The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-03
LONG SAYS He Is
SENDING OUT COPIES
OF THE AMENDMENT
Is Accompanying It With Ex-
PLANTATION Which the Other
Side Fears to Give
SENATOR WHITE TELLS
Of ROCKFORD MEETING
Says White and Whitson Were Over
whelmed by Storm of Applause
Accorded o'NeaI and What
He Stood For.

II noticed by The Age-Herald Monday
morning that the Rev. Brooks Lawrence
challenged US to send out copies of the
said Lee Long, anti-amend>,lent chair
man, yesterday afternoon.
I'VE are sending out the amendment,
and are going further than the amend
ers. We are sending along an explana-
ton of the amendment.
Nov, we challenge the Rev. Brooks
Lawrence to send out with the amend
ment its explanation-an honest, open,
plain statement of facts
I'VE are sending out such explanations
We are determined that the people shall
not be deceived, because the amendment
Is short, and is made up of only 81 words
We telling them that everyone of
the words was carefully selected. We are
telling the people that each one has a
meaning.
I'VE are not surprised that the Rev.
Brooks Lawrence is sending out the
amendment. He dare not send oa1 the
explanation. The amendment. as a simple
document. is of no Importance. What
the amendment means is important.
Perhaps the Rev. Brooks Lawrence
believes we are not making use of other
amendment literature.
I'VE are sending out the Fuller bill
We are sending out the Carmichael bill
We are sending out other bills. We .
sending out the recent poem written by
Dr. o. T. ~Dozier, in which an obscene
IL
this state, though this goes to a selected
numbers of voters. We are preparing to
send out other vicious assaults made on
the defenders of the constitution by an
anonymous author, copies of which have
been seen on the streets.
"And concerning this obscene liter
allure, we are telling the people that it
was distributed among the women who
attended the Bijou theatre Sunday before
last. We are telling the people, too, that
1t appeared in an amendment paper with
all it's obscenity.
And we are even sending out certain
amendment editorials, too"
Letter from Rockford.
Concerning the sentiment at Rockford
and Coosa county, the following letter
from Senator D. M. White to ]. Lee
Long, chairman of the state anti-amend
ment campaign, will be of interest:
I'VE had the greatest day Saturday at
Rockford that l have ever witnessed in
a political fight. While it was our day,
Frank S. White and c. c. Whitson left
Goodwater without their breakfast drove
into Rockford and got possession of the
courthouse and were making their
speeches when we arrived. During their
three hours speaking the house was
about one-third full. Not single demon
stration occurred. There were no sounds
save their melodious voices.
But when I started up the stairway
with Col. Emmett ONeal the crowd be-
gan pouring in. As Whitson concluded l
walked up the aisle with Colonel O'Neal.
Hats were hurled into the air, and there
followed such demonstration as never
occurred before in Rockford. Every seat
was filled and all available standing room
was taken. There was a continuous ap-
plause from the opening to the conclusion
of the his address. After his conclusion
there was a demonstration. ONeal was
not allowed to leave the hall until after
half an hour