The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22
BROOKS LA WRENCE
BLAMES GOVERNOR

sight to always know when thing IL
wrong are talking very loudly now
where there was silence on this sub
ject prior to our election one week
ago yesterday. with the exception OF
few whose discernment and wisdom
La today unquestioned.
The large majority OF our people
In Alabama felt that 1t was the thins
to do. and the call for a constitutional
amendment was submitted with the
other subjects for legislation to our
Legislature In special session. There
was terrible fight before the Legis-
lature. It became evident that Ala
ban1a was to see what II had never be-
fore. concentration OF LIQUOR money
OF LIQUOR energies In an EFFORT to over
come and prevent the writing INFO our
organic law OF the perpetual prohibit
ton OF the liquor traffic. 1t was APP
proved by the necessary three-hfths
members Of the two houses Of our
Legislature.
Doors Were Closed.
We enacted two very drastic en-
forcement measures one known as the
Fuller law and one as the Carmichael
law. one OF Z which re-enacted the
Statewide prohibition law. And those
two measures were SO effective that
one day before they were signed and
had become the law of the State OF
Alabama. the social clubs and the
blind-tigers who had been notorious
in their violations. closed their doors.
and they continue closed until this
day. (Applause.
Il am exceedingly anxious that this
word shall 10 out over the United
States of America.
The election Of last Monday week
ago. was unfortunate In many re-
spects. We had 1t set as special
proposition for voting in order that we
might eliminate politics. Instead OF
that. our opponents threw the ques-
ton into political environment from
which we could not divorce 1t. and 1t
was so burdened that those of us who
were on the ground cannot marvel at
Its defeat.
II want to say further: We have
about 10000 qualified votes in Ala
bama today There were about 49,
900 votes cast in the election. The
most gross forms Of corruption were
carried on at various points in the
State, and the issue, though we sought
to hold 1t fairly and sauarely before
the people as liauor or no liquor, was
SO enveloped In opposition to our pres
emit State administration. which was
with us In this fight, as to completely
divorce from us some OF our ardent
friends. who since the election was
over. have given notice to our leaders
that on the issue of the maintenance
of our State prohibition law, they will
fight even more vigorously for Its
maintenance than they did oppose tho
adoption OF the constitutional amend
ment
Alabama has not taken backward
step. There are no saloons going In
to Alabama as a result OF the cleo
tion on the gath day of November. 1t
means that our progress has been
stopped temporarily. We did not go
forward to seal the conditions we have
been enjoying, but ! believe this much
II believe that our contest this year
means the salvation of Statewide pro-
hibftion for Alabama. inasmuch as II
has conferred the eyes OF our people
upon the active lighting force OF the
brewers and the distillers and the IL
quor dealers of America. and that
AIabama's Christian and moral citi-
zenship win ultimately do what she de-
c1ined to do on the 2sth, write perpet-
ua1 outlawry on the liquor traffic into
our organic law" (Applause.)
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