The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-22

ana zone. The Governors candidate to
succeed him viii need : new issue. The
Governor. will need an issue ON which
to make the race for United States
Senate.
Il ask the people of Alabama to keep
their eye on the politics of this ques-
ton. There Is no demand from the
people for constitutional prohtbition.
There never has been any demand. Blu,
the Superintendent OF the Antf-Saloon
League. the Governor and the attorney
Of the Ant.-Saioon League could. u
they would. tell whore this quest1on
was started. They could tell the man
and the hour at which the new move
ment was started. But IL they toio,
they would also tell the poiitics IN ".
somebody wants to run for Governor.
somebody wants to run for United
state. Senator. The railroad issue -
moth-eaten and full of holes. Hurrah
for another issue On which the people
can be fooled. .
.Hie politics surrounded the birth of
this issue. II the people will keep their
eyes open they will see 1t.
This association Is made up OF bus
mess men who arr sick and tired OF
agitators and politicians. We are go
ing to night this question to the last
ditch. We are going to fight every
form of strife and discord in Alabama.
We had at the beginning 5000 men
united in this undertaking. In less
than a week we expect to have $4,000
men in the movement. And we expect
that the Legislature, which wants to do
what In best for the State, will listen
to u.s."
Judge Fell Castor Talks.
Judge Zell Castor. formerly probate
Judge Of Butler county. but now
prominent attorney Of Birmingham,
with a Statewide reputation. who has
been down. on his farm In Barbour
county for q weeks sofourn. stopped
of in Montgomery yesterday On route
to his homo to- pay his old FRIEND,
Governor Conner. q social call
Judge CASTOR and Governor Conner
were born and raised together In Bar
hour county. During their chat In the
Governors ONCE yesterday morning
their conversation drifted on the sub
ject of State prohibition and the con-
stitutional amendment for prohibition.
and they discussed the matter pro ana
con. :
When asked yesterday afternoon
concerning his view on the prohibition
question In the State OF Alabama.
Judge GaStcn said: I
1T am 3 prohibitionist from the bot
prohibition every time It has come up
but am opposed to q constitutional S
amendment for prohibition and against
q crazy quilt constitution"
II saw prohibition tried in Butler
county over twenty years ago and 1t
was a failure. Before the county went
dry We had good. upright. honest Cit
liens and q law abiding community
but afterwards q lawless element drift
ed IN and q reign Of terror existed for
two years. 1t took Butler county just
ten years to get over the effects OF
that attempt at prohibition"
When moved to Birmingham, al
though I doubted It. voted for pro-
hibition Just to be on the moral side.
and as the result of this kind Of pro-
hibition Jefferson county today has
repetition of the Butler county condi-
lions twenty years ago. Liquor can
be bought In Birmingham in almost
every block ana am told there are
l 900 women. white and negroes. who
are selling 1t on the streets today"
II am for prohibition IL IL can be
made effective but II prohibition IL
a failure I am opposed to placing 1t in
the constitution. Conservative people
ought to disregard the dive keepers
on one side and the fanatics on the
other and get up some sort Of a prop
osition to regulate the liquor trafic
and minimize the evil"
We had liquor from the very begin
ming of the world and we will have 1t
to the very end. You cannot stamp
At out. but 1t can be regulated. We
can have prohibition without a con-
stitutional amendment and let the leg.
isiature make some laws to regulate
it"