The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-22

say about this and it seemed to arouse their ire particularly.
 We have done what our constituents told us and we received our nominat tions before Governor Henderson received his, '' he said Back in the amendment cam paign they said they would not bring liquor back, but they did. and we told them when they passed the Parks and Smith bill that they would have to meet us again. We have met them and have beaten them and now they want a refer endum,
 To Co-Operate With Henderson
 MT. Merritt pledged the cooperation of the prohibition forces of the legislature to Governor Henderson In this regard. he said: We like Governor Henderson and we are going to join hands with him and help him enforce the law"
 In regard to a referendum he said They cry refer if to the people We'll I haven't seen any petitions. We are not afraid to refer it to the people but there are some people we don't want to have anything to do with it."
 MT. Merritt was followed by Senator II. H. Holmes, who argued the relative merits, of local option and prohibition and presented statistics tending to show the merit of his contentious.
 Senator John A. Lusk was introduced as fighter and received an ovation from the crowd It was several minutes be- Tore he could proceed with his speech
 The Montgomery Advertiser says I am carbolic acid,'' he began and there was a burst of laughter. "The only reply I can make is that 1t takes something stronger than carbolic acid to disinfect the Montgomery Advertiser The Mont gomery Advertiser and the Birmingham News are short of the virtues of Judas Iscariot, for Judas, when he had sold the Master for 30 pieces of silver did return the money and then go out and hang himself"
 Senator Lusk then launched into a de- nunciation of what he termed the extrav- agances of the last state administration, declaring that a bankrupt treasury and state stained with dshonor were the legacies "A scarlet thread of defalca- ton in high places and criminal waste of public money has run through the gov ernment of the state of Alabama for the past four years" he declared.
 Representative George Smith of Cren- shaw county was next introduced and made one of the most effective speeches of the evening. He declared that he had been druggist and had drifted into the liquor business and that he had gone down.
 Smith Tells Story of Life
 Back in the first campaign in 1907 worked like beaver for local option" he declared, and Wee Willie Tpshaw sitting right there on this platform, worked just as hard against me and thought he was the meanest man in the state of Alabama"
 He told how he had left the liquor business with the advent of prohibition and had again established himself as druggist largely through the influence of his wife. He declared that when he had reformed he determined to strike the liquor traffic a blow wherever pos and he rejoiced in it.
 He said that before the meeting of the legislature the private secretary of the governor came to him and offered him the patronage of his county if he would vote against prohibition but that he had refused
 As MT. Smith returned to his seat MT. upshaw led the cheering, waving one crutch while he shook hands with Smith with the other
 MT. Burr, in an introductory speech. then declared that the reason that the date of making the prohibition law ef- fectiVe was set for June 30. was on ac- count of the fact that a representative had two brothers in the saloon business in Montgomery and plead for time to save them. He then introduced the Rev
 
 crowd with stories while a contribution was taken up.
 Horace Wilkinson then offered fesolu- ton calling on the legislature not to call referendum extending congratula tions to the legislators on the passage of the prohibition bills. and pledging the in fluence of the meeting toward enforce ment of the laws. It was unanimously adopted.
 Lee of Etowah Speaks
 Senator Lee of Etowah was introduced and spoke briefly. 'In a little while it will be so we of Etowah can come to Birmingham and see her with her best dress on," he said. "'We are tired of Birmingham sending her liquor into Eto- wah county and having our young men come here on Saturday night and then being forced to pay for policing them the next day.
 They s/y that we tricked the people. The people of Etowah knew where I stood before I announced and they knew when they elected me. It is not for any ex-governor or newspaper to tell me that l have betrayed my constituents, but for the people themselves. They cry for a referendum. Gentlemen. the saloons in Alabama will be closed June 30, at 12 O clock"
 Judge s. D. Weakley was then intro-
 
 of the measures now pending in the leg islature and supplementary to the ac- tual prohibition laws. He pointed out that the legislature of 1911 had not re- pealed the Fuller and Carmichael laws, but had modified them very slightly. lie said that these laws were operative now in all but eight of the 67 counties in the state.
 He then took up measures pending. He said that the antiwhisky advertis- ing bill would be passed.
 It's short, but it's loaded" he con- tinued Tt will stop the liuuor press our great newspapers reall1y great. They ask us if this bill is constitutional. Why, l could send my officeboy into court on the bill and win my case without ever going to court. The supreme court of the United States has decided that the liquor dealer has no right to hide behind the right of the citizen to consume liquor and that the suppression of whisky ad- vertisements was constitutional. Ii doesn't need an expert lawyer to decide that.
 And then there's the antshipping bill. That's our 42 centmeter gun. We are going to pass law which will make operative in this state the Webb bill. This will prevent it's being shipped in here. The day of the carload Is passed, gentlemen. When the bill Is passed, the railroads won't accept goods for ship ment into this state and we can make 1t so that a blind tiger will be unable to get enough whisky to operate profi- tably.
 And, remember this: These measures