The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-05
Measure Is Referred After Discussion
BY Patron and 4 Number Of Interested
Persons at Long Session
Commissioner Of Prohibition Peters Criticises
Section Deviating from Provisions Of Federal
Act Governing Distribution Of Spirits

Mid opposition to the Cooke liquor
hill but many criticisms Of some OF It's
provis3ons developed at the hearing
held yesterday afternoon by the sem
III committee on courts OF justice. The
hill (which makes the manu- facture and
distribution OF ardent spirits for me-
aee1na1 purposes function OF the
state health department. was discuss
"a tor almost three hours aad hnAliy
-eferred To subcommittee Tor
amendments. The subcommittee cnn- :
MiStS cf Senators Goodrich, Oliver,
Cocks and Robertson, the dast named
being appointed us an additional
member on motion Of Senator Cool
~irk
sensses Coeke, patron of the n1ea-
Sure rad the hill section by section
sfonnin. TO uermit discussion Of each
.tause Few OF them passed without
aoiaas VI. sesiians from various Iucnf-
sers IA tho COMMITTEE, hut the Sem
fser tram, E.nunoria reiterated hts corn
sipte gnicrancc and Willingness To have
aa.s s@caioa aH,crded. wIshin reason
Rev. 4 sidney Peters, commissioner
NJ prohibition appeared In resronse 20
IN iYtNi fAlam fgnns the committee and
sn.5ke shw5-fly. sn certain phases nf
~ VIII lie said that. In his auinions
he ssssasirn ef such department
vah nrT stasss; rs the Law nov
,sfsrrs IL de- -cfsts To obtain licenses
'e@ae slstaslt cawyt Judges 10 handle
: I-3ssf. tsa Jss.s,incinsf purposes. with
h~e9eN.ss sties 1T certain counties In
<hSs r stre sgf,rrnvai Of the prohibition
ssesrsnst ss1snrF is necessary He said
his .s4sf;as gould l.e easily sreinofed.
7ssst "a 7e~ivSs 8ts.e orr ial should be
. ss>sssss = Ne &se1 m deEt with nhyst-
>i.ssss ss,., n is.yx~ ihc dignity Of
N - sess sssS,, J'S ss~e~s~s-pisliSTin-
%sss@ tx syfstt tfreserip,trns.
III. I'ssR MEDICINAL tSE
ss4i ssas /. s<n Fss~tttopad
n 4 tsv.r.rrsS HI stsAf sssenty-
ssgssse a sysai~k Nh Ill I'M
i s5slsr tnSts,s Ssasca all for
1t en- prr upsN This whiskes.
,s4s .ss pag gallon nd said. hut
msaus IL EerItiAsa have nrndicted that
Il wt's 1sc seid for TWENTY-FIVE cents
NJ. rstrrs nbic,~d 10 those Sec
ions ~ llis net which seem to .fy
u. the face NJ the federal govern
rfnt~ He regrrr.l 10 the clause. OF
sesfnftinS Musicians e nhtsir ten
ykllna,s to hs distributor hy them.
chs federal act gllows sin Quarts in
Nelss months and this radical depar-
ure frcn,sfrf established custom was
Nronxis criticised.
In response 10 a query propoursi-
III BY senator Cooke, the commits
sSnner sof prohibition stated that. to
Ne hest OF his knowledge all of the
1hi$key sold by him, to druggists for
siatfibution To the sick WAS pure,
ae psinted out that 30 per cent Of
HAis whiskey Is what Is known az
bottled In bond which is required by
the government TO he pure inc,
oleuded) and d fraction over 4s per
Nnt. alcohol
Mr.. Peters CONCLUDED by declaring
hat, in his opinion, the people of
eirginia do NOT want to enter into
IN manufacture nf whiskey. He was
aakeds numerous questions By several
unem hers OF the COMMITTEES. all OF
which we're apparently satisfactorily
sn1Wered.
saiftxldeod ktjdsddorr cfxnfn ia Art
Senator Trinkle. OF Wythe, called
attention TO. the danger OF one man.
whoae .condisIcn would justify a pre-
,6Irf3ttion for liquor obtaining xltch
Subscriptions from any number OF
N0Et6rB The rift pruvidex = pcn1fty
.cr any doctor issuing naore than one
prescription 40 tho same patient In
the space Of ten dAys. but no penalty
for man obtaining more fhNn one
pint OF whiskey in that period THIS
4 would lead said senator Trinkle, 70
eAunos Of the privilege granted III
setspn9 by the bin,
s% LIKE OI4vER TWIST
4 senator OfiYer. of Fairfax, put his
81 Down "A this proposition sayinE
shAt III. Gases of typhoid more than
sA4 pint might bs needed In Ten days.
sfnAxox sTrinkles insisted. however,
hal thOse who were so Inclined might
4 ot41jn p4nt dan TOR q month by