The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-11
Letters to The Editor
Nm. cRuMProN AGAIN.

He AmesAs saa ADD to his Last
speech.
Editor The Advertiser:
To break with The Advertiser, after
years Of agreement with It. on most
points. 10 very painful to me. TO
write on q subject which I know IL
odious to the editor 10 not pleasant.
I should not write now but for the
prominent use OF my name In the ac-
count OF Law and Order League meet
ing last night ut the Court Street
Church.
In the head lines is this:
"Attftude Of Brooks Lawrence In En-
doPseds"
Only two OF the speakers. as ! re-
member. said . word about Brooks
Lawrence. was one Of them. Un.
I'll Chairman Holloway called my name,
had no expectation OF saying woro.
When ! arose only intended to ask
the chairman to read paper had
handed him. containing a word from
Judge Weakley about tine late decision
Of the Supreme Court. That article
showed that the decision was not
Knockout blow to. the prohibition law.
as some publications had asserted.
Since one Of the speakers had alluded
TO the Lawrence incident, took 90.
casion to exhort prohibitionists not to
allow anything TO divide us. The OPP
position were resorfing to every means
70 get US broken UP among ourselves;
that Brooks Lawrence was not the de.
spicable character he was represented
to be; that his words In criticism OF
the Supreme Court were being taken
advantage of. not so much because the
parties cared for the court: but be-
cause they hated Brooks Lawrence for
what he had done. He was denounced
for being from Ohio. but not word
of denunciation was in any Of the pa
pers when Northern men. one from
Boston. the paid attorney of the liquor
interests. were in Montgomery a few
men and perfecting anti-prohibition
bills to be presented to the next Leg
islature. That good men from every
where were being welcomed with open
not whore they were from. II they
We're good men and came to help US
build up our great State.
I did say Lawrence had shown HIM
self Christian GENTLEMAN and had
approval of Mr.. Lawrence's criticism
OF the Supreme Court can be found In
all this. I might have added, paren-
thetfcally. almost anywhere in my re-
marks. ! regretted the mistake he had
maze, that had so written him. II
had been worked up over it, like The
Advertiser In, doubt not would have
said that the first thing and then have
The thing that puzzles many of your
readers is: How can you give the
most OF your energies to the most
shameful abuse of the executive and
legislative departments of the govern
ment and then go wild In defence of
the judiciary. when one mildly criti-
cises one of its decisions.
Lawrence criticised one department
of the Government and afterwards apol-
ogized for It; The Advertiser daily
criticises two of the departments of
the Government and continually boasts
of a..
No. Mr.. Editor, the Anti-saloon
League is here to stay. It's leaders.
as good Democrats as can be found,
will make mistakes; but they are gen.
tlemen and will correct mistakes, as
far as they may be able. They have
no great sums OF money and no great
morning dailies to support their eff
forts; but they have grit and determi-
nation and thus far the people have
been with them. You put us down as
menace to the State. The people
will decide whether the prohibitionists
whom you SO bitterly denounce, or the
iaw-defying liquor power shall rule the
State.
Begging pardon for trespa ssing on
your columns. am.
Yours truly,
w. B. Crumpton.