The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-06
PROMISES MUCH
 WITHIN 48 HOURS WeakIey Principal Law and
 Order League Speaker MORE ARRESTS TO BE MADE New Developments Will Attend This Weeks Session of Grand Jury. Wants ordiqsnees Passed
 By the Council.
MORE ARRESTS TO BE MADE

Within the next AS hours was the strong sentence that repeated itself at the
 meeting of the Law and Order league yesterday afternoon.
 Within the next AS hours" said Judge $. D. Weakley, "a sign which solicits
 whisky on Morris avenue will be torn
 down. Within the next AS hours another sign on Eighteenth street will be down. Within AS hours the federal court will take hand in the cases of these saloon men who have insisted upon running saloons
 without paying city county or govern
 ment licenses. Within 4S hours the mem
 bers and operators of half a dozen more
 social clubs will be under arrest" Judge Weakley's talk was the feature of the meeting. It resounded with force, as he positively asserted that the fight
 has Just begun. The feature of his talk was the description of implements for
 the enforcement of the law.
 He told how he had discovered an old
 state law that authorized a sheriff to en-
 ter barrcaded place where implements
 for violating the law were concealed,
 and how he had arrested 46 by four writs
 based on this law. He gave the results of the last weeks convictions in police court, and said that many young men had plead guilty, paid small fines and de- clared that they would never even look up flight of stairs any more.
 He said that with the coming session of the grand jury next week many new developments would ensue, and that a free use of search warrants is contem- plated. He further declared that when e, r whisky is found in these places in sheA future it will be immediately con hscated.
 l Judge Weakley secured a committee of
 100 men to appear before the aldermen of
 their wards personally, and at the next
 council meeting for the purpose of in suring the passage of the two ordinances introduced at the last meeting. He in-
 sisted that whisky advertising must stop, and that the ordinance if passed, would prevent the appearance of whisky adver- tisements in windows, on boards or in newspapers.
 He admitted that under the state laws a certain form of locker club might be legal, but that for the interest of the whole city the passage of the Nordinance prohibiting the storage of liquor in pub lie places ought to be passed. We are fighting all violators alike, it matters not whether they be rich or poor and not only the letter but the spirit of the law must be enforced"
 James Bowron made a rousing speech in which he defined the future duties of the two anti-liquor organizations. In his
 opinion the Anti Saloon league should se- nf
 amendment, cinching and clinching the
 victory, so that other matters Of ad-
 vancerient might be taken up and the issue not made necessary at every cleo
 tion. and that they should take meas ures to prevent the appearance of whis- ky advertisements in newspapers and other places.
 For the Law and Order league he pre-
 scribed that it prevent the breaking of all laws, prohibition, gambling and every thing else, by the power of the vote,
 electing and assisting gooo officers. Per
 ish the day" he cried, when l will vote A straight ticket unless I know every
 man on the ticket is a worthy one MT. Bowron also described the many benefits derived from prohibition, declar-
 ing that had whisky prevailed the past few month the hard times would have been threefold harder and commenting upon the decrease in crime and the many other advantages.
 Col. T. G. Bush made short talk in which he declared that whisky had no | excuse and that enforcement must pre-
 vail Much applause prevailed through
 the meeting and the spirit of historic
 meetings in recent days seemed as ram l pant as ever. R. M. Goodall, president ] of the league, presided.