The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-30
MANIPULATION FOR
 LIQUOR TRAFFIC
Is Slogan of the Anti-Saloon
 League
HOLDS COUNCIL OF WAR
The Inactive Politicians Were Con- demned But There Was No Sug- gestion of Backward Step.
 Hobson's Lecture

alton of the liquor traffic." was the war
 cry of the Anti-saloon league in annual
 convention yesterday. There was con-
 demnatlon for the politicians who rode the wave, but now remain inactive, but no suggestion of backward step. The l council of war" as Congressman Hob- son styled 1t, planned only to make a
 stand in the senate, the "capitol of the
 situation" and to bring up every possible
 influence to keep the present laws on
 the statute books pr. W. B. Crumpton was reelected
 president, as was Brooks Lawrence re-
 turned to the position of superintendent Typical addresses were made by a half dozen prominent prohibitionists, the off,
 cers made their reports. strong resolu-
 tions were adopted, and last night Con gressman Hobson delivered his famous | lecture, "The Great Destroyer" before a large audience at the Orpheum theatre
 In spite of the indictment weather. New Officers Elected The following officers were elected: President, pr. w. B. Crumpton; vice
 president, Dr. L. F. whitten secretary
 and treasurer Dr. I. D. Steele; superin-
 tendent, Brooks Lawrence, who, with P. c. Ratliff and R. M Goodall, form the | headquarters committee
 Trustees. Rev. W. M Crawford, Br-
 mingham; Bishop J. H. Mccoy, Birming-
 ham; R. M. Goodall, Birmingham; P '. Ratliff, Birmingham; J. W. Sibley, Birmingham; J. H. Johnson, Birming- | ham; F. M. Jackson, Birmingham; Rev. J. w. Johnson, Huntsville; Henry Foster. Tuscaloosa; John E. Hill, Birmingham: s. D. Weakley. Birmingham; R. E.
 Pettus, Huntsville; D. c. Cooper, Ok
 ford; William A. Davis. Anniston; A H. Carmichael Tuscumbia; R. F. Love- lady, Birmingham; Rev. w. P. Dickinson.
 Prattville; Rev. E. W. Gamble, Selma 1;
 Rev. s. R. Boykin. Scale; J. B. Green, Opelika; J. H. Harris, Oak Bowery: Rev. s. D. Logan, New Decatur; Sam Black | well, Decatur; Rev. H. H. McNeil, Ope-
 lika; R. O. Harris, Mobile; William Biz ird, Mobile; Dr. B. c. Burson, Brewton; Rev. E. L. Crawford, Andalusia; D. l.. Britton, Mobile; Rev. D. A. Planck, Mo bile; W. R. Stewart, Birmingham; w. A. Deering. Russellville; Frank Jackson. | Florence; J. Lee Hollaway, Montgomery; | c. G. Miles, Montgomery c. c. whitson,
 Talladega; Amos E. Goodwin. Gadsden;
 J. E. Blackwell, Gadsden; T. c. Banks,
 Attalla Sheriff Lacy, Jasper; Felix I.
 Tarrant, Birmingham.
 l Formal Resolution
 l Here are the resolutions introduced by
 P c. Ratliff and adopted
 Your committee on resolutions beg to
 recommend that tho following be adopted
 as the sense of this convention regard | ing our attitude toward the present pro- | hibition laws. and that 1t be promulgated | as an appeal to every enemy of the liquor
 traffic and to all the people of the state
 who are now menaced by the repeal of | these laws, for aid in most deter | mined effort to keep them in force and
 effectiveness:
 "six years ago the temperance people | organized with the avowed purpose to de- stroy the liquor traffic in Alabama. Since then one thing has been clearly set out and established-the enormous evils in
 herent in that traffic. Even open adyo- cates of the saloon admit these evils. We therefore reaffirm that the utter de- | struction of the liquor traffic Is the only remedy for these evils.
 'The present statewide prohibition laws | have effectively destroyed the legal traf- | f1c. These same laws contain full power | and provisions to suppress and destroy the illegal sale whenever and wherever used by faithful officials. And when negligent and unfaithful officers will not so use them to break up violations of the laws, ample provision and power are given to citizens to break up blind tigers by injunction as public nuisances and a public menace.
 Before these. laws were passed the liquor interests openly boasted that they would not abide them. And in many sec- tions local violators of these laws have been given every aid and encouragement by the organized liquor power. "A clamor has arisen for the repeal of these laws, and @ return to the legal sale of liquor because of this organized out lawry. and because complaisant and un- faithful officers will not enforce these laws.
 
 outlaws should be consulted and unfaith- full officials condoned in neglect of duty by legislation.
 "If these laws are repealed every com munity in the state will be open to in- vasion.
 'If not repealed, but amended so as to strip them of their force then prohibition can nowhere be enforced.
 we are therefore determined to fight to the uttermost to preserve these laws from repeal and from amendment which will rob them of their force and power. '"rhe incoming governor in his own platform pledged that he would not. at- tempt to bring back saloons anywhere
 in Alabama, and that he was willing to
 leave the liquor question with the peo- pie and the legislature.
 "A majority of the incoming legisla- ture were nominated in clear-cut pledges to their people to stand for retaining the present prohibition laws, and against bringing back the legal sale of liquor And we confidently rely on their good faith and believe they will stand by
 their pledges to their constituents.
 "It has been charged repeatedly, and never contrAdicted, that the liquor in- terests have kept an agent in Alabama for more than year, and it is apparent that in the next session of the leglsla- ture they will have a powerful lobby and
 will be prepared to use every means,
 and to wage the grimmest fight they have a.- A IAA t< Agf-