The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-09
SENATOR MOODY WINS HIS
 FIGHT AFTER TEN YEARS

And ] Say, MT. Prcsident, that the more attractive saloon is. the more deadly 1t Is. The more cleanly and beautiful it is, the more deadly t is 10 the young man"
 Spcaking on tue prohibition phass Of , tho case. Mir. Moody said he was optRi,, ally prohibltionisi.
 senfimeut siust fsc Developed. Tut the prohibition Is inipiart,ca, and Impossible until the people havo , been educated to It. said Mir. Moody. Whenever strong fight is made for prohibition and 1t wins, Q large ini {. nority Is opposed to It and that minor- lty considers interference is being made with private liberty. Men who enfa-ce the law. men who sit on the grand 3u- 1 ries. may be members of the minority. and they are not in favor of the rigid enforcement of the law.s Blind tigers [ are inevitable until public sentiment ir educated to oprohibition'
 Mir. Moody then described the ad,an- tage of the dlspersary. dispensary robbed drinking Of all glamour and ats traction There was no inducement ta finger in dispensary. for no drink ing was allowed on the premises. The , door of the dispcnsary swung to. every afternoon promptly at o'clock. and there was no opportunity for the young man who ceases his work late in the afternoon to go to the saloon. The dis pensary further assured the pepie that prohibition would prevail every sunday and in this prevail one-sevsnth of the time. Senator Gum wnnted to be assured if dispensary election should be held in county. the dispensary could not be esta blished In a beat which nigh; not have gone for it, although the coun- ty went for IL. He had prepared an Amendment for that purpose. but with drew it when he received assurance the bill covered the point. Senator Thomas proposed an amend ment that no purchaser for dispen- sary should be give nan opportunity for graft. and provided a penalty for any agent who received benefits. directly or indirectly. Senator Moody accepted this amendment.
 After the amendments of Senators Miller and Teasley had been voted down. the bill was passed without op-' position.
 Endorsement of Prohibition. The roll call showed thirty-two Sem ators present The opening prayer was offered by Rev. MT. Frye.
 The Military Committee sent in with a favorable report the bill authorizing the City of Mobile. to refund its bonded indebtedness Senator Hamburger is Chairman of that committee.
 Senator Boyles, under unanimous con sent called up and had passed his bill conferring additional powers on the County Court of Monroe County.
 The regular order as it was set down on the calendar was then taken up The bill of Senator Lusk 10 better provide for the enforcement of prohi- bition laws was first on the list. Sens- tor Lusk explained 1t was designated to get after the bottle toter," the fel- low who ran errands between the blind tiger and the purchaser of the unlawful merchandise. He explained the en- forcement of the prohibition laws were greatly handicapped by the inability of the law to reach the man who ran er- rands between the blind tiger and the men who were surreptiously buying the stuff.
 Mir. Leith approved the measure Tt is drawn to help out the solicitors" da- clared MT. Leith. Too much power has already been given solicitors. They had~ law after law made to suit them, set aside all law that may protect the defendant They really want to waive aside the laws. They would have the criminal code amended so there should be provision saying: These laws are deviatory and not mandatory
 Mir. Leith attacked also the present jury laws. He declared: you know that our jury system makes men frequently as corrupt as corruption itself"
 Senator Miller suggested the word Unlawful" should be inserted bef0re the word sold The amendment was acceptable to Senator Lusk. and it was made a part of the bill. In the voting there was but slight opposition to the measure
 The House joint resolution providing that when the Senate adjourns Sat urdag, 1t adjourn until Wednesday in order that the Mardi Gras trip might be taken, was adopted
 The Senate recessed for'dinner at 1:45 D. m.
 q Raise Judges Salaries.
 The afternoon session of the Senate was almost exclusively devoted to the consideration of the Supreme Court salary bill. This bill raises the sa1a- ries of thes members of the Supreme bench from $3.600 to $5,000. The Sem ate was of the mind to pass the bill, but Senator Lusk added an amendment which increased the salaries of Circuit Judges and Chaneellors from S2,500 to $3.000 That caused the trouble. Not that the Senate was opposed to this increase, but those who took issue with the amendment claimed 1t was an at- tempt to put "a rider" on an important bill which might subject it to some criticism and some opposition.
 The bill In question, which was in- troduced in the House by Mir. John, came up near tho beginning of the ef- ternoon session under aspecial order. As soon as 1t was read, Senator Lusk offered the amendment relating to Lne Circuit Judges and the Chancellors. He spoke in advocacy of the amendment, and told of the poor way in which these important judicial officers were paid in Alabama.
 A motion was made to table the amendment. but the motion was lost
 by a vote of 15 to 10. The opponents to the amendment then realized they had a fight on their hands. Senator Reese of Dallas and Senator Miller of Jefferson both made strong arguments in opposition to the amendment. Both declared themselves staunch support CTS of the original bill, and they fa- vored the amendments as well. but they protested against the amendment being made a part of the bill.
 Hamburger Turns laugh on BlaeISmOn.
 Senator Lusk thought if the gentle men favored increasing the pay of the chancellors anu the Circuit Judges, the quickest way to get that increase was to pass the amendment and have it agreed to by conference commit tee. He was inclined to insist upon his amendment. Tho Senate adjourned be- fore the issue raised by the GMend- ment was settled
 Senator Hamburger, under unani- mous consent. called up and had passed the Long bill. which increases the num-