The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-22

alldek on t1e ItCh- less searching of homes and made espe- cial reference to the act of the Bessemer officials in searching the home of Joe Bell. whose wife was very i'll at the time, and which search was made on the ground of an anonymous note. This point created profound impression on the audience.
 Put Ring in Corners Nose.
 Air. Willett referred to Brooks Lawrence as the brains of the current agitation as well as its cause He resented how ever, the plan of Brooks Lawrence to teach Alabamians to the manner born morals. He thought that there were several yards in Ohio which Mir Lawrence could clean up to advantage. He charged Governor Conner with having become as putty in the hands of Mr Lawrence, and regretted that the Ohio gentleman had put ring, as he expressed it. through the nose of Conner. "Governor Conner was formerly my Sunday school super intendent,' stated MT. Willett, and he was good one. In fact, he was a bet ter superintendent of a Sunday school that he is a governor I voted for Co., mer. Yes, I really did. I followed him long ways. But I refuse to enter the homes of the people,
 MT. Willett then took Up constitutional prohibition in other states. He showed that in Maine it has not prohibited. Tn Maine,' he said, 'it has not put an end to the turmoil of politics. They have every few years, and have had for the past 50 years, just what we are having to- day. And Maine has showed no progress at all. It's population is o9f-third that of Alabama.
 "In Il years in South Dakota there'were four changes in the constitution. In Kan sas the constitutional amendment is not taken seriously. There are open saloons in Kansas today. And morality is at an exceeding low ebb in Kansas as statistics prove. In Iowa, where there is consti- --tutional prohibition, they have adopted the system of fines. Each place is fined so much every 12 months. In Ohio there is constitutional prohibition, and yet in Gin cinnati there are nearly 1000 saloons"
 Distrusts the Legislature.
 MT. willett then discussed the last leg islature. and expressed no surprise that the people have refused to put their trust in future legislatures by giving them more power. I've cannot afford to give a leg islature more power" said he we can not trust the legislature with our homes and our loved ones when the legislature that has just gone before was not trust worthy in that it passed statewide pro- hibition when the party which elected it's members stood for local option. And that legislature did other things which we would not have done again. And 1t is pe- culiar, too, that the amenders tell us in one breath to trust the legislature with our homes and then give us as the excuse for the amendment their fear that some subsequent legislature might be bought up by the brewers"
 MT. Wfllett concluded with tribute to the courts, passing his statements on his charge that the amendment was submit ted in order to rebuke the supreme court of this state which has declared whisky to be property, and to stamp with ap- proval of the people the caustic criticism of the supreme court made by Brooks Lawrence some months ago. He paid high tribute to the supreme court of the United States. which he declared had al- ways been the friend of the south when the south needed a friend.
 At the conclusion of MT. Willett's ad- dress Tom Long of Jasper made few re- marks which were received with applause.