The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-22

who oppose this amendment are nom
prohibi tlonists; wish to contradict
that statement wish to say. that
,n my tSwn a9 the SAFE oank OF n a nshy OF
Element elem q the towns Of this STATE
will oppose this anendment These
from Tuscaiooss. and others / might
mention--we hAye one or two dele
gates here that were prohibitionists
MEMBER ewsv very well that one enc Of the the
first prohibition speeches I ever heard
was delivered by DR.. .wyman. in the
C0urt House o. rssca to sSs and m ne y
ment. 1Appiapse.)
The Two Elements.
IT beg leave to state to the other
side that the temperance ss,. forces Of
and at this time we are branching off.
into two wings One element is not
going into the whiskey ranks, any
plause.l As 1 said. there are two
wings In the temperance party in the
State OF Alabama today. We might
the wing vim 7 that has attained your stat
and on the the other hand the wing that
IL extreme enough and radical enough.
Constitution Of the State Of Alabama.
Now that 10 how the temperance
forces line up. and i want to say to
nently a few moments ago. that the
here. because they prefer to preserve
sos nss IN aomns to this sods
have Welded one 5ot or one little
Of my temperance views. (Cheers)
stand now as have stood for
ries should be established and in
many others prohibition should pre-
sub ject. I yield nothing of my posi-
ton along that line. by my attendance
here today. individually. 1 have as
man who favors any other side of the
question.
Represents Temperance.
Now gentlemen, I say that We
ofsnf p State to ZEE se
to be here, because claim that this
meeting represents real temperance.
cloud applausel, and because it is
am more in line with the basic prin-
ciples of temperance and moderation.
wher I vote against this amendment.
take up arms in defense of it. (Yeils
and continued applause).
Nov. this raises the question of
more TEMPERATE. want to say TO
ry this election on the 29th of Mo-
mcb bv we aDs faneeieism asS
fanatics on the other side. as by prov
Ing that we are not fanatics our
selves lApplapse). 49,. ao
in the calmest and most intelligent
manner in this election. will have a
decided advantage over the party that
and unwise actions. and / hope that
nothing will be said in this conven-
ton, and that no resolution Will be
the spirit of federation and modera-
ton. cloud applause.)
Now, I said just now, that / was
because I regarded It more a vote for
l should vote for It. Members viii
tsks tissue with ths me be on s5 5sis p9 ass
how will you sustain that. proposi-
ton, when you, vote against the In
sertion of prohibition in. the Constitu-
ton. They will ask that auestion-by
what process of reasoning Will you es-
Now, il you will be patient with
to show you this. You have heard
several speeches here today on one
side of this question, from the stand
want to present the view from tenn
perance mans standpoint.
How are we to determine this
question, as TO which IL the uiObt
temperate measure?
baptist Resolutions.
"Well. 1t happened that about three
months. ago. a distinguished body of
a certain denomination met in the
city of Louisville. 1t Is claimed to be
the greatest theological body, the lar
gest in number l believe, that meets
anywhere in the world-a pretty big
statement, and yet 1t seems to have
foundation for it. ! refer, GENTLE
men. to the Southern Baptist CON
IT mention 1t incidentally, because
one of its resolutions along this line.
wish to discuss for a few moments.
/ refer to some resolutions adopted
about three months ago, by the South
ern Baptist Convention which met IN
the city of Louisville. Some of you
ali may be Baptists. A good many
look like Baptists. Well the Baptists
YOU know, always have a committee
ON temperance to retire and make n
report. In fact the report, 1 suppose,
is made up before the convention
meets.
Nov this is an able body and they
have some learned men. and some
very discreet men, and some very wise
meeting OF those gentlemen as con-
tained two resolutions. 1 do not re-
member the order Of those resolutions.
and 1 am going to speak of them
simply from memory. I have no text
of the resolutions here, but. one reso-
hto of nd