Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-27
MONTGOMERY.
Judge Buckley'se Fervent Welcome to
 "Second Degree" Republicans.

Montgomery, Oct, ,26.-(Special Corre- spondence.) )--Tom Clark genial fellow that he is, is said to be very much abash- ed at some of the conventions that have indorsed him. For instance, Friday night Judge Buckley pr. Henry and number of negroes assembled in this city and in- dorsed Mir. Clark's candidacy It is said to have been one of the looking, worse smelling and worse e-talking con- ventions seen here since reconstruction days. and its indorsement is enough to cause the defeat of anybody.
 The Journal prints a special from Pike Road in this county, which says:
 I hope there is no occasion for alarm, but the republican rally at Pike Road on the 22d instant resembled very much their twenty years ago plans and speci- fications. The old-time familiar voices of Mai Ann Pollard and Sam Therefore were lacking, thatwas all. Nathan Alex ander, Judge c. W, Buckley and their brass band were on hand by a large ma- jority, whooping it up for all they were worth for Mckinley and Thomas H. Clark.
 The following is almost word for word the concluding part of Judge Buckley's speech: ...-.----.-..-...-
 Now, fellow citizens. in conclusion want to say, you all know that I have
 
 republican, standing on the same plat form and fighting for the same princi- pies that I fought for four long years through bloody war, and for thirty years since the war, and for which am still fighting.
 For years I have been trying to teach democrats the error of their way My pupils have been dull and I have had a hard pull. I have been kind and indul- gent. Was fearful. at times would have to give up in despair. But, thank God, my labor has been rewarded. We have Screws and Glass with us. Governor Jones and Colonel Falkner have come over and last, but not least, we have the Hon. Thomas H. Clark, in whom I am especially proud. Yes, MT. Clark came and put his arm around me, and looking up into my eyes said: Father, forgive me and receive me, for knew not what was doing; I promise to sin no more.' (Cries of 'hurrah for Clark by the ne- groes.) That's right, my fellow citizens, and if I had my cap Che was speaking bareheaded) I would throw 1t high in the air
 "Yes, fellow citizens he is standing with both feet right square on our plat form, and I want you all to extend to him the right hand of fellowship. -
 MT. Clark, as I said before, is with us and we want all to vote for him for con- gress in the November election. I have been promised by my converts that every vote shall be counted as cast and not thrown away, as they have been. Re- member, now, on the 3d day of Novem- Der Mckinley and Thomas H. Clark. You will notice at the bottom of the ticket Clark, Stallings and Fonville. Vote for Clark. He is our man."
 The state laws require the governor to have the Alabama laws codified every ten years, and for this purpose he is au- thorized to appoint a codiffer, whose duty 1t Is to take the last code and all of the acts passed by the legislature since that code was issued and put the existing laws in shape and order. The last code was issued in 1886. and shortly after the adjournment of the last session of the legislature Governor Oates appointed ex- Attorney General w. L.. Martin to codify the laws and prepare the copy for the code of 1897, to be presented at the com- ing session of the legislature. MT. Mar tin has been assisted in his work by Hons. A. D. Sayre and P. c. Massie, of this city, and the trio have been busiiy engaged for some months on the job. It is now prac- tically completed and in the hands of the governor, awaiting transmission to the general assembly, which meets on No- vember 10th.
 By reason of a great volume of local laws the bulk of Alabama is prohibition territory. Reports from all quarters. how ever, indicate that the prohibition laws are ineffective; that prohibition does not prohibit, but simply encourages the ex- istence and maintenance of blind tigers, from which the county or municipality derives no revenue, and at which, as 0 rule, very inferior quality of whisky is dispensed. The Macon county grand jury in its report just rendered, has asserted that the enforcement of the prohibition laws in that county has been found to be impossible. and that it is evidently bet ter that liquor should be sold under prop CT restrictions than as at present. The grand jury, therefore, recommends that the members of the legislature from that county take all honorable steps to have the law repealed.