The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-30
Manhood of State Defends the Home. AMENDMENT BURIED
 BENEATH THE BALLOTS
  Decisive Victory Won by the Old
 Guard. Few Counties show Approval of Weak ley and Brooks Lawrenee-Frem Tennessee valley to the Gulf Comes the
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 The proposed amendment to put prohibition in the constitution of Alabama with all the political hopes and aspirations 1t carried, was over heimed in yesterdays election. It was buried in e political landslide of approximately 2s.ooo majority against it.
 Fifty-eight counties of Alabama heavily against the measure. Jeffer- son where 1t was considered strongest and where the forces supporting the amendment were most strongly en- trenched. went against the amendment by q majority of more than LOGO The amendment carried only half a dozen counties according to the first returns and 1t is probable that later returns in one or two of these coun- fies from country beats will deprive them of perhaps two of these eoun- ties. Of three counties from which definite returns were not received the amendment will probably carry in only one. while 1t win lose in two ethers.
 4i s&eb&lc fs Hammer County.
 Mobile County which gave mai- lDrity oe more than a,soo majority Against the measure Is the banner anti county of the State while Montgom- cry comes second with a majority of 1.7ls- Jefferson County the scene of the hardest fight in all the state. Essisters a victory of nearly 1900 against.
 The amenders saw the loss of Jef- ferson with deeper regret than that of any other county of the State. It Is the home county of Rev. Brooks Lawrence. the head of the Anti saloon League. the home county q, Governor Conner, and Judge s. n Weakiey It is the county in which the prohibitlonists won in A local option election and which resulted In statewide prohibition in AIah.na without Montgomery. Mobile and other counties being given an opportunitv or voting on the question.
 Al midnight last night definite ra- tarns were wanting only from choctaw " Marion and Winston Counties. Oniv ~. = ...sS ..S 'A.A o0 countieS was cOnsid- cred doubtful, Choctaw. It was ra- garded as certain that Marion ana
 lnston Counties would increse the Ae9vy maJorities already recorded.
 Triumvfrate is Crushed,
 Ihe uefeat of Governor Conner Rav brooks Lawrence. Judge s. D weak- ley and the amendment forces gener- Aiiy' was the most crushing, under the
 1cumstances ever administered to 3.. <. picked the battle ground, selected inc time Of the engagement and made toe rules of the fight and yet they were overwhelmingly defeated in the battle of the ballots. ( The election was forced at a time m which 1t was decided that A great many votrs who might vote against the amendment were disqualified. They controlled the election machinery of tne state; the Legislature and the state administration were for th. Iamsndment, and yet 1t was overwheim- lingiy defeated.
 Autauga County. the country repre- scented In the Legislature by Eeuresen. tAtiVe Eugene Ballard. who introduced tne amendment btll, went against the amendment by 8 majority of $50. large majority in view Of the total vote cast in that county.
 Bibb County, by ITO majority. rep,,- diated the amendment, although if Is the home county Of Hon Jerome n. Fuller, the introducer of the famous Fuller bill, of which Judge s. D. weak ley IS the acknowledged author Bibb Is also the home of Senator Rovnolds another leader in. the last Legislature
 Colbert the home county of Speaker A. H. Carmichael and Of Senator Mo EWhorter. chairman of the Senate Com mittee, which reported all the prohibi- ltion and amendment bills. went heav- fly against the amendment.
 Conner IA Repudfated. Barbour County, the old home of Governor Conner, like Jefferson. his present home, went heavily against the amendment.
 Tallapoosa. the nome county of Senator Strother, a prohibition leader and county which has been consid- cred doubtful went by approximately 800 majority against the amendment.
 Dale County the place of residence of Harry L. Martin, a lieutenant of . Governor Conner, and one of the lead ing lobb byists at the Legislature for the amendment. went heavily against the amendment.
 Marshall County. the county from which came Leon McCord. who fought Commissioner John A. Lusk and Sena- tor Phillips. who heartily supported 1t an the Senate. went against the amend xaent by a majority of at least 200.
 It Is a notable fact that the home county of every candidate for Cover nor, three in number, who are sup porting the amendment. went against the amendment. They are Tuscaloosa, the, home of Hon. Walter D. Seed Dallas, the home of Hon. H. S. D. Mall aory and Jefferson, the home of Hon. @ b. Weakley. Jefferson in going so heavily against the amendment also Renudfatad tha stand of Senator N [.