The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-02-07

PARTY HEARD
Judiciary Committee Lis
tens to Arguments.
ALABAMA'S LAW ATTACKED
"White Gentlemen Can Drink, Bot
Negroes Cannot"
Consressman Clayton Laushingry Pro-
tests That This Was Not So, And
Congressman Brantiey de-
tends Georgia's Law.
LAW ATTACKED

Washington. Feb. 6.-Representa-
tives of the prohibition party. the An
ti-Saloon League Of America. the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union. the
Presbyterian Church, the United Pres
byterian Church and other Christian
organisations. appeared today before
the House Committee on Judiciary. to
urge q favorable report on one or more
bills introduced to protect dry" local
option districts from receipt from in
terstate as well as intrastate ship
ments of liquors; that Is, to bestow
the right OF border line confiscation
of liquors shipped to destinations
within prohibition districts.
The Rev. 8. e. Nicholson. Of Har-
risburg Pa, executive superintendent
of the Anti-Saloon League OF Ameri-
ca, and State superintendent of the
Anti-Saioon League of Pennsylvania'
spoke for those organizations; Prof,
Charles Schanion, of Pittsburg, for the
Presbyterian Church; Finley Hendrick-
son, of Cumberland. Nd, for the pro-
hibitidA party, and Mr.. Ray, Of Penn
sylvania, for the United Presbyterian
Church. Present for the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union were the
national president, Mrs. l.. M. N;
Stevens, of Portland, Me-; the national
secretary. Miss Gordon, and the ma.
tional executive superintendent, Miss
Ellis. Representative Bartholdt.: OF
Missouri, chairman of the Committee
on Public Buildings and Grounds,
made an argument against the pro-
posed measures in behalf Of the Ma
tional German American Alliance.
Prohibition Speakers Questioned.
Representative Clayton, OF Alabama,
a member Of the committee. whose at
titude supports Federal protection of
prohibition districts. questioned some
of the prohibition speakers as to the
legal rights of the States to invoke
excise protection in the face OF vol
untary surrender to the government
81 the very reports now sought to
be fe+ohtaiued. II was agreed that
briefs should b submitted on this
REPRESENTATIVE Barthoidt asked that
ire Decision OF the COMMITTEES 70 close
its hearing February ~ be rescinded
in order to allow representatives OF the
California wine merchants TO come 70
washington and present their SIDE OF
the case and also TO give further OPP
nortunIty to allow the German-Ameri-
can Alliance to be heard. The request
was denied, Chairman Jenkins stating
that II already had been agreed with
Representative Littlefield OF Maine,
member Of the committee, who has left
the city for q time, that no further
hearings would be held other than on
tomorrow, Saturday, Monday and Tues
day mornings. In asserting the COM
piete failure OF prohibition laws In
Maine, Kansas and Iowa, Mr.. Bartholdt
remarked: These things we know. but
we do not know how prohibition laws
are going to operate In the States OF
Georgia and Alabama"
Gentlemen Can Drfmk.
Pardon me-" interrupted Chairman
Jenkins but l heard an answer to
that query made by q 6outherner only
this morning. He said: The inaugu-
ration of prohibition laws in Alabama
and Georgia will work like charm.
This will mean that a white gentleman
can get drink whenever he wants It,
but a colored man can not get drop.
, Representatives Clayton of Alabama
and Brantley of Georgia laughingly
protested that this was not so.
Surely, Mr.. Chairman, your friend
did not speak that way OF AlabamaT =
questioned Mr.. Clayton.
I'm quite positive he was not refer
ring to Georgia" added Mr.. Brantley.
HE said Alabama, and he said Geor-
Ria," replied Mr.. Jenkins and even
some Of the prohibition Representatives
Joined in the laughter that followed.