The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-19


one dry candidate in each senatorial
district, the door is closed in our faces
and we will be as helpless as IL we
had no Enabling Act, and no thirty
Thousand majority. 1t ia the special
task OF three liquor lawyers in Rich
mond to get as many candidates rs
possible to run on the dry ticket SO as
to split the vote and then to have eune
man on the wet side and put him IN
office,
Rev. John A. Taylor spoke on the
situation that had existed in his dis
trtct of Roeroke-three-to- dry
where by splitting the dry vote among
many candidates the wet people had
elected man-7the 3~etest Of the wet
He pointed out that the dry forces
should agree on the men they desir d
to run in each district and get them
to come out at once, SO as to be sure
of their men, and then keep out other
dry men who might endanger the
chances OF the cause.
Hon. A. T. Lincoln stated that IL he
couldn't get anything but wet Re-
publican to vote for he would vote for
a dry Democrat Four years ago he
had said that the Southwest would
overcome any wet majority that could
be rolled up In the eastern part of the
State. He had voted for Senator q.
F. buchanan two years ago rather
than wet Republican. In the next
election he thought that il either party
in his section put up a wet candidate
the dry man on the other side would
be elected.
Houxh On Norfolk situation.
Mr.. J. w. Hough made telling
speec on conditions in Norfolk. He
made the positive declaration that
Norfolk will defeat the present sena-
tor and return better one. Norfolk
h.u hnc haA for In nv,
to Richmond representatives who would
trade of what was due Norfolk In
caucus before the Legislature even
assembled. The Second District is the
largest in population of the State and
has the smallest number of represen-
tatives TO the population. For this
In the past there was cause for
thanks b. reason of the character of
representatives Norfolk had sent. The
present session. however. a. change has
been manifest in the House, where
there have been true representatives.
and where II was possible to have In
troduced In the House any measure of
merit. In the Senate. however, the
case was different. Here Senator Les
ner. who has. said Mr.. Hough, direct
interest in r. brewery, IN the repre-
sentative of the city. strange thing
is taking place in Norfolk now, for
friends OF Senator Lesner are actually
circulating petitions presenting them to
many prominent citizens asking that
Mr.. Lesner be returned. You couldn't
keep Lesner out OF the primary with
gattling gun. and We in Norfolk are
profoundly grateful that he Will be
/ candidate. We want the people of
Virginia to know that we can beat
man like him. His political days are
ended. We are going to send a dry
se nator from Norfolk to the next Lsgis-
lature." Mr.. Housh stated that the
senator from Norfolk County, Senator
Corhitt. ~ a dry man. and. that the
next Senate. which he predicted would
be two-thirds dry, will have dry men
from both Norfolk and Norfolk County
The last speaker was Mr.. Thomas
| Whitehead, who said he desired to
pay tribute 20 the staiwart Christians
of Norfolk, whom all the State had
been watching for ten years, and that
: his heart bled TO see the truth crushed
over the protest OF such men as j. w.
Hough. He was glad there is pros
pect for a change and hoped II would
} would dare offer for election, he
/ thought, who did not run dry. al
though many of them have been run
ming wet before. I'VE must tell the
| politicians Of this State that we have
carried the State by thirty thousand
majority and that we will have Leg
islaure of the friends of prohibition
or we will create a political revolu-
ton"
Or. Cannon Reelected.
| DR.. James Cannon was reelected
superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League for the coming year. Rev. Da-
vfd Hepburn his assistant and DR..
Cannon. Rev. ]. S. Peters and DR.. f.
! T. Wexford directors of the National
Anti-Saloon League by the new State
Executive Committee In special
meeting tonight. The headquarters
committee OF the league was contin-
lued as last year, The new directors
will represent Virginia at the Worlds
Temperance Convention at Atlantis
City in July.
Stirring addresses by DIR. George w
Mcdaniel and Attorney General Pol
lard closed the convention, which ad-
tourned sine die at $40 o'clock af-
ter most successful meeting. Sew
erai hundred delegates were In at
tendance. although all did not regis
ter.
| At the night session The Virginian
again came in for much commenda-
ton, this time at tha hands OF DR..
! Mcdaniel. He said: The temper
ance movement must have its organ.
Some one said today that IL all the
/
burned before election the State would
have gone dry. This is an impossible
superstition: some of them were so
wet they couldn't burn. The members
of this convention who do not sub
scribe to and read The Richmond
Virginian need a commission OF lu-
macy to examine them as to their san
! lily of mind. Suppose II is not as big
a paper as rome others. IL Is abso-
iutely impossible to get the temper
ance news out Of the capital city by
any other means: IL we didn't have
1t We would never get prohibition
facts
vfrxfnfan Carries News.
AS an Illustration. three days ago
:, The Virginian published the news OF
the organization Of the Anti-Prohibi-
tion League OF Virginia, which was
news for the whole State. To this
EUou hour the supreme. the Ofu Lady
either hasn't heard OF this piece Of
news or hasn't had the space to print
/ Il"
/ DR.. Mcdaniel spoke at his best and
showed the necessity OF the temperance
people making their positions stronger
every day. He pointed out the danger
the temperance people should beware
OF. First of these, he said. la the de-