Your letter of twenty-fifth- to hand
and noted with interest. And I wish
to assure you that I had no such
thought as that you were an extrem
ist; on the other hand, have always
considered you one of the most tem
perate men we have. In fact, I have
looked and still look upon you as
being a true Democrat, in the full
meaning of the word. The only cause
of my writing you as I did, w’as that
in your last editorial you wrote in
favor of the amendment, and as the
most of the real temperate people in
this State are opposing the measure,
and 1 believing you to be strictly a
temperate prohibitionist, thought
you might have been laboring under
a mistaken idea. The greatest cause
of the bitter fight here is brought
about by the wording of the second
section of the proposed amendment
to the Alabama Constitution. There
is no telling what sort of a law
might be put upon us if the Legisla
ture were given the power that the
adoption of that amendment would
give.
Under our present Constitution,
our homes are protected, and we
temperate people, both prohibition
ists and antis, are opposed to tam
pering with such right. We can’t
tell what kind of a Legislature we
may have in the future. We may
have another extreme one, as it will
be in the power of Governor Comer
to call the Legislature in extra ses
sion again, and pass a law prohibit
ing the keeping of intoxicants even
in our own private homes, if such
amendment is carried. Any way, we
are afraid to risk them. We think
the prohibition laws are stringent
enough.
