The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25

uAxe ox ku9 vote At he9oQUartef1 they have every rsason to believe that it will be upwards of 1000. Mont. gomery county of course will co sxainst the amendment. and the stste managers are willing to take the esti. mate of the county managers that the majority will be 1,s0o.
 Feeling in The Country. It is . remarkable fact in this cam paiWn that the strongest sentiment agafnst the amendmcnt. the mosi overwhelming feling that 1t ought te be defeated does not exist in tho cities. but in many of the rural sec. tions Sof the state. For instance ir Bibb county. 60 Sheriff !. O.. oakley writes. the vote will be six to sever to one against. Shelby. county wil majorities against 1t in the entire state. Judge Longshore says 1t will be five or six to one and claims q majority of from 600 to 1000. The counties which will return majorities of more than 200 and Iess than 500. according to estimates made | in headquarters are: LAuderdale. Col. bert. Franklin, Limestone. Marshall Winston. Marion. Lamar. Fayette Pickens. Tuscaloosa. St. Clair. Cal houn. cieburna. Etowah. Randolph Coosa, Clay. .Tallapoosa. Autauga. Dal. las. Lowndes. Crenshaw. Covington Butler. Coffee. Dale. Henry. Geneva Conecuh. Wilcox. Marengo. Washing. ton, Clarke and Monroe. There are several counties in this list which the arnenders hope to car. ry and which they claim they will carry. Throughout the state the amenders had hoped to carry Lauder. dale. and the defenders at the start oi the fight conceded Lauderdale, inas- much as men who had previously been | successful in county politics were making the fight for the amendment But the country people in Lauderdals refused to be led up to, the amend ment. They baked at leadership which tied them to the amendment and affected by the position of the | country voters. some of the people ir the towns changed and now the more conservative amendment leaders frankly admit that the amendment ts lost in LAuderdale.
 Amender Camel weary. The strong sentiment against the amendment that was discovered in Winston Franklin. Marion, Fayette and Lamar counties was the final load which broke the back of the camel of hope of the amenders. This section of the state, the northwestern DOT ton, was one of the last sections to be canvassed and boiled by both sides. The amenders had encountered e series of dfsappointments mother sec tions of Alabama and they had hoped for better things to the West and North of Birmingham. When the definite reports from this section came in their hopes dropped.
 The amenders hope to carry Clay. but the defender leaders smile when they discuss that hope. The amend CTS claim also Tallapoosa and Mar shall, two big counties in which there has been much fighting and political scuffling. The defenders were at various times uneasy about both coun- ties. but they assert positively that both have fallen into line.
 If any county in the list is doubtful Geneva might be considered that coun- ty. But at headquarters they have re- ports from practically every beat in the county and they say that the small majorities which tho amendment will get in the Geneva towns will be eaten up by the first big country beats.
 The amenders had hopes of carrying Marengo. and the hopes were well founded. Mafengo has given consid- erabie concern to State headquarters 1t was so close. But in ten days the defenders have been at work vigorous. ly, early and late. and they have polled the remote white section in South Ma. rengo. near the river. where most ol the votes are. They say that 1t Is set. tied that Marengo will go against tht amendment. notwithstanding the higi standing Of Judge R. F. Fillmore ans Congressman Wash Taylor, who ar, supporting the amendment, with thu people of Marengo.
 It is said that the notable feature oi this campaign is that the votersoars not following county leadership. whicf they had been accustomed to follow
 Few Counties Doubtful.
 Granting, for argument sake. that three or four counties in the list art doubtful, the defenders assert witt confidence that there are other coun ties in the list which will give suci large majorfties against the amend ment that the expected total for thu State will be more than reached. Suci counties as Cleburne. Colbert. Cren shaw, Fillmore, Covington. and Cooss will poll majorities nearer 500 thai 200. @a
 Most of the counties claimed by tn, defenders to go safely against th' amendment by majorities of less thai 200 are close and naturally claimed b. the afaenders. But tome of them. evei the amenders admit. will go sagains the amendment
 The counties expected to give major ities of less than 200 are Greene. Hale Russell, Conecuh, Perry. Choctaw ant Lee
 There appears to be no reason t doubt that Greene. Hale and Russell will go against the amendment al though the amendment people arr claiming Hale and Russell.
 Montgomery politicians have kep pretty we'll fnformei as to condition in Coneeuh and its would be difficult matter to convince them that Cone cuh is going for the amendment.
 Choctaw might be ciassed as doubt ful. although the defenders insist tha no such classification be made in tn face of the information they have iron that county, of whish hut little ha been written or said during the cam paign.
 Black Belt and half white county. fl not easily classified. Resting on thei beat reports the defenders are confi dent that Perry is going to vote dowI the amendment.
 Sumter for Amendment.
 It is reasonably certain that tn amendment will carry In Sumter. Tn most influential county leadership fl Sumter has been for the amendment and the amenders have been more ac -
 
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