The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-05

if the right to sell liquor is taken
away from the hotel men they will
face ruin.
AT any rate" he asked. give them
time to SO adjust their affairs as to
he prepared for the losses which will
come To them
The vote was then taken aud the
amendment as 1t came from The com
nlittee was sustained by the vote of
"a TO 1e. The vote fellt444-:
r. 1eas~-R 51, Cannon, catron,
Garrett Hartman, Hart, Hobbs, Holt.
Lesner MaSsie, Moncnre Montague,
tarr. Paul. Paxton, Eison, Siwder,
Thornton, Watkins and Wendenberg-
"a
Nays--slanks, Bowers. Buchanan.
Crockett, Echols, tcathcrston, Gayle,
Gravatt Mapp, I}inehart, Royal.
saunders, Smith, Tavenner, Walker
and West~-16.
The Wine Exemption,
An unexpected attack was next
made on the provision of the enabling
act. which allows the manufacture Of
wine and It's hy-products, provided
these are shipped out Of the State
in packages not smaller than two
and onehalf gallons or one dozen
bottles
Il am informed" stated Mr. Can
non. that one of the by-products If
wine is brandy 4 cannot, by any
possible feat of Imagination, conform
this amendment with the professions
Of the supporters of the enabling
act, BranUE ~ more ardent than
Whiskey. and yet, fox reasons Of po-
litical eXuedjeAey, the supporters of
the measure have allowed the man
ufacture Of brandy and wine to be
provided for in this act"
Senator walker stated that the
supporters of the measure did not
want to allow the manufacture OF
wine or brandy in the State. but
that they realized that it would he
impossible to rectifv every wrong
connected with the sale and manu-
facture of liquor at once, and they
were content to reform one thing at
the time,
Senator Saunders stated that 10
did not approve of the amendment
as it came from the committee bat
that it had come from the wet mem
beers of the senate, and they had in
sisted on it so strongly that IT hal
TO be written into the bill The bill
as whole was, he said, a great stop
toward Kidding the State of the liquor
evil. Great reforms had. however.
80 he made by piccemeal and the
drys had 10 take what they could
get.
Better Than Dry States.
Senator Hart declared that con-
ditions in Virginia now were far bet
ter than in any dry State he knew
of II believe" he stated, that
when this bill goes into effect every
mountain hollow and every tide
water swamp will be filled with Illicit
stills Men will pay the government
tax on distilieries, and food Virginia
with whiskey They will not ship
the stuff away. but will sell 1t right
here in Virginia
In reply Senator Saunders STATED
that the future conditions described
by Senator Hart, were far-fetched
He did not believe that any such
condition would result lie and SEN
ators Mapp and Walker would vote
for the wine amendment because it
had TO he taken in with the remain-
der of the bill
The vote was then taken, anS the
amendment was adopted as follows;
Yeas-Blanks, Bowers Brock
Buchanan, Crockett, Early, Echols
Edmondsun. Feathersto%- Gayle
Gravatt, Hobbs, Holt, Mapp, Massle,
Moneure. Parr. Rinehart Rison,
Royal, Saunders, smith, Tavennef
walker. ana NtSl7-~-a.
Nays 'annon, Catron, Dfewry.
Fletcher. Garrett, Hartman, Hart
Il .esner. Montague, PAUL Paxton.
Eowder. Thornton and Watkins-~14.
Loading the Bill Down.
With the -aYoMed intention nf max
ing prohibition really prohibit SEN
ator Holt then offered an amendment
as follows:
Add independent section at en1
of bill r Provided further, that IL
IL shall appear that a majority of the
Eote cast al such election have voted
for Statewide prohibition then II shall
be unlawful FOR any person or per-
sons social club. firm. or corpora
ton TO receive or possess either n
tho original package or otherwise
any Intoxicating liquors that have
been shipped or transferred in, any
manner or by any means whatsoever
into this State, the manufacture and
sale az which is prohibited by this
measure. ..a 4
Any person violating this nrovisiop
shall be guilty of misdeineanOr and