The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-15
Programme for Ioday's Meet
 ing Is Mapped Out
ID BE MOODY OR HENDERSON
Committees Will Meet This Afternoon and Reports Will Be Made at Session To Be
 Held Tonight.

Montgomery, September 14.-(Special.) J. With all soft drink stands that erstwhile were saloons closed, mutely attesting re- spect for the visitors and the issue in- volved, anti-constitutional prohibitionists since Monday, tonight fiocked the streets of Montgomery. and in a tentative sort of way mapped out an informal pro- gramme for the meeting which will be called to order at noon tomorrow. With characteristic modesty very little advance notice has been given of the session, the general trend being that the day shall { take care of itself.
 Throughout the day delegations from the various counties of the state entered the city, and soon afterward were seen wendingetheir way to room SIP Exchange hotel. where each representative had to shake hands with J. Lee Long, whose tireless energies have been pressed into service during the past month drawing . around him the lines for the biggest dem- onstration that has been noted in Alabama in a decade. Everything, judging from statewide reports, has been most aus picious for the convention, with the re- suit that big things are expected to be achieved without waste of time.
 When seen tonight in regard to the order to be observed from the time of calling the meeting to order, MT. Long stated no plans had been laid for the session other than the most routine In the first place, the house is to be called to order at noon, In the city auditorium, with J. Lee Long presiding. Immediate ly upon convention, a temporary chairman will be selected. Following upon this a permanent chairman will be put on the rostrum, and committees will be named to do the executive work. The morning session. early afternoon, rather, is eX- pected to take up about three hours.
 Committee Sessions.
 It is expected, following upon this or the committees will report tomorrow night, and that in convention assembled the resolutions will be adopted.
 From that time on the 'ants'-who are not the 'pro-liQuor" forces-will wage the most dilgent campaign ever started in this state. the battle being for law and order as specified in the statutes, and as not enforced in the constitution.
 This, in fine, is the object of the meet
  issue will be successful.
 Moody for Chairman.
 Indications tonight are that Senator Frank S. Moody of Tuscaloosa, the "tem- perance sage' of Alabama, will be made the permanent chairman of the meeting.
 At the present time 1t seems a certainty that the honor will fall either to him or to Charles Henderson of Troy. The two are among the most prominent men In the public life of Alabama. Both are men of influence and of strong political back ing
 Friends of Col. E. L. Russell of Mobile are advancing him for the office of per msnent chairman. But they are In the minority at the present time, the general and prevalent opinion being that the cause will probably be bettered by elec- ton of either one of the first two men toned Recently Colonel Russell in sub stance, announced that he would not make the race for governor owing to his relations with the Mobile and Ohio rail- road. It is thought that because of these same relations he will not take the chair which his friends would proffer him.
 Should Senator Moody be made perma- nent chairman, friends of Charles Hender- sor say that he will be made temporary president. Or the vice versa is expected to hold true
 Senator Moody has long been in the public eye At the recent session of the legislature he was strictly opposed to passage of the constitutional amendment, and made one of the most stirring speeches of the session in advocacy Of temperance by graduation. That, in fine, in his platform.
 MT. Henderson who at the present time is president of the railroad commission, has a strong following throughout the state. and is universally recognized as one of the most liberal minded. and at the same time most conservative, cit- zens of the state. He Is strongly men tiored as gubernatorial candidate on the local option platform
 The Moody and Henderson combination, at any rate. Is one of the strongest that could bo got together With Colonel Rus sell in one of the pushing roles, moreover. and such men as ex-Governor Jelks root ing for the ''antis.' success every day ap- pears more imminent.