The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-22
OPPOSED TO
PROHIBITION
Minister Scores the Dry
People.
HYPOCRISY Is CHARGED
An Outrageous Infringement Of
Human Rights.
Very strong ArEument Against Cease
Of Prohibitsen Is Heard at opsn-
ing of sessiss Of Model
License League.

Louisville. KY, Jan. 2l.--The Model
License League spened Its first annual
session In the winter garden Of tho
zelbach Hotel today with q good at
tendance OF delegates present from
many parts OF the United States.
The object OF the convention is the
adoption Of liquor license law ana
| the inauguration OF q campaign for its
enactment by various Legislatures and
city governments. The law Will have
for its purpose the elimination OF low
saloons: the removal OF the aaloof,
from politics by placing the proprie-
| tors out OF the reach OF bosses and
the restriction of the number OF sa :
looms TO conform to q certain standard
OF population. The delegates included
Legislators, brewers. distiliarH, state
and city officials and publishers
The morning session was Devoted
mainly to welcoming addresses and an
explanation Of the proposed model law
A Ministers View.
AT the afternoon session Rev. WIN. n
WATSON OF Riverhead. l.. l., was intro
duced By President Gilmore The Rev.
Wasson began by saying that IL IL high
time for the church people who are NOT
extremists. to take q hand ana sesfIe
the LIQUOR question on rational b.
sis. He said that he believed thia "a
be step In the right direction. ana
ne hoped ministers OF the gospel or All
denominations would be Wise enough
ana foresighted enough TO see TIRE
question In the same light
The church can no longer afford 10
have rs name exploited IN the manner
IN which 1t IL being used by the prohf-
bitionists," said the Rev. WATSON.
The church cannot acquieses III me
prohiotfionist sentiment that man
cannot be q good Christian ana handle
or drink liquor. The church ana ire
prohibitionfst are as far apart as the
poles" 80
The Rev. WATSON said that the auas-
ton OF drinking In moderation is one
OF Individual conscience. He declared
and that the Puritan ia 4 smannfS -s,,s.
er and wholesaIe dealer II artificiaI
@Tho prohibEtionist bellevea n ~.
fetish Of the law said the Rev. was
son. II there e anything wrong any
w Az tnaf e needed, according 20
MS belief, Is law against Il. Intem-
perance can never be removed by tI1a
polieeman's club, or the sherin's war;
rant. am opposed TO the whole nro.
hibition philosophy, because / think AZ
Is an outrageous infringement Of hu-
SAILORS Keeper outrwes.ea.
''Ptous church. people have ostraeized
the saloon keeper laid all sins at his
door, and have warned neop1a 4 way
from him las from the month or hell. IN
the face OF all this, they come along
with the hypocriticaI cant that the at
mosphere of the saloon IL bad. what.
ask you, have the church people done
to better the conditions OF the saloon ?
The real question before the Ansari~
can people today ig What kind OF "a :
looms shall we haver Shall we have
open. legitimate saloons. or under-
ground dives and dens2
Il believe that the church and the
liquor trade should stand shoulder to
shoulder in this great fight. we need
each other. There must be co-apara-
tIon. with out interference with the Igh-
critics and rights of American cttixensr
Frank II. Farris. a State Senator
from Missouri. spoke after the Rev.
WATSON. He said that he is not
manufacturer or dealer and thersfors
should properly come in the category
as a consumer" He said he 10 op-
posed constitutiona1iy to prohihifion
because It Is q deprivation OF rights !.
He declared that prohibition is a sham
and that the oe1y way prohibition could
ever be put into effect would be BY the
government Of the United States