The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-16
Big Meeting Announces
Position IN Posi-
tive Words.
RESENTS BLOW AIMED
AT HOMES OF PEOPLE
Demands Personal Liberty IS
Safeguard Of Alabama
Citizenship.
Document win Prove ESecA-ma,i.E =
It's Reception Tkreugheut the
state--A Platform ON wAicA
Forces OF Cemerism
VIII BE Net and
Put to Rest.

The declaration of principles adopt
ed by the anti-amendment conference
at the Auditorium yesterday wcra
and aggressive. No personal politics
whatever were contained In them, but
they were an arraignment Of the prop
osition to attach an experiment to the
constitution.
The resolutions were particularly
ptsong in dealing with Section Of
the proposed amendment. under which
the Legislature can declare that intoxi-
eating liquor can not be stored IN the
home. and that homes In Alabama can
be subject to search and seizure. Thia
feature OF the amendment, rs Indicated
BY the resolutions. will play an fm~
portant part In the coming Campaigns
The resolutions were drawn up by 3
tcommittee which met In the Council
committee which met In the Council
Chamber, and which had the advice ana
assistance OF some OF the akxongens
minds In, the state.
The committee was headed ~ en-
| Governor jerks.
/ The resclutions, ss adoyssa. Ssslu&s
rec Text.
I'VE, the Representatives OF fhe pao-
pie or Alabama. who oppose thp pros
posed constitutional Amendments In
conference assembled ut Montgomery.
ON the 18th day OF September. lso&
adopt the following resolutions;
Resolved. first-That we ara Opposed
to the adoption Of the proposed Anend@
nent to the State Constitution, and we
! pledge ourselves TO use ali henogAbie
means to insure it's rejection by the
people.
'.second-That Il IL no part OF our
.axt. G4aH. a.s.A -
| the saloon in any place In AlabRrna, ana
the saloons having been eliminated in
Alabama. are not properly an Issue In
| the campaign.
"Third-That II Is not our purpose to
attempt the repeal of the prohibition
laws of Alabama. and whilst we recog-
nize the right of every cittzen 70 his
honest conviction upon the question OF
prohibition. we urge upon all citizens
an obedience to the statutes and an
observance OF law and order.
"Fourth-That we do not advocate
The candidacy OF any man for any Of
fee in this State. and we deprecate the
efforts Of those who are striving 10
make a political issue Of the proposed
amendment. and especially OF those
whose EFFORTS are directed 20 making
the Issue presented by the amendment
| and the prohibition question means
Of advancing their own political ambi-
tons.
"Fifth-That, recognising the facts
| that when Statewide prohibition was
adopted by the Legislature in Novem+
her 1907, laws were enacted which
were then supposed to be sufficient Tor
| the general and complete enforcement
| OF prohibition throughout the state.
ana that in about eighteen months
| thereafter, at an extra session OF the
Iegislature, additional acts were pass
ed to supplement those theretofore en-
| acted. and which had confesBedly besn
| InEufficient to secure Statewide pro-
hibition, and that said acts (being the
| Carmichael and the Fuller bills ana
others), have but recently been put
upon our statute books. and are widely
proclaimed to be entirely ef1lcacious
| for the purpose for which they were
| enacted and, recognising the further
fact that in the enactment OF the re-
cent statutes. the Legislature had she
experience Of more than eighteen
months with other laws ON the subject
to guide II and passed the new acts
after a fun knowledge OF the eondi-
lions prevailing. and objects which
were sought to be attained, we be-
lieve these new laws should be given
a full and fair trial before there be
anv further legislation on this subject.
and especially before there be written
into the constitution the same subject.
THE proposed amendment does not and
cannot aid the enforcement OF these
statutes. It adds nothing 20 their
strength, and Is. therefore unneces-
aary. BY fnding Tire necessity OF
ruch new, far-reAohing and rigorous
statutes as the late Legislature en-
acted after eighteen months Of expert
ence with laws deemed at drst SUM
Gent to enforce Statewide prohibt-
ton. IL has implicitly. if not expressly,
admitted that Statewide prohibition
is still in its experimental stage and
we deem II very unwise. and. therefore.
onpose writing an experiment into our
constitutiou, which IL the one instru-
ment enacted by the people them
saIves and ought to contain matters
-1hich are OF tried and established ef-
nciency and permanently.
.sixth--That we criticise the EFFORTS
NJ those who encouraged the submits
atom az said amendment at an enormous
axnensa TO the State. and at Q time
| ,rben n was entirely unnecessarily. es-
nacIaIlv IN view OF the fact that Il
ro,,Id have been submitted at the gem
| srsI election to be held next year. and
| NV that time the people could have
seen the workings of the new statutes.
ana could have formed clearer views
ne 10 their efficiency. or wisdom. *
the prohibition statutes are enforced.
no constitutional provtsion 10 essen
tiaI. and II they are not. or cannot be