The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-29
CONFERENCE
CALL ISSUED
Voters from All Districts
Invited.
ANTS ARE VERY JUBlANT
i Lee Long win Conduct Arrange
ments.
: Rsntgomery County Conceded Against
Prshibitien Amendment--Gossip
Of Gubernafsriai Candidates
In CominE Fight.
ANTS ARE VERY UBlANT

A call to the voters Of Alabama to
81 Montgomery September Is was sent
out yesterday by the men who signed
the call for the conference a week
ago. Representative J. Lee Long Of
Butler has consented to take charge
Of the arrangements for the confer
ence and do the necessary detail work.
Mr.. Long will have rooms at the Ex-
change Hotel In Room 612 in making
Arrangements for the conference
which has already assumed such large
proportions.
The call Issued yesterday is direct
TO the voters of Alabama. They are
asked to send delegates from every
county and IL possible from every pre-
cinct. A meeting OF the friends of the
proposed constitutional amendment
win be held in Birmingham on Septem-
Der 1e. following the Montgomery meet
ing which will oppose 1t. The rail-
roads have been asked by movers of
both conferences to give special rates
for the meetings. In all probability
low rates will be granted to both
meetings.
The cali sent out yesterday follows:
Montgomery. Ala. Aug. 20, 1903.
@fo the Voters of Alabama:
Pursuant to the request heretofore
made that a conference be held In
Montgomery ON September is, 1908. at II
O'Clock. noon. for the purpose>cf TAX
ing steps to inaugurate a campaign
against the adoption Of the constitu-
tionai amendment placing prohibition
In the organic law Of the State, we
beg to advise that this conference wifi
be held in Montgomery on the date and
time mentioned at the Auditorium, and
a. A. hnf fv
state send full delegation.
1--WE suggest that each precinct
should have representation II possible.
.-rhis conference will adopt such
methods as It may deem best to COM
bat the proposition. Send the names
OF the delegates who will attend as
soon as possible, and at any rate be-
Long, Room 612 Exchange Hotel, Mont
Eomery. Ala
conference at Auditorium.
II In seen that the conference will be
held in the Auditorium. The promot-
ers Of the conference have been as
sured Of such a large attendance that
they have felt 1t necessary to secure
the Auditorium, the largest building
in Montgomery, to accommodate the
attendants. As originally planned, the
conference was to be composed Of q
number of leaders throughout the
State, men of high character and no
great effort was made to have the con-
ference a large one. But the call,
which is now signed by 50 OF the
leading men of the State. met with
such favor that the original purpose
off the conference was enlarged. An
appeal was made to all leaders and
ali voters to come to the conference
and arrangements were made to house
the gathering IN the Auditorium
Representative Lee Long, who is ar
ranging the details, was one OF the ad-
mtnistration leaders. He was given
charge of the Governors bills in the
House and was regarded as the per.
sonal representative of the Governor on
the floor But in the extra session he
opposed the drastic prohibition legisla-
ton, and he especially opposed the
constitutional amendment.
The announcement of the candidacy
for Judge S. d. Weakley. for Cover
nor occasionej no surprise in Mont
xomery. Local politicians have been
expecting this statement ever since
the Governor issued his call for the
extra session of the = Legislature.
tie was gossipped then - that the
extra session was to create an issue
tor Judge Weakley to run on for Gov
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