The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-25
GOV, GLENN SPEAKS
FOR fair TRIAL
Walker Percy Presides at JEFF
ferson Meeting
FAIR SIZED AUDIENCE
Speaker Cites Kansas as State In
Which Prohibition Has Been Given
"Fnir Trial. and Proved
Highly Satisfactory

foriner GOV. ROBERT Is. Glenn OF NOrtn
Carolina spoke before good-sized audi
ence last night at the Jefferson theatre
in the interest of statewide prohibition,
the subject of his address being 1.-The
Relationship of the Liquor Traffic with
Our Christian Civilization" The speaker
was introduced by Walker Percy, repre-
sentative-elect to the legislature from
Jefferson county.
A number of well-known citizens occu-
pied seats on the rostrum, prominent
among whom was James Bowron, men,
toned as possible republican candidate
for governor on a statewide platform.
The Rev. Brooks Lawrence was present
at the meeting. He aided in taking up a
collection for the Anti-Saoon league
fund, but did not speak.
In introducing Governor Glenn Mr..
Percy expressed the hope that the prog
ress already made in the fight for the
regulation of the liquor traffic In Ala
bama would not be offset by the action
of the next legislature. and that the state
would not be thrown back into the same
conditions which existed prior to the
passage of the statewide bill. He paid
a tribute to the courage, devotion and
patriotism of the prohibtionists." Every
thoughtful man, even though he might
consider prohibition impracticable," he
said. lis bound to admire the high and
unselfish motives by which the prohibit
tionists are animated The earnest body
of religious men who constitute the rank
and file of the prohibitionists are the
backbone of the commonwealth" He ex-
pressed the hope that the next legisla-
ture in dealing with the liquor question
will be dominated by no selfish mo-
tives but will consider solely the well
fare of the people of Alabama"
Governor Glenns address was an eo-
quent plea for strength in the fight
against the liquor traffic. He focused
his remarks on present conditions in Ala
bama, and stressed the ACCESSIBILITY of
giving the statewide laws a fair trial.
Among other statements Governor Glenn
declared that statewide prohibition had
not been given a fair trial in Alabama.
1T is now seven months before the leg
islature will meet" he said. IF you men
will see that during that time the state
wide laws are given a fair trial, If you
will go to the newspapers and stop this
liquor advertising. If you will go to your
sheriffs and other officers and tell them
they must enforce the law or be put
out, If you will go to the open saloons
now running In certain sections OF the
state and make them close, 1 warrant
you will find yourselves living in bet
ter and purer state. If you will do this,
at the end of seven months I will come
down and help you plead with your legis-
| lature not to allow this horrid curse free
play in your state
sThey say you have given statewide
prohibition a fair trial in Alabama Have
your. Inc answer to Governor Glenn's
question came a chorus Of mo, no." from
the audience.
The speaker employed the usual argu-
ments heard during the amendment cam
paign and pictured in a vivid way the
curse of drink, giving exhaustive sta
tistics to prove his points.
IF they tell you prohibition is not Of
benefit" he said. consider conditions in
Kansas, where the laws have been given
a fair trial. Kansas has had statewide
prohibition for 30 years. Today there are
In Kansas % counties without poor
houses. 81 counties in which there is not
"a single insane person, "a where there are
no feebeminded, q which have no con-
victs in the penitentiary, So with no
boy prisoners In reformatories, 80 where
there are no prisoners in the county jails,
and 1e counties totally without paupers,
the feebleminded. convicts or reformatory
prisoners.
Last year in the United States only
$200, O0O, 900 was collected for the uses Of
the church, while $3.100.0oo,000 was ex-
pended for liquor two hundred million
dollars spent for God and three billion
| for the devil"