The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-21

feet, walked to the bar and said. Il
covered too much territory tina,
time"
when they tell YOU" Mr. Pollard
{, continued, there is a set of men
greater than.your law and mine. they
are covering too much territory.
I'VE should accept the challenge.
Prohibition don't prohibit and show
them that they are not stronger than
the laws and that prohibition doel
proibit
when the people decide that the
LIQUOR traffic, the saloon. must so. II
will be banished."
When applause had subsidized. Mr..
Pollard read from an editorial exc
tract in the organ of the National LII
4 quor Dealers association. statement
that prohibition is prohibiting, and
commenting upon it said:
THE man in the liquor business
knows better, and its only the mis-
guided church member that really be-
lieves that prohibition don't prohibit.
daughter and applause.)
Not Sacred Doctrine.
They tell you that If you pass
Statewide prohibition that you are
infringing upon the sacred doctrine
of local self -government, saying AS
our fathers transmitted II to us, 80
should we hand it down in unim-
paired yigor to our children
i - Local self government tn the liquor
traffic was unknown to our fore
fathers. Local option was invented
by the Temperance people over the
protest of the liquor traffic. about
thirty years ago. The doctrine of
which they talk was not OF our fore
fathers; they knew nothing of it.
There's nothing sacred In II.
The personal liberty they tell you
about is not personal liberty. Each
individual has the right to do what
ever he pleases so long as he does not
infringe upon the right of his fellow
citizen. Every community has the
right to do whatever 1t pleases so long
as 1t does not infringe upon the rights
of It's sister community"
/ Mr.. Pollard here illustrated BY de-
claring the right of any citizen II pass
along the street swinging his arms as
he pleased. but the minute he hit the
nose of another that right ends, Per
sonal liberty stops where the nose
begins" (Laughter.)
so rle personal liberty of local
self-govern ment stops where II begins
to infringe upon the rights of other
communities. II 1t were possible to
confine the liberty to the community
then the doctrine OF local self govern
ment would apply, If a wall We're
built high enough around the COM
munity TO keep all those who are with
in them inside. and to keep out all
those who Are outside, then local self
government could be applied.
"But the boundary line around the
/ community. the line between one COM
munity and another, is invisible. There
is a disregard for city and county
/ ;s r,p iva "a IL
ment advanced by those opposed to
prohibition-one in which Hley make
an appeal to tisffsess--tfsAs-i f-A If
ginia adopts Statewide prohibition the
city Of Richmond will lose $4,000, Gee
business year II is stated that
Richmond Is getting 100000 a year
ffrom the shipment of liquor into dry
territory.
:, Its Advocates, yiolaters.
This SHOWS that the doctrine of
focal self government in dry territory.
is being violated by those who are
SO earnestly advocating local self
government. Local self-government
cannot be confined to the community.
The people calling for 1t in this CAM
paign do not want 1t. They violate
It's principles and make II imposs Bile"
Mr. Pollard, after telling the story
Of doctors who DISAGREED as to wheth-
err a disease was CONTAGIOUS or infec
tious and who went to a magistrate
to let him decide the question for
them TO be. told by the justice that
he couldn't say which it was, but he
knew it wasn't catching declared;
THAT is the trouble with the evil
of the liquor traffic: 1t is Catching.
II defies all restraints and spreads
misery in all the surrounding coun-
try. of all businesses, the liquor bust
4 tn, xx,Is et, a dnHtrln.s
off local self government should be
adopted 1t violates that doctrine ana
is against il because Il means that :.
community must respect the rights OF
sister communities. 1t Is the sacred
right of the State to protect its com
munties from encroachment by 9TH
err communities"
Mr.. Pollard read from the final
campaign letter of the Local Self
Government association. that advo
Gates of Statewide prohibition have
conducted a campaign OF SANDER and
.. abuse and that the Local Self-Govern.
ment association has neither slanderea
nor abuse danybody.
They have attacked ministers ana
public men," commented Mr.. Pol
lard They say advocates of State
wide prohibition are dishonest. inde-
cetn and are trying to deceive the
public The letter Is signed by Ben
p Owen. as secretary. and the letter
head bears the name Of Judge Chris
tian. as president OF tNe association.
Should Rcpudiate Letter.
!. II do not mean to attack judge
. Christian. believe he is an honest
man. think 1t his duty to come out
in the papers tomorrow morning and
repudiate this letter If he Is the
man that / think he Is. he will come
out and denounce 1t.
1.-THE letter speaks OF hired inva-
ders brought into Virginia by the ad,
vocates of prohibition. 1t speaks OF
coercing and bulldozing. Who were
the outsiders who worked through the
campaign for the Local Self-Govern
ment association?
while speaking during this cam
paign ! engaged in joint debate with
Royal r. Cabell, at Eastville. ask
ed him to explain who this mar
Hirsch is and what he is doing
told him that the man was lobbyist
in the Maryland legislature. that ne
was registered as being in the EN-.