The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30
Predicted Landslide Begins to Assume a Tangible
 Form SOME CLOSE COUNTIES
 BUT NONE ARE LOST Some Information From People Who Are known-Pettus Says Great Selma Rally Has
 Dope Good.

Good news-that which comes from tan
 gible sources-comes in abundance. W. F. Garth of Huntsville. who attend ed the meeting of the anti-amendment
 campaign committee in Birmingham yes terday, stated:
 Madison is very safe. I would not be
 surprised were the majority against the
 amendment to go as high as 10OO." Judge J. N. Nathan of Sheffield, who
 was at headquarters yesterday, said:
 Colbert county has always been con- sidered safe against the amendment It | is safer now than ever before." Judge G. P. Bowling of Ozark gave out the information that Dale is safe against the amendment. He thinks the majority will be sOO
 D. H. Riddle of Coosa said yesterday: "Coosa is as certain to go against the l amendment as is Mobile. There might be some close countless but Coosa Is not 1 one of them Randolph Is very safe, too. l against the amendment"
 overton Fighting Amendment. MT. Riddle states that Senator John W. | Overton, who is one of the leaders in the | state for good roads. but who voted in l the senate to submit the amendment, Is
 now opposing the amendment MT. Riddle
 states that Senator Overton is actively | fighting the amendment. Ex-Congressman Sydney J. Bowie, who l has been in several counties since the
 beginning of the campaign, said yester- day:
 "We have the amenders beaten beyond all reasonable doubt. They are, running | and running wildly. From every section of the state the best reports imaginable come Where I have been I have never seen where the amenders have an ad- 1 vantage"
 C. F. striplin of Ashland reports Clay
 and Randolph counties safe against the amendment.
 | George M. Rains reported at headquar- | ters yesterday that the defenders of the | constitution are certain to win in Mar
 siaall county.
 "Some of the towns are close-are in | doubt" stated he, "but the county as
 whole is safe beyond all doubt. On one
 side of the river there are large num- l Der of little beats where the amenders will lose overwhelmingly" | Tom L. Long, the well-known Walker county citizen, whilesat headquarters yes l terday, laughed to scorn the claim of the | amenders that they will carry Walker I by TOO majority. ''This Is as silly as their claim in Mo
 bile county" he said T earnestly feel that Walker will go 500 against the | amendment"
 pr. Peters Reports. Dr. T. J. Peters, mayor of Fayette, vis- ited headquarters yesterday and while there said: "Fayette county will go against the amendment The majority against the amendment may be small. but 1t will be a majority just the same. feel confident that Fayette is safely against the proposition to write a police
 regulation In the constitution. The homes
 of the people will remain sacred in Ala bama, I believe" Col. G. w. Pratt of Tuscaloosa, candi-
 date for the railroad commission, while
 in Birmingham yesterday, said "Tusca-
 loosa county, at the present time, looks
 safe against the amendment. The major ity, however, may be as small as 200. The amenders are fighting hard" The Selma Rally. Edmund w. Pettus, Jr., a member of the family of which the late Senator Pet tus> was the head is in Birmingham. "The rally of the old guard of the black belt in Selma Wednesday," said he.
 was a marvellous success.
 "The anti-amendment people did not hope to accomplish such complete tri-
 umph.
 "The speeches were exceptionally fine. The arguments advanced were unanswer- able The crowd was enthusiastic "Great good has been accomplished. There is no doubt but that votes were won
 '1The scrowd numbered, I judge, more than 15OO "Selma and Dallas county will go against the amendment" Senator Max Hamburger. who was pres ent at the great Selma anti-amendment rally stated yesterday: CT have never seen a more enthusiastic crowd of people, There were between 1900 and 20O0 voters present"
 St. Clair Report. McIane Triton, prominent banker and editor of Pell City, brought new goods from St. Clair "T,he anti-amendment committed of
 ing excellent work. Pell City will go strong against the amendment, and I con slider St. Clair safe. too"