The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-07

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IL 6lotAting man's religion, for that
- What yen are coming to- xou are
nlIy1ng church and state.
sThfs Man Froa ohio.~
Tor few minutes here would rise
% 4 question OF personal privilege,
last be interrupted. ana q few
this sheet (hoiding up copy Of The
Blrmingham Citizen, the organ OF the
prohlbitfonists) and wish TO say
something's about this man from Ohio.
Il say any Yankee agitator who
cosnes down here from Ohio 70 array
brother against brother. friend against
friend, that man should 60 back to his
{ oun state to regulate q few things on
his own statute books. His laws per-
nit. q kinky-headed coon to lead y
white girl to the altar In marriage.
ne Is needed In Ohio. (This state
ment was received with applause from
both Senators and the gailery.l
wrong idea. After you have enacted
this law. the matter of it's endorsement
yin then come Nd. There are condi-
Mons n Mobile that will act against Its
enforcement. The foreign element 10
strong there. You criticize this for-
thine OF this despfsed foreign element.
m the eos q full company OF italians.
3layinr their national hymn, marched
ont Of Mobile to defend their South
ana homes, Q full company OF French.
Staying the .Marseilles.' m9rched out
Of Mobile. fun company of Germans.
playing Die wacht am Rhein' marched
out 81 Mobile to defend their South
land ana che gallant Irish. the Emerald
ouards When yellow fever was abroad
they went out and were like angels
81 peace. tell you that had rather
Be the humblest foreigner in Mobile
that any Yankee asitator who ever
crossed the Ohio River.
Here are the conditions. On the
left you ind the agitator. the fanatic.
On the right the selnsh politician. and
IN the middle the despised spotter. the
hired spy. 9 stencil in the nostrils OF
God Almighty Himself, whom you look
10 Tor the enforcement OF your law.
local Option Law Violated.
Senator wilson followed Senator
Hamburger. He said:
"You hear on all sides that this Leg
isIature, this Senate. has departed from
the local option platform. This Legis-
lature and this Senate has passed To-
cal option law. They have obeyed the
platform. The saloon men violated the
local option law In almost every coun..
". The people saw the condition, and
said to us. Go back and do more
"The gentleman from Mobile refers
elurringly to the gentleman from Ohio,
but he does not refer to the money sent
out from Ohio for the corruption OF
our legislators"
Here Senator Hamburger interrupted
with q request for permission to ask
the Senator a question.
Have you seen any OF this corrupt
Ion fund?" Senator Hamburger asked.
mo have not" replied Senator
wilson, "but the gentleman from Mo-
bile Is an editor, and I read the state
ment In the papers. He knows the
truth of statements published In the
press Of the state"
Senator Hamburger then asked IL
the Senator knew IL the three largest
counties of the state Mobile. Mont
gomery and Jefferson. had violated the
law with sherifrs appointed In Mo-
bile and Montgomery by Governor
Conner.
Senator Wilson replied: Fl do not
think that Governor Conner IL such q
great man. that he cannot make some
mistakes."
Ths tilt between the senators caused
much laughter both In the Senate and
In the gallery.
senator Wilson concluded his re-
marks with the statement that IL the
axfkator from Ohio was to be sent
back to his State, then the corruption
money should also be sent back to the
State Of Ohio
Senator Merritt was the next speak
0n He said:
FL feel that the senators here viii
DO what Is right by themselves and
their constitpents, just as shall But
thiB question Il not one OF honesty of
purpose, it's o question OF what 10
right. The women OF India threw
their babes In the river Ganges. They
were honest. but were they rfghtf
shall cast my vote for absolute pro-
hibiticn.
sTts the best law ON the books
for the rural Districts" continued Sem
ator Merritt. ~and I say that It 10 a
good thing for Montgomery. Mobile
and Birmingham. Eufaula. Union
Springs, or any other city or town of
the State. Our wives come to these
towns to do their shopping, and why
shouldn't these towns be az good, nay
better. than the rural districts.
"The gentleman from Mobile con-
dennis in the highest Language the
gentleman from Ohio. had hoped
that this matter could be discussed
without his name being brought up.
am not saving those things taught