Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-30
VITRIOLIC BATH
. GIVEN BROUGHTON
Representative From Chatham
County Arises to Question Of
Personal Privilege and Scores
Atlanta Minister.

personal privilege in the house of repre-
| sentatives Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock
and made a vigorous and spirited reply
| II the sermon on prohibition preached
Sunday night in the Baptist Tabernacle
/ by Rev. DR.. Len G. Broughton.
| Mr.. Anderson, in his speech, which he
| carefully read from manuscript, used the
strongest language that has been heard
In the Georgia legislature this session,
and did not hesitate to call DR.. Brough-
| ton a willful. malicious and slanderous
liar, scandal monger and reverend hypo-
critic. These adjectives were repeated
several times during the short speech.
/ Mr.. Anderson explained his connection
! with the Savannah Brewing company and
said that 10 years ago he bought 10 shares
If stock in the concern and had not
4 bought any since. He said that Dr.
/ 3roughton also lied when he said that the
! representative had grown immensely rich
On near-beer brewery stock and that he
supposed the reverend hypocrite" would
/ be glad to know that he was lying and
that brewery stock had greatly deprecia-
| ted in value.
When Mr.. Anderson finished speaking
he was warmly congratulated by many
of his sconferees who crowded around
him anil shook him by the hand. ~
| Mr.. Anderson spoke as follows:
VITRIOLIC DENUNCIATION.
| NOW. MT. speaker, IL is QuOACN wan
/ even substantial correctness in these artl-
Giles. 1 desire to say in my place on the
floor of the house, that the Reverend
Len G. Broughton is a willful, reckless
malignant and malicious liar and scandal
monger.
81 stated to this house the other day
when this new prohibition fight started
that 1 was forced to fight this bill be-
cause my constituency demand it and as
house. l could not do otherwise. L also
stated that 1 knew my position and mo
tives would be assailed and misconstrued,
and that 1 would probably be Viliheu
and abused, but l did not expect that
any minister of the gospel would be gull
ty of such depravity, and malignity OF
heart as to willfully fabricate lies about
me.
| DELIBERATE AND RECKLESS.
Mr. Broughton charges that l nave
since prohloition went into effect, bought
M one or more of the Savannah brew
cries and have become manufacturer OF
near-beer and have grown enormously
rich out of it, All of that is willful
deliberate and reckless lie.
I'm the first place none of the saVan-
nah breweries have been sold since pro-
hibition was adopted, and no purchaser
could have been found II they had treid
to sell them. In the second place, have
not bought a single dollars worth OF
interest in any brewery since prohibition
went into effect in Georgia, nor nave l
done so at any time in the past IL years
| II will also doubtless be a great pleas
ure to the reverend gentleman to know
that he IS living again when he said that
the value of the stock Of any OF the
Savannah breweries went up because OF
the near-beer business. The truth is that
the value of those stocks have fallen on
tremendously in the past two years, ana
| is still falling off because people are
afraid to buy them.
| REVEREND HYPOCRITE."
'Mr Broughton charges that L am
working for my personal interest and not
for those of the people of Georgia. That
| is another lie by this reverend hypo-
critic.
at think II is greatly to the interests
| of the people of Georgia that this eternal
| agitation of the prohibition question
| should stop. It is farce and falsehood
( to say that this new proposed law ID
mostly aimed at near-beer. 1t Is new
prohibition law, pure and simple which,
| If passed, will supercede the present law,
| because II will embrace the whole of 1t
and go beyond 1t.
| I'VE already have on the books the most
/ stringent prohibition law in the world,
| and 1 have not lifted my finger to change
/ it. If it's enforcement in some particulars
| is not entirely satisfactory, to the radical
extremist, like Mr.. Broughton. the fault
does not lie with the law, but with the
prosecuting officers and juries.
"Enacting a more stringent law will not
cure the fault, but will only tend to in
| crease It, The time has come when the
conservative rank and file of the prohi-
bitionists must put a strong curb on the
1 few radical extremists, or a reaction VIII
| be brought about in Georgia that will
sweep away all such laws"
HIS PERSONAL INTEREST.
| 1T have no personal interest at all in
the sense Mr.. Broughton means it, ex-
cept that Is years ago bought ten shares
of stock in the Savannah brewery, a con-
Germ whose total capital stock is $270,OOO.
1 was away from Georgia when prohibit
ton was enacted, and when I got back
I found I could not sell the stock ex-
i cept at a heavy loss. The par value Of
that ten shares is $1,000. and its market
value today, is, 1 suppose, $500 or 500, II
| II can be sold at all.
'Since prohibition went into effect, that
stock has paid me in dividends, in the
past IS months a total of $120 and that
| is the whole extent of the enormous
wealth Mr.. Broughton says I made II
that insignificant little interest is suppos-
ed to disqualify me from voting, then
| every man mere WHO HAS Gil AAi1CASSN III
any bank or factory or business or in
land would be disqualified from voting on
tax bill, or other measure in this house,
and we would have to cease and adjourn
for lack of a quorum"
Mr.. Slade Of Muscogee also arose to a
question of personal privilege, in his ca
| pacity as a Baptist member OF the house
| who was unwilling to be identified with
| the attitude Of DR.. L. G. Broughton in
| Atlanta.
| He referred to DR.. Broughton as ''this
| long-haired itinerant preacher who has
| done more harm to the cause or temper
ance than all it's enemies put together"
Gentlemen, 1 arose for the purpose of
| speaking for the Baptists," he said. 1.-THE
/ true Baptist is the man who breaches
temperance and not prohibition"
WHAT DIR. BROUGHTON SAYS.
! DR.. Broughton had not heard Of the
speech in the house until he was called
over the telephone by The Journal Tues
day afternoon. The statement of Mr.. An
derson was read over the telephone to
him. At it's conclusion he said:
| ct don't know about his (Mr. Anderson
buying up any stock at all, personal
matter, and the transaction he has had
] in that capacity easily be found out
by people who know him in Savannah.
IT have no personal knowledge of that
myself.
| s0rhe char0e 7 made that he is q stoclx