The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
SPEAKS FOR
 AMENDMENT ) ldge 5. D. Weak1ey at
 AnniSton. WHITS0N AND AcKER, TOO Candnate for Governor Takes Fling
 at M6dy. e Int Political Records of His Op- pe.ests And says He win
 Prepare Defense of New
wHITsoN AND AcKER, TOO
BY HARRY N. AYERS.

nN HAtfHy Nc A k1f&Ss
 Anniston. Sept. 2S--(Special)-- l5 ying the address of F. s. Moody and ]. Bowie on Friday against the pro- p"sed prohibition amendment to the institution of the state. the friends oi the amendment met in the same
 nm in the Calhoun county court Aouse here today at noon and Judge ours in an able defense of the pro- H ,ition laws. an argument for the
 option of the amendment and an ar- ;k on the political records of those posing his views.
 Judge Weakley was greeted by an audience that packed the house and was cheered repeatedly. Many from Weakley said that the object of the proposed amendment was to give a settled form. of government of the liquor traffic. He was applauded 'fwhen he said. recognising the ef- ficiency of the present laws, the op- ponents of prohibition have ceased the cry that prohibition won't prohibit. and have changed their complaint to you have carried this thing too far
 "If they think the Fuller and Car michael bills too drastic, they have only themselves to thank, for in their violation of the previous laws, they. brought these more drastic provisions upon themselves. But if, after trial. we find these laws too harsh. they can be modified if they are too weak. they will be frightened up again."
 criticises Opponents.
 He quoted from copy of The Northport Breeze, of 1881, a strong resolution termfng prohibition as the only effective means of regulating the liquor traffic and showed that the name of F. s. Moody. was the first one signed to this resolution. He fur-A ther charged that neither Messrs. Moody. Thomas nor Spragins. expressed Knowledge of the alleged flaws in s the proposed amendment at the time 1t was passed by the Senate.
 Mir. Moody, he said. is merely sad over the death of q child. the dispen- sary.
 The address of Carson c. whitson of Talladega was full of sarcasm. He referred to John B. Knox and J. J. Will lett as the Damon and Pythias of the Montgomery convenient" provoking 6 great deal of fun, by references to their long existing estrangement. Both he said, claim that they are not in poli- tics and he referred to Mir Knox's re- cent candidacy and to Mf. Willetts ss speech at Tammany Hall. where he said, 'my opponent probably imbibed his anti-pr prohibition sentiments"
 w. P. Acken, who made only Q few 
 he arose.
 Judge weakley dwelt at length os his campaign in North Alabama and his debates with Senator Spragins and Emmett O'Neal. He said he would consider this campaign a success. if he had done nothing else than to make Senator Spragins admit that he favor ed prohibition for forty y-nine-fiftieths of the people of Alabama, referring to the latter's remark that he con- sidered prohibition good thing for the country people.
 Rings in Palmer And BuckneH.
 He said that he had begged Mir O'Neal to follow him over the State and said that when they met again he would expose MT. ONeals record as a Palmer and Buckner Democrat. com- pairing him to the runaway horse who bfoke up the family carriage so 1t could never be used again. while he said he was a plain old family horse who would stand hitched.
 q am not as eloquent as MT. O'NeaL" he said, but am more steady and dependable. have never scratch ed a ticket nor run after strange gods"
 Replying to the statement by Leon McCord that he had robbed the old soldiers by accepting $50,o0 for his services in framing the prohibition laws he said that he would accept John Knox. P. G. Bowman and Jesse Stall ings to pass on that case and give to the Presbyterian Church at Florence all that they considered in excess of his merits.
 Judge weakley stated this afternoon that he will in few days prepare a letter which will explain all the abstruse features about the Fuller and Carmichael laws and the amendment and amply meet the arguments that haveN been made against these meas ures.
 Gfving a history of Section 2. of the amendment. which he said, is now the sole point of attack, he said that 1t was meant to meet the divided opinion of the Supreme Court. holding the Bir- mingham and Bessemer storage ordi- nances unconstitutional He said this question will again come before the Supreme Court and he hopes for a diff ferent ruling.
 The amendment, he said, was based on the eleventh amendment to the con- s+ftution of the United States. Con- cern!ng the proposed injunction feat ures of the law he said this has twice been upheld by the Federal Supreme
 Asks Two Questions.
 If MT. Knox considers the constitu- t;on such a sacred document, he asked. whv has he favored a biennial session amendment, and why did MT ONeal favor the proposed income tax to the Federal Constitution?
 The difference between the Alabama Amendment and the Ohio amendment. he said, is that the latter state mere lv prohibits the licensing of the traf- fic and then practically licenses 1t under tax system while Alabama prohibits the sale or disposition of the beverage in any way .-
 The Age-Herald and The Advertiser came in for frequent abuse by Judge Weakley and he quoted from Ger man paper an appeal to its constituents to help defeat the amendment pay their poll taxes and then get to work to restore saloons. after the speaking.