The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-28


 Hand. They are the discsrdsd devices | pred institutions in Russfa for filling the mines of siberia."
 Mr. Bowie held up to ridicuis and lpunctured with his sarcasm the 'line l up" argument of the prohibition--the argument behind which at this stage of the campaign they have nei for rs- fuEs;
 the distiilers." said Mr. Bowie. T Ind on inquiry that there were i've distil- lers in Alabama before the prohibition law went into effect and these have now gone to the other states. We are charged with depending for our 1 strength upon. the whiskey men. The whiskey men of Ala bama never num- bered more than 1.s00 in any one year. They say that all the preachers are on the other aide. My friends. that Is not true. Many sood preach with us in opposition to this dangerous measure. And I'll tell you another thing. q majority. Of the preachers | who are supporting the amendment wish heartily thai they had never heard of 1t and regret the politics. which has drawn them Into the con- test. No. my friends. all preachers are not with them One, devoted and use- ful minister of the Methodist church. who heartily sympashises with us sug- | gested that we have a quartette At each of our meetings to sing. The old Time Rsltgiou. IL n Good Enough for
 DlinA Tixsr Frienas.
 They chsree us with lining up wtth the blind tigers. Now don't 1 know whether that is true or not. for dqnt know anything about the blind I tiger keepers. I. confess they . are I ereater authority on the blind tiger 'l keeper than I am. I know that some sI of my prohibition friends are familiar with the lair of the blind tiger, for ar, old friend from my old home and I prohibtti0nist came to my of1lce to de. I preciate my stand on this moral issue. He had interviewed blind tiger so
 successfully that when he left had
 to gently steer him to the elevator and
 put him in the keeping; of the eisva- tor boy. N E <
 NO man need fear or be ashamed to
 line up with the 1000 clean and hon. orable men who made the Montgomery Il Conference. No man need fear to fol- low the leadership of that peerless
 Alabamian. Hilary A Herbert. An, my friends. Alabama has no finer citi- zen than the men who ars making this
 ties.
 .'They had . conference in Birming- ham, the prohibitioniets. It was at- tended by 175 onicehoiders and office,
 seekers and it was attended by 17e preachers. It was a political meeting held in a church and over the altar devoted to the worship of the livins . God. there was this legend Subscribe !, to The Birmingham News. factor for
 the prohibition amendment. s1.2s until , December r. What would the Christ who drove the money changers from l the temple done had he been there? You will pardon me if I allude to some of the habits of some leadins prohibitionists. We peopse. who have { craze, hope that they win not preach : SO much to.us by precept put do mors ) preaching by example,. When prohibi- tionists of such habits lecture me for my part in this campaign, I am re- minded of that little verse which de- scribes the. answer of the maid to the man.
 'Nso to father" she said When I asked her to wed. And she knew that I knew
 That her father was dead, And she knew that I knew What a life he had led. And she knew that I knew What she means when she said GO to Father"
 My friends" said Mfr. Bowie. with downward sweep of his nand, T feel like, telling them what the maider said. when that ciass af, pfo-amends \ ment people lecture me-
 Ovation for Moody, i, The audience beyond doubt held
 Hon. Frank S. Moody Tn the highest
 esteem. When he arose they began \ cheering him and Mir. Jeffries could hardly get through with his introduct-
 ion. MT. Jeffries alluded to the cir I cular which had been. scaytered broad I cast over the streets and which pur- 4. ported to contain a quotation from a | paper of Mr.. Moody, on prohibition.
 published in 1881. I Mir. Moody read the circular and that
 he stood now where he had stood then.
 T stand with the temperate and stand for temperance. am for tenn l perance now, and being for temperance. | I am opposing this amendment which l Is intemperance.", he said.
 This was greeted by hearty applause. Ailuding to a paragraph in the quo
 tation calling on preachers to work for | temperance, MT. Moody said that he l still contended that they should. with I all good people. labor for the estab- lfshrnent of teinperance. sl..
 If that sentence means. however, that I wanted the ipreacher to take his :.