The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-20
BITTER CAMPAIGN
& FOR PROHIBITION
APPROACHES END
Continued From First Page.

II
ing Walker. and g. Waiter Mapp. The
: lAnti Saloon League has cultivated tho
Incorporation of the clergy, and min
listers without number throughout the
State have delivered addresses for pro-
{hibition from their pulpits.
SPEAKERS HAVE nEEN IN
EVERY SECTION OF STATE;
Tho Statc-widcrs supplemented their
publicity campaign with Il corps OF
speakers, who addressed the voters in
spractjcally every section OF the State
Some OF the speakers were recruited
from other States. Among the men
from other states who have taken
part in the campaign under the direc-
lion of the Anti Saloon League are Con-
ErcSsman Richmond Pearson IIobson.
OF Indiana; Mayor W !. Brogdcn, OF
Burham, ~ G.; Evangelist George
stuart, Rev. sam Small and forcmer
Governor X Il. Glenn. OF North Caro-
lima.
y Excep, for the speaking Mt several
barge gatherings in tho principal cities
OF the state. the local option forces
have employed no speakers, and have
relied entirely upon the printed word
to wage their campaign.
ON the eve of the election both sides
claim ViC>ory II is generally adj
United that prohibition has lost ground
since the hlinc of the election petit
lions with Governor Stuart. How much
ground ii has lost is a matter Of con-
lecture.
BOTu SIDES CLAIM
OVERWHELMING VICTORY
The most recent estimate given out
al Anti-Saloon League Headquarters
claims victory for Statewide PROFIT
bition by 10000 votes. officials of the
Local Self-Governneut Association AZ
scrt confidently that Statewide prohi
;bition will he defeated next Tuesday
by Il majority ranging between $4,000
sand $4,000 Between these two cX-
trcrncs "A figure can be found 10 satisfy
every citizen.
SHOULD state wide prohibition be de-
feated next Tuesday the present local
option laws governing the granting or
withholding of license to sell intoxi-
eating liquors will remain in force UNI
impaired Under this law each self
governing community IS given tho
riEht to decide for itself whether or
not 1t Will permit the sale of liquor
within its borders. license only to be
issued where there Is ADEQUATE police
protection.
WHAT FOLLOWS If MAJORITY
FAVORS STATEWIDE LAW
II majority of the votes east next
Tuesday shall be found TO have been
cast for Statewide prohibition. the
Governor Will, upon the receipt from
the Secretary of the commonwealth Of
a certificate showing the result of the
election Issue proclamation to this
effect, and an after November /.
IL
son. social club firm or corporation TO
manufacture, sell, purchase or trans
port for sale, or otherwise dispense
spirltuous distilled or Intoxicating
liquors within the borders of the State
except Tor medical, scientific, sacra-
mental or mechanical purposes
Wine and such OF its by-products.
other than brandy, rs contain no great
CT percentage of alcohol than wine. are
excepted from the operation of the law
provided they are transported out OF
the state into territory where they way
be legally sold. Matt liquors and beer
containing not more than u per cent
Of alcohol is exempted With the same
restrictions, The law VIII have no ct
feet on the present regulations govern.
ing the manufacture aud sale OF cider.
ANTI-SALOUN LEAGUE:
BEGAN EIGHT ~ 1910.
Statewide prohibition arose as
full ncd@cd issue ia Virginia when the
Anti Saloon League in annual session at
the Broad Street Methodist Church. ia
January. 1910. formally turned its back
upon local option as - method of regu-
lating Che liquor traffic. after cspous-
ing il IN tie campaign for the govern
orship wagcd by William Hodges Mann,
and for many years before. At this
meeting the Anti-Saloon Leagnc adop-
ted resolutions committing itself TO
Statewide prohibition Ind AN issue was
born which has been forced relentless
~ TO the front since that day.
III the Legislature OF 1910 the de-
mands OF the State widers found a voice
In n bill offered by Senator Aubrey T..
STROBE. Of Amherst The measure was
practically identical i'm its signifcan:
provisions with the Williams act which
the General Assembly made law last
February. The STROBE bill met am over
whclmne defeat ana never emerged
from tho Senate.
Two years more ,hc Anti Saloon
League and allied organizations nurSei
their disappointment. They frightened
their hold upon local organizations and
succeeded In the elections of 1871 in
sending To the Legislature OF 1912
body of delegates ;hc majority of whom
were pledged TO support an enabling
act
BITTER FIGHT OVER
JORDAN BILL. or 1912.
III the early days of the session of
1912, Delegate James i. Jordan. FL Isle
of Wight County, introduced the. Hcw
famous Jordan bill around witch GER
tered the most heated controversies
staged In the Legislature in recent
years. The debates and committee
hearings on the enabling act which
bore Mr.. jordan's name as patron, were
frequent ana bitter and animositics
were engcndered which still survive
The Jordan bill scored Il victory In
The House OF Delegates. and went to
The Senate for concurrence. Here the
Committee on Privileges and Elections
promptly condemned IL as unconstitu-
tionul, ana the gauntlet was thrown
down for one of the hitterest contests
in NsrGiuia's Legislative annals The
bin Was finally killed by the Senate, by
a vote OF 26 10 IA. in the dying days
Of the session.
For two more years the Anti Saloon
League hushaudcd it's strcnGth ana
wovc its web of affiliations. In thc fan
elections OF 1919 the prohibition quc.,-
lion was the ovcrshadowing issue. and
candidates for tho Legislature were
subjected to a Keen grilling as To their
position on tins question. The General
Assembly that tools its seat ou January
-. 1914 was composed In majority of
members elected on 4 State wide pro
hihition platform.
WILLIAMS UII.i. WAS
PROMPTLY PASSED
Within an hour after the General
Assembly Of Virginia organized FOR the
business of the 1921 session Delegate
Martin Williams Of Giles County. in
troduccd the enabling act. upon which
III. people % The state viii vote next
UucSdaI II was FecOlsriZcd that ,,v