"Senator Bankhead Votes 'No.'"
File Name
Q20206 - Q20209
Item Title
"Senator Bankhead Votes 'No."
Description
This leaflet reprints a letter that Senator John H . Bankhead wrote to Frank V . Evans , editor of The Walker County News . In it he explains why he does not support the proposed prohibition amendment to the Alabama constitution . He argues that prohibition is not "solely a moral issue " because "there are on both sides of the question men of the very highest type of Christian citizenship and civic virtue. " He then addresses the timing of the vote , the structure of the legislation , and the provisions of the amendment's two sections : "In my judgment , the solution of the liquor problem is of evolution , not revolution . Public opinion should force the law and not the law public opinion . In my judgment the adoption of the pending amendment will not only fail to accomplish its assumed purpose , but will greatly retard and hinder that educational evolution which will ultimately bring about permanent and effective prohibition. "
Date
1909 November 9
Sort Date
1909-11-09
Time Period
1900-1909
Subject
Bankhead, John Hollis, 1842-1920 Evans, Frank V. Alabama--Politics and government--1865-1950 Legislation--Alabama Prohibition--Alabama
Original Format
Correspondence
Collection Creator
Alabama. Department of Archives and History
Collection Title
Public information subject files - Frances M. Hails files
Location
SG016690
Folder Number
44
Folder Title
Prohibition-Broadsides ; Leaflets , 1909 ; Pamphlets , etc.
Catalog Record
http://archives-alabama-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01ALABAMA:default_scope:01ALABAMA_ALMA216298670002743
Old Catalog Number
v8021
Repository
Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130
Language
English
Rights
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Digital Format
600 PPI TIFF
Project Name
Alabama History Education Initiative
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