The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-30
EXTRA SESSION SHOULD NOT
HAVE BEEN CALLED, SAYS O'NEAL

$50
insinuatidhs 1t might not be inap-
propriats to recall the admonitions Of
Cardinal Woolsey.
" Cromwell, charge thee. fling away
ambition,
By that sin fell the angels.
How can then man hope to win by IT,
THE last of the three amendments
Is for constitutional prohibition of the
sale Of Intoxicating liquors We
already have n law PROHIBITING under
the severest penalties the sale OF In
toxicating liquors in this state. II the
present extreme law has failed to
solve that problem which has perplex-
ed and baffied mankind for thousand
years. the old problem Of intemper-
ance; II the confident predictions OF
the prohibition leaders that the year
1903 would witness the dawn In this
state OF that perfect day when there
would not be q dram shop or drunkard
In the state, have not been verified, and
.athe old dragon fnstead OF being slain.
has not even been wounded IL as
distinguished clergyman recently an
notnced, prohibition has proven only an
obstacle to real reform and has not les
sened but increased the consumption OF
ardent spirits, how can 1t be claimed
that the Incorporation Of the Same pro-
vision in the constitution would give
1t more force and vitality? Il not
legislative statute a. binding and ef-
fective as statute embodied In the
constitution? There certainly can be
then on the prohibition ground no
extraordinary occasion for legisia-
tive action. But 1t will be claimed
that the proposed amendment would
also prevent the storage Of liquor.
Yet In the locker club case even the
dissenting opinion announced that IN.
toxicating liquors, even though being
devoted to violations Of the penal
statutes Of the state. are property"
Would not then constitutional
amendment. which while recognising
the right OF the citizen to purchase.
import, own and use intoxicating
liquors and yet at the same time denied
them storage be constitutional
absurdity7 No extraordinary occasion
for the converting Of the Legislature
has arisen and some other reason must
be sought for this proclamation.
As 10 The Reason.
THAT reason is not difficult to be
found. It has been boldly proclaimed
that the courts must be reconstructed,
constitutional guarantees stricken
down, the homes OF the citizen invaded.
the constitution rembdeied. the right
Of bail Ienied. property confiscated.
in order that the control OF the present
oligarchy be perpetuated in the state.
The agitation and unrest which has
marked the period Of this edministra-
tion must be continued with increasing
activity. The proclamation Of the
Governor IL q challenge to the conser-
vatfve sentiment OF the state. He and
his advisers have mistaken the temper
and patience of the people. They de-
plore the era of bitterness. frenzy. in
tolerance, business depression which
his propaganda will cause; they know
that the cause of true temperance Ia
being blocked by his policies. but they
will accept his gauge Of battle and not
lay down their arms till the combine
of intolerant zealots ami selfish poll
ticians who now assume control ana
who are now esaying to unite church
and state, have received the rebuke of
an indignant people"