The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-14
: EVEN THE PROHIBITION
 WORKERS MAKE PROTEST
Fuller Bill Is Followed by Intro duction of Others.
The Rice Bill, Which wn Regulate Soft Drink Stands, Was Fol- 
 lowed by the Ballard Sheriff Bnl.

The House of Representatives yes- terday. by a vote of 45 to 31, passed the Fuller bill designed to cover all violations of the prohibition act and by the narrow vote of ss to s7 refused to strike out the clause prohibiting news papers from publishing advertisements Of intoxicating liquors.
 Mir. Fuller presented a number of ad- ditional clauses as amendments and they were adopted without exception.
 Persons of another planet arriving mere yesterday would have been war ranted in believing it Good r-.esy~ v the yhad dropped in on the House of Representatives. There was more tenn perance' talk. more prohibition out breaks. more denunciation of the liquor evil and more verbiage in the anti beverage bills. than are on record for any previous day of the present ses- sion.
 So restless did the House become af- ter hearing the tedious voice of the House Reader tolling off the copious, Temperance bills, thousands upon thou eands of words that towards the end of the afternoon session, recog- nized friends of prohibition arose in ap Impatient mood and@ openly avowed their intention of voting against the drastic Ballard temperance bills
 I've got enough" exclaimed one member.
 Ut seems to me I have voted for enough laws to drive the blind tigers to Hades and back.T remarked a sec- ond. A "If we have not passed enough bills already to wipe the bunch of thirst parlors off the globe, then am for ad 5ourning," put in another.
 And MT. Hoffman of Mobile, moved to adjourn until Wednesday, passing up to the clerks desk also a resolution with encomiums for the industry of members in. drawing their $4 per day for the "wise and faithful service that ss being performed by the Legislature" and suggesting that they keep In ses- sion so long as 1t will not be contrary to law and draw the pay as long as possible. .'..s Y. E fstration leaders. compared the Ballard Temperance bill to the Spanish inqui- sition and declared no one of the House would dare go back and run for sheriff or solicitor with such law in force. And when MT. John of Jeffer- son, chided him for urging the passage of certain anti-railroad bills at the last session he flung back to the other ad- tministration leader that he was stick ing to the Democratic platform and in- Simated that the "bewhiskered Dr. Jekyl and MT. Hyde of Jefferson" had
  local option. which was in the Demo- cratic platform.
 Most Drastic of An.
 Some have declared the Fuller tenn perance bill the most drastic of the Union. When the Rice bill and the Bal- lard bill were read their minds were inclined to change. The latter. 1t was said. do not quite rival the Fuller measure in length. but they are said to be more exacting not only on the bfii- cers and solicitors. but on the innocent retailers of soft beverages.
 Some members declared that the Rico bilI which was passed in @ more or less mechanical fashion, will work Q revolution in the soft drink business of the State. It prohibits the soda founts or other innocent drinking places from even assuming the appearances of evil It wIli work to tear down all partitions all booths. all screens. all doors of frosted glass and abolishes all places for the disposition or sale of soft drinks where they do not or will not . be open to public view And the ofii. cers of the law must inspect those places to see that no fixtures or furn. iture resembling a saloon shall be in- stalled In a soft drink place. And if such conditions are found to obtain, the sheriff can apply for an injunction to close them up or give them limited time In which to rs-arrange the aspect of the stand.
 On top of this came the Ballard bill Go compel inspections by the sheriff of ell places that have taken out United States revenue licenses for handling liQuors and alcohol, and report to the Probate Judge, to institute proceedings in equity to close such places up, to arrest them. and when there is omis- sion of any of the scores of new duties on the part of the sherin and solicitor. impeachment shall follow. This seemed
 n1HR of the prohlbftionists, but though the attempted revolt looked stormy, for time. Mir. John and MT. Ballard whipped them back In line and saved the day.
 Practically the entire morning was 1aken up with the noted Fuller tenn. .perance bill, which is recognized as the most voluminous instrument ever lpenned by prohibitionists Of any sec- fion or experience. MT. Fullers bill Mouid furnish all the evidential ma. jchinery that legal ability could devise ESwithin constitutional limits-so said fo bring about arrests and convictions for violating the prohibition laws. It &nakes all appearances of liquor or its presence prima facfe evidence of guilt
 Forbids Liquor Advertisements.
 It forbids posters or newspaper ads Hhat speak of the prohibited liquors in 4his State, Is to punish newsboys as well as newspaper proprietors for the sale of a paper which might contain a liquor advertisement restrains a news stand fro mthe salesof any sort of pub Mcation containing such ads, condemns as penitentiary ofrense the circu- lation in any form of such an ad at any place and time and tears down any such sign when on billboards.
 It was on the provision against ad- vertisements that the main fight was waged. This was led by MT. Pitts of Dallas. who made stirring speech, ap- bealing to the reason of even the nro- hibitionlsts in this matter. picturing m Innocent newsboy picked up for vio. lating the law and hauled into prison. He did not seem to see the shocking. immortality in newspaner advertise ment which MT, Fuller. author of the bill. painted in his oration.
 Probably If the full opposition bad been present the amendment to strike out the ad feature would have cavried but by the close vote of s8 to 3e inc ,prohibitionists had their way So tha bill goes to the Senate.
 MT. Fuller. in the course of his