The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-16

nuaI convention in Norfolk tonight
will consider among Its chief themes
the legislation to be asked at the
hands of the next General bly,,
to put the prohibition law into effect
II is known all ever the State that
the Anti Saloon League was far from
satisfied with the enabling act as II
was amended by the Senate, but that
the act was accepted as being the best
that could be secured under the cir
cumstances. The executive commit
tee OF the league state at the time of
! the acts passage that It accepted Il
only with the greatest reluctance. and
pointed out several features in the
amendments That were particularly
( objectionable, when the act went to
conference II was found impossible
Ito remove all the amendments 10
which objection was made and so the
act stood as 1t was ratified by the
people. AT the present meeting the
Anti Saloon League will probably de-
eide what course II will take with
reference to the various amendments
tackled on the act by the liquor forces
In the Senate and how they will sc
removed. Another matter of great
interest Will Ice the anti jug laws that
will be considered by the league
1 There was before the last Assembly
an anti-jug Law which the league APP
proved and desired passed, but the
Senate refused TO take the bin up
This bEll, # course, referred TO the
situation as It was before the stat,
voted for prohibition. but there viii
doubtless he another law OF similar
import requested from the next As
seuihIy designed TO take into consd.
GRAFTON the new prohibition laa.---
To be Discussed On Report
| All these matters will be discussed
IN the report of the legislative COM
mittee which viii be framed today
by that committee in annual session
and presented to the convention either
tonight or tomorrow. The report will
| discuss either In general terms the
steps that viii be taken to secure the
desired laws. or will specifically out
| line the laws desired. II is probable
! that the former course will he pur-
sued
| just what bearing the announce
nient OF the new league will have on
this work is not known. as the cir
Itular announcing the organization was
not known to the officers Of the Anti
saloon League in time for them to
make any statement before leaving
/ for the convention yesterday morn
| Eng The assurance that there Will
/ be opposition is not expected to sur
prise them ae the leaders have antici-
lated all along that there would be
ia covert fight made both In the elec-
I ton Of mem bers of the Assembly and
4 in tho passage NJ the laws Particular
I interest WIZ hinge as usual in me
Senate. where for some years the pro
! hibition forces have been opposed by
strong gToug OF anti-prohibiton lead
( crs Now that there IS an organiza-
, ton hRhtins definitely against tho
/ massage OF p~ohibittou laws the task
of the Anti Saloon League may be
sim piinei rs Ii will know where to
look for tsie inspiration of the opposi-
! ton 1t anticipates at the next cleo
ton. II was note AT the recent ses-
! sion Of the Senate that few of the
wet senators felt any too secure in
their tenure of Office and the fact
/ that many Of them win not stand for
re election, after their open opposi-
/ ton to the enabling at and the later
vote OF the districts Which they repre-
saataa for prohibition, 10 deemed AS
sursnce tina. many of them arc doubt
! full or election and several may not
even offer again.
Ffkht in other states.
In nearly all States where prohi-
billion has been adopted the liquor
forces have fought both for the repeal
Of the law and against the enforce
ment OF the laws when they are en-
acted The hrst plank In tho plat
form Of the new league Is that which
states the organization will seek for
the repeal Of the present prohibition
law, although the Law has not yet gone
into effect and will not do so until
1916. Whether the statement that there
exists d permanent nencfeus IN oppo-
sit!on to prohibition refers to the Self
Government League liz not definitely
stated, although II is recalled that
many of the most prominent members
OF the organization stated publicly af-
ter the election that they would do
an I'm their power TO make the pro
hibition laws effective and see that
they had fair trial Another fea-