The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-27
WEAKLEY TELLS OF
 TRIP ID CAPITAL ID
 PRESENT MEMORIAL
Predicts Enactment of the Anti-Advertising Legisla- tiOn Between Present
 and Next December

That Congress will pass a law be- tween the present and December pro- hibiting the, sending of liquor ads and solicitations through the mails to Ala : bama and other prohibition territory, Is the opinion of Judge Samuel D. Weakley, chairman of the delegat ation appointed by the legislature to memor- alize the President, postmaster gen eral, the senators and members of Con gress from Alabama asking the pas sage of the bill, who returned yester- day from Washington
 The delegation appointed consisted. f Jadge Weakley, Fred NJ Jackson. Walter L. Sessions, Robert M. Goodall and l.. B. Musgrove. On account of business and other reasons the two last named were unable to attend. Ac- companying the delegation was Mrs. Fred M. Jackson At tho conclusion of the business of the delegation in Washington, MT. and Mrs. Jackson left for visit to New York, and MT. Ses- sions went to Newark. N. J., to visit the home office of the Prudential Insur- ance company, of which he is local manager
 Judge Weakley was spokesman for the party and after presenting the res olutions adopted by the senate and leg islature and stating their mission to the Alabama delegation, he was re- quested on the motion of Congressman n Abercrombie, seconded by Senator Bankhead, to draft bill along the lines proposed
 Follows Lottery Law
 Judge Weakley states the bill fol- lows precisely the federal statutes pro- v1ding against the use of the malls for lottery tickets and lottery literature. the only difference being the insertion of liquor advertisements and solicit tation of liquor orders in the place of the words lottery tickets and liter ature' and that instead of the statute being operative throughout the United States, it is confined to mail matter addressed to points in prohibition ter ritory
 He also states that the delegation had conference with Postmaster Gen eral Burleson and presented him with copy of the resolution adopted by 'hS houoc anu senate or AlaDama and explained to him their mission. With out expressing himself as to the wis dom Of the state wide prohibition law and the antf-liquor acvertising law as passed by the last legislature the post master general told the delegation tha. If Alabama had those laws he had no objection to federal measure that would protect the dry territory by ex- cluding liquor advertisements from the To fttrf cta to1 law was enacted he would see that 1t was strictly enforced
 HObsOn Was Absent
 Judge Weakley stated that by appoint ment they met the Alabama delegation at the office of the committee on post offices and post roads. of which Senator Bankhead is chairman, who presided over the meeting He states that all the members were present except Congress- man Mulkey, who was out of town, Mir Underwood. who was detained by busi- ness and MT. Hobson, who was also out Of town
 He states that when the mater had been presented to the delegation and the bill finally prepared, the delega- ton asked the senior senator, MT Bankhead, to introduce the bill in the Senateand MT. Abercrombiei in the House and that they both readily agreed to do so. He states that all the members present did not say at that time whether they would vote for the bill or not, but that from statements made by indi- vidual members, he was hopeful that the entire Alabama delegation at the next session of Congress would give 1t their hearty support.
 The party paid visit to Secretary W. J. Bryan, said Judge Weakley, and he seemed entirely familiar with the recent prohibition Legislation en- acted in Alabama.
 Accompanied by Senator White and MT. Abercrombie,' said Judge Weakley. the commission and Mrs. Jackson vis- ited the President and paid our re- spects, taking but a few minutes of his time.
 Senator White introduced us to many members of the House anu Sen ate and quite number of them ex- and assured us of it's support This was particularly true of senators and members of the House from prohibition states, or from states having much dry territory Senator Thompson, a demo- crat of Kansas, particularly assured us of his hearty cooperation.
 'Of course, at the heels of the ses- sion, when nothing could be done prob ably beyond passing appropriations bills 1t was not expected that action could be taken TOW. but the movement has been started, and we expect between now and next December that all tenn perance forces of the union will rallr behind this bill, and it will be passed at the next session of Congress-