The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-24
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AZ Frfs-oa rsPfEST
CEluCE.
RECALLS LATE FIGHT
RHAHEH TELLS WHY STRONG
BRINK sTIepAD B2 BANtSHED
rReM CfTY AND
STATE.


teeth, the thta Adjustment Of saloon
there will produce 1T
Mr.. isnes spoke on the subject A
Euitahls place to Serve Liquer lie
referred to the recent letter written
by Judge Christian iu his defense OF
The support %. the liquor men, I'm which
reference waa made 60 the condition
nf iva Rtatens one dry and the other
wet. In hitch statistics showed that
there wvFe fewer divorces and mare
church members In the wet state
thar IN the dry.
The Impression fs thus sought %
be made saia Mr. Jones that the
open szlaan contributes tn family hap
pinees and lager church luemhership
II that be tue the saloon ought TO
have . place = honor in every state,
for all States have suffered much for
the want 81 church membership ard
domestic happiness And II this he
true. | woutd checrf4GN and earnestly
advocate The open saloon.
'.Rn: the courts have placed safe
guards around the people by watching
the saloon, and the law saws there
mus; he suitable places for the saloon,
that every place Is not a sutta Bile one.
Every place IN Virginia Ia not a suit
able one, and tho law protects the
State from this horrible hlightE
Recent Local Fight
Mr.. Jones then referred 10 the re-
cent nght IN HastiHss court against
the saIoons in jackson ward, Fulton
and Church Iii}i. IN which he took
al active part
We started the fight here in the
East End said AIR Jones, and VIC
succeeded in reducing the number Of
saloons from seven to three Then
the coIored preachers Of jackson ward
asked our assistance to drive the
saloon from their midst You all know
cd Judge Richardson refused fourteen
licenses. about half the number under
fire. Now Church Hi! has three and
Fulton has three | hope in short
while these viii disappear
But where were the suitable places
designated by the court? The places
where they could be regulated? To
regulate a saloon? You may as wei.
attempt to regulate a powder mill in
he'll as to regulate Il saloon. DuTng
the weeks In which the bearings were
held before Judge Richardson / learn
ed more about The saloon than | had
ever dreamed Of In every case there
was evidence Ia show that the laws
90 the STAT had been broken The
evidences WAS shocking and heartbreak-
ing The eiided palaces are but dens
of iniqaity
The court said that saloons might
not exist near manufacturing plants
where machinery II a dangerous ma
ture was used, How many men have
lost an arm. a leg or even life itseIf
while working IN shop located near
saloon How many such men find
II hard 10 resist the temptation placed
before them by the saloon? How
many women and children have been
driven 10 poverty and degradation by
TINS condition.
IL was also said by the court that
near church was not suitable
place Why II saloon is a place
Tot the gathering Of respectable peo>
pie. and a place of business free from
suspicion why not near a church? If
the Ia" VIII not permit saloon near
eaafth. why 90 the church members
not q rise IN their might and smite
INC -, saloon
That reminds me of the story Of the
country wedding when the pr ZACH
er nag asked the usual question as 10
"ht'nef mere was objection to tho
khot o@ihF Ieo. and young man In
me 'eaF 81 me chnfch arose and said
lect ny asked the preacher
because | want her myself That is
sne sl'4attoh now roo many churcn
t Io0's oeyect 70 'he rtfnoFa! OF me
s .s.o1h psta use theY want the g'rf
1'ttag ne salooh - not per
at'st~u near chnrch because its In
$500 4arras,r IS oeHi9Fahzins' vicious and
,,
.A, A"sS a sat"on ne near
.4"' Wy or4'dreh cannot go
49,, ha' nave schooi chu-
- - ~ VITA 5he sa'ooh but the
upon ehHaren VINO day after
4@fs ~ gaze INTO the dcor 81 the
@'ooh. mess stakgering wretches
aaa near toHi and blASphemous Ian
gag :. ~ He, r'hehtal to moral growth,
1"o 'ehaS 70 Plant and develop the
&c. % an Hlofailty ana Fodlessness-
/" irAehihe nus hn0lnFs' the court
Also' mace close inquiry As 70 tho
soalpeF o. eh4tdren on the block, or
~ me immediate ne'ghb0rhood Of the
sal""h- ne chhoFeh nave 10 play in
~ s.tesls' ana must Perforc@ hear
me we language and grow UP In the
aunosphefe "hich leads 10 destrnc-
Ion,
want the saloon TO be out OF VIZ
s.nia oefofe my boy grows much
o4oer deplofe Inc TACT that two
more years must eIapse yet before the
oafnna Die institution IS banlshed from
me state
Inc saloon cannot exist at trans
yer points on may have 20 pass Il
DE your way 10 the lpSfCftCe or drug