The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18
WILL CUT OUT ADVERTISING Fuller Bill to Be Amend
 cd. CONFERENCE LAST NIGHT No Further Fight to Be Made on
 Clause. Govsrnor Had Contended That this clause be Made a Party to The Prohibition Code of
 The State.

At conference of prohibition sena- tors met with Governor Conner. Judge S. D. weekiey and R. NJ. Goodall, yes- terday evening it was agreed to eli- minate the whiskey advertising clause from the Fuller bill. Members of the Temperance Committee present. at the conference said that the Fuller bill would be favorably reported this morning, with an amendment strik- ing out the clause. AS result of the conference. 1t was said and ap- parently with authority, that there would be no further fight by the pro- hibition leaders to keep the clause in the bill and that by general agree ment it would be eliminated.
 Thirteen Senators 1t is understood were present at the conference. They represented the strong prohibition side in the Senate. Ten or twelve Sena- tors who have been classed as opposi- ton or minority Senators in several hghts were not in the conference, but 1t was generally known that they were firmly opposed to the provision. or the thirteen Senators 1t was said that ten Of them announced at the confer ence that they were in favor of elimina ting the clause, whereupon one of the three said that in the face of such sentiment he would act with them.
 Governor Conner had contended that this clause should be made a party to the prohibition code of the State. But In the face of the sentiment shown ut the conference he announced that 1t would be better for all to be done harmoniously and that there would he no farther contest over the matter
 The Temperance Committee of the Senate will probably meet this morn ing before the Senate and after amend ing the bill to the extent of that clause report 1t to the Senate.
 Senator Henry F. Reese. one of the prohibition leaders conducted the light for the elimination of the clause. EIs announced at the beginning of the con- ference that he would not be bound by the action of the conference. if it decided to recommend the continu- ance of the advertising clause in 'ne Senate. inasmuch as he had already advised with q number of the strong. est prohibitionist in both House and Senate and they had all agreed that the clause if enacted would ultimately injure the cause of prohibition. This agreement. 1t is said. was entered In by some of the House leaders who favored the bill the whole and voted for 1t when 1t passed the House,
 Under the bill several Alabama dailes and about forty Alabama week. fies would be prevented from publish. ing any advertisement of intoxicating. liquors while out of the State papers could publish such ad- vertisement and flood theState with them. Many of the strongest pFohibitionists in the Senate deemed this unfair and they decided that 1t would sooner or later lnjure the cause of prohibition. The opposition in the Senate was always against it
 Throughout yesterdayMt was under stood that Governor Conner and Judge weakley wished that the clause be retained in the Sill They held that the bill as a whole and that particular clause formed an important part of the prohibition code. This argument they advanced at the conference. In the face of the general light for the retention 1t was decided. however. nor to continue any fight for the rEtentioD of the clause.
 Senator Mcwohter. chairman of fhe committee declined to discuss the conference last night. He intiuIa ted that the Temperance Committee would submit q report with the important amendment.
 "The question is now res adjutica," said Senator McWorter, who now and then uses a Latin phrase.