The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-10
Lsftsrs b Tie .Editor


 trn cs@ers spssasss s.A False Pis.d-
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 "A qood old man. siri he will be talk
 wh:a sas .ss ii ]: 0 ysiAs VI. 1. out. ... ssns. pss,isSsd iS yosr issue of the 9th Inst, there ass certain statements, which challenge our attention. if not onf fbp bsp9rsosssmos 9sess ot rsspssct' .,,.ndusnt
 s not an adminfstration msasure. fol. lowed by the assertion that, Tt is not Conner nor the Conner administrators
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 enebls with bis Statemsnt ct Clantcn few weeks. aee when in speech. scr r,sSnortsd ,Ss s 6scis.sd that hat. ,f vSss sss aerssmsnt of his .sdministration. and that whoever deoerted him now "was eewardly stpnk.- or words to that ssrd might 6e Ignored for the good rseson Chat men have the right to ehanss thsir minds. ana what with 9oyernor Conner. was an administsra. nvs ths smsndnsnt had some show of be- ing adopfeA. might cease to De n edmintstraticn msasure, now that the the stetsmsnt, or rather staisments, tn the card. which call for protest and deniAl ars these included In this par. ;SrsRn' nis @ amendment wonia nos M ths right Of the individuai to keep ii- agcr n hts home for the use of him self ana family, or to serve It there protect ss.rch ef the home. and ths cismerous asssrtions of the opponents
 s eowsa Of ss. ssSs sssash nSs nsrss's If by Section { of the weakiey Dill No. lcalled the Fuller bilo every foot and every inch of territory in the Hused sxcluliveiy as . dwelling" is ing or ksepins of every kind of wine. peer Ss iauor how can 1t be ssr,ons. nt ,s. amepdnent is not to ccnfer power on the Legislature to designate the dweli- ing house q. place where liquor is already out and if the smendment is not aimed at the dwelling house. then 1t is not simed at anything. and
 The dsciared purpose Of the amend CTS was to drive liquor from the where in the state. except the dwell Consultation of the state. they could not enter the dwelling. so in order to carry out their declared purpose it
 w:ns sS.rsfor. ss get n.ss ,ns amendmant. confsrrins on the Lssis- lnture the power to designate. the dwelling az . place where the prohib-
 sss an.m aA 5udss Ss ss easss itsssd hs said that the amendment Is aimed at Adispensarfes and clubs" but as they are already out. his assertion Ia rath-- as an after thought. and when the people have been aroused to the dan ger which threatens them.
 ha ths sS wSss not c0Rsr @ thorize a search of the home and would not increase the power of the search warrant Is incorrect; If the future should designate the dwelling as place where liquor should not be stered or kept. then the provisions Of would. apply to the dwsiiIas as they dweiiinEs If the Lesisisturs would not dssignate the. dwelling as place kept, then, the amendment is unnee- essary-if the Legislature designated the dwelling as place where Iiauor smsndmsnt is dsnserous e % sg There nfn ia abs sRe soiuteiy no escape from the truth of this proposition.
 Governor Conner Is radically wrong increase of power of the search war rant If he means by .Increase the power of the search warrant." that ttp IiGid UA opefAttOn wDut0 nOE DA eX~ tended. he Is very much mistaken. a Under the law as lt Is now and has been for many years, a dwelling house may be searched. for stolen goods, which have been tseerefedf thersfn. dbtit not one. suppose. tevee heard 1t sugt9 Eestad until now. that the power be conferred on the official of the law swn sS search sn H.p.tososs sSs for n ss Smiths home could be. searched for William Browns property. which had they pronose to confer the power on the ,Legislature to designate the dwelling house as a place where H. QUOT may not be stored or kept. and then the officers of the law would have the power and it would, under | the Fuller Ihiii. be thefr duty to search John smiths house for John Smiths ow nproperty. something unheard of before in any civilized country.
 We have. a constitutional guarantee now that the home shall he free from unressonabie search. and the people are disposed. as far as have been able to learn. to retain 1t.
 Alexander Troy