Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-05
URGE PROVISIONS
FOR EMERGENCIES
State Health Commissioned Tells
Senate Committee Of
Doctors Protests.
ATTORNEY JACK LEE SPEAKS
Declares He Gave of His Private
Stock to Help III
People.
ATTORNEY JACK LEE SPEAKS

with protests pouring into his Of
flce daily from every section of Vjr
Sinia. DR.. Ennion 6. Williams. state
commissioner OF Health. yesterday
afternoon told the Senate Courts of
Justice Committee that physicinns
were forced TO beg and borrow whisky
70 meet emergency cases, and we're
Sorc!y handicapped in combating tho
mn uc'"d ana grippe epidemic by lack
oil liquor for medicinal purposee
Conditions couldn't be worse" was
the tcrse summary by Dr. Williams q,
nircct question from the committee.
l'r. Williams was Invited bv tho
committee TO express his views on ,nn
Cooke bill which would authorize Tho
acquisition. manufacture. sale ana ais
rioution by the Commonwealth Of
WHISKY, brandy ana wine for rnnd;c;
nai purposes. aud naming tho state
~ pa ,., i ,i.iehl OF Health as the agency
bill. p'oN's'ons oil the
Merely Seeking Medicinal Whisky.
ana not come TO this hearing 10
speak on this bill" said Dr. Wiiii1m
on the uTtsiS urgeH, Gnasins rsn,InS nE Dr. Peters
physicians. who declare th.y me q
ain.r m;.IT whisky to. meet the present
.t''cl GchcS, My office is rcccivinI- MO
tests daily from All parts Of ,tns S,a 70,
rom physicians. who absolutclv cnn
nol get whisky for medicinal purposns
iion Commissioner to sn. If 49, oHini i',
Soi!c remedy for the situation iI,.,
nrnuSht To my attention by tho pct1TS
phouc." IcIc-
Following DIR. Williams. IN, corn
hi..ee hi. called on Jack Lee. OF lynch
me Cooke hii:. He .ic,orsa,i D. Pi %'
nrltSh ne declared was necessary ~
~ that medicine needed 10 save
,he lives OF women and chilIrcI c.,',i
De procured without making rri,nipnI.
Sut or those who were voluntnrii;,
nS,n,ms met the crisis at their own
up IN prison. '"'"S
D'stributcd His Whisky Freely.
i.ist year during the nu epidemic.
n,,In I,I ur'eu @ my wife to MI every call
nnrnoso ,ui,gv on us Tor whisky for medicinni
purposcS, having been one or thn".
fortunate enough to have hc,,, III
30 III my cellar While IL was IcraIiv
puaS,'S 'u.s, 'uring the epidemic gave
nay" laid myself wide open for ,,rnYi ,,ao
Gn,ion i,n,i under the state laws. nav.
tiiIad i the them IN ,mn ms emergency ana have
M ihc consequences ! will franI,nv s.p.
irjaI E' ,hat would sooner stand
Violation of nf'aeF @ or arson. than for the
me prohibition law fcc, onH ,,', oi
SEM Srna,nr Srtna Hd a better chance
for rors;, IN prosecuting his bin
visions. Lnder the bill IN. 81, ',S pro
fmr,,i1 ruiiiGhl or Health will DO rcuuircd I,
son beinr ''iSMy n,:, On prescription. no per
., one pint IN ten days. Physicians hnt'
which Sccurc UP to twenty gallons
bur ara ,..,a; are permitted TO dispense.
the last drop. ht ior II TO
e.ers Does No, Deem Hill Secc..,r
At INC request Of the committees ~
Comm; nrn;nSy icy Pstcrs. State Irohibition
views on. the bill Dr. 'T Peto-ss to sirc hiS
ln;it ne did not consider tho b;;, @ sat-"
Iii fiH ~ ana o,s snss9stcd amending The Mapp
ra ised He did not go into oW oeinS
onoroushly. hut replied TO = anid oiti e,,l ni.i
1' NV, questions hurled at him. lie
ainition Department at from 'nt ~ N 1ro
10" gallon had been rrt:,iinn , ="
that he ' wns 70 SSo So, gallon. bug protested
retail retail price to be charged i,v Gr,m e
bottiso TIE whisky IL Ky, sod he stated. was all
only guarantee. Tile prop"nen;s "f t,,S
locke bill argue as ono OF thc,r rca .e
ii,S,6r i,S,s mg1Snre yi1 ire that real
,he ne i,epartment OF Health, and ,hai
; NJ unhSer. from cheap and probably
~ ipurc whiskics ana bvandies viii bc
senator Oliver. m opposing :, d,i,,
IN considering the bill stated thai il
W'ts the purpose Of tho dry forces 20
.o:cc II back into the Finance com.
M ilittec after ii came up on the floor
Oh Inc Senate. and thai unless quick
hction was taken the measure would !
ihcHcr come UP for vote before both /
oFanch"S or the General Assembly Tn. /
committee. however. voted to defer ;,c- /
i:on until today at : o'clock n SiIbcom- /.
ihlttcc OF four in the meanwhile nav
ing ncen cmpoWcrcd TO suggest amcnd I
'ncntS 10 the bill. The subcommittee
consists of Senators Goolrick Oliver I
locke and Robertson.
senator Oliver. as chairman of a sub
rohlnittcc appointed by tho committee /
10 red:afi bin TO safeguard the nubIic /
against indiscriminate search and
sci"nre. reported ;hc revised bin nnI
demanded that il bc given action
senator Robertson offered objection
:" hich aroused The ire OF his co!lcaI.uc
WI" was later called 10 task by Sema
Tor Goodrich for what he termed an
implication that Senator Robertson was
deliberately trying to force "A ,ciav hy (
raptious objections. Senator (;oofrirjz |
defended senator Robertson in what |
senator oliver. in GISclaiminc intcn:ion
Of casting reflection on any member or ,
The senate, called i lecture" The hill /
viii come up today for consideration.
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