Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-25
CUTS IN HALF SUM
COMMITTEE FIXED
Delegates Decide on Appropria-
tons Reduction by Poll
of So to 81.
DEANS SEEKS COMPROMISE
Isle of Wight Delegates Resolu-
ton Is Defeated by Vote
Of 40 to SO.
DEANS SEEKS COMPROMISE


BY vote of5o to 81, the House las,
night cut in half the budget app-o-
priat!on for the State Dcps rtnlent OF
Prohibition. allowing only $4,000 for
The first year. This, the latest develop
ihent in the fight OH the department.
which continues relcntIcssly 10 be
wa5cd. is hailed as a decided victory
Tor those who have consistently ad-
Nocatcd the abolition Of the Office.
The recorded vote follows:
pa.s,' Ay,ss-Anherson Barnes. Bolton.
pXdson, Ewell. Flanagan. ruler, Il! H..
d,n.0n don Hall oIdop HieKs Green GT2Gne lag
iiundiey. Hunter. Hyatt. Jesse. Joyc:.
bI,ninghorne. In Massey. AIofTet, :Sorris,
Ruchush. Shepherd. sinclair. smith.
T. r., Snead: Snidow. Stephenson.
snaf. WIso. taGGi Wniijs T1ylor: Warren Watts
Noes--Blatr. Bonduramt. Boothc
Brown. Brown. j. Sinclair. Brown. Mayo c..
Gnerrani I iienieys i,sEs iiorslay GatsM9G4 H"ri
MlGNutt; holland. Nottingham omns
Dn,'n tnn si;, Ii;n,dsstt, Prince, Rodgers, Shell
story. Tenpleton. Walince. Wilkins,
Williams, YounS---3I.
DnNin Withheld recommendation
Governor Dnvis. in submitting Ills
budget 20 the General Assembly. de-
clined 10 recommend an appropriation
Tor the dry" department and. in MS
n, mGssaEe TO The lawn,akcrs. strongly
advochttd that IL be done away with.
He intimated, however. that il it were
the wisdom of the General Assembly
10 provide Tor continuance Of the de-
partmcnt. he wonid not veto a ..rca-
sonahk'' appropriation. Later IL was
learned that nc would not consider ~
nnrea.soonatbIc .so utIc sta.a1o for ithsyilrsl gear
The senate and House Join, Com
mittec on FINANCE and Approximation
Inserted IN the approximations bil
was this appropriation that tho House
last night Gu; in twain.
Fight on the approximation for the
dry department was precipitlicd d
carly In the consideration OF the APP
propriations bill by proponents OF It's
abolition when Delegate r. Lindsay
vision be made for a lime e-grinding
plan, recommended By the Governor
in his budget, which item was stEichc n
out by the joint committee.
Fight for Iime-GrindinE Plant.
The Governor had asked for SIon,o
for ;his project. the same amount that
: Tie committee inserted for the Prohi-
Joint committee reported out the ap-
preparations bill Il was known that
tho fight would center on these Two
matters and the prediction freely has
been made that. unless provision were
made for n lime-grinding plant The
executive would veto the prohibition
IL tho General Assembly exceeded ms
reasonable" figures.
The lime grinding plant and n
creased pensions for Confederate Vet
Grams, on the one hand. were balanced
against the Prohibition Department
on tho other.
That faction OF tho House which The
| exposition repeatedly bias referred 10
as tho "wets." played their cards welt
| When, tha: section of tho aprropr!a-
iions bill relating 10 the payment OF
pensions Was reached, a half dozen or
more amendments. providing for IN
ureascss. were introduced BY the
"wcts" They were inyariabl; voted
down.
Hall Pleads for Veterans.
Delegate Wilbur G. Hail; of LouGoun.
addressing the House. said: we have
'lisrcsarded the needs OF the Confcd-
;raic soldiers and their widows by re-
Sfusing TO gran, them increased pen.
sions and We have, similarly, refused
10 recognize the necessities OF 'he
farmers in refusing To vote an appro-
priation for lime-Srindlns plant. INC
reason advanced is that the State has
10 funds for such purposes. 600
I'm view Gf tho fact that 100000 was
appropriated for the Prohibition De-
rartncnt in 1918, before the country
Wen. dry the amount now proposed
is all out OF proportion, particularly in
view Of tho fact that the State OF Nir-
ginia now has Federal Prohibition
lie thought $4,000 year was
enough.
Dele gate Moffe.t. Of Augusta,
hongnt thot so mat IL the departmen, now
soning 100000 would not have been
I'm excessive appropriation in 1913.
vided for $500 only, the annual
salary of the commissioner.
Deans Oncrs Compromise.
Delegate Parke p. Deans. of Isle OF
Wight, offered resolution which, in
effect. was compromise. Faced with
the " iSte1O Of th
sI peiegate from Isle OF Wight carried an am
appropriation of $4,000 for tho year
ending February IS 1921; and $780,,
10 To- 80. : ~ '"S ~
The Delegate from Isle of wigb,
lie declared that he did not represent
the dry" depar.raent, and quoted from
letters to- Lewis III. Machen, counsel
for the department from Daniel c.
anue, and S. r. Donohoe. Federal
director OF prohibition for Virginia,
relative to the activities Of the Fed
eral authorities in enforcing the pro-
hibtion laws
Boschen and Deans Clash.
Delegate A. o. Boscheu. of Richmond
city, wanted to know from what
sounce the Delegate from Isle OF Wight
cot the letters; Il he was not repre-
Santipg the - dry" .E depa,rtment; The
lie delegate from Richmond IL he in
ended to insinuate that he was utter
ihg. q forgery on the floor OF the
House
Delegate Gibson, Of culpeper. provid-
priated for the Prohibition Department
Waste, be as, used dan N the employment Of