The age-herald., 1901-04-14
CAMPAIGN ENDS IN
 ONE MORE WEEK
The Constitutional Convention
 is Now a Certainty
INTEREST HAS AWAKENED
People Realize Necessity of Changes In States Organic Law and Rally. Ing to the Support of the
 Democratic Party.

The last week of tho constitutional con- with a large array of Democratic orators addressing the voters in nearly every one of the sixty-six counties in the State.
 The campaign has now been in progress about two or three weeks, and in that time a wonderful sentiment has been wrought relative to tho holding of a constitutional convention. Two weeks ago there was an apathetie feeling throughout the State towards the move- ment for a convention, but all this is now changed. and the indications are that the affirmative vote on April g will be largely In excess of the required majority Some of the States ablest men and best speak CTS have been on the stump tho past week or ten days, with the result that the people are beginning to understand and to appreciate the necessity of some changes in the organic laws of the State. The opposition to the convention move- ment Is not organized except in a few counties, and in those but feeble efforts are being made to defeat the convention, The Republicans have tickets in the field
 
 Populists In three or four others, but they are practically silent. It is understood that they are doing a lot of secret work, hoping in that way to accomplish what they know would be impossible were they to make an open fight.
 Instructions to the Negroes.
 It Is stated by reliable persons that the hau haa frG ad tn to ba polls in full force on April 23 and cast their ballots against the convention and the Democratic nominees.
 Democratic speakers who were on the stump last week and who have returned to the Democratic headquarters in this city state that they have been met by large audiences wherever they spoke and that they received most respectful atten- tion. They say that the people mani fested the greatest interest in the con vention movement and that after fully understanding it's significance the majori- ty of the voters expressed themselves as favorable to the holding of Constitu- tional Convention.
 The campaign committee in the two or three days received advices from nearly every county in the State and in nearly every instance they. were of a favorable nature. The committee stated yesterday afternoon that there no longer existed any doubt as to the success of the movement for convention to frame new Consti- tuition for Alabama
 MT. Lomax at Athens.
 Tennant Lomax of Montgomery, Demo- cratic nominee for delegate from the Montgomery Senatorial district, was in the city last night. He spoke at Athens yesterday to a large and attentive audi ence.
 In addition to the large list of appoint ments for speeches this week published in the Age-Herald yesterday, United States Senator E. w Pettus will speak at Luverne. Crenshaw County. on satur- day, April 20
 The campaign committee state that the best element of the people of Alabama are coming to the support of the Demo- cratic party in its fight for the purifica- ton of the ballot and the amelioration of the moral condition of the State. A large number of ministers have replied to the communication sent them by the commit tee a week ago, endorsing the conven- ton movement and expressing their will ingness to do what they can towards its success
 Similar communications were also sent to a large number of the business and professional men in different parts of the State and these, too have met with fa- vorable responses