The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-28
LIAR, z CRIES
GEORGIA SOLON
Climax Comes In Tenn
perance Fight.
AssAls BAPTIST MINISTER
Second Legislator Attacks Fellow
Worker In Church.
Charge That savannsh xaa coasreis
Brewery stock bitterly Resented
--Pre.eAsF Opposes Pro-
hibitsen.
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Atlanta. July 27.--The anti-prohibi-
tionfsts In the state Legislature forgot
the truce today, rolled up their sleeves,
grabbed their war clubs and sailed Inc
to the opposition with such bitter in-
yective that an aged clerk shook his
the Legislators IN enc forty years i've
| been attending It" .ss.. 4 4. -,
The xtn began wissn ANDERSON. IL
Savannah. who ~ fighting the near
beer bill. arose to q question OF per-
sonal privilege. He was white-faced.
trembling and had to moisten his lips
several times before he found his
voice.
II notice. he began. that q local
minister. named Rev. Len q. Brough..
ton, Is quoted in the press as having
said In sermon that I was fighting
the near beer bill because had bought
stock In savannah brewery after the
prohibition bill was passed and that
was the only man in the state who had
made money out of prohibition In
Georgia. ! desire to say that this
preacher IL o wilful, malicious. reck-
less, malignant and o vicious liar. /
fully expected to be assailed and yifii-
fled when I obeyed my constituents
will and opposed the Alexander bill.
But I never even dreamed that min
lister of the gospel. follower OF Him
who preached charity and taught truth
would stoop to become o slanderer and
O common liar
Anderson Passes the LIE.
an the first place, no Savannah
brewery. nor stock In one, has been
sold since prohibition went into effect.
Hence this 10 another lie of the reyer-
end hypocrite. About fifteen years
ago bought ten shares in Sayan.
nah brewery and paid 500 q share.
was out OF the state when the prohibit
tion bill passed and when returned
and tried to sell my stock. I could not.
1t is now worth about $50 or 800
share but cannot be sold.
'eThis Alexander bill IL a new proht-
billion bill and we already have the
strongest prohibition bill ever drafted.
If IL be not enforced, then Il Is be-
cause the .oiJi1ers are negligent and
the people do not want II enforced. I
have never placed as much as a straw
in the way OF Its enforcement. But
you know you cannot enforce an uns
popular law"
Anderson sat down in q breathless
silence and little Representative J. A.
Shade slight dignified and ministe-
rial looking. arose. Siade IL from
Muskogee county and is Baptist min
lister. the same church which sBrough-
ton serves Every one expected bit-
y
What was the aBtonishment OF all,
then, when Slade went even further
than Anderson In denouncing his fell
low clergyman.
Denounees own Colleague.
az was astounded and insuited." he
said. sto hear the Islander heaped up
on q worthy member OF this Legisla-
ture by q man who PROCESSES to be
o minister OF the gospel. / am mis-
sionary Baptist preacher. / believe In
and practice temperance but do not
believe In prohibition. In the name of
ali good Baptists, however. want to
resent this attack upon Mr.. Anderson
by a longfhaired. loud-mouthed. itin-
Grant preacher who, has done more
harm to the temperance cause than all
the brewers and distiilers In the world.
Ana the really honest temperance ad.
yocates should realize that unless they
cuvb these freak extremists. they will
see the pendulum swing to the other
extreme"
Speaker Holden did not let any one
else get the floor, declining to recog-
nize several excitable members, ana
calmly forcing a resumption of the
consideration Of the tax bill.
DR.. Broughton tonight gave out the
following statement in regard to the
scathing denunciation he received at
the hands of Representative Anderson
In the house this morning.;
1T am glad. at least If I have done
nothing else than force Mr.. Anderson
10 acknowledge in the House Of Rep
resentatives where he lie posing as the
champion against legislation for the
prevention OF the near beer evil. that
he is a stock holder In q brewery, one
at least. in Savannah, that Is manu-
featuring more near beer than any
other in the state.
ut is immaterlal. so far as the point
made against his right to sit in judg
ment on such legislation. whether he
has recently bought stock or not. It
is a fact that he owns the stock and
that lines him up with whisksy In
terests..