The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-11
SWEEPING V|cTOR
IN LOWER HOl
AT Close of Day Of
liamentary Strug3l7
Fight Is Won.
AMENDMENT
is ADOP
By Vote of 81 to 7 c.
Parks p. Deans EHot
for Continued Snui
Against Liquor Are
proved.

Dry forces In Virginia, under 81
leadership of Colonel JParke r. g.
won a sweeping victory last niEa4kx al
the house of delegates. sssas MI sAs
BY vote of 81 to I. the ~
adopted the Deans amendment toES
| Mapp act, extending the life 0f S1
department Of prohibition to Ass
teHber !, 1922, after which n
cease to function. NJ
Final action was taken Just ~
is o'clock, after forensic and -
iamentary struggle that had H.
almost continuously from the d
the special order was taken N n
1890. N
One of the striking features 0xal
! debate, which for length Of tina
determined purpose exceedeefs
that has been held in the hoslSS
many years, was the com plinn&n4
/ manner in which all the speaker y ' x
! ferred to DR.. j. Sidney Peters. - n
/ missioner of prohihition. Th0IlfS
biting references wsre III ftnses Ia e
to agents OF the depArtmanG 2S6IR LII
the delegates took Occasion III TT
that he believed DR.. Peters III B
Il man Ak tn ahiehsAt chafAnfs 4
I Inst n6 s41t ~ the attAek Nz6 I'M 4
Tor him pefA0fik ~ ss!s IN
The sallary ana door AZ IN 1111fs
was filled throughout tKg IcntNlGS
I al Of saeAat ess-t crowd evtnrtn8 d
auentls its intense interest Ia M pxr
ceediRgs BY outbursts OF appIaskAe X1s'
one side or the other scored 4 ~
So vociferous was the expression o1E
feeling during the morning hour HE
i Speaker Brewer ordered the ser6oX S&~sS
alarms 10 maintain order under L
|gallery. ~
/ SEVEN STICK.
Interest in the final passage a.
Dill dwindied to such an extent
1t became apparent that nnf
could stem the tide in favor OF ref3 r II
ing the prohibition department. n
1872, that only seven members NJ
against 1t. Delegates Cherry.
son, Fulton. Gordon. Snidow. TfS1 "a
and Young. q IA T. EEs
AS soon as the GiIpin bill. -
ing at once the commissioners o2 n
nibition, was taken up u. 3XS
o'clock for. consideration. TT 4
/ Parke f. Deans offered N y
lutte an amendment to the M
i providing that the Office ahnntl
TO function after August III
ME- Gilpin announced immodi
change Of front by Offering II
ment making the year 0f 81
1921. He did this, he snfA.
4 alton toward a compromiee ~
Delegate Jesse. of AlexAndria.
ta further amendment brin6 ~ III
year down to 1920. ssss] ~
Speaker Brewer ruled that q, y
pin amendment must be aefa1 a
frst. This Was the eruchf p " u
day between the retention =
abolition forces. and the vclA
80 to ~, as follows: az h sA!s 4
GII4PIN AllENDlfliI.lls 4
Ayes: Anderson, Barnes. HIAf
chen. BOSNIAN, Bowlea.
Carter, Cherry Dodson. Fsic1
gan Fuller. e. n, Fuller. h. a&a
tom Gordon. Green. HadA0nss y
hicks "A +. Hunter, Hyatt
Joyce. LanEhorne, Mo0ett4
Pitts. Powers. Sherherd. sal212
Smith. Horace r., Smith. L.s N3S n
dow, Taylor. Tiffany Warren.
and Young.--3s. A.
Noes .Balton. Bcndurnnt ~,
Brown. j.. Sinclair, Hruwn nfS i
bunfin, Cummins, Crockett
Dickerson, Diggs, Even. l5$1
Gatewood. Gibson. GiIpin. e.
II Guerrant, Hanley. Hickn. ri u
Horstey, Hurt Massey. lGc1fn{l 4
land, Owen. Oslin. P4dgetk IH z
4. Ramsey, Rev, Rob<rtn0n. H1 4
Charles r., Smith. =. Hueh..
Stephenson. Story. Stuart, Tam
Turner, Wallace. Watts, WI(1 "
81 Willis and Speaker Brewer. ~
Interest had dwindled pero>1
n when the Jesse auAendfaeslt. eai{2i n
Ing the ONCE q Septenber 81 s115 D
was reached. The vote stood: VS.
Ayes: Barnes, HoSchen. IA u
Boyles. carrenteF. Carter. s