Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-11
ACTION FOLLOWS
ALL-DAY DEBATE
Gilpin Bill Withdrawn and Sub
stitute by Deans Is
Passed. 49,;
DRYS ARE BITTERLY SCORED
Hot Verbal Tits and An Apology
Enliven Flights of
.Oratory. ,4nsa

BY vote of 72 to 10 the House yes.
terday evening decided to continue tho
State Prohibition Department. until
September 1. 1922. This action cara
after amendments providing for aboli-
ton of the Office September 1, 1920, and
september i, 1921. respectively. had been
voted down. The Gilpin bill, provid-
Ing for immediate abolition of the de-
partment, was withdrawn before de-
bate on the question of extension be-
gan. the delegate from Clarke realizing
that his measure had no chance OF
passing.
vi Delegate Parke P. Deans. of Isle or
Wight. offered substitute for. the
whoie, which provided for continuance
OF the department until September 4.
adoDted. An amendment to the Deans
substitute; offered by Delegate Gilpin.
another offered by Delegate Jesse. OF
AiaiseSSandria iasS nd specifying septembef.
should be abolished, were defeated. S!sss$
Verbal Tits Mark Debate.
Debate began at 1880 and continued.
with recess Of one hour. until s7:t5
O'clock: 1t was marked by two verbal
Of Petersburg, and Norris, OF Lancas-
ter. and the other between Delegates
Giipin and Deans. The Norris Rodgers
episode resulted in an apology being
forthcoming from the delegate from the 4
Cockade City. y
The Department of Prohibition came
more than one of the advocates Of It's
abolition, ono OF whom declared thai
1t was conceived by deception, born Of
rsiisious aypSasisS PS RSe nassa6 anealsaio6n
League did not escape the castfgaa
oilses Isl enc OF the moro yehe ement pro-
Department, by whom the ORGANIZATION
was. characterized as a parasite upon
the body polite.
How Speakers Lined Us.
gates wilkins. OF Newport News; Gate
wood. OF Amherst; E. Hugh Smith, OF
ha'; Rebertaon, Of alssr Bristol: q @silfams.
of FairfaN; Bondurant, of Prince Ed
ward; Hurt, of Nottoway; Mayo G.
ampton: Rodgers. Of Petersburg. and
Deans. Of Isle of Wight
Advocates OF abolition OF the de-
partment We're Delegates Gilpin, OF
Clarke: Hall. OF Loudoun; Fulton, Of
Grayson; Boschen. of Richmond: War
rem. of Plttsylvania; Hunter; OF King
Lancaster, and Gordon. Of Louisa.s t7i
In expectation ,.ia,t Of spirited debate.
could With saey seyd Of
on hand some little time before Dele
gate Gilpin led off for the abolitionistsF
three and four deep in the aisles and
against the walls. while others massad
in the rear Of the floor OF the Housei.
almost six hours of continuous debate,
which was, broken only by a recess Soft
one hour. between and o'clock. for
lunch.
Frequent applause. which followed
the scoring of some telling point by
some one Of one or the other of the
stance. decidedly vociferoue, called
forth a rcmonstrance from the Speaker.
OF tho House. >tsss,
Gilpin Opens Debate.
j Delegate Gilpin opened for the abolt-
made by a former member of the Anti
saloon League. of Norfolk. Huff by
Mnrs estGre sdds, the HSnse Committee
Gllpin bill was given q public hearing
week or more ago, that Norfolk was
the Of WSas tbs ana
Department of Prohibition was doing,
nothing was being done to enforce the
The delegate from Clarke repeated q
made made by jpdSe who presides over a
feet that the efforts Of the Prohibition
Department. were nil throughout his
judicial circuit. s4aT7asl
Turnpike tragedy. in which Hudson
ana |, n Shaek lost their lives. at the
agent" he explained TT X was BY an
speaking"
Not Surprised at Murders.
The murder" of Shackclford and
Hudson. he said, did not surprise him.
because it is impossible to get "sensf-
ole' men to do the work mapped out
for them by the Prohibition Depart,
oins Dielesgate wilkins. of Newport News,
Y department.. The Delegate from;
ne said, appeared to have aban-
taken up one that seemed to be popuI
The wet or dry" forces were going
Ion laws. 7.i7fs -
1t would be a perllous thing TO dis
continue the dry department. before
have had time to get their iawllens
'orcement machinery systematized and
20 -ordinated. in the opinion of Dele
gate. Gatewooh, OF Amherst. Tho trou-s
Die. as he saw 1t, is due TO lack Of law
enforcement.
Delegate Hall, of Londoun. produced
igures to show. he contended. that this
,ius for the State Treasury was an-
:ually u burden on 1.-The taxpaye,B OF
ginnia. Instead of balance ,of
edser. as set forth in in the the last, @ or
.hird. annual report of the Prohibition
tho depnrtment, he as-s
'erted really faced deficitf OF
He deplorca what no called tho es,t aen-s
ra,ization ofMpowar both, in Eationat
y md ,;'Ia state sovslnment. The people OF
Ionle degree OF refinemonf and 20