The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-30
Mr.. Wallace's Address

Mr.. Wallace said:
Lest the unwary be deceived permit
me to point out to you the far-reaching
effect of the election of a legislature
that will pass state wide prohibition
bill and of a governor that would sign
1t. A statute is now in existence which
the supreme court of Alabama has de-
clared was not repealed by the Smith
itous, vnous or malt liquors from any
point in Alabama into a prohibition
county within this state.
"The Webb act, approved February
|12, 1913. has divested inloxioatinl
liquors of their interstate character
and the next legislature, cooperating s
with the governor, could pass a bill
prohibiting the Importation of liquors
into this state for any purpose what
soever for the reason -1lat state lines
are now obliterated as regards liquor
legislation by the various states.
THE sinister purpose of the design
ing, scheming prohibitionists has not
yet been disclosed: it is manifest that
t is their real aim to take every pos
sible advantage arising under the Webb
act. For the purposes of the prohibi :
tionists the Webb act in operatior
would be far more effective than the
prohibition amendment.
THE Webb act goes farther than
was contemplated by the prohibition,
amendment which was overwhelming
ly rejected. All that is now neces-
sary to divest the citizenship of Ala
bama of civil and personal ,iberty is
for a fanatical prohibition legislature
to pass and governor to sign a bill
that would wipe out vested individual
rights without according the people 8
chance to defeat the diabolical scheme
at the ballot box.
with the prohibitonists in absolute
power a law would be passed making
| it criminal offense to ship CT trans
| port even a gill of liquor on com
! mon carrier. eithes on ones person oil
| in ones valise. into any county in Ala
| bama
| In the exercise of its police power tbs
| legislature. after declaring all liquors
contraband, would make it unlawful tc
have any liquors i'm ones possession for
| personal or medical use. The Webb law
as yet, has not been put into effect BY
an act of the Alabama Legislature. In
Kansas, the legislature has met since
| its passage and a statute putting it into
force, was promptly passed.
1.-THE issue of statewide prohibition,
therefore, at this time Is of more vital
consequence than ever before in the
history of the State, for the reason
passage of the Webb act, will seek to
apply it to Alabama with all of its far
reaching effects and possibilities.
"All lovers of individual and personal
liberty, all believers in the great dem
ocratic principles of local option and
home rule, all real patriots are toyin 8
with dynamite when they accord sup
port or consolation in any form to B. Il.
Conner, Walter D. Seed and other pro-
hibition leaders.
SHOULD 7 be nominated for governor
in the next primary election, ! would
expect a platform to be adopted by the
dem ocratic state convention in SUBJ
stantial harmony with the platform an
nounced by me prior to the primary.
"As governor [ would construe that,
in the event the legislature passed a
state wide prohibition bin, the demo-
cratic party's covenant with the peo-
pie had been broken, and no such bill
would ever become a law except over
my Veto"