United labor bulletin. (Denver, Colo.) 19??-1915, 1910-02-18


IL is thought that an eHort may be
made TO pass an act for liquor commits
sion before which Offenders may be tried'
ana IL Is oeneved TO De certain that
some move VIII be made TO counteract
the erect OF the decision OF the supreme
court that liquors are properly ana may
De stored Wherever one pieases' BIT
iiiihshah VIII not long contemplate wiz"
ihdiHerence the utter dehahce OF the pro-
hipitioh law as is no" peihs uohe' lou
can get whishey III birmingham tooay
Win DIS hiuch ease do W" "a" III Ne"
ioih'
The reign or activity OF prohlDltlon III
Birmingham and its environs may now
be correctly divided into three dynasties
or conditions, namely:
First, the local option election IN Jei-
ferson county, Birmingham county seat'
october 18TH. 1907, at winch the county
and city went DRY by good MAJORITY
~ Inc closing OF the saloons LOT the
nonce. w Inc reopehlng OF all the sa
looms early IN l9oS ana through l9o9' the
establishment and operations OF so-calied
locker ciuos Ill "oru' 'he aosoiu.e
defiance OF prohioltlon as II was intend
ed, hrst' by the local option eiectlon' Ia
ter d! the november l'oo' extra sessioh
legislature which passed the Carmichaei
statewide prohlpltion law.
second, the assembling OF announcer ex'
ira session OF the leglsiature' july z'tn
TO august z41h' l9o9' lhis oouy passed
nine additional prohioition statewide
bills and directed the governor to cail
constitutional election for November
18TH l9o9' by which TO place prohioitioh
IN the organic law OIL Aiaoaina' Inc nine
prohloltion DIS passed Juiy-August' lsos'
were the most drastic ever enacted by
any legislature IN the Union. one act
the Fuller bill containing over l2'ooo
words made IL misdemeahor 10 daiiy
In any manner with demon rum some
OF the strongest friends OF prohibition IN
Alabama. those who had worked 1or' also
voted Tor statewide enactment predict
ed what the constitutional election OF
November 2sth proved-that the effort
of the Anti-Saloon League TO force
hitherto untried law into the constitu-
ton of Alabama was. TO say the least
most deplorable tactical error. from the
standpoint OF the prohloitionis'- ohder
statutory prohibition, the league and its
friends had accomplished everything that
any sincere advocate of its methods or
expectations could possibly have wished
GIVE the nine new laws fafr trial
before rushing them into the organic law
OF the state!' said the conservative ele
ment OF Alabama, wet and dry.
NO., said Speaker Carmlchael, ne
whose county repudiated him In the con-
stitutional election; we have the CLOTH
We VIII cut 1t to suit ourselves
Third. the call issued by Governor b.
Il. Conner Tor the constitutional electioh'
Nov. 10Th, 1909, and the Overwhelming
defeat OF the proposed amendment 10 the
constitution readlhg'
Section l. me manufacture SAFE ana
liquors and other intoxicating beverages
small ne forever Piohlplteu III 'iiis ''"'e'
put aicohol may ne solu lor nieuioa''
sc'eh''llc anu nieSHa'i''' Pu' P''''' anu
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