The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-25


 The temporary organizers are preparing to make the fight for bond issue, and to put the matter in the right form before the convention.
 Commissioner Cook of Montgomery county will be invited to speak and ex- plain the methods of carrying bond is- sues. He stated that the first time it re- quired great struggle to carry the bond issue, but that now anything for good 
 all the virtue of the state was with the amendment forces. He was referring to the promise of Judge s. D. Wealley, 1 candidate for governor, to Emmet O'Neal | to turn over to him $2b for every man he could name who formerly sold whisky or is known gambler, who Is in fa- l vor of the amendment MT. Bowman de- clared that Judge Weakley was due him 1 $1S00. He then referred to Governor Co., mer having sold whisky in Barbour ooun- | ty some time ago. He charged that the l cause of the governor desisting from the | sale of whisky was not what tho gov | ernor claimed-that it was doing harm to 1 those to whom it was sold-but to some trouble in which he became involved with reeenne officers. He charged that a cer tain revenue officer, Youngblood by | udlnG, VIII DGdT out lIo Sldl6llcIt llldI the governor not only sold by retail, for 1 which he had license, but that he also sold whisky by the barrel, for which he did not have a license.
 Some Gamblers Mentioned.
 Along the same line he mentioned oth- CTS who are lined up for the amendment 1 who were formerly dealers In whisky, or who are known to be gamblers He called the name of man who is in charge of an amendment county cam paign committee who, he charged, is a notorious bucketshop gambler He called | the name, too, of an amender orator in the southern section of the state against whom affdavits have been made to the effect that he made gambling debts and refused to pay them He charged that these affidavits are, at the present time, 1 in the hands of the state anti-amend- | ment committee.
 Plead For Jackson.
 Mir. Bowman dealt most kindly with l Mir. Jackson, state leader for the amend ment He referred to the fact that MT Jackson had charged that those opposing the amendment are whisky heads gam blers and thieves He asked the people not to think too hard of MT. Jackson 'be- cause he knows no better"
 In reference to MT. Jaczson's mental attainment he said: You could saw off
  full quarts of salad dressing could be | extracted"
 The Homes Searched. MT. Bowman then took up the search ing of homes. He declared the entering of the homes of the people was mon | strous outrage He charged that it was | with very poor grace that the amenders claim those homes which were entered were not sacred. He referred to the Mo bile outrage in which the women of the Nelson family were forced to unpack their l trunks.
 "They declare now" stated MT Bow l man, "that this home was a dive Do you know what they found In this dive l One half-pint of whisky.
 "They have searched the home of a | stonemason on Fifth avenue. They have 1 searched two homes on the Southside. The | defendants were tried before Judge Fea- gin and dismissed. And the liquor found | in the refrigerators was ordered restored.
 ''They searched the store of Col. J. F. B. Jackson, who Is sitting on this | platform Colonel Jackson is known to | every man in Jefferson county. He was formerly vice president of the Tennessee company. He was a gallant Confederate soldier and won his spurs In defense of his country. They have not excused that | outrage"
 Colonel Bowman then took up the ques- | ton or the dmenNlfneul. fle SHoWeu ludl 1t was not necessary in view Of the ex- | cellent laws which exist today. He stated that he had foughtsfor prohibition. He | declared the home was endangered. He | charged the amendment was conceived | in iniouity and brought forth in sin. During the two hours in which Colonel 1 Bowman spoke there was not a move ment from the audience save those made | in the act of cheering and applauding.
 Smiths Able Argument. A. G. Smith, the well known Birming- ham attorney, followed. He stated that he favored prohibition and that he fought for it.
 The most significant statement by Mr. Smith was this: "I followed them to the very doors of the homes, but I refuse to enter"
 MT. Smith took up the arguments of the I amenders and tore them into flinders. l That the amendment would perpetuate | prohibition he denounced as a myth. That it would stop agitation he described as false. He spoke of Maine. state where | a prohibition amendment to the constitu- 1 ton has been in effect for 50 years. He | spoke of Kansas, where the people allow l saloons to operate in spite of their amend l ment to the constitution, and fine them | enough during year to equal the amount of license that would have been charged | under other conditions. He spoke of South Dakota, where in Il years the constitution was changed or amended four times He told of how the state came into the union with prohibition In it's con- stitution. He told of how 1t was taken l out. He told of how another amend ment was adopted allowing the sale of whisky under state supervision. He told of the final abandonment of that idea. MT. Smith made legal argument, and was frequently interrupted by applause.
 Captain Smiths Address. He was followed by Capt. John c. | Smith, the well-known insurance man of Birmingham, who is commander of Camp Hardee, United Confederate Veterans I When the old soldier took the stand, he was vociferously applauded. He spoke | to the old soldiers. many of whom sat beneath his voice. He reviewed the l period which tried mems souls. He spoke feelingly of the heroism of the southern warrior. He concluded by urg- 1 ing them to stand together against the blow that was intended in the amend ment He told them to stand again in | defense of the homes of the people. He | told them to bare their breasts to the 1 bikes of the enemy attempting to trampe on the bodies of the liberty lovers of | Alabama
 William Vaughn Spesks.