The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-20
DHEIpEls ARE CONFIDENT
Neiker Sile Win Estimate Returns
From Election.
Every Aetivs Farmer oppeses the
Measure B.t the Preses<rs Are
werkins Hard 10 sten
the ride Asal.st the
schene.

sDecatur. Nov a. Especial 1.-THE
amenders and defenders have gone on
the battle field in Morgan county and
started fight for which they both
know there viii be no recall bugle.
until o'clock on the evening Of No
vember 29.
Both have gone into the battle
knowing that 1t is fight to the fin
ish.a battle to the last ditch. II one
side were to let up for a few minutes,
the other would redouble it's fighting
efforts, fearing that there was some
trick in the apparent breathing SPELL
A strange situation exists in Nor
gan. situation that I have found to
exist in no other county. The rank
them men Of information and stand
Ing admit freely that Morgan county
ID against the amendment. And yet
the defenders refuse to claim 1t by
any large majority. / have never seen
30 far In this campaign such political
modesty. The defenders say that they
have the county all right and that by
q safe majority. but they refrain from
making claims of 400 and 500 maJori-
ties such as would be made positively
In other counties.
The leaders of the amenders who
are making desperate fight against
odds. would not spoil all chance for
winning they have by admitting at
this stage, that the fight is finally
and irrevocably lost But the lay
members of the cause, the rank and
file. will say that the county is lost
to the amendment by small major
tty. They say:
Defeat a. Admitted.
Now don't quote me. whatever you
: do. I'll tell you the exact situation.
Morgan county Is against the amend
ment. The majority VIII not be
large, 1t may be as low as 100 and II
may run as high as 200. It's close and
while ! am for the amendment am
free to say that 1t Is at present beat
en- In Morgan county"
I'VE have the county by a safe ma
5ority." the defender leaders say. But
the other side is moving Heaven and
earth. 1t would be hard. 1t would be
impossible to say at this juncture
what our majority will be but 1t will
be big enough to suit anybody. Still
we have a hard fight In this county"
was given to understand that the
anti-amendment leaders really expect
q 400 majority, but they are perturb-
cd and concerned over the desperate
battle the amenders are putting up.
There never has been fight Just
like It." was fervently assured by
leaders who have been In the thickest
OF the fray In warmth. In hammer
ing ana III continual scrapping, / was
told. 1t beat the free silver campaign
of 1896. In Morgan county the fight
startsG before the Legislature ad-
journed in August and II has been
raging ever since with zeal uncoofed
ON either side.
Captain Sam Blackwell, for years
Mayor OF New Decatur. is heading the
Night for the amendment. In politi
.cal battle he served his apprentice
ship and won his spurs years ago. He
knows the game. He has his own
courage and he is full OF resources.
tOf course the amenders are leaning
heavily upon the preachers In Nor
gan county. as they are in other coun-
ties OF the state. But Captain Black
we'll. with a corps of assistants. Is
lending them aid and cooperation;
something the preachers are not get
Eting in many Alabama counties at this
time.
Amendment Literature.
The county has been flooded with
amendment literature. The trails of
the amendment speakers in the coun-
r