The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-02

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| stripped Of their masks, A mighty
public conscience is aroused, moving
on rapidly. confidently. undismaytd
and undeceived. Behind II are he
churches OF the nation, Protestant
and Catholic, schools. colleges and
homes. This public conscience IL not
discouraged by defeat or deceived by
any cunning devices. by any shams or
pretenses. It's cause is the cause OF
humanity, Of Righteousness and GOD
Almighty fights with 1t.
1T has no desire to inture the sa-
loonkeeper. It would help him. but
II asks no quarter of the saloon. and
ii proposes to give none. The forces
of mony-coddles The most far
seeing business minds OF the coun-
try are in the ranks
Men will have to take their places
in this fight. The cannot sit on the
fer ce. This fight is no place for the
political coward to stand between the
lines. He will be shot from both d.
rections.
mo denunciation. no slurs, no
jests on the floor of the senate no
hurting OF epithet. no cheap rihaldry
in the cloak-rooms, Will stop this
fight IT is going on in congress, and
II is going on in the nation until the
tear producing. orphanm a 1 &,
home wrecktng, manhood -dehauch-
ing. character destroying. heli-flllng
saloon business is banished from this
country. The American salon Is Just
as certainly doomed as slavery was
doomed.
"A saloonless nation means an ef-
acient nation"
Naider fTs' HiH"hcl. w.
senator 'di"et' o. -" Oi ~
ING hFst sPeaNeF' eoi'teHHeu u,lh' 'lto
Trainers va tHe N"iIs'le -,
c""cepNoii tH"' "a HutlI"e. VI 800
representing FHll ilE u 'ile peopI7
OF the country Ihttht al SOME 'ili'e ue
eFilii'le "hethsF me iuildh'''S'i'a' Ia"
OK the lana Shoui" De cHaHssu' Se'
lhat eehaltion exists taaaS re s,iiu'
ar ola MT Chdef WOOD on nohdaS'
ana hF' FenroSe ihteF 'oUaE' lhat 'ile
Sth'es Mh1.h h'IeHt se aNIV ~ ~
ne pehuiHs hiilet4Hh4HiAA In oush
men les LUZ - i'au 'e" It'il,l'ns ieSs
people than the states "h,ch "ouio
nave 70 SUBMIT 10 nauohal prohioi-
non AS asdihst thtii "4SHes. .hr'
NhiaeF salu ne Noteu lol NHe Heuo-
hehyoh law, ana 10 overr'ae ne
presiaents Ve'o OF ~ re saiu tnls
law, tosether with the pone"dry act
make certain tha' where 'he people
hth,.ton :, 49, W ab+atrnd go s,o-
nsssf,,i,. .rtoroaa p.
senator Na1oer calieo atteneion 10
the iact that the iood cohtrol pm
no" IN conference carr provision
prohinltlng tne man uiactore ana SAFE
/ OF "nlshey curing me perioo OF Htc
war ana ss,o thAl IN ms OPINION,
this MARKS the emu OF me "niskeS
business IA tie ti4teu 9'ties' ne
spoke apout the great nuHoer OF LOT
eisn porn citizens IN New ork' es-
pecia'iy IN Ne" ork CITY, SAYING
ehe'e WeIe I'VE, @'ooo'soo 81 'leS",
8useest'hs tllat ne Fpte'' iof Inc .pou
CoHtfo1 section feaeite u w. ''e '>s"
| OF sehatot seia " nis"ey - sile
p ufss 'I.a' we nus pe y "a " " as
/ "0F As inc ~lecne' VI i,oNieS- iLle pSS
Inoi aIiLeI ol iiie', minus. anu l slal'
No'e Nheiie.ef fHe oppol Nn'ly oItels
70 pfeVeH' us nid""laGtu'e anu sac
eiNne 49,, ~"
oIk state having no more saF-so as
90 the Iseinca'io'i oI leJeClIoh o' 'ne
mn Wy "i'ea' So "a
/ the oIioi, i1e 50 ne "ou'o vote
hea''isN WV Amen" aS'.'' az ne Knew
~
~nose peoPi plon'"'''"h -
pf'Ni"e ~ i"i ''i> 'Ss'Nes'
Attacks It's Constitutionai'y
Senator Penrose. or pennsylvania
/ carrying out his announced intention.
confined himself 10 discussion of
the constitutional questions involved
in the resolution, and asserted that
nc believed II TO he OF doubtful con-
*titutionality. Announcing that he
would vote against the resolution Mr.
/ Penrose said the power to amend the
/ constitution does rot carry with II
: the power 20 withdraw from indi-
Niaual states their reserve powers;
that the adoption OF this resolution
and The ratification OF the amend
( uent would be q blow at the sovereign
rights 81 the states. He spoke of the
argument made by Senator Under
wood and agreed with the later. Sem
ator Penrose said gross inequality
would result should the amendment
he ratified by the legislatures, say, of
thirty-six states, with total popula
ton OF fortF-six millions OF people,
whereas twelve states with total
population OF f1ffN-six millions of peo-
! pie might oppose the amendment