The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-14
Plans Are Practically Completed. QUESTION OF CHAIRMAN
 IS STILL UNDECIDED Auditorium Is Being Made
 Ready. prominent Men From Every Section of = the state will Gather in Mont gomery--MobiIe Contrib
 utes Money.

The advance guard, each man con- hdent of ultimate victory. for ms side --the advance guard of what Is conn., dentlly predicted will be the greatesf political convention that ever assem- bied in Alabama reached the city last night. By midnight tonight the city will be filled with the hundreds and hundreds of delegates who have come to attend the conference Wednesday to oppose the proposed amendment.
 The Mobile delegation. the first to arrive. brought a cash contribution to the cause of $700.
 The headquarters of the conference yesterday was continually busy receiv- ing telephone messages, telegrams and letters announcing the selection of delegates and giving inrormation as to the men who were coming. Represent ative Lee Long. in charge of the ar arrangements, said after the close of the day, that he had assurances from enough delegates to convice him that this would be the most influential po- 1itical convention ever assembled in Alabama. Each of the sixty-seven counties of the State will have repre- sentation.
 than hundred men are coming, al- though the representation of Montgonl- cry and Mobile Counties has been pur. posely held down to less than that number. It Is more than probable that a resolution will be introduced and passed under which eacn county will be entitled to the same number of votes it had in the last Democratic State Convention. This would mean that no matter how large in numbers delegation may be. 1t will have only the votes to which it's county would be entitled were the conference a reg ular Democratic convention.
 Chairman Unselected.
 As to the Chairman of the big con- ference, 1t was reported that perhaps Senator Frank s. Moody of Tuscaloosa. would be chosen. although nothing whatever has been decided. There was considerable talk of Colonel D. L.. Russell of Mobile; Former Governor William c. Oates, of Montgomery, and Hon. John B. Knox. of Anniston, Pres ldent of the Constitutional Convention of 1901. It is not even decided whether there will be a Temporary Chairman and Permanent Chairman. or whe. ther one man will serve as both. To- night will be filled with conferences at which this will be decided.
 The situation last night was that the promoters of the conference were delighted with the outlook. They were assured that the conference would be more impressive, more important and more influential than they had ex- pected when the call was issued. They were confident that the attendance would be more than they had expected
 A committed, directing a force of city prisoners. was putting the Audit orium in first class condition for the big gathering yesterday. In all prob- ability. the services of the 1st Cavalry Band, the best amateur band in the State will be secured, and the band will be given a place in the gallery to play while the crowd is gathering. A meeting of the Entertainment and In- formation Committee will be held at the Exchange Hotel this morning to discuss ways and means for caring for the delegates.
 The confidence which pervaded the ga altering of the advance guard last night was the notable feature of the small hotel gatherings. Each man was sure his county would be the banner countyf against the amendment.
 Reports Encouraging.
 Headquarters were receiving the most encouraging information From Perry County, a county which a few weeks ago 1t was believed would 20 for the amendment, the following teie. gram was received:
 Marion end of the county has se- lected 200 delegates to the conference who will be represented in person or by proxy. These. with Uniontown's list already filed, represent about one third of the average county vote. The county at this time Is safe by at least a vote of 2 to l."
 From Josie Beat. in Pike County there came an account of a beat meet ing attended by all the voters except ten, at which more than fifty men