The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-29
ADVICE FROM TFTI TIMt.S-DIspAt n

The eagerness Of everybody 10 offer advice
% The leaders OF the Ant-saloou League Of
Virginia and TO read II out Of the prohibition
vice is highly amusing. The Timcs-Dispote Is
@ill doubtless be claiming next 10 be supreme
In temperance legislation, II evidences its Gus
fomary inability 10 understand any movement
for the bettcrmeut Of the conditions Of the State
when it says
Virginia has written the principle or
prohibition. by an overwhelming majority.
into her organic law. There are other
problems, vitality affecting the prosperity
aud happiness of The people. that demand
consideration. 1t cannot be that Virginia
will Danish from these questions dis us
sions and adjustment every man who at a
past election and decided issue mas
differed with the majority Of the voters or
the state
Because the prohibition forces in other States
accepted Just such advice as that given by the
IomeS-DiSpatch those states have been made a
prey 20 many troubles and Ills that Virginia,
unless she is blind 20 all experience and de
luded by the near-wisdom Of the TimeS-DiSp0tch
and other inspired sources OF information most
certainly will avoid. The fact that ali these
HiAAANiH ciNAAi4V0 W pAphhulllcu prefer 10 speak
OF it as a decided issue" when not single
enforcement law has been passed. when tho en-
aiding act itself has not gone into effect: when
the opponents of prohibition have formed an
organization 10 repeal the prohibition law, de-
claring their intention of nulifying in so
far as they are able the viii Of the State,
should be sufficient % put the people Of Viz
oFn hair
sinia TO suffer the experience Of other States
where the enemies Of the prohibition law per-
suaded the people that they were far more cap
able OF enforcing the law than Its friends and
so we're returned TO Office and succeeded in de
feating the will Of the people Of those States
until after many long years OF struggle the pro-
Libition forces again convinced the people that
only the friends of a cause can be trusted with
enforcing it, A man who does not believe in
the punishment OF crime who has been bins elf
criminal, would be peculiar person to put
in charge of enforcing the Law \ man who
has all his life and with all his strength OPP
posed prohibition would be peculiar person to
ask to make or enforce the law that the people
desired.
Nc I {HttNIitA par u MAKES MEASUREMENT or
fact when it says prohibition has been writ
ten into the organic law" One or two pro.
visions for prohibition have been enacted into
law and that is all The most vital features of
the law remain to be enacted The Times.DiS
patch made a very severe assault on the proh-
bition leaders In the prohibition campaign be-
cause of the exemption OF wineries and brew.
cries put IN the enabling act by wet Senators
Are we to presume all that was hypocrisy and
that the TtmesDispotch would have the law
remain il is after all its denuncation of what
u called 'hypocritical provisions in the en-
abling act9 Would It have this portion of the
law, the organic law TO remain as it is?
And If not, whom would it have to remove
these provisions? The wet Senate which insist
ed that the wineries and breweries should be ex-
empted? Surely II they were sincere in pat
ting tho amendments on the bill the Tlmes-DiS-