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

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J, Senator Jordan sAl1 thai The esn
r'afof from kmhsrst he1 0own tnA
J ~ hsd so<ns aoQuAsntAsce VITA IN
ptaysrboox and NJ eugs>gked that I
would Be wise for fhs senator 20 ~
Il ceedin9, he said; "a bill has beer
Passed in the House Of Delegates
\ which prohib1ts absolutely TIE ale q
i cider in the town OF Amherst Or with
j IN two naIlee OF the sauna. and thai
/ bin was introduced IN the HOUSE q
Deieaatss and pAseed ~ tbs reQuen'
/ OF the member OF the House from
\ Amherst County. and jet the SENATOR
from Amherst 81 insisttng that ths
general law for che rest Of the 6tate
shall provide for the sale Of psr csn'
cider.
which Senator STROBE endeavorsd q
| parry by stating that he should -
n or q similar law for any other plaza
under similar conditions 6enatoE
Jordan said. Yes. but Senator Strobe
ID willing TO have cider sold every
where else In the state. There u
/ more drunkenness from cider In Au-
gusta County than from any other
source. The temperance people OF
Augusta arc Just ~ much opposed
to drunkenness from cider N from
whiskey or brandy
Senator Conrad. from Rockingham.
also attacked the positions Of 6enA-
tors Early and Strobe. He said /:
Since the appeal is made a. coming
from the apple growers OF the State
1 cannot keep silent There II not
one request from my county to per-
rnit the sale Of intoxicating cider,
but numerous requests to prohibit the
sale OF such cider A. int0xicates the
people who disturb the community
gatherfngs IN the country. such ~
the church festivals and school cefe-
hrarions. I thought We were sent
hero to pass prohibition bill; not %
pass permitting bill ! see no rea-
son why this Senate should BE- bound
by any action Of tho Senate OF 1914.
Certainly shalt agree that the then
bind the hands Of the present dry
Senator from Rockingham"
Senator Strobe interrupted to ask,
win you Join me In striking out the
quart provision In the bill. % that
the state may have the genuine lAw3"
Senator Conrad replied: Il Will not
axree to that, because In the event
such prohibition should be declared
unconstitutional there win be no pro-
vision In the law to limit the amount
which might be shipped into the
State
Senator walker again entered the
debate. saying that the enabling act
contained no provision which would
prevent the passage OF q law con-
corning the sale of cider. II the Gen.
eral Assembly can pasa q law prohib-
iting the sale OF cider ut Amherst
Courthouse. It can do 30 for any lo-
cality, and yet, although It can pass
. law for all the localities In the
state, Il cannot pass general law
according 10 the Senator from AM
herst.
Senator STROBE replied: "As I un-
derstand tho matter votes were gotten
In the prohibition election by the ci-
der amendment to this enabling act.
Senator walker II mistaken In cay
ing that ! satd, this action bound
them forovoS.s" n
Senator walker ssAd: No. ssid you
were too tndennite.s
Continuing, Senator Strobe said
I<.Thts special act for Amherst Court
house did not give him any trouble
Esnd4. whsnsyer the people OF any To-
1 c1lify asked for such = law he wal
willing for them to have Il"
4 Senator Walker replied that Senator
Strobe was representing all sections
/ except his own III this matter.
/ Senator Early CoseA
Senator Early said that he thought
that his position Ia this matter should
he fully understood, that he was will.
Ing to vote for the Enabling Act ~
1914 and submit the question to the
the ballot should read: For Loca.
Option" '.Eor Statewide Prohibition
MY district voted for local option."
The local option amendment Wal
| offered by myself In the committed
and adopted By the unanimous vota
Of the Senate. The Wineries were ak
exempted from the provisions OF tht
bill. / refused to vote for the En-
abling Act unless the form OF ballo
I Indicated Aheve was part Of the oct
| When the bill went over the House o.
Delegates, however, IT was turnst
/ down and when the bill went to thu
was in Z deadlock for two or three
dayA"
senator Echola, Z member Of tha'
| committee. proposed 10 strike out tn,
exemptions ~ to thu wineries ant
breweries and to retain Local OPP.
ton" on the ballot. But the commit
tee refused that proposition and helt
on to the brewery and winery exemp
tons and struck out Local Option
from the ballot, and when the CON
ference report came back to the Sen
ate voted against t.
but the people Of the state hAv.
voted for prohibition by great ma
jority and / am Democrat and viii
stand by the viii Of the people. Cidel
was exempted In the Enabling Act ant
I cannot believe that you win lister
to the siren voice OF the tempter and
defeat this amendment. ! leave thu
question with YOU"
Amendment Defeated.
The roll was called and the amend.
ment was defeated by the following
vote:
Yeas-Davis. Early. Strobe. webb
Wendenhurg.
Nays--Addison. Allen. Andrews
Bowers, Conrad. Corbitt. Drewry
Garrett. Gayle. Gravatt. Gum. Hening
Jeffreys. Jordan, Lacy. Map p
Mathews, Rison, Robertson. Saunders
Thornton. Trinklc. Walker. West.
YeaA. 3: nays. -.
Following pairs--Barham with Can