The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-28

warmed by the wsicoms. Mr. Bowie went swimmingly into his speech. cons fidsnt and powerful.
 Kyle Pr1ce NGsunteFbank. |. T seN from the papers that Mr. Kyle with me-" said Mr. Bowie. ''since looking into the matter. ind that he never made quite eso In his last job with the Legislature. and that if ret the money. Price VIII first have to get it from Brooks Lawrence. don't want any of John D. Rockefelier's . tainted money. and. besides. if T de- bate. want to debate with man. not i. mountebank.
 T come to you in defense of your coustftution" said MT. Bowie. Your constitutfon is the body of your or eanic law. and 1t 10 not to be lightly served and Inherent right. Your Gov ernor nor his administration can take away any right that you have rs- served: your Legislature can not de- prive you of that right: your Supreme Court cannot deprive you of it. You can not surrender that right except by the free and untrammelled exercise of your sovereign right of suffrage. s ..
 when they come to you proposing . change in your constitution, they should present to>you sufficient reason for that change--reason which should satisfy you that you should be de- prived Of soms rfght reserved to you In the c0nstitution.
 Has sufficient reason, has . satis- flying reason. been given to you. that you should bs deprived of the protec- ton Aforded your home by the con- stitution of Alabama-s
 The liquor question had not yet been solved. Mr. Bowie declared emphaticei- iy. It was c question which had vexed mankind since Father Noah, after | lone wet spell and wearfed with too much water. had drank little too much wine when he rot on dry land. civiH. zation from that day to this had been struggling with the issue and no cer- tain and sure remedy had yet been found.
 Would constitutional prohibition d it7 It was folly to argue that 1t would Ohio had provision in Its constitu- ton which differed from the amend ment proposed In Alabama only ir wording. And yet in ohio more whis. key was sold last year than in any other state of the Union: 1t was the wettest state in the United States. Hft at Lawrence.
 T don't blame Brooks Lawrence from seeking another State for hIs mission ary, lsbors for prohibition declared Mr. Bowie.
 This bit of sarcasm aimed at tn, leader of the amendment forces hit tn. fancy of the crowd and they gave 1t { round of applause.
 He reviewed the history of constitu tionai prohibition In other States showing that in every State. in whici 1t had been tried. 1t had been an unend Ing source of strife, turmoil and trouble ana nowhere had 1t ended agitation 7 MT. Bowie drove home to his hearerl the rank unfairness and injustice Q the politicians who. thinking that II the days of business depression and II an off year politically, many good ans honest citizens of Alabama had faiies to pay their poll tax, forced the eiec ton to take snap judgment on the bod! of Alabama voters. He read the state ment of R. !. Goode, who was in thu audience. which showed that the cleo ton had been deliberately planned ant 1 forced at this time for no other reason than that a small number or voter only would be allowed to participate II
 .rt is a fraud and an injustice: it Il an outrage" declared Mir. Bowie. ve hemently, T call upon you old men O more than 45: I call upon you younger men who were fortupate enough to ge A poll tax receipt, to so to the polls or November go, resent this outrage ant condemn to the sea of political oblivtor the politicians who were responsinl' for this great injustice"
 .We,il do ftl wen do it,"Ethey crfet from the audiences Well do ttl". sai' l the old Guard and Young Guard. Mr. Bowie ashowed. ,jl hya zconyin ctni fa axures that there were now in Ala barna 27e.g00 white men above the agt of 2I, The amendment politicians pro posed that a majority of 95,o00 voters should force upon this 276.oOo voters an unwelcome amendment and make laws for them. their children and theii chiidren's. children.
 The Drastic Laws. Mir Bowie had no blame TOT the amendment orators who ran away from the provisions of the Fuller and Carmichael bills, and who declared that they were not proper subjects Of discussion in this campaign.
 T do not blame them from running away. If had to discuss the infquit- ous provisions of those bills would run away, too" he said.
 Mir. Bowie recalled Q few of them the search and seizure provision. The provisions making the landlord re- sponsible for the lessee,s offenses. the restriction of human liberty. the denial of right by jury. the unjust chapcery provisions,
 They are not new these iniquItous provisions" said Mr. Bowie" They are the cast on garments of New Eng