The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-30

JUMP FOREIGN
BLIND TIGERS.
Unexpected Temperance
Bill.
WOULD FORFEIT LICENSE
49,
Prohibit Liquor Companies From
Doing Business in State
Clear sailing Fer Te.peranee IN Ths
Connittees, several Billp De-
Ing Reported F.ver~siy
For The House.
WOULD FORFEIT LICENSE

Nothing that HAD the ring Of tenn
perance, struck rough waters yester-
day among the members of the House.
who decided the fate OF things In COM
mittee. Ding-dong and In an ominous
silence without q voice of comment on
either side, measure after measure was
fed into the hopper of legislation ana
bill after bill was reported favorapiy
from the temperance COMMITTEES.
The Ingenious hand OF the Anti
Saloon League of the State and its
lawyers was not hard to discern IN
the new bills, which poured into the
clerks hands and 1t Is believed with
yesterdays developments that except
the all-absorbing amendment to the
Constitution favoring prohibitfon-tn
whole temperance calendar OF the
House-became known. One OF the
rather unexpected bills, was that which
bv its very Introduction. admits the
existence of such a thing as foreign
blind tiger. II L. said to have been
Intended to strike right at the vitals
Of the blind tiger army OF the outside
world.
M. Fuller. of Bibb, Introduced q bill
which provides for the Immediate for
feiture OF the license OF any foreign
corporation, to do business in--Ala-
bama, which has in its charter. the
authority to Manufacture. sell or
otherwise dispose Of liquors. which are
now or may hereafter he prohibited
by the state. 1t does not matter II
the corporation Is engaged In this
state in a perfectly legal business.
The very fact that there has been In
ciuded In its charter. the authority TO
manufacture alcohol or any liquor or
beverage of which alcohol, Ia any part
to the extent of one half OF one per
cent. condemns the license Of the COM
- tex n
company, who does or attempts to 40
business In this state.
The punishment of the corporation
who, with or without license TO 40
business in Alabama. having such char
ter right. as that described. does bust
ness in the state or solicits business
of whtevsr character-legal or Illegal
--ss fixed at $1,000 per day. Tor every
day OF such operation. -
Moss radical Legislation.
The iegtsintion IL 1t is passed. itafs
safd, will go down as one OF the most
radical laws of all prohibition states
The rumor' hal 1t yesterday that IL the
law passes. there Will be general re-
vision of charters of foreign corpora
tions who do business in ~aAlabama.
The agent of such company. IL detect
ed. IL punishable by imprisonment In
addition to an elaborate fine.
The other new temperance bill intro
duced yesterday was that by NAT. scale
providing IN O general way for ample
police powers Of all cities and towns.
to pass all ordinances considered
necessary to enforce prohibition In
their respective jurisdictions and to
suppress the "evils of intemperance
It is expressly provide that nothing
new is conferred upon the municipali-
ties. SO as to conflict with the Consti-
tuition and 1t lie also set out. that
nothing is intended to be offensive to
the laws of the state.
OF the temperance laws favorably
reported was the chief measure. de-
nominated again the Carmichael bill.
prohibits everything that has the
smallest portion of alcohol or that
looks like 1t may be used as an evasion
of prohibition laws.
A bill favorabiy reported which has
caused widespread discussion is that
of Mr.. Fuiler's authorship, amending
Section 1853 of the State Code, in such
way as to compel all purchasers AMI
procurers OF prohibited drinks. to
testify in cases in which they are sum-
moned, but there is the remarkable
provision--the first of its kind in Code