The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-16


talk Of this on the strests Of Birmsns-
ham. And altoEether Il 81 regarded a.
an important political deveiopmen<
The Attorney General Of Alabama
gave an opinion some weeks ago In
which he held. UNDER the Constitution
OF Alabama that no man who had not
paid his 1908 poll tax and all back poll
take before February 4 1908. could par
ticipate 10 the election. This was an
opinion held by the leading lawyers Of
the State and in fact we'll INFORMED
men generally held no other view.
Trickery h Expecte4.
What legal authority" the amenders
propose to get which win allow them
to pay back poll tax and vote, nobody
here understands. The defenders have
been preparing and expecting some
tricks In the closing two weeks Of the
campaign. because they do not see how
the amenders can have any hopes Of
carrying q dozen counties In the state.
except by some sort Of revolution. They
are therefore concerned over the re-
port that the amenders win be tipped
on to nav back poll tax and that two
or,three days before tine election legal
authority will emanate from some-
where under which they viii 90 to the
The attention Of every Sheriff tn the
state will be drawn to the. provision Of
the Alabama election law which says
that ropes shall be stretched thirty feet
from the polling place and. that no one
except the clerks and managers and
VIII be allowed to 60 within the ropes
This notice II sent out under the ex-
pectation that In the cities and in soma
OF the owns there win be women and
children 1t the polls.
In the local option election In Birm-
fnghafn two years ago this was not
done, and It Ii said that side by side
with the tables OF the clerks and man.
ayers there were other tables from
witches were handed out.
TaIlnpoosa. Is Won.
That Tailapoosa county has been won
and win roll up one Of tho
neat majorities against the amend
u1ent, IL the report brought back
from that county by former Congress-
man J. r. Staliings and Peyton b. Bow
man Mr.. Bowman spoke at Dadeville
to more than 500 men and Mr.. Stall
ings addressed a gathering OF prob
ably $50 men at Alexander City. At
both places the crowd was only limited
to those who could get within hearing
distance of the speakers. Both meet
inEs it was reported, were wildly en-
thusiastic
Messrs. Stallings and Bowman know
the leader in Tallapoosa and they are
thoroughly acquainted with the poiiti-
cal conditions In the county. They DO
not hesitate to say that Tallapoosa Is
going to return big majority against
the amendment.
Tn Ne ~ - M r n
the anti-amendment COMMITTEES IN
building an organization from the
ground up. was forced to neglect some
few of the sixty-seven counties OF tn
state In organization work Talla-
poosa was one of the three or four
counties which was neglected some at
the beginning. But an active organiza-
tion headed by Sheriff r. l. Johnson.
OF that county. has been at work ana
the State committee counts upon Iaiia-
poosa almost as confidently as 1t counts
upon Montgomery.
DekaIb and Etowah.
Another encouraging report was
brought in from Dekalb and Etowan Dy
w. w, Lavender. Of Bibb. who mas
been touring those counties. He mas
not the slightest doubt but that Chero-
keei is going heavily against the amend
ment-
I. r. Greer. the farmer-orator from
Calhoun after touring Dekalb and
Etowah can see nothing but Victory IN
both counties.
Etowah county has witnessed one
OF the hardest fights in the entlre
State The amenders started IN E,to-
wah, strong and aggressive. Anotner
strong ana aggressive local commit-
| tee was formed to meet them and the
| two committees have fought It out all
over the county. The anti-amendmenf
committee has received assistance
from State speakers and now they are
| expecting majority of from zoo 70
/ 800 in Etowah against the amend
ment.
In sending out to the county chair
men. the little flag badges which OPP
ponents to the amendment wear, Man
aser j Lee Long has written the
following letter:
I'VE are mailing you today. under
separate cover. the badges adopted by
! the committee as the emblem of the
please distribute among the voters.
This emblem (old Glory typifies
personal liberty, good government ana
| defence Of the Constitution, and has
never yet. nor never win be, traiied In
the dust of defeat
| ION the 2sths of November every
voter in Alabama, TO whom the home
Is sacred. viii send up his voice to
swell the chorus of the Grand Old
| Song
Long may she wave.
Ger the land of the free,
And the homes OF the brave"