The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
NO DICTATOR IS ABLE ID HANDLE THIS LEGISLATURE. Lawrence Has Already Been
 Rebuked By Majority
 of Both Houses TRIED THEIR STRENGTH AND SCORED A FAILURE When He Moved on the House the Sanders Resolution Against Lob
 bying Was the Immediate
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS

The only difference Is that now, for tho aware of the fact that his ambition Is a futile one.
 He has not only been told so In lan- guage most positive. but the truth has shot home as a result of actual actions. It cannot be stated that he will fold his tent and steal away as moves the lonely nomad over the sands of the desert-for that which he is fighting for is life. As long as there is a straw in sight he will strive to grasp 1t. But the outlook is one of exceeding darkness. Alabama has returned into Its own.
 While the ambassador from Ohio has kept his movements clouded. he has made several passes. shrewd. clever and potent. To candidates he has appeared on the mountain and with his right hand pointed out rich cities awaiting the foot of the master and with his left ambition un- fulfilled.
 But the unvarying answer has come through gritted teeth. snapping and sparkling:
 "Get thee behind me, O Satan!'
 The King-Maker Rebuked
 As has been stated, the hope of the ultra-prohibitionists depended entirely on the appointment of the committee on temperance in the senate.
 The people of Alabama desired that the president protem of the senate name this and all other committees.
 The Rev. Brooks Lawrence and his CO., horts would have given this right to Walter D. Seed, the lieutenant governor.
 Then waxed warm the battle between Senator Morrow and Senator Frazer.
 The ultra prohibition politicians saw or thought they saw-their opportunity, and like a flash rushed they to grasp 1t.
 Let us name the committees in the senate" they suggested to MT. Morrow, and we will make you king over rich dominions.''
 But the senator from Jefferson replied: q would rather retire from the field than to make such shameful compact with you. Office is not to be desired when it's acquisition follows the furnishing Of honor"
 And then to Senator Frazer moved the prohibitionists.
  name the committees in the senate and we will elevate you above your enemies, put you upon a throne over a proud peo- pie, and cause those who oppose you 10 howl in their misery"
 It was on the mount. To the right was the path of ease that leads to riches, plenty, prosperity-the land of the eter. nal fat year. To the left was the straight and narrow path that leads sometimes to defeat In that dark country there are no kissed gulfs, no murmuring pines and hemlocks, no river stream which flows to the music of It's own song, no babbling brooks with flowers beside them
 q would rather be defeated thousand times I would rather retire from the field and never look again to office and serve in the ranks forever than make such contemptible bargain"
 This was the answer of the senator from. Bullock.
 UItrns Were Insistent
 The ranks of the ultras were shot to pieces, but the leaders rode along the wavering lines with flashing sword, urg- Ing them in the name of ambition to re- main firm
 They then proceeded to inform the can didates that the strength of the ultras would go to him who permitted Mr Seed to name just one committee-just one.
 The ultras were not even asked the name of the committee to which they re- ferred. They were again denied their re- quest, and it Is not know just what use they made of-what they claimed to have the balance of power in the senate.
 At any rate, MT. Morrow was given the right to appoint the committees by unanimous vote. Had the ultras held the balance of power 1t is probable that lit- tie skirmish would have occurred. The IL L. kl..& <l,Nw~ v,-t have the balance of power. They have absolutely no force. There may be prohi- bition strength in the senate, but it is true that the reverend from Ohio cannot say, Down, Fido," to that strength
 So completely was the force of Law renee and the ultras shattered In the Sem ate and so indisputably true Is the indica tion that MT. Lawrence cannot thump his tom tom and make that body dance to it's music that the original plan of the ultras. which plan was adopted on the advice of Congressman Hobson, to center their strength on the Senate, has been aban- doned
 Yesterday MT Lawrence moved against the House.
 House Muslket Discharged
 Omnibus of trouble is the tread of the Rev. Brooks. So when the members of the House learned the ultras' intention to attack the lower following the con- plete illustration of their schemes in the upper, they removed the old musket from the rack, cleaned 1t up, and proceeded with unerring aim to fire.
 Mr. Sanders furnished the shoulder for the recoil of the musket. There was loud report when he touched the trigger. and with bullet in his solar pluexus MT. Lawrence was completely 1oored.
 The bullet was encased in resolution requesting the governor to apply the toe of his boot to the carcasses of those who would interfere in the interest of their personal axes, the edges of which need grinding
 At the present time the only lobby at the capitol is the Lawrence lobby. MT. Sanders does not hesitate to declare that when he fired the general shot against the lobbyists, his specific purpose was to puncture the aspirations of Lawrence.
 The handwriting on the wall is too plain for Mir Lawrence to miss the correct in- Cooperation. He Is beaten. It Is positive that he will get his finger into no pie. The Senators and Representatives will not only do the cutting themselves, but they will cut as they think proper. and not in accordance to the dictation of any self-constituted agent for the promulga- ton of morality.
 Local Option Certainty
 The members of the house who favor local option are in great majority. In proportion to numbers. the major ity in the senate favoring local option Is almost as large.
 There seems to be no doubt but that local option, in accordance with the c1atforr, Of th . marty. will he nut into