The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-28

.arm,na for the people whether wnis-
kew shall dominate and cont.38i ono
State, or the state dominate a sha. tha
troi whisk s,.n. de sSaS Of s any law en-
eefdefs serious conditions. ana wv
Ssd natter never have touched the pro-
hibition question unless you % and
penalty for violations prompt ~
zone Of the worst features OF In, sne
nrobibition question Is that the saLoon
interest and the beer ana ~ wh stats have
inHsded our state with paid agents
with money for debauching purposes,
with declarations that you anu al ~
hibitionists are fanatics snH u inter-
ST. y9th our Supreme Court and the
t,Siciary: and have tried to engenaer
a fiRht on the courts by the pro.,i.
tionists ,b.I BY have fSss ,risd to snthrs our
bnsiness interests. In their greed
for profit they have overlooked snS aAo ~
that any sane man knows that hon m,e q,
their contentious can be true. Iney
s sne 70 he utterly regardless Of what
YOU know is the vicious eneot on ovr
people. ..ct,ons Of the State the
wbisSev seller are alarming. To stop
these Law and order Leagues nave
been formed. 1t Is SAD stase oa ,a -
fairs when NUMBER. OF ciu.cn ana ~.
d LOT az eme to secure the enforcement
of the law.
Must Compel OAacers.
..you have provided adequate funds
for the payment OF a sumcleh. - ,hum and
oreyent open violations Of law: II
is within your power to compel these
officers to discharge their duty IN car
rying out fully the manaate. az niaee
to those who will. Many OF our Of
fcars are conscientiously discharging
their duties, and they deserve the nigh
est No S3m can SO weaken the fibres
Of state as q condition OF lawiess-
ness engendered by neglect, careless
ness, or connivance OF pubic omclai =
SutV. ana sworn to do the same. As
lawma kers, you can do no higner ser
vice than to enact statute tnat WIN
establish a method Of quick arraisn-
It is certainly less injurious to the
body polite for q citizen 70 VioisIs
the law and make q dollar py IT. Inan
for an oficer of the law, by eo sIlow
Violations of the law simply because
of supposed individual advantage. OF
because of the claim that pupnc sen.
timent IN the com .hS ~ y 40 ~
you should establish statute
that would make IL dimcuIt Tor an
off1cer of the law 70 discrinn1nats IN
eisIism IN a man Is bad; in a woman
more 40; in a town, city or nation stlIl
worse; and II the officers OF the law
eommercialize themselves, anarchy IL
ara wing dangerously near. Certainly
the people, Whether property owner.
citizen, or lawmaker, should get To-
Eether as one man and say that this
'"~'i A OopssitutionaI Provisions.
"I a1ain nut it before you to en-
act CONSTITUTIONAL provision ior tne
division of counties. and also ror pien-
nial sessions. THIS is tns s, seSUnu so,
have had, and from your experience
and the experience OF the State 1t Ia
clear that quadrenniai sessions are AZ
people. The Legislative Department
Of the government has always been
nearest to the people and most pTotec-
tive Of their interest. Aep@ma - thS
feniaial sessions of the Legislature.
There is a general demand through
out the state that the people be per-
mitted to vote on the question Wne.n;-
tuition so as to place prohibition ar
ticle in the organic law. MY purpose
in embodying this proposition IN the
S Sf1 the he SSeo S to pass On this very
''s When you enacted the Statewide
Intend It to be ephemerat-a statute
of a day. Undoubtedly, you intend
| ed a revolution in the relation OF our
State to liquor, and the law was in.
| tended to fix it SO that Alabama would
never again have saloons or liquor
| licenses. Prohibition should be so dis,
posed OF that it will not be recurreni
at every election. and a disturbing
factor in the politics of the State.
'T believe you could render NJ
greater benefit to every business In