The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-22
|STROOE AND EARLY
| LOSE FIGHT DI
SCORE OF q TO 8
Wendenburg Amendment Re-
curing Commissioners to b
| Lawyer Beaten By - 10 !
PROHIBITION FORCES
ARE FIRMLY UNITED
All Attempts to Materially Mod
lily Mapp Bill Are Promptly
and Emphatically Votsd
Down in Upper House

- OPP~A LOUISE
With two sessions Of the senase -.
terday devoted almost eutirAiy u IT,
consideration of the Mapp prohibition
bill. good progress Was made With that
important measure. Something more
than twenty-five sections ont az fhn
seventy-four were carried through fha
amendment stage. OF courss these sec-
lions can still be amended IL Il shan
be found necessary.
The overwhelming defeat Of SAM
ator Strobe. OF Amherst, and Senator
Early. OF AlbemArle, In their fIglst ~
the exemption OF cider from the opAr.
alton of tho Mapp bill was tina ont.
standing feature OF the day. .Th1so
senator's fought earnestly ana lona II
behalf OF cider. but went down ~
very decided odds. -
Another distinct feature. Of IT, 1ay
and one scarcely less interesting than
the defeat Of the cider amsndment 80
the rejection Of two ameudmnnts
offered by Senator wsnden burr. & 81
! Richmond. with referencssto the Com
missioner of Prohibition. The drae
Of these provided that the commits
sioner should be an attorney in active
| practice. This was defeated by@ re
vote OF 10 10 Z. Tho other asnend-s
ment for which Nj. WendsahHSl
made = valisnt fight sought - pro-
lature should abolish tie So 81
commissioners the salary IL THAI a.
hciaI should be discontinued. The vote
on this was 20 nearly unanimous that
even . roll call could not be secured.
| Strobe and early LOse.
The days discussions were decided
" Interesting. senatcrs STROBE ands
Early made very earnest. pleading
arguments In behalf or the cidSr
amendments When one had been a.
feated they fought for another with
possibly increased xeaI and ard0r. TIE
sentiment against these amendments
WAS shown from the start to be over
wheiming. Senator after senator a..
fc5arcd thHt this HrsKf66f evil exjstln9
In dry territory today was from the
sale OF intoxicating elder. Senator
Walker, In an exceptionally strong.
speech. showed that cider should s.
put on the same basis with other ms
toxtcating liquors and pointed out thai
the cider provisions Of the Byrd laW
mArred the symmetry Of that mot
benencent act. Senator Mann. vhn
= leading the fight for tho prohfhl.
ton bill with consummate abiltfv ana
tacE was very earnest ana forcaful III
antagonizing the exemptions az ciAar.
| The frst cider proposition propoooA
to strike out the regulations Ia fhe
Mapp bill with reference 70 ctdsr snI
TO provide that nothing IN the NnDns
bill should be construed ~ afE0e4inSt
/ tho present law concerning TIA maIr11
/ fActure and sale OF cider. Thu ~ - "
/ ment of Senator Early followed ~
language of the cider provision N Tia
] prohibition bin offered ~ Senators
Strobe and Addison early In the -.
| sion. Under the Byrd Law, which 60
braces the existing law ~ "a elder.
1 Il 10 provided that my cider gh3x WfII
! produce intoxicatton shall not II
sold In quantities OF less than f1xo enl-
| Ions In local option territory. o. M
| territory In which license % IN
/ ardent spirits At retail has not beeu
/ granted, except by the person erow-
| ing or buying the fruit from which
the cider h made: ana provided fsr.
\ ther that no cider containing mere
| than 8 per centum OF alcohol * thu
| time OF the sale shall be sold IN local
option territory or in territ0ry whore
| license to sell ardent sptrits 81 rutail
| ther nothing In this act shall prevent
| the sale Of cider 70 BE- delivered M
| Z common carrier TO be tranSpor46A
! to q place where ardent spiEi&s n1n4
! he legally sold, nor to licensed 1fe<
tt1ler Tor purpoaos Of disttllattons1
The Eary AmGnQmAnfs notmH ~N81mM4s
| "a, senator Gtrode mAdo another aGAt
for thu elder people ~ o6erine oAs
amendment to exempt cidoF coH391n&a
Ing not more than 3 IL per c4n< 04s
alcohol. The Amhernt 0enAtoF uF1N1
this amendment With chafnct1f
earnestneas and fervor. but 0tl14r A~nleg
ators tnststcd that Il would pefm& eka|
aale of cider sntirely too noa3
/ stage of infoxicafion ana this, too. U6L6s
/ voted down. The fact that ~ rs
ment aufhorixin9 The I'D o1
containing within ~ eeAs ee - i ~
cteut alcohol 20 produces 1Ato&1ooe
/ ana that the pArcomtAGe a.
| might rapidly increase ~ IT
/ cider 10 tbs air 49, ure64 M
Senators as1ins& ~ aerd<le ~ !: \
No ChnME4 ~ ~ A. n ~
/ III e II evident thAt thN Gelz1 h
Is ia Into eak1MiJa6 ~ ~ 81 "a
lniferinK che nrolhl1I t30n 6zt IN III
4 feaf az Tie tWO c1df9r ntse NJ
1 the Inornin8 49, q & l.! Y! r. 8