The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-30
Judge WeakIey Speaks

wage battle against the greatest enemy of humanity"
 Judge WeakIey Speaks
 Judge S. D. Weakley was the first speaker at the afternoon session. Judge weakley defended the Fuller and Carmichael bills, which he drew, and declared that as remedies they need not prove inefficient even If the of lenders of the law are derelict in their duty, for they give the citizen the use of power, not only to see that the laws are enforced. but to impeach the of ficers who are unfaithful.
 There Is an irrepressible conflict between the forces of evil and right, between liquor and prohibition" he said "A house divided against itself cannot stand. We can't have the state half wet and half dry If whisky is put in Birmingham the whole state will be flooded with 1t and if the saloons are put back they will either spread over the state or we will have to drive them out again. I believe that ulti- mately we will settle this question right"
 Judge Weakley defended the search warrant clause of the Fuller bill, "the mean features of which were taken from the laws of New York state, where they were put by the saloon people to protect them against blind tigers"
 He affirmed that no provisions of stitutional and argued that should they be repealed the dry territory in the state would be left no effectual means of enforcing the law.
 Congressman Hobson Speaks Congressman Hobson turned his after noon address along war lines He dis cussed the laws of war; and declared, 'I believe we are just now beginning the war. We are going to live and die in it, and it will still be on when our children die. If it is not in your heart to go into great war, don't enlist. Now I believe the time has come to begin to wage it ac- cording to the laws, so that we can get actual results"
 The speaker defined these laws as, first, preparation, the development of resources to the maximum; second, organization and then fighting. He divided fighting in to strategy and tactics. Strategy he said, takes In a thorough survey of the land, an elaboration of the wisest policy 'I agree with Judge WealSley that as to the liquor traffic there can be no coni- promise, nothing short of anphiliation, but let us differentIate between the enc my, the alcoholic scourge, and men who | conscientiously oppose us, the good citi- zen, and the men who are engaged in the | liquor traffic. Our attitude should be that of conciliation. What we are really after is to gave men. Who art thou, man,
 that thou judgest another?'' Then he took up tactics. How are you to strike? With our whole force You have to fight the liquor forces of Amer | ica unaided, for I regret that the rest
 of the counthry doesn't appreciate how critical the situation is here in Alabama. | Are you organized for the coming fight? I cannot find It. You haven't learned the b c's of war. Let's start right here in this council of war and begin | to plan to win.
 | The will of the people of Alabama will
 be the artillery, but we must have the
 men to direct. Don't waste time on the | lower house. If you hold the citadel it's
 won. We can hold the senate, and even | if the base is lost, let there be devoted
 band which will go into the belfry and begin a filibuster to last ill doomsday
 If necessary.
 '.They tell me that I'm committing political suicide That's all right When you plant your feet on eternal truth
 you can go through this and the nexA life and look the universe in the face.
 After MT. Hobson's address was closed | Brooks Lawrence raised $500 for the "wal' of $SS00 which is proposed to raise
 to carry on the fight.
 | number of short talks were made b, | c. w. Hare of Tuskegee, Robert Seais of Livingston and others.
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