The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-25
and his knowledge of his subject is better

and his knowledge of his subject Is better than that of the average man.
 Judge Weakley Is no orator. He talks too fast. His voice Is not that of a speaker. He is almost too nervous. But he has strength. He speaks in such a style that one is impressed with an idea that he Is In earnest, even though he might be in error. And he knows thor i oughly his subject matter. and Is always i laying a trap with catch questions for 4 his opponents. Judge Weakley loves the Fuller bill like a mother her first born. As the mother counts her baby's toes his fingers, and his ribs, Judge Weakley l counts the lines, nay the words and let 1 ters, of that voluminous document for l which Fuller was the cats paw. And as the mother knows where each mole, each wrinkle and each dimple reposes on her babys body, Weakley knows the weak and the strong points of the bill and how to hide the one and exploit the other. And when an opponent in referring to i that Fuller documents, says "and' where he should have said "or" Weakley gets out of his chair, interrupts the speaker, begs the pardon of the audience and of fers the correction.
 Weakley Good Actor.
 And, in this way Judge Weakley in Sheffield made his friends acquainted with the fact that he possesses much his- trionic ability.
 i During the speech of O'Neal a street car reached the park with much noise.
 'I will wait just second.' declared MT. O'Neal in explanation to the audi 1 ence.
 i Weakley took the opportunity and ran away with 1t.
 "Oh, MT. Urquhart," he said, you will do me a favor if you will not include this delay in MT. ONeal's allotted time"
 And again, when in rebuttal MT. ONeal was reading from the reports of the West Virginia supreme court time was called, and the people wildly insistent demanded that he continue, Judge Weahey took oc- easion to remark: "Yes, indeed, go ahead. Take five minutes if you like"
 And when, at the conclusion of the de- bate, a cry from the pro-amendment side of the house went up for Speaker Car michael, and when as the speaker mount ed the stand. the cry from the side of the anti-amendment faction was plain that the speaker was not wanted. Judge Weak l ley, though he had left the stand and was mingling with his friends, rushed up the l steps, paced well to the front, gained the l attention of the screeching people, and l said
 -"Mr. Carmichael will not speak. It would be unfair to send another orator against my friend (O'NeaD when he is so tired and worn out. MT. Carmichael will not speak,"
 But Mir Carmichael would not let the. explanation of the ex-chief justice suf- fee He said: ''I do not care to speak if there is single dissenting voice. l sim ply arose to acknowledge call from my partial friends. There were rules of the debate, and they were observed. Even 1 If I desired to speak and you desired to hear me. I could not do so at this time,"
 Some interesting Statements.
 There were some statementA made that were more than interesting. Judge Weak 1 ley stated that an editorial in the Mem l phis Commercial-Appeal was based on misrepresentation furnished by the liquor interests of Montgomery. He did not cite | his proof
 | Judge Weakley stated that after the de- cision of the supreme court declaring liquor is property and might be stored a brewer from another state sent Blr- mingham lawyer a cask of beer to cele- brate the death of prohibition. 1 Judge Wealxley stated that while he was being shot with cartoons, the con stitutional amendment proposition was ! .. several times to the fact that he has been cartooned.
 1 Judge Weakley stated that he did not receive a cent of the s50.000 to which O'Neal had reference in his argument when he said: "Weakley should have been satisfied with his municifcent portion of the s50O00.
 O'Neal charged that the Anti-Saloon l league is a secret society founded for po- litical reasons and contributed to by Rockefeller.
 O'Neal said the holding of the pro- amendment political convention in the church of God was a shock to the Chris i tian sentiment of the state. i He charged that the holding of the l amendment election this fall is a malici- i ous and premeditated plan to prevent a l free and honest expression by the normal i vote of the state
 O'Neal challenged Weakey to disprove | that Brooks Lawrence took charge of the recent extra session of the legislature and 1 that he CWeakley) and Conner were mere ly necessary members of his Q-awrence's | staff.
 ONeal stated that if the legislatur l danced at Corners feet the people paid 1 the piper.
 Weakley stated that no bill drawn bv l him was ever declared unconstitutional | | not intended as means to make a myth of the home,
 What People Reaped. 1 ONeal stated that he didn't know what Conner had planted. but did know ths the people had garnered an empty treas ury, business discredit a season of un- 1 rest, eeaseless political agitation, dis trust of their neighbors, and general un- happiness.
 Weakley said the prohibition ordinance of Florence made the Fuller bill turn
 green with envy, so drastic was tho former.
 Weakley professed willingness to sur
 render some rights of American citizen
 ship if he is able to remove temptatioV
 from single man, and offer him hopf
 of salvation. The speaker also declared
 that he is in love with the whole world
 Weakley stated that the prohibition
 party did not promise that the adoptiog
 of prohibition in 1907 would bring peace
 O'Neal stated that the only speeches ir
 favor of democracy ever made by Weak
 ley was in behalf of his (Weakley's'
 candidacy for chief justice. and when il
 became known that an extra sessior
 would be called at which an issue would Il