The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-22

- eof1 shnz eGsctel cut.
~ k0p sxnsndznent1 evoked n
- Wock 1uteroek ~ The discus
r. IL <1Gef 4ueot4pn ID the fore
ana IN seu<sm4pf 81 the Senaf
s. rAewn - ~ overwhelmed
111k thsm. paFsteulariy Against u
6<H go. A fsw mennbexs Of IN
- Who ara saruset AdvvcAtss Q
MApp bill. felt that Il would b
- % hAvs IN able lawyer - oon
onefers 1fapp. west ana Conra'
Sx eeruestiy autaxonised thsss IT,
ndmentz and thu fnstdicus meth
= - she Iaqnor interests were severe
& ~ 1encunced.
Nay epxurc Exempeious.
An amendment offered by Senator
Andrews. OF Roanoke, sxempttng hu
&1t1oe ana counties from the operation
6k those provisions Of the btu per
Il atfxin9 Druggists TO sell ardent spir1tA
gsWmo 1rst adopted and then reconsider.
~ n order that y may be put 2 some
what better shape and that ether SEN
axoss whose dasxrictA desire exemption
may include these cities and ccunties
Y III WA made plain that the trainers Of
4 the Mapp bill are entirely willing that
&very city and county In tho State
ehnH ash 10 be exempted, IL they ~
6Hslre. Tor the prorisicn a. to drug
ntorss has been put In the bin 70 meet
the reQnsrement OF section . OF -hs
Enabling Act
The same thing IL true AZ TO nanor
4 ehipmensx. The trainers OF the Nspp
y LII are also entirely willing THAI any
Axs~kx, S.fe \ II fha rrfsr4tR4 and
c1t3e@ shall ask 10 be exempted from
t3ose provisions Of the bin which re-
Sata 10 thu shipment Of liquor. These
1axtcr two subjects viii probably en-
xAxs the attention az the Senate TO-
day.
Senator walker Opens Debate.
Senator Walker maSe q strong.
1c3xcal spesch ID opposition 20 the
r3<1er amendment. which ha5 been Of
fsrsd By Senator Early o. Saturday,
and szppossec IN lengthy speech by
Senator Strrss. he sad: Il have no
criticism 70 make Of the Senators
xruxn Greene and Azahsrss In the poss-
E5cn THAI th*y are Representing t@s1-
Oonsfetnent8 bat ] do Insist tssf these
anxxnrs rannas successfully es1srwnts-
~ he<wesn the provisions u tina E7-
ab.sre Act HK 20 hse~rvses and wine
rsax xnd the amendment as 20 ez@ev.
Certainty tbs wsns amen6mens has
stronger position. ~ that amendment
~ne inserted by the committee. Willis
the cider amendment wss inserted on
the Gocr.
Nobody has suggested that the
Legislature has no right to act upon It,
Not 4 single newspaper has ever sug-
gcstsd that there IL any limitation an
n the power Of the Legislature. either
morai or otherwise.
a Al this point Senator Strobe desired
that Senator Walker point out any
newspaper that said anything about
cider during the campaign.
Senator Walker said that he had
not seen anything In any Newspaper
on that subject. but. continuing. said:
The fact OF the matter 10 that the
friends of the enabling act agreed that
81 was better to have the bill with
tho brewery, winery and cider amend
amSnfS than not 70 have It at all. Tbs
t40&k - In much weaker
nUS2f1ou than tho other provisions.
The snabisng act distinctly provides
4Aa@- hreWeries and wineries may sell
axEor- ~Nevcmber 4. le1e, but with
SduxI occurrences declares that moth
I. 1nk IN thin 1Gcf shall be construed ~
Affecting the present law concerning
!. the rnAnufactare- and sale Of cider"
Senator STROBE interrupted to ask
ibid not. .tha4.. language mean there
should besrc LEGISLATION concerning
cider r. Senator Walker replied tina
II simply meant that the adoption o.
tho enabling act would have no effcc
osle way or the other upon the law q
to the sale Of cider.
why was 1t put In there. tneny'
asked senator Early.
ssTo please the Senator from Abe
unAris." replied Senator Walker.
Senator Strobe stated that he hAf
never intimated that the Legislature
j had not the power to pass such law
Moral and Legal Right
\ Senator Walker replied. The sena'
tor from Amherst did declare that tn,
!. 1sAeiaixtara had the constitutions
mower 70 pass any legislation II snigh'
chccse 10 pass On the manufacture
ana saie OF cider. but he Also dc.
I ciarad that tho naernburs hAd NOT sss
moral right to pass such legislation
i Hut what does the enabling act pro
vide In explicit terms? Why. that I
y aatatt be unlawful to do certain thing,
/ altar November l. 1915, provided tina
sales shall permitted for certain pur'
{ poses under such regulations ~ thu
Lag1Siature OF 1915 may provide. TIT
\ tho Legislature has no right to change
the iAW concerning cider because thu
sider provision is put into the enAblinl
4 net to get votes. and tnttmAtes tina
55f the law should now be changed
those votes would have baen obtained
under false pretenseaL The Senator
from Amherst furthermore insists
that the Immunity granted to cidel
shall continue for an indefinite period
Does he mean for one. two or three
terms of the General Assembly. ~
least one-half Of the members Of thu
Senate are new members. Are the,
TO be bound by the agreement which
the Senator from Amherst ciafmi
wa made In 1917 From hts position
1t might be thought that those WHIT
were members OF the Senate in 1871
ought 10 be hound forever. But thu
4 Senator from Amherst tnsists tina
they should be- bound at least for thii
IS session of the Legislature
MARRIED Byrd Law.
II have always thought that thu
Xcider provision OF the Byrd law mar
red the symmetry of that law. op'
posed that provision Of that law. Cider
el1ouid be on the same basis with othes
Intoxicating liquor. There IL mors
4rouble in my section from cider than
\ from anything else. and the same re-
{ port comes from other sections of the
state. II the cider amendment do
xnanded by Senators Early and Strobe
shall be inserted In this bill. We will
IS - 81. exsrtiy the attitude vA Wer0 Ia