The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-20
CONFID!EaE E
 ON lCREASE Pro-Amendss Are on the
 fun COL. AlE'1seI SCORES AGAIN SupperteFaf Csner's Pst Measure Wsd Hard for Showing. Men wAeh hv. the sitsat,o. s,.sd U. Say rf ss.t'-.-s As r cs.- ss3tis..l seekeyias '-
 'wi.s !. Every see- ~
 tion es the state.

Evfdke was piled up in the corrs-
 spond8e at the headqparters of the
 anti -atndment forces Exchange
 Hoter ksterday that the inroads that the atnders have attempted to make
 on tHalready acknowledged strenEth
 of tfJe who are fighting against the
 ameInent, have been futile, and that therAre steady gains to the ranks of
 thosfwho are fighting for the preser-
 vatu of the sanctity of the home all ovefhe State.
 Hm Mobile lettcSs were received tha indicate that the vote in Mobile forfhe amendment will be an exceed ink small one. smaller, in fact, than an similar vote polied there. People inaii walks of life are declaring asinst the amendment so much so tBt it seems safe to estimate that the mjority in this county against the aAendment will be somewhere near b00.
 Colonel Alexander Troy dropped into ieadquarters last night. He spoke yes terday morning at Mulberry. and the night before at Autaugaviile. At the ffrst place, he divided time with Judge Livingston, and at the latter with Hon. w. H. Sanford. recently of Troy. but now of this city Both speakers for the amendment gave prohibition talks rather than discussions of the amend ment itself. following the line that ap- pears to have been adopted by the ma jority of the speakers for that cause.
 Colonel Troy. on the qther hand, dwelt solely on the amendment and the serious consequences to tie homes Of the voters if 1t should be adopted by the people of this State.
 Colonel Troy said he vas well re-. ceived at both places From the most authentic estimates. 1t Is said that Au- taugaville will go two tp one against the amendment. and at Mulberry the sentiment is largely against 1t. the present estimate of the vote is 2s to i2-
 Mir. King Tglkss
 Hon. Jerre c. King. Representative in the Legislature from Jefferson County. was In Montgomery yesterday to ap- pear in cases in which he is interested before the United States Court of App neals MT. King. fot the past two weeks has been on the stump in Jef- ferscn and surroundihg counties. speak ing against the amendment. MT. King. 1t will be recalled was the father of the Greater Birmingham bill. meas ure that attracted much attention at two sessions of the Legislature.
 In speaking o1hs situation in Jeffer- son he said: atSS
 4The pro-ant mt people .proba- bly are making der fight in Jeffer- son than in 9Y UIner county or the State. They ES making desperate eff forts to carry thet county and are cen tering their lres6urcss thak1
 q have spoken in yariAcA parts of the county And am. think. familiar with political conditions in Jefferson. If the vote iwas taken right now, Jef- ferson would vote a majority of at least l.500 Against the amendment.
 Tn the remainder of the campaign some changes may be made. The ma jority may possibly be cut down. and on the other hand 1t may be increased. I am satisfied, however. that Jefferson will vote against the amendment re- gardless of what happens.
 sI delivered several speeches in Fay cite County. The sentiment there is against the amendment. While 1t Is a small County, I was assured that 1t would probably vote 250 majority against the amendment. This I know. Sentiment in that county of North Ala bama is heavily against the amend- ment."
 A Montgomery visitor yesterday was c. N. Norris. of Hayneville. He con fidently predicts large majority against the amendment in Lowndes when the vote. is considered He says that in Lowndes but few changes one wayfor the other will be made before the election. Men on both sides have made up their mind and speaking and work will not change them. He thinks the majority against the amendment In Lowndes County will amount to 800