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

floor Of the senate knAt ne Nan RUtuu
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'I'st N"''" ne Sp'"e' -
for the hih as X came from M
and Of the vets" was being shown, ant
,,. ,bc;r agb, masa without having Il
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J speak on the DILL SSAo No. il Wa
uld make more effective speeches and
hsa already come Senator Strobe. ir
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ny the AcCoi"aC senator ''a' '''' '"l'e'
2 The motives or attributing any other
strobe and Addison. FFe had simply
b, .o,a+or .o sho,,, that dry" eenotors
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n the P"9''''i' W '"'H''3 - ''7''' =" '''>
d TO make.
Ity by hts own people, and gives au-
/ thoritv to take him away to another
county which may be dry" enough,
/ or to bring in n jury which may be
dry" enough to convict him. Thus
+ the Senate Is asked TO violate ono OF
tho fundamental principles Of law at
the behest Of the Anu-Saloon League,
I'm order to I'll jails and penitent8fics
with those who may want to have
more tNaU one quar- OF ll1ubIr
What does section 50 mean 1t
seems to imply that man shall not
be allowed to borrow any money on
his property and it might even pre-
vent him from employing counsel
These are examples of what I
mean by saying that the l1w Is 50
drastic that the provisions Of the law
Itself VIII prevent its enforcement.
The result viii in many cases be the
acqu!ttal Of the accused or a hung
54rv. because the jury is not willing
10 impose the severe penalties indi-
Gated IN the law -
Senator C;oolriek then said that
there was another matter which had
been brought before the body by the
Senators from Lyn~hhure and AM
herst. upon which nc felt obliged to
speak his sentiment As a represent
tatlve from the district In which Judge
Sims lived, he was satisfied that judge
Sims was not In Pny sense party
TO the action condemned by the Sena-
tors from LynChburg and Amherst.
Furthermore. the charge TINT the
committees Of the Senate were shaped
hy ontslde Influences is certainly true,
md n js a question thai this body il
ia ,nirc.-vyhpfher there shall he
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"a nv ,.r.,hft5t{n,, ,.ao,1o r,ara
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'st'iaie' anu II was Isl, '"' NJ
SltefihE oli'"li''tc sil"u"A i's''H 'i'.
pf'uonlhatih& PFoh'"itlo" SPhtIIi'eI'
N the bodY, but now 'hal ihe ANU
saloon League has grown so power
fnl, they will appoint the members
Of the committee. The time has come
to say whether any member, wet or
dry should stand for this "
The Senator declared that he had
great resnect for the Anti-g ga loon
I,eagu- some Of his warrnest friends
are members OF the Ieague. but the
erna. influence that these gentlemen
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ne uttered ms protest "S'''i7' ~
senator Jordan speaks
Senator Jordan began his speech by
, the quotation from the prayer Door
, asking the deiiverance of the boo
, from all hatred. envy and STRIFE. u
declared that ne mad been PANIED q
hear certain statements from senator
, Addison and STROBE. He was surprise
. TO hear Senator Addison say that M
I first allegiance was TO the Democratic
party. My first allegiance. SAT-
, Senator Jordan, rs 70 my country ant
TO my God. My position IN TINS sen
ate Is unique. have no allegiance
to any organization or TO any caucus
and no one dictates my course or vote
While the argument or senator Ahdl
son u.s. not gerInahe. u Is peanufn
example OF loyalty "a caucus IT
Is true that maliSn and danEtroo~ IN
nuences have invaded the benocrH'l
rIuc'Is. ana glad MAS mol pFs7Sh'
The gentleman from LyhchhhrG ma
given tn me painful experience. flfs
ns praised the 8Tttt"Hat"oft LEA Rtfe- OK
traVagantly and reared mohufhen
70 it's honor. and thoh ne denoohce'
1t in unsparing terms.
senator JordanS trony'
Something has been sa@d reEhFa' ~
the injection OF politics INTO TINS mat
ter. one would think there mac
never been any poIitics In any ORGAN
/, zation Of Virginia, except IN the ANU
Saloon League that mere had heFe
& been any pollt'clAhs eI"C'e" o"F'' ~"
or virginia: that no Governor ma
ever bult up nachihe |" zee
himself later 10 the tntle" 9l"-.' .9Vi,
ate, is there any puble question ~ ~
virginia IN which theie are h"t PV'I
hHsF Ii there was. theh II was ue
cause some poFerLul mixture ia" pe'
applied 70 every once IN me o'"te An'
CITY and has eradlcateH me germs .
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