The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-23
CHAMPIONS ONLY
 HIS OWN CAUSE Judge Coleman Of Anniston
 Issues Vigorous Letter SEES BITTER CAMPAIGN
Relative to Stand Against Amendmnet Says He Champions "What Con- ceive To Be My Own Personal
 lberties''-Anniston News.

Anniston September 2.-(Special )-In tude on the constitutional amendment question. T. w. Coleman. judge of the city court, has given out the following letter:
 Editor of the Evening Star:
 Under a heading stating that I have 'championed the cause of the opponents of the constitutional amendment, which is as wide of the mark as are some of the statements of the article following It., you have published an article from Mrs. c. G. Anderson, whom I have not the honor to know.
 'In the first place I have not cham pioned any cause except my own Some of the citizens of Alabama are proposing to take away from me, as an individual. certain constitutional guarantees which I do not wish to surrender. This is what object to- I am 'championing' what l conceive to be my own personal liberties.
 '"The lady refers to my published let ter as an article It was not. It was exactly what 1t purported to be-a bona f1de answer to a courteous letter received from a gentleman whom I highly esteem. published to justify my position to other critical friends. If 1t was 1aughable' to the lady, can only say of 1t. as one of Shakespeare's characters said of his wife. A poor thing. sir. but my own.
 "As usual, the lady misses the entire point of my letter, namely. that we can have only the prohibition necessary. either statutory or constitutional. with out including provisions prohibiting the making of domestic wine, and without surrendering a constitutional guarantee protecting our homes, which has been the heritage of the English race since magma charta was granted. and which no clv- ilized nation has ever surrendered.
 ''The lady rises to one height of heroism to which I confess I cannot attain. Re- ferring. as I understand 1t. to what I had to say of the use of whisky in the des- perate illness of my child and wife, she says: Tt would be far preferable to give one son now and then who might need a stimulant than that thousands go down with blasted lives
 Possibly I could agree to this senti- ment in the case of somebody else's child. as the lady seems to do easily with ref erence to my family. But for myself. I choose a happy and unbroken flreside rather than two graves on the hillside and a lot of motherless children.
 This will ha the bitterest campaign the state of Alabaf. 'ar saw. We of the opposition know M ot fighting for whisky interests ana when we are dubbed 'red-nosed hirelings of the demon rum, because we dare stand for our con- vlctions, some of us still think we are just as much Gods people as our op- ponents think they are"
 Amendment Forces Select Speakers.
 Judge S. D. Weakley of Birmingham. C. C. Whitson of Talladega and w. P. Acker of Anniston have been selected by the constitutional amendment forces to represent their cause at the mass meet ing here on next Saturday against Frank Moody, Sydney J. Bowie and John Till man of the anti-amendists, who will launch their campaign in the county on Friday at noon.
 Both of these meetings have been well advertised and large crowds are expect ed as interest in the proposed campaign