The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
MASSACHUSETTS
PARTY IN CITY
Distinguished Group Spent Few
Minutes In Birmingham
WILL UNVElL MONUMENT
Governor Draper Is Accompanied by
Full Staff of Prominent Citizens.
Interested in the Prohibit
ton Fight.

Gov. Eben F. Draper. who was last
week elected to the chief executiveship
of Massachusetts and a distinguished
party of Massachusetts statesmen and
military men, passed through Birming-
ham last night en- route to Baton Rouge
to dedicate and attend the unwilling of a
monument In the national cemetery to the
Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the
department of the gulf who lost their
lives in the service of the union army
during the Civil war
The special section of three private cars
carries a brilliant representation Ser
geant-at-Arms David P. Remington and
the military staff were all in null mill
tary dress The party did not leave the
five minutes.
The monument was erected under the
direction of commission composed of
Gen. Charles H. Taylor, chairman, the
man who owns the Boston Globe; Col
Eben P. Stanwood and David P. Reming-
ton. at cost of $4,000, the money having
been appropriated by the Massac husetts
legislature. 1t will be unveiled by Miss
Lena M Remington, daughter of the
eargeant-at-arms, and Miss Sallie San
ders, sister of the governor of Louis
lana
Besides his staff and Adj. Gen. w. IT.
Brigham, who is In charge of the detoil,
Speaker of the House Joseph Walker,
President of the Senate A T. Treadway.
two members Of the governors council,
Samuel Cole and w. R. Turtle of Pit
field, and George Burnham Of Chelsea;
Representatives D. E. Denny of Wor-
chester, w. r. Larned of Gardner A. p
Chase of Danvers, James Oliver of Athol
c, T. Holt Of Springfield, c. F. Nc
Carly of Marlboro, G. e. Lovett of Bos-
ton, w. S. Moore of Dukesbury
There were about 80 others in the party,
the wives, daughters and friends of the
principals. They will be entertained at
the famous battlefields at vicksburg,
Chickamauga, Lookout mountain and 9TH
err points.
The legislators were much interested in
the prohibition fight now on in Alabama,
they having just voted and refused to al
low the voters of Massachusetts to pass
on the subject.
ton. But a small minority for SO years
has prevented this action.
In Kansas there has been constitu-
tional prohibition for a long period of
years. In Kansas there are saloons
operating today with practically all the
freedom of the very wet" territory.
Ohio has constitutional probition, and
Ohio sells more whisky in year than
the men of Alabama, Mississippi, Louis
lana, Texas. Georgia, Florida and South
Carolina could drink within that time.
Maine has population third as
great as that of Alabama. Maine has
shown no progress within the last Ave
decades. Kansas-bloody Kansas-ac-
cording to a government bulletin re-
Gently issued, shows smaller increase
in church membership in proportion to
Inhabitants than any other state in the
Union.
Difference Of Opinion.
The problem of the suppression of tho
liquor evil has knitted the brows of
statesmen for the past 40 centuries
1t has never been solved. No state
has scored success with constitutional
prohibition.
An amendment of two sections and
81 words, supported, even though it is,
by Governor Conner, the Rev. Brooks
Lawrence and s. D. weakley can hard
ly put the agitation in Alabama to rest.
Nothing can sleep easily in consti-
tuition concerning which there is great
difference Of opinion
Constitutional prohibition could not
put the agitation to rest in Alabama,
especially-for it happens that only
one-third the registered white men in
Alabama will cast q ballot on this vital
question.
The resentment of the disqualified
white mon of Alabama against that
secret cabal in Alabama will be >ex-
pressed some time at the polls, and this
fact guarantees a continual agitation
In this state should the amendment, by
any hook or crook insinuate itself into
the organic law.
Leaders Are Confident.
Anti-amendment leaders, however,
can see no danger of such a misfortune
occurring. for, in spite of the fact that
two thirds of the voters of Alabama are
disqualified, they feel sure that enough
remain to bring about a landslide
around the ears of the Comer-Law-
renee Weakley partnership.
LIVELY BLIND TIGER.
Policeman McGiIl Rolls Downstairs in
ScuffIe With Negro.
Scratched, bruised and bleeding after a
tumble down a whole flight of stairs head