The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-24
Red Light" Bill, "Anti-Liquor
Shipping Measure, and
Stephenson Gambling Bill
VIII Be Heard Wednesday
Night.
Stubborn Fight to Delay
Hearing For Week Made
Before Communicative Of
Those Quoted as Opposing
Red Light" Bill Make.
Denials.,

DCnlaIS.
About hundred ministers ana
leading laymen attended a meeting
at the Y. NJ. G. A. at noon yesterday
to hear an address by Mr.. Clifford q.
Roe. member of the national vigil
ance committee on THE White Slave
Traffic" Mr. Roe was for many
years the assistant Comm onwealth.s
attorney of the city of Chicago and In
that capacity had large experience In 4
the prosecution of the white slayera
and the promotes of commerciaiixed
vice. He strongly Insisted upon the
necessity of the abolition of the se-
gregated district for as a matter u
TACT segregation was a farce and 4
while 1t might segregate women to q
limited extent it did not segregata
men who frequented segregated dis
tricts. but allowed them to scatter
disease all over the State.
AT the conclusion of very inter-
esting discussion. which was vigorous
ly applauded, the following resolu-
tons were passed unanimously:
Resolved. That this meeting Of
ministers and laymen at the Young
Mems Christian association hereby
requests the senate committee on
general laws to report at once raw
to get it on the calendar as soon as
possible, and to use their influence
for its speedy passage in both house
and senate, and that a committee Of
five be appointed from this body 70
present this resolution to the senate
committee.
Resolved. second, That we re-
quest Clifford @. Roe to remain over
and represent us before the senate
rom mi OF in ab nP
Saunders BILL
In pursuance of the resolutions tho
following committee was apppofnte6
TO represent the meeting before the
senate committee on general laws:
Revs. John w. Shackferd. 7. CIagEatt
Skinner, James Cannon. Jr.. ana
Messrs Jacob umlauf and w. Fred
Richardson.
Hearing Postponed.
This committee and about twenty
or thirty other citizens assembled In
the corporation commission court room
but they found the committee engaged
in hearing of the bin to require the
railroads to pay their employees more
frequently than at present After this
hearing was disposed of the commit
tee took UP the bin concerning con-
vict labor and decided to give the ball
ance of the session to that bill.
Senator Saunders. the patron Of the
bill to abolish houses of Ill fame, has
been called from the city because OF
siclf,ess !, his fart}v ana i, Me az
eanca Sanstor NAM racnestad IN.
co,,m;ttaa ~ cot a snsciaI dafa Tcr
the hearing on the bill. This was op- Y
posed by senators Lesner and Monta-
que Senator Mapp finally made Z
a. otclnc,s as tha lima for tn haar-
iorr 80 ,hs th~aa sra., ,,a-a, y,n,.,,-..
before tna sanata. Tho "rsa iirhfss
distr,c, hilt tha ..arts If,uor, .n;rrir~
bin and the Stephenson gambling bill
the last OF which has already passed
the house of delegates by a sweeping
majority.
Opposing the RII.
In opposition of Senator Maps mo-
ton, Senator Montague. Of Portsmouth.
moved that the matter be taken up m
executive session. This was seconded
by Senator Lesner. of Norfolk. sefss
At this stage In the proceedings =
young man by the name of ]. II. Draka
arose and insisted that the Saunders
bill be postponed for a week in order
that the opposition might have an op-
portunity to marshal Its forces to n9ht
the DIN. he claimed that ne snooid
be given an nour ana a nali 20 piea0
on the suo3ect' ana ueciareo tnat oF.
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