Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-08
HALAUF HA[F-PENT LAW
rs REJECTED BY COUNCIL
Eemhers cto 10 to 8 to Continue
Present System Of Whisky
z Dispensing.
eETERs ATTACKS PROHIBITION
Says Hc Tires ot Being Mistaken for
p Commissioner Charged With In.
forcing Regulation That puts
Blot on irginIa and Richmond"


terfere with the prohibition law policy
MS contained in the statutes passed by
the General Assembly. the common
voted down tho ordinance proposed by
Councilman Cmlauf. reducing TO half
a. Pint the amount of whisky allowed
to be sold on . physicians prcScrip-
ton. This leaves the matter as II is
Under the state laws which provide
that 4. quart OF ardent spirits may be
Designed to Stop Abuse.
The Umlauf ordinance has been the
subject of nue., discussion since its
introduction. and was designed to
declares have been connected with the
mond
president Rohsr,. Lee Peters, Of The
measure at the meeting. declared that
place and asking If he was the, state
slared Mr., Peters. y don't wan, to
The vote on the ordinance was:
sAyes-.Batkins. Morton. Powers. Sea-
ton. Unlauf-s.
Grimes. Haddon. Jctcr, Jones, Ladd.
Moore. Powell. Rose. Sullivan. Peters
81 whisky SRles Increase.
Mr.. Umlauf, in urging tho passage
enza had been almost eliminated in
JSfchmond. but yet the, amount OF liquor
.sseld on prescription in Richmond
He declared tina thed did not think
AZ: NJ. Shield. the. druggist. to blame.
PVT i was certain that the business
thed been badly abused and that much
OF the Bookkeeping came from the sale
Sf liquor that had been procured at
hot
Mating for whisky in richmond.
asnt Peters, calling, Councilman Powell
and made the remarks c3ncerning INC
ShAt he had been Informed that much of
the liquor legally sold here was not
Rod for medicinal purposes. He be,
Abe stopped, but he did not believe in
regulating the quantity, since It had
been fixed by the State. This. he said.
would be beneath the dignity of the
Council.
Old People beg for Liquor.
Mr.. Pctcrs further said that old peo-
pie. thinking him the State Prohibit
tion Commissioner. came INTO his place
lief Of ailments.
Councilman Iiaddon, in discussing
the matter; stated that the lines that that
before Christmas constituted Il dis
grace. but the State passed the law
and was responsible for 1t. and tho
State Prohibition Commissioner was
especially responsible for the condi-
tion that existed. for though the license
was granted by the Judge OF the Hust-
inEs Court, the commissioner recon-
Mr.. Haddon further stated that if
any regulating was to be done the
price should be regulated.
Wants Price Regulated.
1t was not right he said. TO make
81 quart off sick people and II the
liquor was not sold TO sick people II
should not be sold at all. and IL every
uart that was sold was bought by
sick people this was indeed an un-
healthy city.
When Mr.. Umlauf asked Mr.. Haddon
who was responsible for the presen.
conditions, the Clay Ward councilman
replied tina, the persons responsible
were the State Prohibition Commits
siorcr. judge Of the Hastings Court
and the commemorative Attorney.
He added, however, that he did not
expect the judge of the Hastings Court
to go out and institute prosecutions.
Mr.. Haddon concluded his speech by
declaring: II have lived for thirty
four years. and have not altogether
drunk AS much as a half pint" At
this point Councilman Grimes chimed
in with: You don't know what yoa
have missed"