The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-05

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ana / ask the house to take such
ncticn as X sens III"
He Could Not Speak.
Members OF the house naturally
.heered the indignant utterances OF
thetr associate when lie concluded. DR..
Christian, who learning of the attack
mon him, had euterEa the gallery. ap-
preached the front and, forgetting Tor
shc moment that only members II the
f1ousa had the right To be heard there,
addressed the speaker. MIR. Speaker,
wish to say" and there he stopf&d-
He recalled that he could not ADDRESS
8 he house and the ring OF the speaker
cwyel SO warned him. Speaker Cox
reminded DIR. Christian that only mem
tyers could address the house while
In session.
Christian Makes Reply.
DIR. Christian withdrew to the Cor
pnration court room. where he pre-
Dared a letter to be sent TO the house
IL reply TO Mr.. Myers. He first read
TO Speaker Cox aui then Eave II out
for publication. 1t follows,
10 Hon House of Delegates.
Cyentlemen.---l was very much sur
prised wnen Mr.. Myers, Of Richmond,
made an unfair and unCalied iUi Al
tack upon me on the floor OF me
not defend myself or correct his Heat-
a ard untrue statement
As a party uf Eeutement Or. Gar
rtHeton Rev 1uhu ". Shackford. Mr..
Mckee and myself, were talking IN
lie luabv 81 me house Whcr MI
Myers came up. We stopped MIN ana
asked him to support the Kenyon anti
vice bill lie talked continually and
in an excited manne~, and SAID be WAS
In favor of licensing iewd houses and
thus giving them the protection of the
law and Of the decen, people.
He then made a statement about
one OF the advocates ~ :he bill. re-
t3ectinE ser, Hs3y uhuH als neral
charactcr. asked rem IF he could
prove the statement and uc said b.
could not.
! then suggested 40 htm that Il he
could not prove such GernGa'2ry
statement he should not make u. Mt.
Myers then became VIZ mugh excited
and declared he was against fhe bill
which seeks To hanlsh the red light
district, agar declaring THAI he WAS
in favor Of licensing houses II lll-
fame ] asked hlla that II he were
called npoB To furnish AN inmate
would he still hc IA favor uf thenI
He replied No then said that
he shoult protect Tie p~5r AND urlnr-
innate who DO have sorrow because
~ them. fIo continued to talk VITO
lerstly and 20 rettcrate that some Of
the s0-calied ref0rmerR were not SIN
cere | told him the; as he seemed
to oppose every moral measure That
came up in The house standing for
The salouns and adv, eating the licens-
ing of houses OF prostitution that his
constituents would desire him not To
represent them again. and that it
would hurt lin also in his business.
/ had no idea ~ changing Ar. Myers
by argument to which he would not
listen. ana ! did not tor a moment de-
sire TO intimidate him but to tell him
the simple facts in the case.
! only wanted the hoase not to pass
Judgment upon evidence of Mr.. Myers
heated TRADE without at least hearing
me
,signed> -.
w. ASBCRY CHRISTIAN.
This letter will he submitted to the
committee on rules this morning and
tina, body will pass upon the question
Of reading IL 10 the house.
Goes Into Details.
After the excitement created by the
utterances. Of Mr.. Myers had died down
he made more detailed statement. In
his he said
u was In the lobby talking TO the
Rev. j. w Shackford and others when
Iy Christian came W. He asked me
about my position on the red light
bill / told him / was against IT. !
told him moreover that all who Ia
sored the measure were not sincere.
called his attention TO the report
that one of the advocates of the bill
was recently compelled TO leave room
In Murphys hotel because The woman
occupying the room with him was not
hts wife.
CDR Christian said that my attitude
on the bill and on the enabling act
was one of supporting or encouraging
vice. He declared that he would see
that was never returned to the legis-
lature unless I changed my position on
the red light bill. He declared that
unless ] voted for - bill my business
would be injured lIe said that he
would see that ! was injured, whereas
IL voted for the Hill he offered 10
support me in my business and poliu-
eaily. which was nothing less than a
tribe, and / told him
81 wanted TO be sure OF DIR. Chris
fans remarks before denounclng him
IN the floor OF the house, SO / called
up Dr. Charles V, Darlington. Mr..
samuel X Mckee, Delegate Graham
Tohson and Clyde w, saunders, who
were standing near. ] repeated TO
them what pr Christian had just said.
This was tn Dr. Christians presence.
pr Christian id not deny having said
the things / repeated to the gentle
men called. He could not, for they
were true.
Their ] denounced him on the floor
ri tfrr fu;7Ee aT7d uTTufT charged that
he had tried TO hrihe meg
Advised Not To speak.
Rev. Mr.. Shackford and Secretary
Mckee united last night in state
ment which entirely bears out the letter
of Dr Christian. DR., Darlington did
not hear all Of the eoiloquy. but when
ash ed for a statement said:
Il don't mind "A row when there is
something 10 row about but I will not
be drawn into this 'tempert in tea
pot mess. / earnestly advised MIR: