The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-20

L. II
first and second sections OF the pro-
to invade the homes of tie people and
referring to the charge q Judge Ais
ton TO the grand jury of Franklin
county, that II Ii unlawful to manu-
facture blackberry wine.
yelks Prohibiflonfst.
"Your speaker is prohibitionist.~
| he continued. HE voted the only
time IN his life when he had the OPP
portunity to vote on whiskey at all,
for dispensary against the saloon:
!. / am prohibitionist. but not the kind
needed In campaign. The prevention
OF the manufacture Of wine. Is
fanaticism run mad. Under this first
1 section OF the amendment. the Legfs-
! iature carrying out its provisions. we
must even import the wine for the
1 sanctuary. rather than make II at
home. And they do say that these
| good people are going to shut the
gates against the bringing into Ala
bama OF any wine at all.
Il lneiow the Anti-Saloon League has
been knocking at the doors of Con-
gress for a long time, demanding a
law for prohibiting the shipment OF
intoxicating liquors into prohibition
! territory The next thing we will
hear, will be that some good men and
l some good women will want TO modify
| the provisions for the Lords Supper.
Some one has said that the word
manufacture does not apply to wine.
but to whiskey. as II he could hold
that to produce o. quart Of mountain
dew whiskey was Manufacture. and
| to produce a quart OF wine was. say.
make 1t does not take lawyer:
any sort OF an every day man knows
| that manufacture applies to both
alike. II one can manufacture a
| quart of wine under q Legislative act.
covering this section. he can manu-
| facture' a quart of corn whiskey. and
then we would have no prohibition al
| ALL
Reason for Campaign.
I'VE come to the politicians. They
are responsible for this war. This
was the condition: There was some
public dissatisfaction with conditions
in Alabama, and the people were In
the very act OF turning out forcibly
an administration that has not been
slow to proclaim its virtues. The
people had two years of serious de-
preston, years In which the tax bur-
den fell heavier and heavier. and the
state treasury depleted of vast sur
plus. faced a deficit. The people had
observed from the Auditors report for
more than tyo years that the disburse-
ments of the treasury were in excess
of the several annual receipts by one
half million dollars for each year.
And this last fiscal year, as the fig-
ures prove, the discrepancy between the
receipts and disbursements. was more
than 100000.
There was another year of this ex-
travagant administration before them,
and the thoughtful ones had figured
that the deficit at the end OF that
time would be of unheard proportions
The people were talking about 1t. They
were not willing to accept the Gov
ernor's statement that the money was
| spent In good causes. There were
many persons who were willing to say
| that much of IL was flung away, squan-
dered, and wasted. They were talk
ing about 1t. Nor were they disposed
| to allow the Governor credit as for a
virtue the distribution of more funds
than were to be. had from the states
income. These people Of ours are old
fashioned folk who look upon this
extravagance. this wanton ignoring OF
the States income, as a betrayal of o
great public trust; that 1t was a vio-
lation of a solemn oath of Office. And
fellow citizens. am here to say the
fragrant abuse Of q great power can
not be virtue. The Governor did
not quiet them when he announced
hippanly that some other administra-
ton could replace the amount of the
deficit They marveled that he could
be so unconcerned. But he was right
in saying some other administration
must do It. In order that 1t IL done
however. II will be necessary to pinch
the scnoolss the old soldiers, fand all
the great interests, or else have an
amendment to the constitution provid-
ing for a new issue OF bonds to cover
a deficit which the Governor ac-
knowledges.
speaking about voting for an