The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-05


morality and rfxhtsousness for the
sake or home ana OF all that is good,
to stand hy this biii. letter by letter,
and pass IL as Il came TO US from the
Senate"
There was prolonged applause when
Mr.. Jordan CLOSED.
Many short Speeches.
A number OF three -minu.e speeches
were made after the conciuion of the
argument OF Chairman Jordan. Mr..
Hudgins yielded his time In the hope
that Speaker Houston would address
the House and Mr.. M. X. Lowry Of
fered TO do the same, but Speaker
Houston said he would not take the
time of the House. Mr.. Lowry said
he came from q wet district. but
he was a dry man and he wanted
good law passed. The people OF
his county had voted liquor out TWEEN
ty years ago. He advocated leaving
the enforcement Of the law to the
Governor. whom he regarded as q
good. true and Just man.
Mr.. Meet2e made a brief tmpas-
stoned speech in favor of the bill and
in opposition to the Attorney General
provision. He argued that the COM
missionership would be the biggest
mans job in Virginia, and Its duties
should not be tackled on to any 9TH
er office. He lauded the Anti-Saloon
League and the w. C. r. U. for their
work. and said he wanted to raise
his voice to help build higher mon
ument Of appreciation the people
of the State would give these organi-
cations. He urged the members to
stand by the bill. which had both
teeth and claws in 1t and which need
ed both.
Mr.. Gatewood declared that the
people had sent the members of the
House here to pass a good, strong
prohibition law. and IL the p<le
had not thought that this would be
done many of the 100 men now in the
House would have remained at home.
The commissioner was needed and
the General Assembly should not only
provide for such an officer. but to take
care to select 4 wise and good man.
The youth of the State should be pro-
tected from the liquor pest
Defends the Ministers.
Mr.. Buck, of Washington, himself q
minister of the Gospel, made a telling
speech of two or three minutes in IA
vor of the bill and In the lefense OF
the preachers. There had been some
reference. he said, to the eccentrici-
it's OF ministers. But he had never
known any minister as eccentric as
some members OF other professions on
the floor of the House had recently
showed themselves to be. He appeared
to the members to stand by the bill
and not cut IL unnecessarily. He
warned the members particularly
against anything like treachery. The
great Caesar, he declared. could not
have been murdered but for the
tTeachery of a friend.
Gentlemen. he said, don't do that.
Don't be treacherous. Don't be guilty
of treason. This bill IL the ripened
experience of good men, yea, of our
best men. beg you not to cut 1t un-
necessarily. Don't play into the hands
cessant dagger into Its side. For
Gods sake, for your county's sake. for
the sake of home and of wives and
children, don't be guilty of treason.
Let us be true to our commission and
pass the hin, which the people expect
at our hands ..-,s.st
Professor f. J. Wright. on behalf Of
the Republicans. spoke very briefly in
favor OF the bill and of the, commits
opposed to creating offices he felt
that his position was necessary. He
also expressed the hope that the Leg
islature would follow the advice Of
Senator Mapp and allow the commits
sioner to be chosen by the full mem
bership of both houses. 50 that the
Republicans. representing large pro-
hibition districts. might have voice
in the selection of this important Of
fetal.
Mr.. Love spoke briefly In favor OF
the bill and said his purpose had only
been to help to make 1t better and
more effective. He had always voted
and worked for prohibition.
Amendments Voted Down.
The speaking over. the House be-
gun to vote on the various amend
ments shortly before Z o'clock. One
by one, they fell as fast as they could
be voted upon. There was q roll call
on practically every amendment OK
ana no changes were
made which were not approved by
the chairman of the Committee on
Moral Welfare.
On Elimination OF Oonamisaioner.
The vote on the Willis amendment
to strike out all sections relating TO
the creation of the Office Of Prohibit
ton Commiss oner was 20 to 81 on the
showing OF hands and on roll call was
rs to 81. six Of the members not vot-
ing. They were Leeuy, VINO WOuiu
have voted no, paired with Brown,
who would have voted aye; Hundley,
who would have voted aye. paired
with pitt. no. and Beattie. aye. paired
with Turner, no. The roll call fol-
lows:
Yeas-Adams. A. s.; Baker, H. p;
Birrell, Bond, Cook. Cornett, Ed
wards, Gordon. Hall. Lowry, II. c.;
Lowry, NJ. X: Myers, Page, Parr. |
Price. ]. H; Shumate, Slant, Suthsr-
land, Tiffany, Walton, White. Will
liams, Willis Witten.
Nays-Adams, B, D.; Baker, w. W.:
Baum, Beale, Bonham. Bristow.
Browning. Buck, Buhrman, Burke,
Cato, Clement, Coldiron. Commins,
Cox, Crockett. Daniel Davis. Dodson.
Epes, Flanagan. Floyd, 6atewood.
Green, Harrison. Hobson, Horsley.
Hudgins. Jett, Jones. Jordan, Kent.
Love, Mann. Meetze. Moss Murray.
Musgrave, holland, Norris, Owen,
Pence, Phillips. Price. r. W.: Ramsey.
Reed, Rev. Roberts, Rolston. Russell.
smith, Sproul. Steck, Stephenson.
stubbs, Swift. Taylor. Valentine.
Winston. Wright. F. J.: Wright.
Thos Mr. Speaker.
Yeas, "a nays, 81.
The Attorney General Proposition.
The amendment by Mr.. Love. OF
Lunenburg to make the Attorney
General the commissioner ex-officto,