The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-18
'WlzEN DOES IT I,'TAKE EFFECT r That the Question on
 Prohibition. PROPOSED TO EXTEND TIME Mobile People Fighting to Put It Off to January 1, 1910. rAey urse That rublie seKs.r. There wm suffer Terrihiy 1T No Time
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 Conaificns.
PROPOSED TO EXTEND TIME

Both House and Senate having acted
 upon considerable portion of the. ad- ministration railroad measures. the principal feature of the closing week of the extra session Of the Legislature promises to De the fight over the aues- tion as to when the general prohibition bill shall become effective.
 There is no longer much. if any, question as to the passage of the stat utory prohibition measure. It would which has already passed the House, VIII be adopted by the Senate with more than the required two-thfrds vote. The opposition will hardly be able to muster the necessary votes in the Sem ate to actually defeat the measure. The antis. indeed. seem to have changed the direction of their efrorts and are now engaged in an effort to se- cure one or two amendments to the measure. relative to the time at which ir shall become effectfve.
 One amendment was Recommended by the Temperance Committee of the sen. ate, and will doubtless be adopted bv the Senate itself, to extend the time at which prohibition will become effective m counties where local option elections are to be held between December 1z and December 3f from January 10 October. l. when the bill as whole is to become the law pf the state, accord- ing to the terms T7 rS ,'7- :, But another effort Is being made. ft stereds especially by the pe,pla of MooiIe. who are up in arms over the proposed prohibition and the effect 1t VIII have on the Mobile schoolg which are supported largely by the money From licenses. to extend the date of prohibition from October fa0a to January l. 1910. A large d3iegation of Monfle citizens is in iMontgomery work ing Tor this proposed extension of time.
 Mobile People Working.
 1his delegation fs composed of some of the best people of Mobile. Included init is Professor s 2 Murphy. the superintendent of Schools of Mobile county. ana one of tne best known educators Of the en- tire state There ara .scores Of 0fhern working with hipG and embracing business men, educators, capItaIIsts. and almost every class of citisens. who fear the effect of prohibition on their city and county. Fi
 The Mobile people largue that while prohibition may be good for inland communities. and especially for amaIier places. conditions in Mobile, the only seaport of the state. are entirely dif- ferent- All classes of people, from afl sections of the world. congregate there, and 1t is motley gathering when the sailors from the various foreign vessels in hafbor meet in some bar. room near the wharfs for their glass of grog.
 This class of people. and the im- mense revenue brought to Mobile and to Alabama through them, it Is de- clared In terms so positive they do not brook of contradiction, would be en- tirely lost were prohibition to be forced on the community. This fact is recog- nized by all classes of citizens. in- cludinE the great mass of ciurchmen and churchwomen, and the~people of Mobile are overwhelmingly against the prohbitive policy. ~
 But the visitors who are here are urging another potent reason why pro- hibition, at least at this time, should not be adopted for Mobile county. That IS that the schools of the county are supported in large measure by the license money from the saloons. It is. they point out. the only county of the state in which all the license funds are devoted to this purpose. though a portion of It Is 50 appropriated in other sections of Alabama.
 On Behalf of Children.
 There are 5000 children in the Mobile schools, and 1t is on behalf of them that the appeal is being made to postpone the date when prohibition shall be ef- fective In Mobile until other ara nre-
 
 can be made, To stop this revenue without adequate warning. they say, would result in cutting down the term of the schools there by at least a half.
 It Is this reasoning that is respon- sible for the signing of the petitions against prohibition by 4,B00 of the women of Mobile, as has been done. ana that has made the women and of Mobile take such an active interest in the question.
 Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson, the noted writer, is taking an active part in this work of securing signatures to anti-prohibition petitions. despite her age. So too. Is Mrs. r. Semmes Col ston, the talented principal of the Mo bile Girls High School.
 Mrs Colston and Miss Maud D. Kim. ball of Mobile are in the city. workinc with the delegation of men iron, that city. Mrs. Coiston is the daughter of the great Confederate Admiral Raphael Semmes, who commanded ths renowned shin "Alabama." 7
 Both are protesting against Stata prohibition on the ground that the public schools of Mobile are sunnor+aS to a great degree. bv the licanSes nt that county, and to pass the bin nov, pending in the Senate without giving | Mobile County an oDnortunitv fo ade just itself to new conditions wouId do. prive thousands of poor children fin | Mobile County of an opportunity to | acquire an education.
 Comes Uu Tuesday.
 Meanwhile. the Carmichael buI rr,.,, the single committee amendment is on the Senate calendar for third readin1 and final passage. But 1t win moi he | taken up today It has been made q special order for Tue sday morning at II o'clock. when s'l the prohibition and anti-prohibltion oratory will be unloosed.
 There is, indeed. but little doubt of the passage of the bill in some norm pr other. Practically the only tues ton remaining is the fixing of the dE te when the law shall be efrective.
 "The Senate will pass q statutory bill" said Senator Ju.In w. overton. one of the leaders in that body. The only uuestionyto be deter mined is when .he set shnII become effective. Tho entire 1ght win ksrPe ,n this issue.
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