The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-26
Gets an Opinion onLaw's
 Validity. BELIEVED HE MAY ACT TO CONFER WITH OFFICERS He Declines to Discuss His
 Intentions. Acting on the Advice of the Attorney General He win Ask sherins and Solicitors to Report on
 Local Conditions.

Moved by numerous protests of citi- zens of Mobile, 1t is believed that Gov ernor Conner may decide to take steps looking to the rigid enforcement of the Alabama law prohibiting baseball, golf. | tennis and football.
 It Is certain that the protests against | alleged violations of the Sunday base
 ball law have poured in upon the Gov
 ernor plenteously during the last few days. At last the Governor decided to get an opinion from Attorney General
 Alex M. Garber on the statute which prohibits certain games to be played on Sunday in public places, and yes- l terday the latter officer transmitted to
 the executive his opinion on the sub- l ject. s
 In this opinion the Attorney General Suggests that the Governor write to
 the judges and solicitors of the courts
 in the communities in which he is ad- vised that the law is being violated
 or about to be violated. and request them to report to the executive the conditions existing in their Jurisdic- tions.
 Just how far the Governor may go in
 stopping Sunday baseball, if he takes
 any hand at all in the enforcement of
 the law, could not be told yesterday. l He only said that he had received the
 
 he had looked the same over carefully
 and had ordered a copy sent to a party l of citizens in Mobile who had entered
 protest against ball playing in that city on Sunday.
 Game Next Sunday. It is in Mobile that announcement
 has been made by the owners of the
 Mobile franchise of the Southern | League that another game of baseball fNnt1A ha y11a In hot city. Already one exhibition game has been played in Mobile thls spring with out interference by the executive or prosecuting officers. It was rumored yesterday that before the end of the week the Governor would instruct the Sheriff of Mobile County to strictly en- force the law in the event the game is attempted next Sunday.
 "If there in reality exists among any set of people or any element of citi- zenship. a disposition to ignore or defy the law" wrote the Attorney General to the Governor yesterday, permit me, inasmuch as the Constitution of Ala bama enjoins upon you the duty to l take care that the laws be faithfully executed to suggest that you write to the judges and solicitors of the courts in these communities in which you are
 advised that this law. is being vio-
 lated and request them to report to l you the conditions existing in their Ju- risdiction.
 'The people of this great state can not afford to exhibit Whpt of respect
 or reference for any of the laws of the land. The sanctity of the law and the supremacy of all governmental insti- tutions depend largely upon the patri-
 otic and law-abiding instincts of the people who compose the State." Legislation of a Century. In his opinion the Attorney General
 reviews the history of laeisiation on the subjects of Sunday Npusements from the time 1t first affected Ala bama territory when it was q part of
 the Mississippi territory Tn 1903 until l the year 1903 when the Legislature of the State passed the present statute prohibiting certain sports on Sunday. The Attorney General also routs the
 suggestion that the law of 1903 pro- l hibiting baseball and other games on Sunday is unconstitutional: The opinion in full is as follows:
 Won. B. B. Conner. Governor of Ala bama, Montgomery, Ala; Dear Sir-In response to your re- | quest to advise you concerRing the | statutes of Alabama enacted for the | purpose of securing a proper observ- ance of Sunday among the people of | the state, it may be a matter of some | interest to you, in view of the present
 discussion of the subject of Sunday