The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-18

II the enabling act in the Senate.
Senator G. Waiter Mapp. of Aecomac,
was Introduce and spoke on the work
OF passing the act through the House.
He called attention to the fact that
the temperance people were not
bound by the obnoxious amendments
-epeating a statement he made at the
t:me Of the passage of the bill to the
effect that h" Will introduce bill in
, the next Legislature to repeal. the
VINE and beer exemptions.
He gave az the greatest reason for
( the success of the prohibition cam
! paigu The reason: Because 1t was
right Senator Mapp discussed the
passage of the act, showing how the
same Senate that two years before
had refused the act had, in 1914.
passed 1t. The reasons It was accepted
In its amended form were the form
OF ballot and the restriction of the
electorate. The other amendments
were not so important as they could
be corrected after the election.
He gave great credit for success to
the leadership OF The Anu-Saloon
I League, to the organization of the
! forces, and paid feeling tribute to
the work Of the good women of the
i State A number of the speakers re-
ferrcd to the various leaders of the
League as having been chiefly ins'ru-
mon al in the success nf the cam
pa gn DIR. James Cannon was fire.
Quently alluded to by all the speakers
in highly complimentary terms
Must Elect Friends.
Senator j. X saunders of Middle
scx, spoke with force on the necessity
Of electirg friends Of prohibition next
time, saving that. while he had some
mighty good friends on he other side,
he would rather not have them legis-
late for him on temperance. BY eject
ing their friends. temperance people
viii be assured of the fruits of the IT.
victory He attributed the success of
! the campaign to the Righteousness Of
the dry side and the fact that no
speakers Of the liquor forces would GO
before the people and speak for their
contentious
/ Senator j. r. West of Suffolk. wrs
the last of the legislators to speak,
Senator G. Harding Walker being
prevented from attending. Senator
West explained the fact that the cider
amendment to the enabling act was
offered by himself to save the bill by
agreement with the other patrons In
order that there would he a chance
for it's passage. He would be the
first to move to take out the bad
anne pdments TO the bill, To which its
advocates had been driven by the Ii
quor forces. The people Of the state.
he said. should keep the issues clear
before them and should stand for
measures rather than for men, The
primary Is rs much your Christian
duty a g the prayer meeting.
i All the speakers were given close
attention and Il great deal of APP
plause. 1t was manifest that the au-
dience was in thorough sympathy
( with the thoughts presented.
The Woman's Meeting.
With Mrs Georgia May Jobson in
the chair, the Woman's Prohibition
League of America presented a pro-
gram of speeches by its workers.
Miss Margaret Wintringer, of Chi
cago, was the first on this schedule,
and congratulated Virginia on her
forward stand for great causes and
reJoiced in the prospect of national
prohibition "A saloonless nation by
I 1920 Is only an up-to-date rendition
OF the old song OF Home Sweet
Home" "All." she said, must work
together, each organization cheer and
help the others and the victory Is
won"
Rev. II. ]. Parker. of Avalon. Virginia.
was the next speaker. and was followed
by Mrs. Jobson. Mrs. Jobson told OF
the work of her life for thirty years
in fighting liquor and saloon influence.
She outlined particularly the work
of the league In last summers cam
paign, its publication of a special paper
and the holding of weekly meetings on
the Ford Hotel lot In Richmond. ad
dressed by prominent workers. She
pointed to the fact that whereas the
vets had claimed Richmond by over
seven thousand they carried it by only
two thousand Referring to the or
ganization of the Prohibition
: League in Richmond she declared: Il
pledge you my word of honor as a
Christian woman we will give this new
organization all the trouble 1t wants"
She outlined the work of the league
In South Carolina. North Carolina,
Florida and even in Washington.
i DIR. Patterson To Speak Again
Or. Catch y-Pal Patterson who
made such a hit with the convention
last night was called on for "A speech
by the audience, and thanked them
for their Kindness. Or. Patterson, fol-
lowing the offer of five hundred dol
lars for ten days work in Norfolk.
made after his speech last night an
nounced today that arrangements had
been made by the bureau for which
he is travelling for IA course of meetings
by him here in April, beginning on
the 4th
Afternoon Session.
The first part OF the afternoon ses-
sion was in charge of the Woman s
Christian Temperance Union Several
Interesting addresses We're made by
workers Of the union. Mrs. H NJ.
lIoge. president of the State union,
presiding, and introducing the speak
ers. A feature of the session was
the parade of over n hundred chill
dren who were arranged on the plat
form and sang Temperance songs
composed especially for the conven-
ton. One OF these was sung to the
tune OF Tipperary:
Its long way to prohibition,
TIA a. long waY-ta- go.--
It's a long way to prohibition,
To the fairest land we know:
So It's goodbye local option.
High license Wen not spare.
It's long. long way to prohibition.
But We are almost there"
The speeches were made as fol-
lows:
Mrs. Helen IL. Green. The Power
Of the Press; Mrs. Lillian Sheppard,
Posters. How To Use Them; Mrs.
J. c, Kelly. The Children. How To
Use Them
Mrs, AM c, Weech and Mrs. S.