The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-28

church Into politics: that I wanted him ] to use for political purposes and to pun ish hls political enemies, then I have IchanGed.: !: sefd lfr. Moody T chang cd. ifs ysu want the time, when in campaign b which I vas nshting for I eat in church and heard . minister who Was with nc In the light, bittzDey assail one of my friends who was ops posed. to ua T. resented then the un- fairnsss Of it although that sminister waS on my sfde ]"
 He paid tribute to Col. E. L. Rus cell, who had fought hundred bat | tles for Alabama and not once aeainst 1t. He had himseif. he said. fought 100 bastiss for fsmperance and prohibition and not one agafnst them. The Ques- ton every man should be asked is Not who stand by. you, but are your motives pure r. q
 !g.s Ns ArguHsnt of lrseAy.
 Mr Moody declared with all the em- that he, was opposed to the amend Enent because there was no need and no use for it, and he declared with added earneatnesB that never in his whole life, | for even ten minutes, did he want pro- hibition in the Constitution.
 5..At the third session Of the Legis- lature the local option iaw was re- tk V law was enacted.r said Senator Moody. '.It was pretty severe in 4ts terms. But ams not going to discuss the. merits | of any of the Statutory measures. The | merits or sdemerits of thees laws are | not now In Issue except Incidentally. | You win nots that the Legislature rec peaied the local option law and passed the Carmichael or Statewide prohibi- tion bill. And . year later this Legis- ak Ar o xaf a m | then they passed the Fuller bill. At the same session they passed another | bill known. believe. as the where 1 dtd-you- get that booze-from' bill. l then came along, the proposition to submit . constitutional amendment and 1t, too. was passed. Gentiennen of the convention. want to ask you II
 thes statutory bills are not sumcient! Are they not sufficient for any geod Baptist who believes In the moderate
 use Of sa good remedy and wishes to
 avoid an overdosef
 Things went on and now this ques- ton Is up before us. It seems. to mo. ap one of the representatives of the temperance forces of the State. that
 tho; statutory cnactments made by the
 present Legislature ought to be sum ] to me that these enactments are
 enough for any. healthy appetite for
 temperance legisiation.
 "Suppose that c man sits down to a good dinner prepared by 2 iovine
 wife in the nicest manner and accord ing to the very way he likes + Sup pose further that he eats until he is satisfied and gets up from the table ss Ii or 2 o'clock and goes down to nls } once. On the way he bays pocket : full of peanuts and munches on them when he gets to his office and works an hour or two then banana man comes in and he buys ana eats four or five bananas. He works c little long, CT, gets hungry again. and at o'clock goes out 10 a restaurant sits down Ito q table and calls for a full sizs porter-hous steak. pfate of bread and three or four. kinds of vegetables. wouldn't you say that mans appetite
 was morbid 2" s' ss
 N, Prohis Morbid Appetite.
 Mir Moody with a neat and rare wit described the prohibition feast that was prepared for the people Of Ala Ibarna, by zealous prehibttionists.
 many of whom were new to the cause
 As he enlarged upon the morbid ap-
 petite of the Legislature for prohibi-
 ton the crowd laughed and cheered
 him repeatedly
 Senator Moody touched upon the
 declaration of governor Conner. that he lwould pardon any housewife or house. , holder who made wine for their own
 uss. The Governpr.s declaration. ac-
 cording to his own Idea. knocked out . section of the Fuller bill. and dem onstrateds that he. himself considered the prohibition Legislation too ex- trena. isssf s.sxstt q As.sssB 5t-
 MT. Moody gave it as his deliberate
 judgment that the prohibition poiiti-
 clan who directed legislation at the
 last extra session deliberately word
 ed the clause so that. future sesslon
 of the legislature could. and would for
 bid the storage of iiquor in any home
 in Alabama.
 "The amendment my friends, is. I
 have said, intemperate and extreme '
 said Senator Moody. "Fhe speakers
 for the amendment. you win agree
 with me. have been much more intern-
 perate and extreme than our speakers
 who are opposing 1t. Tn all things be temperate tempe and courageous.
 Labor with your friends who may cps
 pose you and on November 2s. calm
 ness. courage and conservatism. will
 achievena great victory"
 Calls for HsmbuFger.
 There were chlls for Hamburger" 4 Hamburger" as Senator Moody. sat
 down. The Mobile Senator was in the
 rear of the platform and as he, came
 forward he was given an enthusiastic
 greeting. ,, .,
 He praisei the Black Belt for or its
 splendid contributions to the white
 mans government and civilization in
 Alabama. Coming from Mobile, a white county. he said that the people
 of that county would never forget
 their debt of gratitude to the Black
 Belt and they would resist every ef-
 fort of the demagognes and politicians
 to, array the white counties and the
 black counties against such; other.
 But Senator Hamburger was at his best when he described the line up coupling 'fhe congressicnal{ Kissing Bug" from the Sixth who vSted to keep the negro naurderers of Brownsville in the service. with Tom Hefiin, who never yet made speech without. saying "Fse, fo. fl. fun. smell, the blood of Booker Washington. Another couple was | InnfnnnaaAl lnfY