The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-23


of covetousness. | think you VIII ma
moral purpose In every section OF
TINS bila II / could take up paraSraph
AFTER paragraph or the Dill. for IN
stance We felt that II was tunda-
mental that the individual shouid nov
pc aHowed TO infringe upon I'M rie".s
OF society III "hich ne l'Neu' W. ~ou'u
not 60 SO Tar as 10 say '',n. INC"
shouId not drink liquor. inat Is
question mat our constitutional Id"
yers nave oeen thrashtns over ioi
long time nut we nave ho' come 10
lhe point yet that the Ia" wiz say
mat man cannot drink hquor we
40 say that man cannot COMM.
suicide. we may nave law Una
attempts TO prevent IT, nut II Is olii-
cult TO enforce such law.
The law does not say that man
cannot drink liquor. but the Ia" doeS
Try 10 circumscribe man VINO drinks
liquor as far as possible therefore,
, ,ne IA" says 'nnt man eamm". a.,,,N
tquoI ou' IN socletS' ne c1"hot "a I'm
nquoi eNeep. III o"e piace US '",ne
sec ION Oh 'he law ana see no"
'"f' WI , ne" 'u' ''"'' we ""''
P' , Unlu''i ne ,,
r!'"'. shA,' De ui'a"t" LOT a
ueht spir''S 20 pe Rep'' s'o,e,' s'',,,
"iS'i '"ut'u' CIV" away VI usou III VI
~ any ciupi'"use. tr"tei my -nouS,'
lodRe or meeting place' "hetheF such
meeuhg pace IL mousse room "oa''
car or any place IN any puiiolhs' or
in the open ar on iaho OF "a.ef, OF III
any place except IN noha nue. nome
as hereinafter proN'ueo'
The Intent OF that section is what!
II is to say that no man shall drink
Intoxicating liquor; not lemonade, not
ginger ale. not soda water but that
no man shall drink intoxicating liquor,
which will make fool of him, which
!. will cause him to lose control OF him-
v self, and, therefore. make him unht
TO be member of society. He can
drink nowhere except in bona hde
home. You say 1t is bad enough to
drink 1t there. Yes, II Is. but we are
protecting society to the very limit
and we have used language just as
sweeping as we think it Is possible
for language to be used, so that
no man can possibly evade the law.
Limiting the Quantity.
So we go further and say:
(2) Nothing in this act shall pre-
vent one, in his own home from hav-
ing and there giving to another ardent
spirits. except when the quantity Of
such ardent spirits shall not exceed
the quantity allowed by this act to
he kent in his home. and such gift is
a
the provisions of this act: but the
word home ss used herein. shall be
the nermanent residence OF the nerson
and his family. and shall not he con-
, strued to include a club. fraternity
: house. lodge-roorn or rooms. or place
of common resort, or room OF a guest
In q hotel mr. boarding honse -"
This does not allow drinking in a
. boa riding bouse except nv the nerson
,
, must be In his .bona fde" home not
a boarder in some other persons home
We have gone further Somebody
, has inquired about the drug store mart
Of the act Won know az matter
Of fact the nhvsicians are stiII d,vidad
about II. some state associations have
D.. barred n nItoqatber fror, tbe nbarua
, conoeie. hut the national association
has wavered a 1ittio One wear II will
! saw mo" the next wear YES" and
j, last vesr II uas mo" again and T
. think the trend ia going Ia he mo ="
. There are sttll enough nhvsicians and
, peonle who arc honestly conscientious
, about II. who go the length OF saw
. ing that II ought IN be used as
g medicine. and so we did not feel that
, VIZ could nrohihit II absolutely "a
such Int that such usa was a nor
. sonal matter. A man must be given
that privilege so safeguarded that II
\ cannot become an abuse. that II can
not damage the community by sim
, ply being a loophole by which appe-
lite can he INDUCED; and so we have
: made the drug stove provision for our
: State, and we believe II Is the best
that has ever been made. I was at
, the Holston Conference a couple of
weeks ago, and the superintendent of
the West Virginia league was there.
= and said TO the conference that West
Virginia had a splendid law, but he
was obliged to admit, and was glad to
admit. that Virginia had greatly i'm
: proved It, and when the next General
u Assembly of West Virginia met that
he hoped to be. able to get the i'm
, proved provisions of the Virginia law
u engrafted on their law. was at
t Columbus in the meeting of the ma :
0 tional executive committee Of the
Lnti- Saloon League on Thursday and
s Mr.. Withers, Of Georgia aid. ives
- that is the Alabama law Ceorqianized
with Virginia improvements on n 3"
I think It IL -nntvrrsaftv- admired nv
t temperanre workers that I'm m this
= time we have the hest nrobih,tory
l law that has ever hoen nassad ~ ary,
I General Assembly tbi,l eyeryhod,,
4 agrees to that fact