The age-herald., 1901-11-07
Members of State Democratic Committee are Sure
 of Success
HOLD A FINAL MEETING
Hon. John V. Smith Estimates the Ma. jorlty at 3o,ooo--Thls Is Giving Opposition All They Gan
 Possibly Claim.

After allowing the opposition all they can possibly claim and giving our side the least we can reasonably expect the new constitution of Alabama will be rat flied next Monday by more than SQ0O0 majority" said Hon. John V. Smith after the meeting of the Democratic campaign committee yesterday.
 There is no way by which the consti-
 tuition can be defeated. It's ratification
 Is as certain as any mere human calcula- tion can be. We nave carefully canvassed the reports from the various counties, and in our calculations have allowed the
 anti-ratifiers everything they can in com mon sense claim, and the result of our
 estimates assures the adoption of the new constitution. We arc making no wild claims, fer in effect We accept the calcu- l lations of tha opposition. According to their showing and our own ratification
 has won overwhelmingly"
 Condition In the Eighth.
 ,.The Eighth Congressional district will
 give 25Co to 5000 majority for the new constitution said Hon. Joseph H. Ma
 than of Sheffield.
 There may be some doubt about how Jackson and Morgan Counties may go,
 but we do not admit that they are | doubtful Wo believe those counties will be found on the side of the constitution.
 And they are about the cniy counties
 in our district about which there can be any difference of opinion.
 "As for my own home county of Col do a wfite man of any consequence who does
 not intend to vote for ratification. The white people of Colbert are practically l unanimous for the constitution. This Is | a remarkable condition, and is one ex-
 tremely gratifying.
 There are few old Democratic party | sur porters in Lauderdale who oppose the | new constitution, but I am confident that | Lauderdale will give 800 majority for ratification. That county is safe.
 There has been aaperfect landslide in l the Eighth district during the past four weeks in favor of the new constitution, and I attribute the extraordinary mani feststion of popular approval to the cam paign of education which we have so per- sistently waged. The people were to a
 large extent indifferent or silently hos 1 tile, but the widespread discussion of the l constitution by capable orators has con 1 vinced the voters that ratification will be | best for themselves and for the whole
 state, and they are going to vote accord ingly.
 l tAs for the state at large, the infor-
 nation received by our campaign com mittee cannot admit of doubt in any reas- | orable mind==the constitution will be rat | flied by a great majority. This much is
 assured. The only question now is the
 size of the majority for ratification. Every Congressional district in the
 State, with the possible exception of the
 Seventh. will give a substantial majority
 for ratification. and l feel confident that
 we will carry the Seventh"
 Doubt About Marengo. '"The only county in the First Congress l sl6nal district about which there need be any doubt is Choctaw." said Hon. Ben. 1 F. Fillmore of Morengo
 "They have got up something of a fac tioral fight in the Democratic party in Choctaw, and that may affect the result
 of the vote on the constitution, A part | from that county everything in the First | district is as the friends of the new con l stitution would wish"
 We are certain of the entire Second district. Butler possibly excepted" said
 Hon. George W. Jones of Montgomery. We have the Second district thorough | ly organized and practically every voter ] in 1t has had the opportunity of hearing