The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-08


their Woman's College from the city
He declared he would not send his
daughters to school In any town IN
which saloons were loo ted. and the col
lsge ought to be removed from city In
which there were saloons.
At the close of Judge Weakley's ad-
dress, there must have been q hiss,
which was heard by Judge Woak)ey.
but not heard by a large part of the
audience, for he said:
Hiss, IL you want to. have heard
the hiss of serpents before"
with this cheering and counter
cheering began. which merged into
enthusiastic applause as Mr.. O'Neal
stood up to be introduced by General
Sanford. The champion OF the oppo-
sition. to the amendment was given a
wild and enthusiastic greeting. 1t was
some time before he could proceed with
his argument.
One Of his first sentences was given
another enthusiastic greeting. 1t was
when he said. II am glad to debate here
or anywhere else this question with
Judge Weakley, the chief champion OF
Intolerance and fanaticism in Ala
Alabama"
The earlier parts of Mr.. O'Neal's adj
dress were so frequently applauded
thot ~ cCCHOu idtCT oo shotoh sAS
audience became tired, in its manifes-
tations of exuberant endorsement.
Judge Weakley sneers at the Old
Guard said Mr. O'Ncal. HE sneers
at the men who when danger threat
ened, left their families, went to the
front and fought four long years for
constitutional rights and the rights or
local self government. He sneers at
the men who. when the State was un-
der negro domination. when Federal
bayonets upheld the reign of the negro.
rose in their might and drove the ne
gro and the scalawag from power and
redeemed the State. He says that
there Is Young Guard which will
vote them down. I want to tell him
that the young men who have come on
In this generation. are worthy sons OF
their sires. and that they will uphold
the principles of constitutional gcv|
eminent for which their sires fought. +"
And again the applause burst forth.
"He twits me for being for local OPP
ton Yes, / was for local option. l
was for local option in 1906. He and
both were fer local option in 1905. YOU
were for local option and 1 was for
local option in 1908 turning TO Judge
weakley) because the Democratic
platform committed us to local option.
And again the crowd cheered.
Saying that Judge Weakley had twit-
ted him for voting a prohibition ticket
in Florence on one occasion, Mr.. ONeai
declared that under existing conditions
he would vote prohibition ticket I'm
Lauderdale County, but that he would
give the people of Montgomery County
the same right to exercise local option
as he would exercise 1t in Lauderdale
County.
Judge weakley praises the reforms
that prohibition has accomplished IN
Jefferson County" said Mr.. O'Neal. Il
want to remind him that all the bene.
fits that Jefferson County secured
came to 1t under the wise provisions
of local option"
Declaring thatsth Governor of Ala
bama and the Legislature of Alabama
which was responsible for the State
wide prohibition law, had been elected
on a local option platform, and that
Mr., Bryan and the National Demo-
cratic platform had declared for local
option, Mr.. ONeal quoted William Jen-
nings Bryan as saying that betrayal
of the platform was "politfca. smbez-
element"
Turning to Judge Weakley he said:
eff we had a Governor in Alabama
Tennessee, he would have vetoed the
Statewide prohibition bill which was
passed in violation Of the promises OF
the party"
The speaker said that no call had
gone up from the people of Alabama
for the extraordinary sessions of the
Legislature which forced the present
campaign on the State. The people
knew nothing and cared nothing ABOUT
the proposed amendment.
mo extraordinary occasion existed
for the extraordinary session except the
extra ordinary ambition OF my distin :
guished friend and the present cover
nor OF Alabama"
He declared that Notwithstanding
the denunciation of the Superintendent
of the Anti-Saloon League the people
OF Alabama have absolute confidence In
the ability and integrity OF their Su-
preme Court" The audience endorsed
this by a hearty cheer.
He portrayed the conference Of pro-
hibitionists which met in Birminghan
IN a church to launch a political cam
paign as a collection of officeh olders
and office seekers. The walls of the
church, a temple dedicated to the wor-
ship of God. were defaced with mercan :
tile advertisements
Heartily endorsing the decision OF
the Supreme Court in the Bessemer
storage case, Mr.. O'Neal declared that
the decision that liquor was property
had been the law in Alabama since a
decision of the court in 1852. and no
attempt was made to controvert II I'M
til Brooks Lawrence announced his
purpose OF changing the Supreme Court
and the constitution according to his
ideas. Mr.. ONeai sarcastically de-
scribed the Brooks Lawrence political
lottery" at the Capitol. at which the
Governor hoped to draw the United
States Senatorship as a prize and In
which both Judge Weakley and Mr..
Mallory hoped to draw the capital prize
of the Governorship."
Mr. O'Neal went into a full discus
sion OF the Fuller bill and vigorously
attacked certain sections Of 1t. He de-