The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-01
PROHIBITION
 PEOPLE PLAN Rev. Lawrence Preaches Here. 10 BACK TIE LEAGUE MEN Claims There Is No Danger Of
 Repeal Of Law,
 s- ,ssys That Ths People ef Alasam. wn Have Prohfbition one Thousaaa
 Years, Despite snieen zzen's Fight. ie fasre.a3 fsfs1 f4,N fsFs at keg4e4 4 sss '

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 tsThe United states Government Is in .ssoiiusion with the whiskey crowd, hssinsf ouf light for prohibttion,v was she emphatic statement made by Brooks Lawrence. president of the Anti-saloon League of Alabama. last evening. after Dis talk in the Dexter Avenue Method- 'ast Episcopal Church.
 i ssThe authorities tacitly say to the niQuor men. that they will not inter- 0sfe with the movement of ltquor from Xho breweries and distilleries in license States to sources of consumption in this and other States that have pledged thems2ivsa xo pfcniOas,9n n,h we ons,ssns maze s of passing before long q Federal law prohibiting such interstate commerce Practically all of the Congressmen and both the Senators from Alabama have procurtng a law ridding the country of this National connivance in favor or Ehe liquor inteEesta.
 Z "There can be no doubt that prohib- ition in this State ia successful. So Ear as the danger of repeal of the prohth- at1on law Is concerned, Alabama will not have liquor again for 1000 years. tf we only maintain our present inter est in the situation.
 srhere iss,a plan on foot among the paloon men to bring about repeal of the law as regards Montgomery, Mobile and Birmingham. The traffic has agents workinGH nasrrepf ttoualya5fr every scenTE ty. seeking out possible candidates and sounding them, with view to securing 2 passage Of this bill. with which they hope to wedge open the State once more. We are orga ntzed at every point Eo balk them, no matter how aggressive raising a fund adequate for investigat- ing the records of all candidates and then laying the facts before the public. We shall make no attempt to dictate legislation or the election of men favor able to us. We merely intend that vot- CTS shall haxe thorough knowledge of the men who are contestinx for their
 sThe iiquor forces of Alabama say the sentiment of the State has changed and is against prohibition. I desire to sug- gest to them that they join hands with us Nand urge the next Legislature to submit to the people. this very question fin the form of Constitutional amend nent If they sincerely believe that there Is a change of sentiment, they shouid be willing to do this. wager thet they are not as confident of the
 aProhibition Is working out excel i1entiy in this State. Of course. there Hre violations of the law in some cens kers. but that must be expected.
 1ne stste to Ss sure, has many s9Snp per T; Hhe law to go on. But let them con itiflue to violate. It will make 1t af the leagier for us, in the end. to weed them out.
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 | .sThirfy days is, altogether too short a time in ici ,, t9r test l,1 ' Rpi nave been dry for Year, you win find that the evidence is overwhelmingly dn Sawor of the. success of no license. An investigation Of the municipal sta Etistics of Birm1nkham have .sflo wn that Ifhere has been decrease of 4,479 ar- rests during 1e08 a dry year. and a decrease of51i0 violent deaths during ] MT. Lawrence submitted the follow ing ofaciai figures which he has ob- taIned, as evidence of the fimproved morale of tho people under prohtbt- ton. These he has corrected with the