The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-10

| be declared that the city ana county Of
Montgomery were dominated BY 9 "Big
Boss" who IL ct the head Of IN fl1egsi
whisksy business. was the talk Of the
town yesterday. The only statement In
reply 70 Il, however, was that Of Mr..
Gallagher. who takes issue strongly
with the President Of the Law and or.
ar League. and hir. 0aiiaghsr's siaks-
ment makes a. iuteresting reading -
the speech Of Mr.. Miles.
Pslntsa Reply.
Mr.. Galiaxher's statement follow:
I'm hts wholesale effort 10 blackon
the fair name Of his city. Mr.. George
@. Miles, at the Law and Order League
meeting Thursday night. tried TO
and reputation Of the Police Commits
sion Of the City Of Montgomery. I
owe Il to the people who elected mo
| to that ONCE not to sit IDLY and SILENT
iy by while agftators attack and mis-
represent the ofnciaI body to which ]
7 am a member Of the Police Com
mission by the voice Of the people. fair
ly and legally expressed at the polls.
| The same people by their voice at the
polls, when NE. Miles offered as . cam
didate for once. expressed q prefer
snce for him to exercise his activities
as o private citizen, rather than in the
public once.
.Mr. Miles asks VINO controls the
Police Commissionr
II will tell him. fnasmuch a. the
members Of the Police Commission are
not Anti-Saioon League onlcers and
beat our Judges or overthrow our
courts we are controlled by the law ~
II 10 interpreted by the Supreme Court.
We follow the law and we make no
anarchistic attempts to overawe Jus
tices of the Supreme Court and drive
them from the bench because they do
not interpret the law to suit our con-
venience. thank God that am MOI
controlled by the man who asks the
above question.
"A decision by the Supreme Court
| Of Alabama, written by Justice May
field. pure and able 1urist ana adopt
ed by the court declared that officers
of the law had not the right to break
open doors and overturn and search
property unless they have legal
search warrant Good lawyers tell me
that the law In this decision II so old
and so sound that only the foolish
will question II. We hold with Judge
the law 10 for officials as well as for
the people.
For further guidance In our Of
| ficial course we asked for and secured
an opinion from City Attorney Nc
Intyre. written in the light OF the de-
cision Of the. Supreme Court; Under
the law we have not the right to
break down the doors OF places In
which report says whiskey is kept for
sale.
| but the law officers can serve
warrant. and they can get within the
doors on q warrant II Mr.. Miles be-
lieves what he has been saying. II he
/ d. he f1h antr al
patriot he moiestiy admits himself to
be In his speech Of Thursday night. he
will swear out warrant against some
| OF the places In which he says the law
IL flagrantly violated. promise him
| the assistance Of the Montgomery
Police Department in serving the war
| rants.
Warrants Net Asked For.
"As yet there has not been a single
warrant, sworn out and presented to
| the police for action, Notwithstanding
the violent and incorporate talk in
which Mr.. Miles and his associates
have INDUCED. 1t would appear to
reasonable men, that II Montgomery
lie ''the cesspool of vice." pictured by
Mr.. Miles. he or some members of his
pure spirited society. would swear out
warrant under which the law Of
ficers can act. Is 1t possible that MT.
Miles. in the modern Sodom. In which
he finds himself living. cannot raise
up one righteous Lot. to do the right
thing? II Montgomery 10 as full of
iniquity as he pictures Il. 1t Is time
| for something else besides speech
making and taking up collections.
The Ministers Union OF Montgom-
cry, q short time ago. passed resolu-
tions complimenting the Police De-
force the prohibition laws. Mr.. Miles,
however, sets himself UP to revise the
action Of the Ministers' Union.
The people of Alabama Witnessed,
| few days ago the remarkable spec
tacie of the superintendent OF the
Anti-Saloon League. the leader OF the
| organization of which Mr. Miles is an
| officer--a man who has hardly been
away from Ohio long enough to vote
in Alabama, making an indecent at
tack on the Justices OF the Supreme
Court. We saw this man a profess
| sional agitator, hired at q large salary,
announce his purpose OF cleaning out
the court and putting men in who
would construe the law according to
his idea. talking Of "whiskey. harlot
and pimp" domination, and that in
connection with the Supreme Court of
| Alabama.
"The trouble with Mr. Miles and his
| guide and preceptor. the Rev. Brooks
Lawrence is. that they want to so be-
yond the law. The Police Commission
Of the City OF Montgomery will con-
tinue to stay within the law. When
| Mr. Lawrence and Mr.. Miles and their
associates have turned out the present
Supreme Court and elected a court that
| will servilely submit to their domino
ton. they may turn their attention to
Montgomery and elect Police Com
mission. which they can also brow
beat and overawe. -'-'
The present Police Commission is
not that kind"
Mr.. Gallagher has for a long term OF
years conducted q barber shop on Dex-
ter Avenue. He Is q real estate agent,
and a large holder Of Montgomery
property. Mayor w. M. league. who
Is also a member of the Police Com
mission is a member of one OF the old
est and largest wholesale businesses
In the city e. Lobman the third
member OF the commission. Is an Of
ficer in the large wholesale business
OF Greil Brothers Company.
lee Cold Melons, Milk-fed Veal and
Spring Lamb. Court So. Market, Phone