The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-11
(Communciated
(Communciated) DON'T BE MISLED
Dr. crumpton Tells the Whole Truth About the "So-Called" Brooks
 Lawrence Letter.
NO CARPET-BAGGERY--
 NO UNFAIR METHODS

Brooks Lawrence IS citi1oh "A
 bama, a Democrat. and son of a Dem, , ocrat a Presb yterian minister in good standing. He breaches as many ser mons as any man in Alabama.
 The preachers of all faiths In Ala bama tell us that the greatest barrier to the furtherance of the Gospel IS the liquor traffic. The most terrifc blows that the trafic In Alabama ever re- ceived were at the hands Of this very man. Lawrence, backed by the aroused Christian sentiment of the whole state.
 MT. Lawrence did not organize the Alabama Anti-Saloon League. It was organized by Alabama men three years before they ever heard the name or Brooks Lawrence. The work of the League is State wide. It has mem- bers in every districtof the State.
 That "Outside Interference.
 Mr.Dent Is opposed to Outside Inter ference" That is the very heart Of the Anti-Saloon Leagues contention. It does not want our Alabama law inter fered with by the liquor dealers of other States. It Is all wrong-accord- ing to Mir. Dent-for any one outside of his district to write letters to the voters In his district, but 1t Is all right for the liquor dealers n Chatta- : noogo, Memphis and Pensacola to ship their liquor into Alabama to make void. as far as possible, our Alabama law.
 The Alabama AntiSaloon League Is presided over by the writer, whose of flee has been Tn Montgomery for over twenty years. He was born in Wilcox County. and is well known to almost every voter in the district. As Presi- dent, he signed the circular about which Mir. Dent complains. HIS NAME APPEARS FIRST. but MT. Dent skips over the name of the President--not once does he name him-but turns the vials of his wrath loose upon MT. Lawrence. His object cannot be dis guised-to create prejudice against this great leader of the temperance forces, because he happened to be born north of Mason and Dixon's line. We do not believe this attempt will af- feet the sensible voters of the Second District.
 Not Men, But Principles.
 Mir. Dent calls this personal at tack" The circular does not discuss DENT THE MAN. Not a word i. DENT THE CANDIDATE. and hit PUBLIC UTTERANCEs are discussed The public utterances of a public mar are public property, and no apology Is needed when one critictses them The much talk ed-of letter says: "OF ALL YOUR CANDIDATES. THE HON VIM. H. SANFORD. OF TROY. IS THE ONLY ONE TO TAKE A PRO NoUNcED STAND FOR THE PAS. SAGE OF SUCH A LAW" Is not that a fact? MT. Dent admits it. The cir cular says again: HON. S. H. DENT JR., of MONTGOMERY. IS OPENLY OPPOSED TO SUCH A LAW" IS NOT THAT A FACT? The whole of Mir Dents published speech proves the assertion true. Not once does the cir. cular dictate as to whom the voter shall vote for. It does not say vote against Dent or vote for Sanford. but We beg of you to work and vote fol one who will aid us in every way pos. sibIe in the most perfect protection of our homes. our wives and oul children
 MT. Lawrence. as Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League. does not con trol the money of the League. Rev. l D. Steele. of Birmingham. is the treas urer, and not dollar Is paid out without voucher. and the accounts are regularly audited. MT. Dent seeks to prejudice his hearers against the League when he says: That League is drawing whatever money 1t can from men. women and children in this land" All the money coming into the treasury of the League comes vol untarily from men. women and chil- dren. whose hearts incline them to do what they can to save homes and children and country from the richest corporation on earth. whose money flows like a stream to help every can didate who Is against the prohibition laws and their enforcement.
 More Outside Interference.
 Mir. Dent devotes much of his speech to proving the unconstitutionality of any of the four bills introduced in the last Congress, and discourages the idea of our hoping to get a law that would stand the test. The Anti-Saloon League Is not without legal advisers We have the opinions of some of the best attorneys in the State. We are sure such a low can be formed which will be constitutional. Whether that Is so or not, we have only asked candidates for Congress to say they would do their best to protect Alabama from the liquor dealers of other States. Of course. we want no unconstitutional law passed. Mir. Dent, in his speech. decrying the possibility of such a law. crying down the Anti-Saloon League. whose members are all over the district. shows himself an enemy to the prohibition law and its best en- forcement. and fully Justifes the cir cular letter of which he complains. Said letter was signed by the writer Of this communication who has the honor of being tha Prasidapt AS .L.