The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-02

Governor and another man wanted an issue on which to run for United States Senator. That's why this fight was sprung.
 "The only extraordinary occasion that called for an extraordinary ses- sion of the Alabama Legislature was the extraordinary ambition of the Governor of Alabama"
 This portion of Mir. O'NeaPs address was roundly cheered.
 MT. ONeal described the political conditions that existed at the capitol when the Legislature was in session and when MT. Mallory was called In to put the amendment through. Deals and trades of politicians were so thick, he said. that they could be cut with knife.
 Candidates In Legislature. He pictured the Legislature as be- ing made up of andidates, who finding prohibition popular, wanted to excel each other in passing drastic and op- pressive prohibition laws. He arraigned the Governor for his part in securing the s10O.Ooo to se- cure additional legal talent in defend- ing the railroad laws of the first ses- sion.
 T do not assert that Judge Weak ley will get more of that money than he is entitled to for his legal service but I denounce the action of the Gov erpor in taking the money to pav a political debt." said Mir. ONeal. Ala bama has an attorney general, an able lawyer who could we'll take care of the states side in this case. But to help political friend the Governor | digs down into a depleted treasury to pay for additional legal talent" MT. O'Neal went after the second
 section of the amendment, the purpos. or which. he said. was to open the wa, for search and seizure of Alabams homes. Under the Fuller bill, whiskey would not be kept in any place except
 the homes, and the constitutional | amendment now proposed to prevent liquor from being kept in the homes.
 Warns Alabama Voters. He warned those who favored such measures that 1t was dangerous He
 warned them that searching homes in Alabama would inevitably mean b pod | shed, as long IS there were men in 1zla- bama with strength enough to lift a gun and pull a trigger.
 He arraigned Brooks Lawrence as A political dictator, disposing of affairs in Alabama, when he could be engaged better in 'purifyi Ig the statutes of his native State of Ohio, under which ne-
 gro men and white women are per- mitted to marry.
 He read from the recent article of Hon. H. L. McElderry of Talladega, which said if Christ had made wine in Alabama like He did in Canae, he would be fined $500 and put on the rock pile for six months. if the Sheriff | did his duty. He was discussing the
 sacredness of the home when his time expired.
 In his rejoiner Judge weakley was | quick and active. There was even
 more of a personal note in the rejoin- | der than there had been in the first address. He has faculty of imita- | tion and in replying to Mir. O'Neals | speech he employed, and somewhat ef- fectively, the art of mimicry. Answer of Weakley. Answering MT. ONeaIs point as to | the making of wine at the wedding
 feast, Judge Weakley said that MT | O'Neal has displayed as little knowl- | edge of the Scriptures as he had of | constitutional law. Christ. he said, had
 made wine out of water, and was
 therefore, not subject to the laws of | Alabama He contended, too, that the
 wine made at the wedding feast had no alcohol in it..
 | He secuted the idea advanced by MT. l O'Neal that the Confederate soldier
 had fought for the right of local self
 government, in the sense of local l OpLlOn. SOHLcuSTdlS He | said, had fought for states rights. for | government by the state and that was | what the state wide prohibitionists
 were contending for.
 MT. ONeal had quoted some figures
 which showed that the growth and in- l fiuence of churches were smaller in | the prohibition states of Maine and
 Kansas than in other states Judge
 Weakley contended that this proposi- -tA fAn hn ha1
 heard that liquor had increased
 church membership in Alabama He had heard that the saloons in Milwau- | kee kept open on Sunday and he now understood from what MT. O'Neal said
 that they kept open for the purpose
 of holding Sunday school and prayer meeting.
 Judge Weakley in connection with his argument declared that north Ala bama had been opposed to secession
 that not a delegate from North Ala
 bama favored secession. but that South Alabama had forced 1t through
 and had not given the people a chance to vote upon 1t. It was indicated by ] this that the coming election would 1 give north Alabama chance to off | set any advantage secured by the vote
 in South Alabama.
 Judge Weakley praised the work | done by the extra session of the
 legislature He described conditions in Mobile as being "a state of lawless-
 ness and anarchy"
 "Rut we had the remedies: The
 Legislature met and we applied the | remedies. which did the business" said Judge Weakley.
 | While upon this part of his argu- | ment his time expired and the debate
 was ended.
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