The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-27
Must Wear the White Rib-
 bons. INDIGNATION BOILING
 IN JEFFERSON COUNTY Confederate Veterans Make Aida
 wis of Fraud. Coner's ADpoantees Deterninea to Dis-. fr.nehise Men Who are Enti- tIed to vote-vioIence if Method is con-
 tinued.

Birmingham. Nov. 26.-(Specfal. )-- Serious trouble has been narrowly averted at the Jefferson County Court House all day during the sitting of the Board of Registrars whose members are in favor of the amendment and turn ed down hundreds of applicants for registration because they were suspect ed of being against the amendment and actually wore the defenders badges, f
 State and county headquarters of the morning and afternoon by old soldiers and young men complaining of not be- ing permitted to register though they are in every way qualified to register. A storm of indignation has swept the county and many other counties where such practices are used by the regis trars who in most instances are for the amendment for the simple reason that they are appointees of Governor Co., mer.
 The Conner administration may not be an issue during this campaign. but the defenders have challenged the amenders to show even considerabla minority of his appointees in the State who oppose the amendment. Denounced by Veterans. ! The action of the registrars is being denounced as an outrage here. One old soldier. C.. H. Parker. who fought son the Confederate side at Gettysburg and served with yalor in other battles, is among those who fell victims today of the unprecedented partisanship of ,the registrars. ! The board Of this county is composed of Rev. H. A. Wright R. O.. Hewitt and R. b. Dunlap. who are known to De favoring the amendment
 ] The veteran fushed with rage when he learned that he had been disfran- chised because he was against the ,amendment He reported the matter Ito county hadquarters and made affi- davit of the circumstances which knocked him out of voting.
 l TO prove the charge of wiiiful dis franchisement, affidayits have been se- cured telling of a number of instances where men wearing the American flag were refused registration, but with drew, put on the white ribbon, and found no difficulty in registering with in half an hour of their previous ex- perience with the board. A specimen affidavit of this character is given be- low as well as that from an old soi- dier, who has been living in Jefferson County for four years
 The antf-amenders claim Jefferson County by 2000 majority, hut the reg tstration machinery being in opposition hands, the majority may be cut down. It Is understood that harsh measures may be restorted to in order to secure the rights of citizens who want to reg tster on their side of the amendment. The registrars, in all instances. when anti-amenders apply. put the constitu- tionai test and invariably command the applicant to leave the room before he has been put through reading the pro- vision set before him.
 This is the first time in the memory of politicians of this county where the constitutional test was applied to the white man. even if 1t were done in a fair manner.
 ! Afidayits by the dozen have been se- cured showing where young men who have attained to majority since Octo- Der 1, 1909, were rejected by the board on an arbitrary constitutional test--
 
 of the Constitution and asking the ap- plicant to construe 1t.
 Threats of Violence.
 The committee, of which Judge John Fl. Miller ds chairman, has hurrieily issued public statement and scat tered 1t over the city and county, teIl- ing of the unheard of proceedings of the registrars It is common to hear on every street corner threats of violence if the registrars refuse to allow citizens the rights guaranteed under the constitution
 Chairman J. Lee Long of the state committee. lost no time in sending telegrams and long distance telephone messages to all parts of the state. ad- Tising Of the serious situation in Jeff ferson county. The registrars hold in their hands hundreds and hundreds of votes. There Ia no representation of the atfs on the boards. Some of the loss to the Defenders is being recoup- ed by pinning white ribbons on the applicants who are registered with out question except when the regis trars detect them as having previously shown up with defenders badges
 The request of Chairman Long is that every speaker of the Defenders side lay the facts before their audi >ences in the remaining discussions of the amendment.
 Sample Affidavits.
 Following are copies of sample af- fidavits reflecting the situation in this old county. boiling with bitter poli- tics:
 "State of Alabama. Jefferson county.
 Personally appeared before me, Jack T. Stallings, Notary Public in and for said state and county Cham pIon H. Parker. who being duly sworn deposes and says: That he was a Confederate soldier and Is now 60 years old; that he entered the service at 16 years of age in Captain McGIlls company, 25th. Georgia Volunteers, and served one year in the army of Northern Virginia with Longstreet's army corps. engaging in the battle of Gettysburg and various other general engagements of the army of Northern Virginia in 1868; that in the early spring of 1884 he was transferred to Wheeler's cavalry with q Georgia regiment and served with the com mand until the close of the war, en- gazing In all the battles of that conn