The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-22
ON Tnsu nux.

ON THm RUN.
 Each passins day. adds to the al most .absolute certainty that the amendment will not only be defeatea. but that 1t win be buried under . majority that the most ardent ana op- timistic of lie opponents dared not dream of at the beginning of the campaign. Reports are daily coming tn from all parts Of Alabama. and with few exceptions they Arc of the sarnet general tenor. They tell of Aounsiss that we had not even hoped to carry that are now certain to 60 agsinst the amendment and that oth- ers which have all along been consid- cred safe will give larger najorities than had been expected or hoped for.
 But if we needed further evidence that thinss are coming our way we would find it in the desperation that hes taken possession of the amend rnsnt forces. causing them to resort to indefsnsibis methods in order to cave themselves ana thsir cause from the deserved rebuke and defeat that surely await thsm- Somstimes 1t is pretty easy to judge of sn ensmy.s weakness by noting the means he ems pIoys to protect and defend himself. a.A h~ -~k>atnS <k. ~l.t. ...tA.-. of his uneasiness and uncertainty.
 Thus 1t Is that we are justified in judging the weak ness of the amend ment leaders by taking note of the desperate measures they are counsel ling and adopting. When one of their principal speakers advises his followers to go armed to the polls; when . prominent churchman tells other religious men and organizat tions that 1t is their duty to abandon all church and religious work of every kind and take the stump for the amendment, and when we read and hear Of much more advice and counsel of like character 1t is not difficult to see that nothing but the knowledge that they are waging losing battle would account for such iii-adyised efforts to bolster up a bad cause. Nothing else, in our Judgment. can sc- count fer some of the devices resort cd to on the other aide.
 But all these assured evidences of weekness and desperation Of the oth- CT side must not cause the friends and defenders of the Constitution and of the liberties of the people of Ala baraa te abatc any of their efforts. All fair means that can be used should be adopted and persisted in until the victory has been won by such de- cisive majority as will certainly be beyond dispute or question A mere majority against the amendment would perhaps settle the matter for the present and save the state from trouble for while, but 1t would leave the asstators and inneyasors with the belief that with another campaign they may be able to accomplish what they failed to do at this time. and might even lead them to underta;se, still more indefensibie methods than those they are now using. what shonla be done. and what duty de-. mands of the independent and liberty loving voters of Alabama is that they defeat this dangerous movement by such an overwhelming majority that there will be no future attempt to de- grade the Constitution.
 We have a firm belief in the old adase that Truth Is mighty ana will prevail" and our belief in 1t Is strengthened every day. both by the reports from our own side and from the frantic and sometimes discredit- able efforts of the others to save themselves from impending defeat. But for all that assurance of a sue eessfui ending we hope there will be no letting up on the part of our friends. A victory will be a good thing. but an overwhelming victory will be something to be proud of. Let's make it practically unanimous.
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 NO GOING BACK ON THE TURKEY.
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