Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-05
SAYS ONLY REMEDY IS
IN NATIONAL PROHIBITION
Major Dan Morgan Smith Speaks
Mt the Academy OF
Music.
PLEADS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
Says Dry Virginia Wet Will BE
Argument for Return Of Saloons.
Would Dust Officials Who Fail to
Prosecute Liquor Sellers.

Before an audience of 500 people
Major Dan Morgan Smith yesterday
AFTERNOON delivered a scathing attack
on the liquor interests. and said that
as regulation had failed, amputation
mad become necessary. Major Smith
was once general counsel for one of
the three national associations of liquor
dealers. and had advocated the pas-
sage OF model license laws as meas
ures that would save boys and pre-
vent drunkenness. His promises were
applauded. he said. but the laws were
never passed. and the violated prom
Uses made OF him a prohibitionist.
Major Smith was introduced by Rev.
r. j. Richardson, field agent OF the
National Anti-Saloon League.
In speaking Of his work. Major
smith said that about six years ago he
/ told the virginia Legislature: that he
sought Il means Of taking the LIQUOR
business out Of politics and the law
breaker out OF the liquor business.
SAYS REMEDY Is IN
NATIONAL PROHIBITION
i have found It," he said. in ma
tlonal constitutional prohibition. The
d..
amputaton becomes necessary" uc
agreed that 1t was Il drastic remedy
but said that IL was to cure "A terrific
disease. Tor the domination OF politics
by Liquor dealers and brewers is a men
ace TO good government wherever AT
tempted and fatal to moral lepis,ation
wherever successful
AS general COUNSEL he said. ..of one
OF me three national associations OF
i'4uor dealers. | spoke throughout the
nation. advocating the passage ne
model licenses laws as measures that
Wouid save the boys and prevent
, drunkenness. When had promised
model licenses in many cities and nu
merous states those in AUTHORITY IN
antiprohibition fights applaudcd tho
promises. but prevented the passapc or
model license laws.
Ihen | awoke to the fact that the
vets were in favor OF regulation ONLY
Just before election; that they had
'ncir Speakers advocate IL and forbid
'heir legislators passing it,
. WIN the realization that the mod o.,
Incense was but an empty promise. made
~ soothc the conscientious voted Into
the Dchef that his vote for the s,,oon
was vote for regulation, came Tho
conviction that the liquor dealers ala
not want 10 quit politics. that they ala
not desire economy
WIN full authority, !. AZ general
Hri VI III" National Model License
League. promised these reforms and
their broken promises made a nrnhi'
pitionist or me. for knew TINT +,
TAXED or law cannot do what tbc,.
would not chance an enacted law doinp
Ihcy would not let tho prescription
be tlled. so could no longer promise
1t would cure.
The moderate drinker is responsih,o
ior the immoderate drinker: his vote
MS example his treating, all contrIhu,e
10 me unmakinS of n man and tho
making of sot
DRY VIRGINIA WET WILL
BE. ARGUMENT FOR SALOONS
The drunken man seen in n wet State
Is n horrible example to be pointed to
ny drys as reason for abolishing the
saloon. A drunken man In n drv state
is the proof offered by the vets TO ner-
snade the voting public that prohi-
Oition Is failure! Dry Virginia dry
VIII be great influence for prohibit
tion. Dry Virginia wet will be fine
argument for the saloons!
"After the enactment of your pro-
hibition bill every jug expressed in
every hottie brought in, every drinker
and every drunltard: yes. and every
tax paid to the United States for the
selling of liquor in dry Virginia VIII
he ammunition for the vets
Unless prohibition prohibits in Vir-
GINA, Virginia Will be the horrible ex-
ample Tor the vets in their fight against
national constitutional prohibition, This
can only be prevented by the passapn
or good law. and it's al-the-tfm
everywhere. no-mntter-who-it- hits. en-,
forccnent.
And then. IL your policemen cant
eaten the bootleggers. go out and catch
the policemen. You will do more FOR
enforcement Of prohibition laws by
Kicking one police chief. If he is crook
ed: out or the police station, than by
bringing forty DRINKS into the police
station.
IF you have n CommonweaIth.s At
torney who Is not certain whether he
desires to prosecute or defend the nro-
hlhition law vioiators. keep that lawyer
80 busy defending himself from i'm
parchment charges that he cannot f,nd
time TO defend the whisky crowd
III your Judge is too wet to do mis-
duty, make 1t so hot for him that he
VIII dry out. IL you prosecute the de-
linquent official he will enforce the
law"
MASONIC CEREMONY