The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-04

were enforced, but that blind tigers had sprung up at an ever increasing rate. He spoke of the failure of Governor Conner to enforce the law with all the. power of appointment the legislature gave him, and that one of Corners appointments i who was going to 'eat 'em up raw" and | put every yioator of the law in the l penitentlary, stayed on his job three days and then quit. ~
 Large Expense for County
 He said the city, state and county had spent more money trying to enforce the prohibition law than it would take to | build school house in every beat of the county. and that not more than one con- viction in hundred was had, and that lone generally a poor, ignorant negro. He paid a tribute to Solicitor Hefln and said that his ever. increasing majori- ties when he ran for office was the best evidence of his fitness and ability. He said there was not highway. street or alley in the confines of Birmingham where the blind tiger or bootleggers did not exist.
 Prohibitionists Admit Failure
 He said both Beddow and Bowie ad- initted the failure of prohibition by their | advocacy of the dispensary, and said the reason why Bowie came out for the dis pensary was his pique at not being nom- mated for governor instead of Emmet l o Neal.
 Colonel Bowman spoke of the absolute failure of the dispensary in his native state Of South Carolina. where more money and brain power was expended In the effort to enforce the dispensary law than in any state in the union, and that 1t had proven rank failure and had been voted out from all except three counties of the state
 | Again reverting to the blind tiger evil | in Birmingham he stated that he had it I from reliable authority that a 12-year-old white girl was serving whisky In blind ] tiger. Tn the name of God, shall we stand for that2H asked the speaker NO, TO- came from the audience
 He then took up the excise commission which he said was sure to be appontec, and that in the light of Governor O'Neals recent appointments no one need fear but that good men and true men would be appointed, and that when men like our present city commissioners were appoint ed no man or woman need fear their right would not be respected.
 >, The Hotel Fallacy
 He ridculed the 30-room hotel fallacy and pointed out the fact that under the old law hotel with one room could se- cure license.
 He closed his speech with reference to the preachers dessrting the doctrine of love and mercy for politics and un- holy strife and said if the ministry would exert themselves to bring people 10 the temple of the High God to wor- | slip Jehovah and to hear messages of l tenderness and forgiveness instead of l political tirades the Masters cause would be more advanced.
 Long and continued applause came spontaneously from the vast assemb{age as speaker concluded
 Cries for Moore and Bodeker came from the audience, many of whom were leav- 1 ing. thinking the speaking was concluded, | Mir. Moore made a brief address in | which he stated his reasons for entering | the fight and that he was advocating a clean campaign; that though the opposi- ton had made repeated efforts he re- fused to get made or change from the plan of campaign first outlined. He urg- | ed the voters to stand pat on the issue and snow the opposition under an avalanche of ballots on the 2ith day of 1 August
 BOdeker Does Not Mince Words
 To repeated calls of Bodeker from the audience Chief Bodeker responded. He said he had come to keep order, but that his presence in that respect was unnec- sary, as it was the most orderly crowd | of the opportunity to express himself as l he never lodged an issue. He paid his respects to Connie Austin in no uncertain terms and said that if the time should ! come when he was repudiated twice by the people of Birmingham, as his tra- ducer had been, he would leave town. He spoke of the desperate efforts of op- punents to defeat him, and that untrue charges had been made then and were being made now, but that he was willing to stand on his record any time before | the citizens of Greater Birmingham.
 As the applause died out lsidore l Shar'ro was called for. MT. Shapiro walked to the center of the stage and said; Gentlemen and fellow ctzens, dur | nG the past few days the opposition has 1 been asking who is Isidore. l want to say he is standing before you now, and before this campaign Is over you will hear from him. This concluded the speaking.