The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-10
Sympathy of Crowd
 With Ants. CONSTITUTION DEFENDER
 PLEADS FOR 0PP0NEN1 Demands Fair Hearing for Amend-
 ment Leader. Judge WeakIey Opens h Defenue = Amenanent While Alr. O.Meaa Drives Hssas Arssnenss
 Against Measure.
BY BARNEY SHERIDAN. n.


 Mobile. Oct. s.--(special)-The 1rof joint debate on the proposed amend ment held in Mobile, Emmett O'Nae1 speaking against 1t anu Judge s. n Weakley favoring 1t, took place tcs night In the public square. and there. was large crowd in attendance.
 The demonstration accorded Nr. oNeal was remarkable tnroughout while Judge Weakley received exactly the opposite. although courteous trenf- ment Judge weakiey charged fha audience with not wanting to hear any, thing he had to say. Prominent uen prominent in the local campaixn. os both sides. occupied seats on the staeoL
 Judge Weakley was the first speaker to mount the stand and shook hau1n with all on the platform. Emmett U Wears entry to the stand was che signal for an outburst of appiause. ~
 Judge o. J. Semmes chairman, mada the opening address. cautioninR tho audience to extend courteous and re- speetsul treatment to each of the spealx- CTS and begging them not to interrupt the speakers in any manner. He then introduced Judge weakiey. It waa an. nounced that the opening speakex would talk ono hour. The next ona hour aud twenty minutes would be or< cupied by Mir. o'Neal, and Judge Weak. Ley would respond la twenty minuxes.
 Given Mobile Hseceptiea.
 Judge weakley was greeted aa hs arose with Q real Mobile reception, tho applause lasting several seconds ana being joined in by both antis ana amendment men. He said the amend ment was composed of two sections, ons prohibiting the manufacture of liquors and the other regarding storage of liquors. He said under the proroseA amendment the Legislature could never return saloons or dispensarfes, and hs said the anenduent did not write fnkn the Consultation the Fuller or Cars could. ct any time. modify p1 strengthen them. and ell argument % the contrary vas nonaense.
 "The amsndfnent is not as far-fsac{z& ing as the Carmichael bill. as 1t prc- fiibited the sale Of bAweraRes. 2 said Judge weaktey. He said tho amend. nnent only prohibited the sale. mann faeture and hsepins for ssis. and does not prohibit the giving away of iiquorx He declared the drst outcry wnx against Section 1. saying it was police regulation. but that they had been driven from that and were nQw talking of Section 2. He said that nothing was heard of Section 2 until the Montgomery conference, wllea Leon Mccord said Section was the portion to work on. ,
 ''The amendment was proposed Co keep liquors from sale in soft drink establishments and make prohibition effective. They say there is some pur- pose there to invade homes. but thore never was a saloon driven from piaca unless something like that was truuaped up.
 Sees Victory in BirmSnghnn.
 "In Birmingham two years ago they said grass would grow in the streets and everything decline until It be- came worthless, but we did not believe it and risked 1t. and the saloons wer8 voted out and we are going to give the amendment 5000 majority. No grass is growing in the streets and every- thing Is booming. and s5oo.oo0 more buildings have been erected since pros hibition. more than ever before Anown.'
 Judge weakIey referred to the Bir. rningham meeting, and said it was frost, that a special train was cumina from Montgomery. and that the when the time came, only seven persons went to the depot.
 Juago weakley said homes could not ba Invaded and valises searched, and loud cries from the audience that they were doing 1t were met by Judge weakley by stating that he was nos debating with the audience, but with Mir. O'Neal.
 Judge Weakley said that The Mont gomery Advertiser in reporting speech of mine. said that said Mobile was lawless ard full of anarchists. did not say It. and The Advertiser cor- rected it the next day. He said nc wanted to set himself right with the neople of Mobile. and further than that the Fuller bill was not framed for Mo- btle. but he understood it did tho wDrR au right. He said saloons would aev- CT be seen in Mobile again az he De. lIeVes the amendment will certainty carry. ana If this law Is enforced m Mobile, in the next i've years Mobile will be the best prohibition town In the State.
 Applause GrectE O'Neal.
 Mir ONeai rose amid wild and tunisaa~ tuous appIaube, and after thanking them he started to defend his position ''against the tramer or the Fuller httls and that leader of fanaticism and in- tolerance in the State. I agreed to meet him as l knew I had the shield of Justice with me- said Mir. o'Nesi. eve are and have been friends. but our ideas differ. Jefferson Davis said the abuse of liquor and not the use was to be governed and ] stand on fhAk platform. My friend believes that 'ev. cry mans home Is a castle Is relic of barbarism, out he wants prohibitions 10 prohibit If he has to put every man, wo nan and child In Alabama in jail Every speech he makes is not on the amendment, but on the evils of tntems perance.
 we nave them running. gentlemens and MT weakley's speech tonight was an apology and a sign Of distress un- der thls Amendment the sale of tntoxl. eating iiuuors is prohibited but they .,an be used for sacramentai purposes. while the dictionary says 1t means all l.quors intoxicating. We arc not waS- ing a campaign against prohibition. but we are all Democrats and all Alaban- tans are against this purpose ta search our homes. and put us under control of the Legislature.
 Relies on Supreme Court.
 When the law is tested by the Su- preme Court. in which l have ooRd- dence. 1t will cast 1t In the rubbish heap where many of the bills drawn by u0uv rest .IuAhe Waalr.