The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
ENGLISH FAMILY AT THE BRITISH WELCOME IEAGUE

Mr. Merritt, and gave a full explanation of the report. He gave a clear descrip ton of the amendments proposed to the bill. sel--4 ,-e
 He explained that in Mobile saloons had been restricted to one to every 1000 pop ulation instead of one to every 750. but that hotels in that city having as many as 30 rooms could operate saloons. He declared this provision applied also to hotels in other cities having as many as 30 rooms.
 But you can't get a license for a hotel or a social club or for a saloon until permission has been obtained by a ma iority vote of the people. This is the most stringent regulation measure that has ever been drafted in the United States"
 There are no snakes in the bill,' said Mir Smith in conclusion. and there is no deception. Let us settle this question right now and I appeal to you to adopt the amendments
 Pitts Takes Floor
 MT. Pitts of Dallas followed MT Smith in the debate. The Dallas representative said that he had not intended speaking, but that it had been charged that the measure provided for local legislation rather than local option. He declared that this construction could not possibly be placed on the bill. and explained that it was noti intended that there should be any deception in the report.
 There Is no getting away from the proposition that when the Parks bill was passed in this house, said MT. Rice, following MT. Pitts, that anything like a brewery or a distillery was contemplated for county in which a dispensary was located"
 MT Rice urged the house to non-concur in the conference report. He stated that the state should first ehave had some knowledge of such radical change be- fore the bill was allowed to pass the house.
 He advised that the house non-concur in the conference report. and send the committee out for another conference.
 MT. Waddell asked MT. Rice if he would vote for the bill if 1t were amended.
 'vrhe gentleman knows" said MT Rice that I am unalteraby opposed to the sale of liquor in any form, but if it must be sold, am in favor of dispensaries." Almon Speaks Judge Almon opposed concurrence in the conference report. He said he was as good a local option democrat as any | man In the state.
 You gentlemen may pass the bill, said | the speaker, "but I declare to you that there will come day of reckoning | q warn you men who are going to vote for this bill to reconsider 1t and send it back and let the committee make other changes, and strike out the ob1ec- | tlonable features"
 | Mir Jenkins of Baldwin followed Judge | Almon. Mir. Jenkins said that the state | was committed to the policy of local op- l tion. and that 1t was the duty Of the members to concur in the report of the conference committee
 l no1 ,tofi r1oa a n that as good a brand of liquor could be manufactured in this state as in Ken | lucky or any other state in the union. 1 Ho was followed by MT. Brewer, wno urged the adoption of the report in an elo- quent speech of several minutes dura- | ton.
 Convictions Not Stifled No party platform can stifle my con- victions on any subject said MT. Mul- key, speaking against adopting the re- port At first I was not a prohibit tionist.'' said the Geneva representa- | tive, but when I saw the great good that was done to the state by clos ing the saloons I decided that prohibi- II tion was right. and I am now opposed to the sale of liquor in any form
 MT. Mulkey made strong plea foi non concurrence in the conference re- | port, declaring that if 1t were adopted | a serious mistake would be committed
 MT. Bush said he did not quest1or | the honesty and the sincere motives of any man who had spoken in oppo' ! sition to the bill, but that they woul' not be in favor of any amendments ex 1 cept statewide ones: :xthat to send th' I bill back for another conference would
 simply mean a longer delay in the mat
 ter Mir. Bush urged the members tt concur. as he saw no reason for pro longing the fight.
 ! The Mobile representative was fol-