The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-19

against the organization The charges
r. are that the league packed the com
mittees of the Senate interfered IN
the election of Judge Of the supreme
Court, and now asks. al the hands oil
the Legislature, that the will of the
people. as expressed for prohibition.
may be written into an efficient law.
, As to Packing Committee.
Addressing himself to the charge
that the league had packed the COM
mittees of the Senate, the Senator
: declared that it was unfortunate for
! the Senate that he had been placed
in the craftsmanship 81 the Steering
, Committee, though he appreciated the
honor, which was unexpected, ana 10
which he felt that he was hardly en-
> Titled. In 1912, when he came TO the
+ Senate as a tenderfoot legislator, the
, sentiment in that body was strongly
against the enabling act. The opposl-
, ton was given majority on inc
. Steering Committee, and, in the or
Rau!zation of the committees of the
, senate He was put on the Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections, but
he was promptly told that his hands
were tied by line up Of nine TO three
against the "drys." However, he did
! not complain No one had ever heard
him complain that those having n
clear majority in the body were given
tontFOi OF the CDIlllllNNttSs itio NSA''
the natural scheme of legislation The
Senate would have lost confidence IN
the chairman of the caucus had he not
put ma jority of dry Senators on
the Steering Committee. He felt deep
Is Prieved at the position taken by
his friends on the other side Inc
Anti Saloon Leaguc was entirely IN It's
rights" the Senator declared. In It's
demands for fair representation on
the Steering Committee and on the
leading committees of the enate.
They had right to insist that the
Finance Committee .hou}a De con-
truned by the friends of prohibition
and NOT make it possible for shch
committee to cause the wrccking OF
the treasury of the State in order that
prohibition might be disCredited
Warming up 10 his subject. Senator
Aiapp declared: Had ] been here, l
would have stood fer the control Of
the Committees ou Finance. Irtvl-
leges and Elections and Moral Wei
fare. so it sens 10 me that the cri-
ticism is not only out of place, but is
a matter of poor taste. If 1 may be
permitted to SO characterize 1t without
. meaning TO be N all offensive.
importance of Judgcship.
Senator Mapp next addressed him.
self earnestly and pointedly to the
had sought by letters to members of
the General Assembly to influence tho
election of Judge of the supreme
Court Of Appeals He quoted the re-
mark Of Senator Addison that If the
: person elected was qualified and hon
est nothing more should be asked
and replied THAI more than mere non
5 Csty was necessary in Judge. u VIII
3 say to the Senator from LynchburE,"
he continued. that had l been here
, would not have hesitated to express
my opinion as an earnest advocate
of prohibition as to what candidate
for Judge seemed 10 me most desir-
able Everything else being equal, or
|, nearly equal, l would prefer dry
man for Judge. This law Is liable to
be attacked at every point, and it will
be better for its enforcement II the
Judge before whom the matter is
: brought is sympathetic with the law
: which has been framed In response
to the expressed will OF the people
Q The Senator said that at least one
hundred men had written him with
q reference to this judgeship fight, ana
. that the Senator from Albemarle re-
@ quested him by wire to authorize him
r to pair for Senator Lille. He replied
g that he preferred Judge Turner, but
mat II MS eIetlIpn was Impossible, ne
= would pair and have his vote record
ed as a supporter of Professor Ills.
g Received Many Letters.
e MANY Of the letters which I re-
a ceJved," Senator Mapp continued,
~ were much more positive and far
= reaching than the letter from my close
/ personal friend the Anti-Saloon
- League officer. which was published
q in one of the Richmond papers. ano
i to which these gentlemen have raised
d .nch strenuous ohtecrion Had been
'' in pichmon1 and Il had come 10 nv
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am VIKING 10 Stahd pY theii' LHe
= man VINO wrote the lettef wnich !,
! being criticized was my close Tleh"
It org before the Anu~Saloon League
e came into virginia The fight Tor
e Statewide prohibition was led by him
n with conspicuous ability. He and |
I were in constant correspondence. If
II he was seeking to exert any special
q influence over mon in the tudgeship
- matter other than seeking to advance