The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-26

the blll was passed DC reconsidered ana the motion was adopted. He then moved that the bill be ordered to a third reads ing and put upon it's passage. This was done.
 the bill. He thought that it was a gen. out of the treasury. He thought. too. that the House had gone on record in making Solicitors elective by the people. There had been considerable discussion of the question, he said and there was Arnold Criticises London. MT. Arnold declared that the gentleman from Jefferson had changed his mind on the question since the election of Solic- itors had been discussed in Committee. He (dr. Londonl and other members of the Committee, Mir. Arnold said, had as- sured members who wanted appointive solicitors that they could secure them by local bills. MT. Arnold said it was pure- Iy a local matter and he asked the House to give his County an appointive solici-
 Does the other member of the House from Calhoun favor the biil?" asked Mir. Callahan of Morgan.
 '.TIe 10 not present., responded Mir Ar mold, but l have not heard of his oppo-
 :T cen say for MT. Williams that he is opposed to the bill" announced Mir.
 MT. Williams is Mir. Arnolds colleague
 The bill was then passed-ayes, s1; The Centerville Dispensary. The bill to establish a dispensary at Centerville was opposed by MT. Williams of Autauga- The House was, he said. had been announced. he said, that the House would only vote for dispensaries in those towns where whiskey was now openly sold. It was now proposed. he said, to estal fish dispensaries in towns where whiskey was not now sold. We are about to undo the work of our fathers In all these years" said Mir. Will liams, fin making the State of Alabama thrce-fourths prohibition" Are you one of the representatives or the sole representative from my countyT asked MT. Thompson of Blob. T am not representing Blob County
 responded Mir. Wilkerson, .'I am opposed to the liquor traffic in Montgomery, in Birmingham, In all places in Alabama, traffic is opposed to me-"
 Thompson Answers Wilkinson. Mir. Thompson enquired why was 1t that the silver-tongued orator from Autauga let slip all opportunities in the many dis pensary bills to break out against the Bibb County dispensary bill. few min utes previously, he said, bill to author ize the town of Warrior to open dis p6DSdTy ndu pdSsCu, Pit- vailed there. but the voice of the gentle man from Autauga was silent. He was compelled to take position in opposition to the representative from Autauga re- gardless of the direful consequences. He spoke of the open violations of the prohibition laws
 '"rhe prohibition laws" he declared,
 ''are making perturers faster than any other single thing"
 MT. Johnson of Russell said that there
 was plenty of opposition to the bill in Bibb County. He said that he had given ncuce that he would oppose the bill on the floor. He held in his 1aad. he de. ciared. petitions from the city officers of Centerville and many good citizens against 1t. He had, moreover petition signed by ID of the good women in Bibb County. He pleaded that the mothers and sisters interested in the matter should b. heard.
 Mr, London of Jefferson favored the bill. he said. because the gentleman from Bibb County had made straightforward and fair statement of the conditions in his county. It had passed into a proverb, he said, that prohibition did not prohibit. | Prohibition, he declared, was evasion, Opposed by Starr. Mir. Starr Of Dallas was opposed to tho | bill. He had not, he said, voted for any | dispensary in prohibition district A very dangerous court ssy had grown into | effect. he sid, namely. that the House | should vote for local measure If the representative from the county wanted l 1t. The prohibition and dispensary ques- tion was a general one, affecting the | whole State.
 | In closing the discussion. Mir. Thompson said with sarcasm that he was not sur | prised at the assault made upon his bill | by the chai4 man of the Temperance Com | mittee (Mr. Johnson of RusselD, after
 the extraor dinary courtesies sS had re- | ceived from him.
 The bill was set down for hearing | three times, he said. but postponed at the | request of the chairman. There were | on the petition, he said, only forty-seven voters when there were 260 voters in the beat.
 T want to tell you. gentlemen" said MT Thompson, that blind tiger was operated in a Methodist Church building
 during our Circuit Court So much whiskey was spilled on the floor that ser
 vices had to be suspended the following Sunday."
 He yielded a part of his time to MT,
 Blackburn, who submitted that 1t was a fair proposition to leave the question to that the dispensary should not be estah- lished until an election had been held. He testified to the fairness of Mir. Thomp- son, who had represented both sides of the question to the committee
 MT. Johnson of Russell disclaimed any intentional discourtesy to the gentleman from Blob. He explained that the post ponement had been made at the request of citizens of Bibb who had finally been prevented from attending the meeting.
 The till passed-ayes, fl; nays 1T, and the House adjourned