The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-22
moderate use Of that which 10 good and

moaerate use of that which 10 good and
proper.
Now let US take up that propostior
and let US see how it appnss 70 uns
that resolution as q text for opposing
this amendment. which ts prohlbition
What are all these restraining
laws? They are simply remedies; ~
a man Ii sick. or has serious colo OF
a tendency to fever. he goes TO doc
tor and drug store and ASKS Tor q pre-
scription or remedy. That prescription
or remedy, we will say, Is good thins
Now we come along and the prohlpt'
ton people. or the temperance people
OF whom ] am one. and they tel Va
that that restraining laws, such as
have been passd by great many Leg
islatures. are o good remedy Tor IN
temperance. They admit thereIore
that these laws are a good thing. They
plant themselves on these laws. They
say they are a proper form OF legis-
lation.
Now then. IL these things are o
proper remedy and IL temperance
real temperance. consists In the mod
crate use or exercise of that which is
good and proper, does not II FOLLOW
that there ought to be a moderate and
temperate exercise of laws against In
temperance. Cloud applause.l
Ought not we to acquire this rem
edy in moderation?
Temperate Legislation.
lie me state the proposition again,
as l wish every man in the audience to
understand II. The Southern Baptists
Convention says that temperance con-
sists In the moderate exercise and use
of that which is good and proper. and
they say further that temperance leg
islation Is good and proper remedy.
Therefore. 1t follows that they say as
far as real temperance Is concerned.
there ought to be q moderate use OF
the temperance legislation remedy
(Cheers.)
Now, then. with that as the propo-
sition to start from-wfth that as the
basis, l say, look at the facts OF the
case, and apply this principle of law,
confront US. DO do this, let me briefly
and rapidly rehearse the history OF
temperance legislation In this State.
Briefly and hurriedly. gentlemen.
II tried for twenty-five years, you
may say. to get the Legislature OF
Alabama, to give some relief to the
people of my county, and after that, to
the people Of the State OF Alabama.
But, gentlemen, for years and years,
decades upon decades. 1 could get no
the habit OF the Legislature to give TO
any county that applied for IT, a local
prohibition law, or local dispensary
law, or anything Of that sort II they
asked for il. That Swas the custom of
the Legislature, but they would not go
a step further. However. the temper
ance sentiment in the state grew and
grew, and when the last Democratic
convention met there was put into the
platform a declaration in favor OF To-
cal option. That was considered, gen
tlemen, a great step forward in the In
terest of temperance.l thought SO,
You thought so and everybody thougnt
SO.
LEGAL Option Law.
"The Legislature met. They enacted
the local option statute. Elections
were held under this statute. called
session of the Legislature was had.
The local option law was repealed. and
the State wide prohibition law was en-
acted. 1t was pretty severe In It's
terms, but 1 am not going to discuss
the merits OF any OF these statutory
fore this body; the merit or dement's
of these laws are not an active Issue.
except incidentally.
'"rhe Legislature repealed the local
option law. and then passed the Car
michael, or Statewide prohibition bill
Then the Legislature was called to-
gether again, and they passed the Full
Ter bill, and then they passed the other
Where Did You Get Your Booze BIllY
IApplause.) Then there came along
this proposition to submit Constitu>
tional Amendment.
NOW. gentlemen OF the convention; l
want to ask you IL these statutory bills
were not sufficient Are they not SUI
ficient for any good Baptist, who be.
lieyes in the moderate use OF gooo
remedy? (Applause.)
''Things went on and now these ques"
tions are up before US: 1t seems to me
that as a representative. II 1 may pc
permitted to call myself SO, that the
temperance forces OF this state. with
these statutory enactments curing 1ht
10 be sufficient for the present time
(AppIause) 1t seems to me that Is
enough for any healthy appetite fo'
temperance. (Renewed applause')
Greedy PrOhibitiOnists.
"Suppose that a man sits down to q
good dinner, prepared In the nices'
way, just according to how ne nkes "
by a loving wife. and ne eats Iull
mess of that. He gets up from tne
TO taoi his once. on the way he buys a
pocket full of peanuts. When he gets
10 his office he works an hour or twe
and then becomes very hungry anu
goes out to a restaurant at 4 O'CLOCK
ATS down to a table and calls for q
full size porterhouse steak. plate OF
bread and three or four KINDS OF veg.
etablcs Now wouldn't you say tua'
that man had a morbid appetitet iAp po
prepared a sort of feast for the tenn
nerance people of the State. there was
a radical part of the people VINO So
down and ate of that mess (Lau8nter. r.,
of that IeaHI uHIil bhCS 90 -
then called for the Carmichael bill, anc
thew ate well of that and then called
for the Fuller bill, and they devourec
that, and then they called for tht
Where Did You Get Your Booker law
and they devoured that. and now the!
come out and ask for CONSTITUTIONS
Amendment say. gentlemen. ina
such an appetite as that Is moron
loud applause)
"The .fnan in the Illustration / made
who went down to the restaurant at
ter having a full dinner, and theI
called for beef steak and lot of othe'
things. had an appetite so morbid tina
he needed a doctor, and when our pro
hibition people, after having all oil
these numerous bills presented betor'
them, and after having enjoyed them Il
the utmost, now call on the people o.
the state of Alabama. TO put prohibi'
ton into the Constitution of the STATE
II say that they need a doctor
(cheers) ana they need just such a doc
tor as this conference Is. CONTINUED
cheering.)
Setting an Example.
Now, say, gentlemen, that re-
fusal to vote for this amendment. Is 9
more temperate use of the privilege oil
the citizen, and a more temperate mat
ter than a vote for 1t. ! say that we
are setting the other people an exam
ple of moderation. You know that WA
commended by the great Apostle PAU
who said. be moderate in all things
All things, I suppose. might lnclnd'
temperance legislation. tApplause'1
They say that the great cause q
| temnerance will receive back set, II