The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-07

ton has been the settled policy of
more, more than 90 per cent. Of the terri
figures. And in his home county,
BIB. excepting three years when
they have lived under prohibition for
thirty years. Then II this statutory
law Is good why inausurate a politi-
S1 Ssmps ag tS sas II In the
wrought up over many unwise laws
you have recently enacted and put the
State to the heavy expense of holding
an unneosssary election 70 be paid for
people are burdened with debt. tax
ridden and discouraged? Were 1t not
curse enough for; one year to impose
debt. and create several hundred more
salaried ofices. without this amend
ment campaign (and we might say
o on an no sre tSy ss
pense money have been better used in
paying the old soldiers and adopting
SAnator Overton's plan for improving
prohiSition has I proven SO satisfsctofy
for 30 per cent. of the territory" for
twenty-five years, surely state wide
prohibition Of recent enactment could
from going to the bow-wows until the
general election In 1910 at the farther.
est Don't you think so. Senator?
Tssa WHY gS S this why not ssRs
this 100000 or more cost to the State.
and the people from. a political tur-
moil and settle IT all at once at the
Test must conner Is it not fact. SEN
Ator, that personal politics is at the
bottom of all of II, and 1t is not tenn
or yf TO dvds tier
loAves and fishes in the distribution
Of political offices7 That you would
use the administration influence now
vote Of ~ the State for his successor By
=. compromise in putting prohibition In
the organic law.
We agree with the Senator that pro.
hibition is a good thing; We were
ton before the Senator hardly consi1-
cred running for ONCE We. like the
Senator. endorsed the local option
believe local self-government is not
only Democratic but Simon pure
Americanism. We did not favor then.
We r favor now turning s The
tionists. We halted and turned back
when Senator Reynolds and the admin
istration allies ignored their party
prohibition and refused to submit the
question to the people for ratification
Senator Reynolds cannot successfully
deIend himselI against such poIltlca!
dishonesty.
But" Mr.. Reynolds says. we did
pass the local option law. and several
counties voted dry under 1t. but the
whlskey interests fought It. and fore
would control in Montgomery and Mo
hlle counties. and fearing the failure
In these counties would nullify tie
law in the other counties. the ,Legis-
wide prohibition law"
Now. Senator. was It honest. was IL
fair and was 1t Democratic to pledge
even these counties local option and
II you were afraid Of the whlskey In
terest in these counties why did you
not except them before adopting the
local option plank plank. ana not wait until
And is 1t not written somewhere
false in one false in all" or words TO
that effect? And is this principle Of
an Acknowledged leader. not proven
when not satisfied with inauEuratinR
state wide prohibition you would take
another step and have It incorporates
submitted this back to the people. but
not until you have out-heroded Herod
and smashed the goose that laid the
Gasn the prohiSiOn esuss you
would set up a centralized govern
ment rob the treasury. Cypress tn
people WIN injurious laws open tHe
Ssnotitv OF the home to the search %
the police of1cer. circumscribe indi
vidua freedom. and a hundred other
equally as foolish acts under the Ruise
OF IeEalized moral suasioh. e!
This effort at centralized power was
not confined alone to prohibition leg
islation but characterized your law
making throughout
Won sew conditions changed after
the platform was drawn, and you were
simply 0heying the almost unaniuoou.
voice of the people of the. State?"
Pray tell us through what funnel n,
over what telephone line you heard
| heard the echo OF resolutions run
heard the echo of resolutions run
ming something like this:
Re Il resolved by the House, the
Senate concurrinE. that this lawmak.
ing body represents the people OF Ala
hama.
resolved further, That the Governor
Ia the people.
The people of Alabama should praist
Sod for constitution that. 60es and
will check the wild career OF &c
"w-makers as compose the present
| Legislature. An organic law framed
BIZ men Of the purest motives and
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