The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

that faced them. Leon Mccord. much slandered but all tie more. popular. Congressman Hugh Dent, w. w. Hill and Phares Coleman were the Mont Somery men who sounded promise of victory for the defenders of the home and of the Consultation.
 Ray Rushton. county manager of the anti-amendment forces. presided. The enthusiasm began as he entered the hall with the speakers of the evening. As the hundreds of men who mad walked. in. the parade filed into the great hall, and filled 1t to the waIls, the cheering was heightened. When the Cavalry Band played Dix ie' with all the fervor 1t possessed. pandemonium broke loose. And it was in this atmosphere of enthusiasm, of 8. thousand men or, tire. that the 1oIlification was held. Chairman Ray Rushton started sft He asked the voters 10 cast their haJ- lots according to their conscience re- gardiess of attempts to swerve them against principles.
 Don't let. your sweetheart coax you against your mind into wearing white ribbon. If you do. she'll throw you oyer. and marry sure-enough | A. Hl h Leon McCord AppIaudea. Leon McCord. in storm of applause that lasted for a couple of minutes rose to speak. The leader of the Safe and Sane league, in his first public address to; his home people the amendment issue. got close to their hearts. His speech was one of light vein and yet of sincerity.
 ls A denial of the charges which have l. ma ne fnQ 6f fFasr rv Estump and many pulpits and some lnewspapers; defense of his friends Land ae tribute to The Advertiser and It's owners: a declaration of faith in, IAlabama's women: a reverence of Ihis own father who Is with him in the night; a denunciation of the political scheme of Brooks Lawrence. Governor Conner and Judge s. D. weakley, was the burden of his speech.
 | Of the prominence of women in po1i- l tics and the manner in which the amendment people rested upon the wo- | mems strength, he referred by jocul- arly telling that Chairman W. A. Henderson and few other of the mainstays will be dressed In mary james" on election day with pictures hats. to trv their influence. on the voters.
 It was in excoriation of the acsnow- | iedeed intent of the second section of the amendment that he reached the l height of oratory. He compared the 1 issue with that of the Irish land grant. when the Irish peasantry were robbed of their homes and lands by doing as the English king wished up-e on his promise that no harm would | come to them Ills promise was broke en. and the yeomanry were robbed for 1 ever of their liberty. He showed how the people of Alabama. in voting for the amendment, gave the ilegisla- | ture the right to invade their homes, upon the verbal promise that nothing of the sort would, be done.
 Col. w. W. Quarlea Speaks.
 Col. w. w. Quarles of Selma brought promise of successi from Dallas county.
 And if the good women of Dallas could vote" he declared" they would only increase the majorities against | the amendment" >,.,. sa 5 rf ;.
 Col Ouaries deplored the fact that many of the churches had become en- meshed in the dlrtiest of politics. He branded as lies some of the utterances which had come out during the cam nairn. He entered his protest against the use of the pulpit and the church organization for political purposes
 One of Col Quarles' anecdotes was A classic He defined a "tan-atie'
 "A fanatic" he said. quoting an old countryman," is man on whose nose a mosquito can light, turn on 1is stinger as pivot, and scratch both eyes at once. they're so close togther' | He declared that the petitions
 which had come to members of the
 Legislature from their church and
 Sunday school constituents had been
 secured through the dextrous mani
 pulation of Brooks Lawrence. and, had
 been despatched so as to lead the law
 makers to believe their people were
 overwhelmingly for the amendment
 Analyses Amendment. S,
 The speaker analysed the amend
 ment and took up the danger to the home that the second section bore. That there is no doubt as to the in- tention to apply the power thus. de- rived toward the invasion of the home he said Is plain from the confession of State Senator H. F. Reese. made in hls MapIesvile speech. Senator Reese. an ardent amendment cham
 pion, had started out on the stump. 1 but had been recalled when he 'ret
 the cat out of the bag" as Colonel 1 Quarles termed his statement.
 With the conclusion of Colonel | Quarles' speech. calls for Dent" 1 Dent" became insistent. Congress
 man Dent, hoarse from a whirlwtnd ! ! ised victory for the opposition. Speaking from my knowledge, of 1 my distric. which. because of its size and its population. is representative ! of the entire state. can tell you that 1 this amendment has no more chance i of victory than I have of flying to the
 moon," he declared. t. 1 Escamhla county. which Is claimed i by the amendment forces, wifi go | against the amendment, the Congress man declared. | Resent Snap Judgment.
 | The people of Alabama resented the snap Judgment which had been taken of thousands of voters who were dIs- qualified by their failure, in this l political off- year to pay their poll tax. declared MT. Dent and the advan- tage which was thus taken of the people by the politicians he said will | prove fatal to the amendment That l this was intentional is plain from the | declaration of Rev. Branscom, Of Bir- |