The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-10
Amendment Meeting
 Rituals Circus Day

anything to do with ir. There Is nothing In the amendment to provide for the search of homes. There is nothing to affect hair on an inao- cent mans head.
 The Governor lauded the Tact that amendment. and the church also. for the most part. He appealed to the young men and boys ts support the amendment, and said that his two sons were for it, or he wouldn't recognize them. He charged the United States Brewer6 Association with being back of the light on the amendment He took up Leon Mccord, but said that he know Mr. McCord as worthy young lawyer and clean man. He recited Q history of the brewers association. telling, of its foundation in 1882.
 The speaker called for questions. Rev. s. M. Adams requested him to an- swer the rumor that searcn parties may be organized to go into the homes.
 "If they've got liquor In them," he replied, T hope they will.''
 MT. Conner ended with poetry: we want men. strong men; Men whom the spoils of ofice will not
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 During the two and one-half hours talk of Judge Denson. Colonel F. e. Bowman, of Birmingham, had ad- dressed a crowd of nearly 400 men on a street corner. The crowd was gath cred with little effort. and listened att tentively to the Birmingham lawyers attack on the proposed amendment. |. At the conclusion of his speech. he polled the crowd. asking all opposed to the amendment to hold up their hands. ,. A sea of upthrust hands was the an- swer, while none came up in answer to the query as to who was in favor or 1t.
 In his speech, Colonel Bowman att tempted to show that the issue was in- dissoIubIy associated with politics, from the inception on through the light. The administration came in for an attack.
 Colonel Bowman declared that cer- tain sections of the Carmichael bill were repealed by the Fuller bill. both of them passed within the space Of two weeks.
 After the mornings speechmairing, crowd of about 1,5oo repaired to a grove near the court house for bar becue dinner The barbecue had been arranged by the pro-amendment people, among whose guests was the Governor.
 
 defense of the amendment was taken up Fred M. Jackson, State Chairman, was introduced and spoke about five minutes In encouragement and with a plea for organization.
 J. o. Middleton. State Representa- tive from Chiffon County, introduced Governor Conner in a short speech tp which he declared that there were no politics in the chilton County fight. which was purely on lines of prohibi- ion. He said that Governor Conner whom he endorsed in this issue. had opposed him. and spoken against him. for the tSate Legislature
 Says He Kept Faith.
 The Governor. In the first of. his speech. declared that he had kept faith with the people. He interpolated the argument that the people could not pull away from the administration pol icies now that the administrator mas done it's part and carried out the plat form. He reviewed the work of the administration and said that any per son who tells the old soldiers that the state ar the Governor took the pension money and gave 1t to Judge Weakley or anyone else ought to have his heao examined.
 aIt's either ignorance or eoncentrat- ed potash" he said. such Q man ought to write his name Ananias
 MT. Conner said that under his ad. r,inistration the old soldiers received an increase In pensions for each class The new arrangement gave sstfe pen. siotfers their money quarterly said the Governor, because under the old ar . rangement. where they got It all at once. come of them were liable to load up with booze or lose 1t in some otner way.