The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-28


| The Jefferson theatre was crowded TO
the limit yesterday afternoon when Col.
T. G. Bush called the law AID order mass
meeting to order.
| After explaining the cause of the meet
ing-to remedy the conditions which re-
1 suit in defiance of law-Colonel Bush re-
/ minded the people that the very founda-
| ton in the execution of the laws rests
| upon them
! He explained the jury system, tracing it
through the men who select those juries,
| the solicitor, the judge, to the people
| themselves and insisted that they must
put officers there who will do their duty.
! He declared that the prohibition law
seems to be flagrantly violated my OBJ
| servation is that one-tenth of the Grim
inals who are caught go unpublished If
| they have enough money to get good law
| yers and buy influence
Continuing, he said: II believe that
| large number of those men who were sa-
loonkeepers last year are the offenders
today They won't accept the enormous
majority with which the people decided
for prohibition.
mo man is half way decent that will
| carry on such a practice, and there is no
greater coward than that man who will
hire others to do his filthy work and let
them be arrested and punished in his
| stead"
Feaein Receives Ovation.
He then called attention to Judge Fea-
| gins work and the judge received a big
ovation. The crowd also appauded the
mention of Judge Howe, but Colonel
Bush emphasized the fact that there are
great many men on the juries that
ought not to be there, who have no re-
| gard for their oaths, and he stated that
these juries are appointed by the Board
| of Revenue, and 1--WE want to put them
on notice that hereafter we want capable
men on our iuries. We want to notify
! Sheriff Higdon that when he goes to get
| extra jurymen he's got to go away from
| the courthouse door to get them"
| He further declared that the people of
| Birmingham are satisfied with prohibi-
| ton and want to see 1t tried out fur
| Their.
| ASK the women how much more cloth
| ing, food and comfort they have had since
January l and they'll tell you that prohi-
bition has been great blessing
Closing, he said why shouldn't we
have the world point and say, There's a
noble citizenship, there's a law-abding
people, and I'd like to go and live with
Them
Mr.. Crockard Speaks.
| F. II. Crockard, vice president and gem
| eral manager of the Tennessee Coal, Iron
| and Railroad company, was introduced
as the leader of the greatest industry in
the south
Mr. Crockard stated that during the
campaign he was an anti-pronibitionist
opposing not the end but the means. He
| said that during the first three months
! he was very agreeably impressed with the
good results Of the enforcement, but he
declared that lately there had been too
much laxity.
He took the opportunity of saying that
as one who was 'once against you is now
with you will do all he can to help you
enforce the law. IF you fail We will ask
| you at some later day to try our plan.'
Weakey Warmly Received.
Judge S. D. WealSley was re :eived with
enthusiasm He first asserted that the
public spirit of Birmingham would not
connive at open law-breaking, and is
| stronger now than it ever was before.
| He recalled the memorable scenes of
| the historic campaign last year as one
which he thanked God he had lived to
| see calling it the greatest accomplish
ment in Alabama since the civil war. He
| looked forward to the time when liquor
cannot be sold south of the Mason and
Dixon line assnot very far off.
Notwithstanding the great obstacles he
believed the law has been successfully
| enforced
II know there was a great barroom
| there in the ST. Nicholas hotel, but that
has been closed up was one of his state
ments as he insisted that not 10 to 50
enter the blind tigers tday as compared
| with the crowds which surged into the
saloons. and said that he believed at
least 100 men are living in Alabama to-
| day who wouldlhave been murdered under
| the saloon rule
Don't be too impatient. but above all
be firm. persistent as tireless and as
sleepless as the enemy against whom we
are fighting
Danger of Apathy.
"There is only one fatal contingency
| that the law-abiding citizens should go
to sleep, wink at blind tigers on every
| corner and allow the saloon to return,
but we are not going to do that VIC need
not expect that there will be no attempts
| to violate the law"
He said that it has been just like taking
| sugar from baby to enforce the law.
| Il read the other day Of the organiza-