The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-28
OLD GUARD 0F BLACK
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 out. wat Tyler sank his axe in the brain of that o1lcer-
 "Whe-es-pser yelled the crowd. stamping and appiauding as III. Bowie reached this point in his. story.
 ssThe King sent moro odlcsrs to ret Wat Tyler but the people ross. the peasantry of Englard rose. your an- cestors and mine. ross and they swcre that Wat Tyler should not Dc taken until England's soil had been drsuchsd the Kings oflcers. And. my friends. out of ail this we rot the sacred pro- tsction of the home from search and
 Over the speaker,s stand there was drawn . great banner inscribed, For Home and Liberty" And SO. too, the audience considered the cause for which they were fighting.
 interrupted By kIncey.
 As Col. Russell lnished his speech. Editor and Pubiisher Floyd Kincey, of The Selma Journal . paper which is supporting the amendment, sross*fo sDid you moan 10 gay that none ex. oept the nalnes of would 70 into the jury box In pAllae eoNn- tyr. asked Mr. Kincey,s who ,Wns re- gently appointei jury comuissioner by the Governor. v
 T mean to ray that the Governor has announced Chat no will only ap- point prohibitionista aud comer mon and that if his 7oJ;y fs carried put, 1urymen." answered Col. zRnssoii.
 The crowd yeilsd wildly it thfs. MT. Kincey wished to ask another ques- ton. but the crowd contInued to cheer and stamp and ne @ lid not go on.
 Chairman Jeffries finally uuitei the crowd and when he had doue that he said
 we came here to protest against the danaer that threatens our homes. We did not come here for bickering. We did not come here to picker with a man who lay dormant in cellar in 1871"
 For aGalIory's Esriends.
 In concluding an eloquent tribute te Hon. H D. Mallory, Senator Max ' -trA> Presented the treatment tc whrcn The had been subjected by the prohibition politicians. He declared earnestly to the neighbors of Mir. Nal. tory that his best chance for the nomi. nation was in the defeat Of the amend. ment.
 "If this amendment fs carrisd, said Mr. Hamburger, that colossal speci. men of inordinate vanity. Judge Sam. nay Weakley. will pun up his breast uks . Doutsr pigeon and say;
 Awho killed Cock Robin?
 I. said the sparrow.
 With my bow and srrow.
 There was. too. c significant and cm. inol,s declaration from the andiencs while Mr. Hamburger was speaking. Il was all the more si9nincsnt that thil declaration came from Black Belt gu. dience.
 "Nominats Judge weakley. nominats Judge weakiey, and you will split the Democratic party" declared Senator
 Tt wifi split tt. It wili split 1t. IT never vote for him. I'll never vote foi him." scores of men in the crowd shout. ed.
 Jenrfes Presadex.
 Hon L. E. Jefferies presided There was somehow an air of confident ag- gressiveness in MT. Jeffries's bearing. He considered. 1t seemed. that . great danger menaced the people of Ala bama. and that the only way to escape 1t was to light ana to fight hard. too. he bore an air of assnraiacs and of
 Colonel Russell Of Mobile received an ovation that must have warmed his heart. The whole crowd appeared anxious to join in the greeting to him. The Mobile leader impugned no mo- tives and he assaiied no mans private characters. He had prepared a mas terly and convincing argument of the dangers to the home contained in the second section of the amendment. These arguments he drove home to his hearers. The address was pitched on a high plane. and it went to the req son and not to the prejudice of his hearers. 4s, slsfss
 Colonel Russell in such an address was not bidding for applause. but as the crowd caught the point and con- clusion of each stage of his argument. they appiauded him warmly.
 Mr. Bowie. while the crowd was ap- pIauding the conclusion of Colonel Russelrs argument, was brought to the front of the platform and present. ed to the great audience as "one to whom Dallas County had willingly committed her interests and affairs in Congress for six years" His old constituents gave their former Con- Rressman rousing reception, and