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Show THOS. R. MARSHALL IS FACETIOUS. IN RICHMOND SPEECH RICHMOND, Va., May 13. Vice-President Vice-President Marshall, speaking today beforo the Virginia Bar association, declared that if national prohibition had been considered by the senate in secrot session not twenty votes' would have been cast for It. Assorting that there should bo less tinkering 'with tho constitution, the vice-president expressed the opinion that constitutional amendments had "brought a very largo measure of evil to tho republic." Mr. Marshall predicted that in the future the country would be faced by tho question of gbvernment of law or of men, declaring that only two men Samuel Gompcrs and Judgo Elbert El-bert H. Gary now are consulted on public Issues. By a rising vote the association favored fa-vored the nomination of Mr. Marshall for the presidency. |