The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09
fcs.tsnued From Dase o.e.)

 hibition, where for ten years the peo. pie were engaged in four campaigns to put 1t in and take 1t out of the Con stitution. He also referred to the ex. perience of Maine. Next Mir. O'Neal analysed the proposed amendment showing that 1t would not add one par ticle of strength to tho prohibition laws. This is the nrst time in the history of any state in the Union." de Quor for medicinal purposes has been prohibited by statute.",
 The threat by Brooks Lawrence that he would change the Constitution of Alabama. was taken up by MT. ONea'. When he referred to the Ohio man con- ztemptuousiy. the audience cheered &When he coupled the names of Conner And weakley with Lawrence, the audi 5ence cheered some more. showing sym }pathy for the speaker. Mir. o'Neal drew Further cheering when he declared Brooks Lawrence in his repudiatton of the Supreme Court until he got the Governors bee in his bonnet. When Mir. O'Neal showed that Judge Weak ley wrote the Fuller bill, the Carmt- chaei bill. and all other hills passed by our Ignorant and benighted legfsia- tors" the crowd laughed and cheered
 ''Hurrah for weakley." cried one old gentleman with flowing gray beard !. Judge weakley bent over and nodded beaming on the old man.
 Judge weakley has declared. MT. o'Neal continued, ''that he is going to keep me on the Fuller bill"
 T hope can." intertected Judge weakiey.
 You can't do it." retorted Mrl O'Neal; you can't keep me on a<iaw that you and every lawyer knows is unconstitu- tional" The meeting appiauded and Judge Weakley smiled.
 MT. O'Neal took up the Fuller act. reading and explaining 1t, section by section. He laid great stress on Sec explained the provision which permits the invasion of homes. He showed the insidious evil of the second ser- ton of the proposed amendment.
 VIII Mean Oppression.
 "I tell you today" he declared. "that 1t will mean oppression. perjury. hy- pocricy and graft" and the crowd ap- pauded. With great emphasis, Mr. O'Neal declared that If this amendment was adopted the people could not in yoke their fundamental law because It would have been surrendered at the behest of coterie of politicians for their own selfish purposes. This brought applause. He said Judge Weakley disclaimed searches and seiz- ures.
 Why my friends, there have been more searches and seizures already un- der this Fuller bill than there have been since the days of Indian civiliza- tion." (Applause).
 The speaker explained the applica- tion of the law to home made wines He spoke of the inconsistency of the amendment speakers on this phase of the subject. weakley saw one thing. Governor Conner another. and MT. Car michael still another. He ridiculed Governor Conner for his remarkable promise at Eclectic to pardon those who make wines. The audience cheered, and one man cried, sneeringly. Hes a Jim Dandy Governor" at which there was more laughter and cheering. He alluded to Governor Corners record and said that the Governor had admitted that he once sold liquor and sold 1t to "niggers," but that he has reformed.
 Getting back to the Montgomery con- ference, MT. o'Neal paid eloquent trib- ute to the ex-Governors and other Ala bafna patriots who assembled there His time was about to expire and he closed with a scathing criticism of Brooks Lawrence. saying that Judge weakley and Governor Conner were merely lieutenants on the stan of the Ohio man. There was a volume of cheering.
 Introduces Judge weakley.
 Mayor winn came forward and in a few words he presented Judge Weak ley. The Birmingham man was receiv- sd with applause when he arose, bear Ing copies of newspapers and law books. Judge weak1ey opened with a compliment to MT. ONeal for the tone of his speech. He said Mfr. o'Nsal vas like a roaring lion in Montgomery last night, but in Demopolis he was mild and placid. And he said MT. o'NeaI had spoken very little about self almost wholly to the Fuller bill.
 ''The Fuller bill has given him as much trouble as it has the blind tigers and bogus clubs of Birmingham" At this delivery applause came from a new section of the audience. that part reserved largely for women. Holding a hair lemon in one hand for his voice. striding back and forth and speaking hastily. Judge Weakley hurriedly re- viewed sections of the Fuller bill. He denied that 1t precluded the right of trial by jury. He said the prohibition of wines and cordials had nothing to do with the amendment. And. coming to the Montgomery conference. Judge weakley denied that he had imputed wrong motives to the men who gath cred In Montgomery.
 "r am not denouncing people," de- clared Judge weakiey. T am not talk Ing about shot guns like MT. o'Neal. whenever a fellow talks that way. he Is talking for a dying cause" This was applauded.
 Judge weakley said MT. O'Neal was the father Of the Montgomery confer ence and the promoter of these joint debates. He said he was not anxious to visit Demopolis.
 Refers to Montgomery Meeting.
 Referring to the Montgomery con- ference. he said 1t adopted @ platform declaring that the saloon was eiimin- ated from Alabama. He said the plat form committee, headed by Governor Jelks played a trick on Mfr. O'Neil |. The conference adopted this platform, but the men who met there had never done anything to eliminate saloons from Alabama. Those men were great men. some of them" he said, but there Is a new order in Alabama. We