The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04
Anofher Minister Tells Why
 He Will Oppose the Amendment

into its constftuticn. The United states helps by prohibiting the mak- ing of aicohoi In any of its territory IS necessary for medicine, science and the mechanical arts. The only way if can be obtained is for Kentucky to effected under United States law. The nn aW of utility in medicine. etc. re- STu,res amendment friends to keep sihoiIsy sicohoI s,T working pr to supply necessary .orce to secure its Transportation. AZ the same time the principle of ab- 1iaie eS aie pronibition of the mapufacture
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 student at Princeton, N. J., under ries IH iS Dnss ss.o oo favor two opposite theo- the teacher. looked worried and dis, gusted and at last blurted out: "Young gentlemen. never try to ride two horses splits s the e herses srs ysu sa,n aS you wli posite directions, and the riders hold on one does not give way, such will ce cens1,u.aaa she Disastrous ,,, result Alabamas incorporating in 1t an amendment with two contradictory principles.
 G.. Judge Weakley's sense of humor must have been suspended temporarily in his reported utferance that under the storage paragraph of the amend ment no Legislature thus authorized to search mans home would ever pass law granting an. executive officer power to do this. when 1t Is common news that before the sovereign people expressly granted this authority to the cellent Judge himself wrote, the exec utive officers not only entered home In search of alcohol, but even the room and the trunk and the wardrobe of young ladies. thus claiming the right 10 inspect the precious things which woman prefers not to expose to the gaze of men.
 T. In conclusion let me say that I have no desire to utter a word in be- half of what Is called politics" Efth- CT Judge Weakley or Colonel Mallory tboth of whom I hold in highest es- teem) would be satisfactory to me as Governor; Governor Corners admins tration and the acts of his Legislature are by me endorsed. so far as my judg- Wort of T Bro % Brooks Lawrence 2 @ for sna teme ane perance was approved until 1t became ultra. do not sit in judgment on the motives of any amendment advocate. Many of them are Christian brethren of noble character, at whose feet am scarcely worthy to sit as disciple men of purest patriotism. tender con- science. most exalted principles, but In failed carefully to consider fundament- al principles When we know that splendid ministers of the Gospel of and noble Christian women pray for in their prayer meetings an amendment whose first proposition Is based on a false premise, so declared by medicine. science, mechanical arts and religion, the amendment Itself being a witness --that authorizes also the Invasion of homes and even the bed rooms and trunks of young ladies, deescrating the home in the attempt to capture a few blind tigers, a protest should be made against the claim that the Christian religion needs the aid of such a law. This amendment. so plausible on its surface as help to morality and re- ligion,. when carefully studied is found to be immoral. unscripturai. anti-scrip- tural and If adopted as the policy of every State in the United States. and of the Federal Government. as 1t should be if of sufficient merit for Alabama, 1t will cripple medicine, science, me- chanicaI arts and religion--the amend ment itself being witness to this fact The uncharitabIe and rash classifying of every opponent of the amendment as belonging to the whiskey crowd is weicomed--it is an evidence that the amendment Is unmeritorious. and there fore unjust and untruthful abuse must be used for the lack of sound argu. ment.