Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-29

ot 100000 with which 10 provide him
witE the machinery "t enforcement:
tina he will need, SO that 40 one can
claim that The Attorney -C;cucr3l Viii
his command properly to cnrorc. tho
law"
Love DOES SOT WANT
MINISrER As COMMISSIONER
Delegate Love followed Mr.. Cor
don with the statement that Tho as
sisnmcnt or the prohibition l.y On
iorccmcnt 10 the Attorney .;;cncral
Wouid arouse less oppoSitiuu in the
stat. at large than would The. .r.r,io,
OF a new oticc for this purpos. De.
clarinS further his intention, to can
spade IL spade, Mr.. Love. continued.
IL would certainly bc a grave mis-
.ahe 10 put in charge OF the admin
is,ration OF the prohibition law a min
:ster of the Gospel whether M bc the
best minister in the Baptist Church or
thc best minister In tho .I.luodjst
church. The people az the state would
TOOK upon such Il procedure with sus
picion."
Senator G. walter Mapp. patron OF
the bill. discussed Il; Length vim mo
committee it's main provisions IN.
DliI' ne SAID. was the composite produc,
OF n number Of the abl.st and most
patriotic men in the State. and as such
deserved the earnest consideration of
IONS. Unless there appeared good .ra-
son 10 change II. he said. Or the com
mittcc found places which could lao
strengthened. he urged II. in view Of
the ia'cneSs Of the session, 10 deal
sDarinGiy with amendments.
MAI'r REPLIES TO CHARGE:
As no CIDER AMENDMENTS
senator Mapp replied sharply to tho
charge made earlier in the ,lay that
the prohibition leaders have no, kcr;
taith with the people in the matter Of
the provisions relating To cider He
rctoid again the history of the cider
wine ana beer amendments In tho
senate OF 1914. and repeated his fire.
quen'iy reiterated statemcn, that while
the prohibition leaders did at one time
agree to protect wine-nakcrS they
considered themselves relieved from
this pledge by the tad faith OF the
vets" in attaching to the enabling act
the beer amendment over their pro-
test.
With regard to cider he said. no
promises were ever made. despite the
presence i'll the enabling act of = pro-
vision which might have led 10 the
inference that this produc, would he
protected. 1t is not the apple growers
he said. who are asking for the pro-
lection of cider. but those who make
il for profit. Every person who an
peared before the committee to-day,
he said. was In some manner personally
Interested III the preservation OF the
traffic in cider.
MAPP OPPOSES GORDON
AMENDMENT As TO COMMISSIONER
Whatever amendments the committee
might consider Wise. Senator Mapp
warned it against substituting any
other machinery for the enforcement
Of the law. In particular. ne urged
the committee to report the Gordon
amendment making the Attorney Gem
eral commissioner OF prohibition.
ITO my mind" said senator Mapp. 'Ht
would he more dangerous to place the
administration of this law under the
Attorney-Gcneral than Il would he o
let the Governor appoint tho prohibit
ton commissioncr--far more danwcr-
Gus than II would he to choose a COM
missioner Of prohibition By popular
election. II has been the consistent
policy OF the Anti-Saloon League to
keep the prohibition question out Of
politics. The plan proposed would keep
Ii. In politics.
The Commiss ionrr OF nrohibition
should be a non partisan officer. Re-
publicans should participate in his cleo
ton as we'll as Democrats Of all fac
tions. For my part, am ready to go
into the election of the commissioner
by the General Assembly without
drawing party INES
FEARS INSPECTION OF
FRACTIONAL POLITICS
I'm the present condition OF factional
politics ii would he most unfortunate
to place tho enforcement OF the prohibit
ton laws In the hands OF one OF the
three candidates for Governor There
would he added the threat of bringing
the whole subject Of prohibition into
intra- party politics"
Delegate Love reminded the speaker
that of tho four Senators who are sign
ed as patrons OF the prohibition hill.
two-Scnator Saunders and Senator
Walker---thenselves supported on the
floor of the Senate the plan proposed
by the Gordon amendment.
Senator Mapp reminded Mr.. Love in
turn that both of these had voted in
committee for the commissioncrship rs
1t stands in the bill when this plan was
approved by IL vote Of II to q. adding
that the cpinion OF gentlemen who
think one thing ono day and another
thing on another day" did not commend
itself to him
WOULD OPPOSE Plan.
EVEN IL POLLARD RETIRED
II tho present Auorn"y-Gcnorai
should give assurance that he would
retire from tho race for Governor
would YOU then be in favor of making
him prohibition commissioners" asked
Delegate Williams.
III Mr.. Pollard should sign - state
mcnt declaring his purpose to retire
and agreeing never in the future to
run for the Governors Office I would
still oppose the plan" replied Scnai or
Mapp. IT do not believe that it * wise
or desirable To combine tho Office of
the Attorney General with the prohi-
bition commissiorcrship.
II hay" the highest regard for iIr
Pollard IL sincere worker i'm tho
temperance cause ana il he should re-
sign his office as Attorney General and