The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-10
SENTIMENT OF COUNTY IS
SHOWN BY The AUDIENCES
AS Result of the Days Work the Anti
Amendment Leaders Are Now Alb
solutely Certain of Sweep
ing the County.
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS.

Clanton October 9.-(Special.)z y g a re-
suit of the events of today y ere is no
doubt that Chiffon county will roll
np majority against the amendment.
This morning the conservative element
OF the anti-amendment forces claimed the
county by about 700 majority. At this
hour the same element claims the county
overwhelmingly
The failure of Governor Conner to di-
vide time with Col. P. G.. Bowman did the
amendment no good.
It caused the floating vote to take unto
itself an opinion that full and free dis
eussion of this, the greatest question
which has confronted the voters of Ala
bama in long number of years, is not
desired by the amendment forces, this
opinion sending many pell NELL into the
camp of the defenders of the constitution.
IL caused the opponents of the amend
ment to solidify in their determined oppo-
sitlon. It caused the friends OF the
amendment to feel little chill around
their hearts-as If the truth might be
after all that there Is something which
their leaders are unwilling to clarity.
So as result Of the days work in Clan
ton the anti amendment leaders feel abso-
lutely confident that they will sweep this
county on November %, the day of the
election.
What Really Occurred.
In the morning. on the steps of the
Palmer house, Governor Conner addressed
large number OF little girls and boys.
The feature Of this address was his
reference to a cartoon depicting the out
rage perpetrated In the home of the Nell
son family in Mobile by the officers OF the
law. lie held the picture 10 the view of
all. and with his voice in high G, de-
nounced its story a he, and tearing 1t
into pieces, hurled them into the audi
enee.
The little girls waived flags furiousy
at this demonstration.
At the conclusion of this chapter of the
days entertainment the little girls, bear
ing banners of white, under the COM
mand of two youths who rode black
horse and white horse-each horse Gov
cred with a sheet-marched through the
streets of the city to the courthouse.
These little children cried they paced
along: vote for the amendment Vote
for the amendmenti''
At the courthouse Judge n. D. benson
made an address along elevated lines. He
indulged in very few personalities, and
did not make the customary charge that
The Age-Herald and the Advertiser have
sold out. body and SOUL stock, lock and
barrel, to the whisky trust of the country.
Judge benson is admittedly the strongest
man on the side of the amendment. He is
popular man. He Is lovable charac-
ter He occupied the bench of the circuit
in which Chiffon is for 10 years and made
a most enviable record. 1t is not surpris-
ding, therefore, that he held the attention
of the audience. He would have done so
had he not been SO popular.
Colonel Bowman delivered an address in
the open to 407--actual count-voters A
wagon was his platform. The people gath
cred around him and remained standing In
the sun for two hours. The crowd was
unanimous Tt was enthusiastic 1t was
almost uproarfous.
At 1890 o'clock the speaking was ad-
iourned until o'clock. At that hour
Governor Conner spoke to the crowd in
the courthouse. The governor was in
very poor form-the result of raging
headache. He was unable to hold the at
tention of the audience. Almost as soon
as he began speaking there started a
string of departures which continued
moving until the close. At that time no
more than 80 per cent Of the original au-
dience was seated before the speaker.
Governor Defends Administration.
Governor Corners speech was master
iv defense of Governor Conner, the policies
of Governor Conner, and the administra-
tion of Governor Conner.
He opened at o'clock and after declar-
ing that he is the governor of all the
people, the amendment and anti-amend-
ment people, he launched into the telling
of story concerning the events of the
wears In which he has served the state as
governor.
d,
the proposed prohibition amendment. He
assaulted whisky and the evils of whisky,
and told several stories which have come
under his observation since his election to
tho position OF chief executive of the
state. The sad stories touched the heart
of everyone who sat beneath the COVER
nor's voice. But those who desired to
hear reasons why the amendment should
go into the constitution began to fidget
In their seats, for the governor was not
shooting fact and argument bearing on
that subject matter.
feature of the governors talk was
his declaration that the Fuller bill does
not prohibit the making of domestic wines
and the repetition of his Tallassee state
ment to the effect that he will pardon any
woman who is convicted of that offense
feature of the speech of Judge Denson
was his complete ignoring of the Fuller
bill. He dismissed that 'tremendous'
document with a wave of his hand. de-
claring that 1t has nothing at all to dc
with the subject, and in the discussion of
the proposed amendment is entirely ir-
relevant. The claim that the second Sec
ton of the proposed amendment con-
tains a menace to the homes and consti-
tutional liberties of the people was dis
missed by the former judge Of the su-
prerae court by the statement Of what is
an un6eniable fact--that in the second sec
ton the word ''home'' does not appear.
About the Crowds.
The courthouse in the morning was well
fi,ed. IT is estimated that there were
present at least 500 people. There were
men. women and children There we're
boys Of all ages There were little girls
from to is years of age. There were
babies-in arms. and the fact Is that the