The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-12

reduce the sale OF liquors to a mini
mum. II these statutes fail In their
Intent and purpose, nothing remains
but national probation. resolu
ton so to amend the Constitution
failed of passage in Congress two
years ago. II one county IN Georgia
is legally dry and the adjoining
county Is legally wet, they are bot1
wet. The people in -the-dry- county
have to send or go just little further
than formerly for the liquors. The
same is true Of States
Representative Charles r Crisp;
Congress has passed the Webb Ia v.
which divests liquor of its interstate
commerce character, leaving il 10 tho
respective States to pass legislation TO
prohibit the manufacture and sale
within the State. Personally / have
always been. and am now, a strong
prohihitionist. / have voted for pro-
hibitiou at every opportunity | have
had in Georgia and In Congress. and
supported the Hobson resolution for
national prohibition. | Will support
any sound national 'ssislation that
has for its object pH11lu1tion OF the
manufacture and sale of liquor /
have introduced in this Congress,
and 1t Is now pending, bill to pro
hibit the Federal government from Is
suing a license for the sale of liquor
in any State where by law It's sale :s
prohibited
Gordon Lees Position.
Representative GGordon Lee; l
snurcrted az an amendment to the
III on resolution a substitute or
fercd by Representative Morrison. of
Indiana, which provided: The i'm
portation OF any spirituous vinous,
matted, fermented. or other intoN-
eating liquors into any State OF the
United States, or into the District OF
Colum bia. or into any territory IL
quor from any other State, district
or territory. county, place, or region,
domestic or foreign is forever pro-
hibited." This amendment, II adopted,
would have absolutely prohibited the
export trade. That was my position
two years ago 1t is my position to-
day. Under II Georgia would TO-DAY
be as dry as a bone
'i Representative William Schfey
Howard What the States want and
demand is the right to govern their
own affairs For that reason and for
the further reason that / have strong
convictions that the sale of liquor is
a moral and economic parasite gnaw-
ing at the very Yitals OF our clVlllza-
ton | have always voted TO curtail
Its use. l voted Tor me " tph bt4t' Iva
the reason 1t was step toward the
rights of States TO prevent any EVIL
influence from flourishtnR within It's
borders contrary to the wishes of Its
people,
7 voted for national prohibition
for the reason that 1t is impossible
for Georgia to do its will as long as
the Federal government makes liquor
a legitimate commodity in interstate
commerce.
The eyes of the nation were To-
cused on Georgia today, and she Will
DO as she has always done, vlndicate
her traditions as q law-abiding, law
enforcing state
Approves Constitution Cartoon.
Representative Carl Ninson;
thoroughly approved the idea behind
the CONSTITUTIONS splendid cartoon.
am strongly IN favor of closing the
back door Of our State to interstate
shipments of liquors SO that the ex-
pressed will of the peoples repre-
sentatives may be carried out. Con-
gress has sought through the Webb
law, to accomplish this result Stern.
vigorous enforcement of existing law
by our State officials will make the
state dry practically as well as le-
aallY.'