The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-05


 court room in which Judge Weakley spoke is said to be 500. but 1t con- tained more people than that when the debate began and hundreds had been turned away from the doors. The com- mittee which tried unsuccessfully to arrange the details of the debate In the court room was composed of Colonel S. T. Smith, John Lewis and William Coleman for the defenders of the Con- stitution, and of Railroad Commission CT John A. Lusk. o. D. Street and w c. Rayburn.
 A large majority of the men who were able to get into the court room wore white ribbons.
 But a crowd larger than in the court room gathered in the yard where will ing hands had rolled wagon up bear ing a bale of cotton, which MT O'Neal was to use for a platform. This crowd was estimated at TOO people. while one man declared positively that he count ed 300 people around the wagon when Mir. O'Neal was speaking.
 For the great audience which assem- bled from Marshall County's hills and valleys the speakers brought out but little new matter during the afternoon debate. According to his custom, Judge WeakIey made a strong prohibi- tion speech, assailed Mir. O'Neals record on prohibition and defended Section of the Amendment. He took occasion, too, to defend the Weakley Fuller bill x Defends His Biii.
 ."The law-breakers forced us to this act" Judge Weakley sad. If only near beer had been sold-real near beer-if only decent clubs had been maintained, the Legislature would nor have gone so far. But instead of sell ing near beer they sold beer, Of more a1p hnl sold whiskey. Miserable, bogus clubs sprang up. I wrote the Fuller bill and I found a way to meet their evasions of the law.
 "I told our friends before the Fuller hill was introduced. that they would hear them squeal like stuck pigs when they found out what was in that. AT ter thls amendment is adopted we hnd that the laws are too drastic we will discover a way to modify them, and on the other hand. if we find that there are loop holes in the laws we VIII tighten them up. I have several other clauses which I held in reserve that will stop them if it is necessary.
 The Fuller act, according 10 MT O'Neal, has already filled the Sta'e ot Alabama with law-breakers.
 Hinder that act" he said. you can not make blackberry or scuppeFnons wine. You can not give SICK neish- bor A stimulant, You cannot carry bottle along a road or on train. iou cannot take a drirk in your orace' Anu Judge Weakley says that this act ID enforced. Why. nine out or ten lnen .. Alabama have violated some provlslohs of if. If all the breakers of this law were arrested Alabama would nave 10 build bull pens to keep her prisoners in"
 MT. O'Neal savagely attacked the pol ittcs that were wrapped up in the amendment and charged Judge weak ley with having more than ms snare ot the political interests that were at stake.
 Weakley n Candidate.
 He accused Judge WeAkley Of going into A secret caucus and announcing as n candidate for Governor immediately after the amendment had passed the Legislature.
 Tn renorts of a previous speech print ed in the newspapers Judge Weakley Is mfsouoted in that he charged Mobile with wholesale violation or the law. He said that state or anarchy ana ia wlesasness existed in the chief city of the state and by this he meant, of conrsa the city of Birmingham. He sava that he does not know what went on at Mobile. but he deScribed what he knew existed in Birmingham, the chief city of the State.
 Marshall County appears as one of che hio hattie ground1 of the coming campaign. Both sides claim the coun- tv and both by the same majority, 800. and both sides are earnest and sincere In the claim.
 when a man Is putting up politica4 blum 1t can be often penetrated. but the earnest way in which both sides in- sist that Marshall VIII So thelr way IS confusine to a visitor.
 Message From smith.
 Colonel $. T. Smith asked especially that this message be sent to Montgom- cry: . .u,os. ,o ha deceived by fraudulent claims. Ten them that say. and l know what what am talking about, that Marshall ro,,r.,, Is going to give a heavy major ity against the amendment.
 T am one of the oldest residents of the county and tell them that t Is ogatnst the amendment. and that it