The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-18

looking white women hauled into court Tor engaging in traffic which the op- position condemn as so vicious and ob- noxious. Were such scenes witnessed in the days of even the worst saloons?'
 Personal Illusions
 Referring to the attempt on the part of the opposition to dlsparage him and other members of the local option cam paign committee he said:
 Let the Great Americans consult their history, and they will find that the only native American is the Indian, and that, in B sense, we are all foreigners (They will find that they imbibe draughts of freedom and liberty in a land discovered by an ancestor' of Victor Torina-Chris- topher Columbus. They will find that they live under a civilization made pos sible by the ancestors of Dr. Elkourie. And consultation with their bible will lead them to discover that they are bat. ting a cause under what they profess to be the guidance of one of my ances-. tors-their Lord and Master-Jesus Christi
 "On next Thursday night we want to hear from one end of Great Birmingham to the other that all Is we'll. We want to hear from every section of the i'm perial county of Jefferson that all is well, that sanity has triumphed, that law and order have been restored to the people, and that the blind tiger, so long intrenched in the moral life of our community has been dethroned."
 M. w. Howard Introduced
 Former Congressman M w. Howard of Fort Payne was next introduced and made a fine address on the question at issue. He stated that he had been a nrn at nd hot ha bod in a prohibition territory for 30 years. and that 1t had proven @ failure there, as elsewhere. He said the question was not one of whisky or no whisky, but of the legal sale of liquor against the blind tiger. He said it was more easy to regulate what man should eat than drink, and referred to the fact that prohibition was possible in Birmingham as 1t was in New York or Chicago. MT. Howard spoke of the condition existing in the state of Maine and gave his experiences of how the law was ignored and violated in that state. In referring to Tennessee he said the people there had statewide prohibition, and that Nashville was as wide open as it was on the day that saloons were legalized. He stated that prohibition had never eliminated the blind tiger for 1t was a hydra headed monster and every time it chopped off one head there came back two. He said that however sentimental the the ory of prohibition was, it has never been a success in practice, and that the only regulation for the sale of whisky was a legalized saloon. He was fre- quently interrupted by cheers and ap- plause.
 Tom Long Speaks
 Tom Long of Jasper was next intro- duced and made a very happy and wit -ty speech, which caught the crowd. He paid his respects to the political par son and Capt Frank s. White. In re- ferring to the anti-amendment fight and thS personal abuse and villifica- tion that the leaders of that memor- able fight had been subjected to, both from the pulpit and the platform, he said he regretted to see that the same tactics have been adopted In this cam paign.
 He said that, while living in Walker county, he was greatly interested in Bir- mingham and her natural. prosperity. He paid his respects to the imported preacher from Georgia, who he said had deserted his high and holy calling to insult those who saw fit to differ from him. He paid a fine tribute to Governor ONeal and the commissioners of Birmingham. MT. Long was cheered to the echo several times during his speech.
 Bowman Last Speaker
 The last speaker was Col. P. G. Bow man. He stated that he had not intended to make any more speeches. during the present campaign, but that wh4n he read the report of the meeting at Mt. Pinson. while in South Carolina last Saturday, In which sighting references were made to Isadore Shapiro and the leaders of the local optionist, he decided to come back to Jefferson county and lend his ai1 in Ithe fight. He paid fine tribute to MT. Shapiro and stated that he was destined to become one of the leading members of the bar of Jefferson county He paid his respects to MT. Upshaw in no uncer- tain terms and concluded by urging the voters to work for the cause of local option and bring up majority that would set the present agitation at rest for years to come.