
II you will search everyone Of them
you will md that they are travelling
the local option route on round trip
Excursion tickets. Every ticket they
tickets are marked good for this trip
and train only They do not read. We
| are hereto stay"
Dissolve the Partner.hip.
This Statewide election Ia only a
stockholders meeting 10 decide whether
the unholy partnership between vir-
sinia and the iiauorites shall be dis
solved or shall continue indefinitely.
| The liquor business cannot live in Vir-
ginia without our being the principals
in Its organization. We. the citizens.
furnish that element to the Joint stock
capital without which no business can
be lawfully done--in Richmond or
elsewhere In the State No matter
how much money. or booze. or how
| many buildings or how large machin-
cry equipment. the liQuorites have.
they are poweriess to begin or con
time their trade until the people fur
nish the all-easentiai power. the price