The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-28
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 The proposition for a prohibition amend ment. a part of the extra session call soon became the bone of contention. Col H. s. D. Mallory, already announced for the democratic nomination for governor, was brought over from Selma to work for 1t, and he no doubt saved 1t in the senate, where 1t had a hard fight The governor wanted a biennial sessions of the legislature amendment submitted bur he was held back to get the liquor pro vision through. This passed by small majority, only after every usable power in the state was brought to bear. The anti-saloon crowd having secured It's end, the desire of the governor for biennial sessions was left to the dead letter racks. even though it might have made a way for him to run for the United States Sen ate.
 Politicians Get On. few days after the passage of the j, amendment bill there was a session of the Conner administration leaders in the office of the executive, and 1t was there decided that even though Mallory had saved the day in the senate there must be a man closer in line with the forces now in control for the gubernatorial race, and choice fell upon one of two, Judge s. D. Weakley or Speaker A. H. Car michael. Carmichael said no. He had fought for every one of the prohibition bills and believed them good and whole some, but he would not use them or what prominence he had secured in their sup port to further his own political amb- tions. Shortly after that Judge WealSley announced. About the same time the Mallory people woke up to the extent to which they had been stung.
 Then came the second step in the pro- gramme. Gov B. B. Conner who, by law, Is barred from running for the United States Senate and whose last chance to do so within several years went with the failure of biennial sessions, ue- came active in public addresses for the adoption of the amendment. He held it to be creature of his administration and frankly stated that for that reason, as well as because he was in accord with 1t, he was going to help to pass 1t. Then 1t was seen that the proposition. after all, was evidently for the purpose of keeping Governor Conner in power and electing S. D. Weakley, his own man, to the governorship. in which his own power would go along. And 1t was here that the old line democrats of the state sat up and they are now taking notice, with what seems to be every prospect of not only showing under the amendment, but retiring the Conner following, lock- stock and barrel.
 Women Will Work Hard. Though Brooks Lawrence and his friends have led in the fight for the amendment, they have depended upon the women and the preachers to keep up the enthusiasm. For time the majority Of the speakers were preachers, many of them pastors of the largest and strong est churches of the state. At the end, however, & number of leaders of promi- hence have been secured and are now in the field in favor of the movement. Much of the personal work will be done by the women. They are ready to go to the polls on Monday and fight for the measure, and to further their ideas they have organized the children into singing choruses to march and add their voices in this way to the strength of what they think is right. It must not be supposed, however, that all of the women by any means are in this work. The active ones are those who belong to the temperance societies, with leaders in the churches who are ready to take hand at any time for any cause they believe to be good.
 As a matter of fact there are thous- ands of women with their husbands in the belief that the amendment can add no strength to the prohibition proposi- ton, and are either taking no hand or lending support against 1t with the be- lief that IL Is dangerous lnlflB anu iiidy make it possible to raid their homes in the future. A great many think, also, that the prohibition of making domestic wine is hardship.
 What Is Intended. Though the platform of the party upon which the governor and the legislature were elected in 1906 called for local op- ton, they went ahead and passed a statewide prohibition bill in the fall of 1907, and the most stringent code of liquor laws ever known in 1909, excusing them selves with the statement that the minds of the people had changed and there was demand for entire and absolute prohibi- tion. Now comes the crowning feature of the political betrayal in the attempt to pass an act no one could have for a moment entertained in the year of the election.
 The idea of the amendment is to for ever prohibit the manufacture, sale or keeping for sale of any intoxicants In Alabama, and to empower the legisla- ture to say where liquors shall not be stored. It is argued that the first part will not give any new strength to the laws already on the books and that un- der the last suggestion 1t might be that future legislatures will even say that 1t cannot be kept in homes, and may, under laws logically passable. authorize search of homes for this purpose In fact, a number of homes have been searched in the last few weeks.
 Thus the feeling has grown up that 1t Is dangerous and unnecessary, and there is every indication just now that the voters are going to refuse to put 1t on the books. It is charged that the friends of the amendment called 1t in an off year when many had failed to pay poll taxes. AS a matter of fact 1t is estimated that not over 5000 of the normal vote of 150.000 can vote because of failure to pay poll taxes.
 Ants Are Also Active.
 With some of the best men in the state and speakers of note in all sections of the commonwealth the anti-amenders are winding up their fight. Meetings are held in the towns and cities and de- lenders of the constitution are going out to give strength to the final call. While these sessions are not held in churches, nor as part of church or religious meet ings, they are conducted under the aus pices of the prominent people who re- sist the attack on the constitution and those who are a part are among the most prominent in the various sections
 Taken for what 1t is worth, as an in dication of the feeling on the outlook. 75 per cent of the officeholders includ- ing both United States senators and i've of the nine congressman, are against tbe amendment This Is at least import ant in showing belief as to the prospect of success If they were merely poll