The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-04
LITTLE OPPOSITION


the purpose of enforcing the prohibit.
tion law. They are paying their dear
money to this purpose. while the of
ncers In certain parts are neglecttng
to perform their sworn duty.
That 10 why 1t Is necessary for
US to get busy here and fix II. SO that
the laws will be enforced. They say
that there IL net enough sentiment be-
hind the law to enforce It. That's
just 1t. and we have the duty here to
make the sentiment. Let's 80 ahead
and make the sentiment and we can
drive every blind tiger out Of the State
under prohibition"
Mr.. Carmichael made the statement
that he believed every preacher In the
State was In favor Of Statewide pro-
hibition.
Cities Defiant.
Paying his respects to critics on the
score of Country" legislators. amid
the amends Of Mr.. Rowe. OF Madison.
the Speaker declared that the cities
were defiant and Haunting the claim
OF disregard OF the law. He said he
regarded thousands and thousands OF
city folks. who were IN favor OF the
law. but he wanted to warn the op.
position In those cities right now"
that your country cousins have come
to town and are going to control you."
ne said IhHt the members Wetc op0y-
ing the viii Of the people.
And one OF the most striking things
in this connection have ever witness
ed" continued Mr.. Carmichael. '1s the
disposition Of the Montgomery people.
since the Legislature has been In ses-
sion. These places sending the odor
Of your mean beer and liquor to our
noses as we pass the doors on the main
streets of the city. have not closed
with our coming. How can anyone
reasonably expect us to sit idle, when
such situation obtains7 We are from
the country and It will be hard to
show US. that we are wrong In pursu-
Ing our course In this matter"
Mr.. Carmichael referred in laudatory
terms to the recent action of the State
Baptists' convention. endorsing the
prohibition amendment to the Consti-
tuition. He said the Baptists are all
right on this question and he said he
felt like speaking for that other great
denomination. the Methodists. In de-
c1aring they were In favor of all these
temperance laws.
The Speaker here went of into an
eloquent support Of the constitutional
amendment--in favor Of submitting 1t
to the people for vote. He said he
believed In settling 1t for ali time be-
cause II II were not written into the
Constitution at this time the brewers
ana distillers would be forever trying
to repeal the law and admitted that
there was such a possibility as the
Prohfbitionists going to sleep In the
state. He took his stand for constitu-
tional prohibition because he said 1t
would stop instead of start agitation,
30 much dreaded by the opposition.
once In the constitution prohibition
would likely stay there and the agita-
ton would not recur at every election.
he said.
with an iInpassioned appeal to the
House to vote not only for his bill but
for constitutional submission as well,
Mr.. Carmichael closed amid applause.
Mr.. Ballard, chairman OF the temp
erance committee. opened the Discus
sion. under the rules. He stated brief
ly the outline of the bill, its necessity
as he took Il. and the purposes In gem
eral OF the measure
Asks For Two Per Cent.
Mr.. Hoffman. of Mobile, offered here
an amendment to make the maximum
Of alcohol prohibited by the bill two
per cent instead OF one-haH Of one
per cent. as the bill read. He said that
drinks of that quantity of alcohol
would not be Intoxicating.
"I know that drink containing only
two per cent. alcohol would not APP
neal TO me personally said Mr.. Hoff-
man when Q ripple of laughter over
spread the room. But see the gem
tieman from Jefferson on his feet. I
know he is going to attend to me at
ter give way and would like to
ask him a question. Do you think, SIT,
that little drink with just two per
cent. would hurt or intoxicate your"
Mr. John. FORCING a smile, said that
the maximum OF the bill had been set
at one-half of one per cent. because
It was the gauge standard Of the Unit
ed States revenue department. This
was volume measurement. Mr. Lyons,
Of Mobile. asked II 1t were not the
standard Of the government for taxa
ton only and not intended to fix the
percentage with reference to intoxica-
ton. Mr. Hoffman wanted to know II
we had chemical laboratories to meas
ure when a drink suspected of being
illegal contained the amount mention
cd in the bill, to which Mr.. John re-
piled that II would be as easy to get