Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-11

, ,,", t., Is going to enforce the prohibit
foes of prohibition?"
blessed" no said. Delegate Hall OBJ
}eethed. and m, the Delegate from North
tative from Loudon.
Aren't bootleggers and illicit dis.
tilicrs creatures of the Mapp law"
Docs Not Sanction All.
In conclusion. the Delegate from
northumberland stated that he does
not sanction all the dry" department
has done.
denim some OF the ohings 1t does
delegate Fulton. of Grayson, said she
night was not on" between the "drys'
ard vets" the hootleggers and mo; N
sinners on the one side and the holicr
than thous on the other. hut an at
tosn,, on the mode and method of en-
necessity for separate department to
enforce the prohibition laws.
lie declared the department has de-
plctcd the State Treasury of approx
Inately $4,000; instead of saving it a
single cent. The criminal expenses Of
the State and the number of criminals
have Increased since tho Mapp law
has been in effect. he asserted. and
| the penitentiary for violating tho pro-
visions of tho bill. and that was be-
cause OF q second conviction.
Information Refused.
The delegate from Grayson said he
wrote 10 the Auditor Of Public Ac-
| counts with reference to SS5, 600 alleged
to have been turned into the State
| Treasury by the Prohibition Depart
ment. He did not hear from Auditor
Moore. he said, but, instead. received a
letter from Lewis II. Machen. coun-
| sci for the dry" department. which in
formed him that il was manifestly i'm
Tlnc Co In fasr s1t. tpf
| qucsted.
| The law has been better enforced. he
said, where local authorities have been
permitted to go abont the task unfet-
tered and untrarnmcled and where the
! prohibition Department has not been
SO active.
! The speaker drew comparisons be.
/ tween enforcement Of the prohibition
law In Norfolk and in Richmond. ir
| which latter city the Prohibition De
partment has It's headquarters. These
sag; convictions 776: acquitta1s. 63
/ Richmond. prosecutions. $50: convic.
ttions. 27T; acouittals, 20.
| Civil authorities throughout the
| State he asserted. clamor for the aboli.
ton OF the department. He advocated
| instant abolition OF any office thai
needlessly wastes the peoples money
mcnt was first in this class. The OF.
! fee OF the Prohibition Commissioner
! he said. represented "A shameful vast
| o. money pproprlated toT tho enforce
ment Of a law that is not being en-
| forced.
Bootleggers. moonshiners. blimt
| tigers. spcakeasies. hoboes. tramps ant
buns favor abolition Of the depart
ment. asserted Delegate CARRIER. o
Rockingham. who defended the repor
OF Commissioner Peters. which has beer
the target of numerous demands FOL
eluridation. You gentlemen who ad
vocate Soolition OF the office are. If
mist say it. in the most unenviabl'
company.' he told those on the oppos
ing SIDE.
Delegate Bosctcn. OF Richmond. dc
c!ared the cause OF the abolitionist
was equally as just as was that Of thu
other faction. He resented any i'm
putation that linked his name will
those o: the bootlegser or blind tiger
Imported 20 Barrels of VvhIxky
lie produced letter purportinE I,
have been written by the Prohibition
Commissioner TO Mayo c. Brown. chair
man of the House Committee on Mora
and Social Welfare. which showed tina
Druggist II. Mercer SHIELD, under per
inits issued by the Prohibition Depart
ment. imported on one day-Decembe