The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-07

n, February 6.--Represen
 he prohibition party, the e-t League of America, the Won ristian Temperance Union, the Presbyterian church, the United Presbyterian church and other Christ ian organizations appeared today be- fore the House committed on the judi ciary to urge a favorable report on one or more of the bills introduced to pro- tect 'dry" local option districts from restraint of interstate as well as intra- state shipments of liquors; that is to bestow the right of border line con- fiscation of liquors shipped to destina tions within prohibition districts.
 The Rev. S. F. Nicholson of Harris burg, Pa, executive superintendent of the Anti Saloon league of Pennsy1va- nit. spoke for those organizations; Prof. Charles Scanlon of Pittsburg for the Presbyterian church; Findley Hen ~ir'sse1 of Cumberland, Md, for the n party. and MT. Ray of Penn a Hs for the United Presbyterian .otas Present for the Woman's ,h Temperance Union were the
 president. Mrs. l.. NJ N. Stev-
 ortland, Me-; the national sec
 diss Gordon, and the national
 superintendent, Miss Ellis.
 native Bartho oldt of Missouri,
 q of the committee on public
 and grounds made an argu- .u. ainst the proposed measures in
 )f the National German-Ameri-
 ance.
 sentative Clayton of Alabama, ,er of the committee, whose att tIa supports federal protection of pi .tion districts questioned some of the prohibition speakers as to. the legal right of the states to invoke fed- eral excise protection in the face of voluntary surrender to the government of the very rights now sought to be reobtained. It was agreed that briefs should be submitted on this point.
 Representative Bartholdt asked that the decision of the committee to close it's hearing February 12 be rescinded i norder to allow representatives of the California wine merchants to come to Washington and present their side of the case and also to give further opportunity to representatives of the German American Alliance to be heard. This request was denied, Chairman Jenkins stating that it already had been agreed with Representative Lit tlefield of Maine. a member of the com mittee who has lett the c1ty TOT a time, that no forther hearings would be held other than on tomorrow, Sat urday. Monday and Tuesday mornings. In asserting the complete failure of prohibition laws in Maine, Kansas and Iowa, MT. Bartholdt remarked: These things we know, but we do not know how prohibition laws are going to op- crate in the states of Georgia and Ala bama.'
 Pardon me-" interrupted Chairman Jenkins, but heard an answer to that query made by a south erner only this morning. He said: The inauguration of prohibition laws in Alabama and Georgia will work like a charm. This will mean that a white gentleman can get a drink wh henever he wants it, but a colored man cannot get drop
 Representatives Clayton of Alabama and Brantley of Georgia laughingly protested that this was not so.
 "Surely, MT. Chairman, your friend did not speak that way of Alabama?' questioned MT. Clayton.
 I'm quite positive he was not re- ferring to Georgia" added MT. Brant- ley,
 He said Alabama and he said Geor- ria. replied MT. Jenkins; and even some of the prohibition representa- tives joined in the laughter that fol- lowed.