The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-20
Young Mems Club In Enthu-
siastic Meeting Arrange
for Work At Polls
MEM BERSHlP WILL SOON
REACH THE 1000 MARK
Committees VIII Wait on Sheriff to
Ask That Election Laws Be Strict
Iy Observed Around Polling
Places.

The Young Mems Anti-Amendment club
OF Jefferson county held a meeting last
night in Magnolia hall, adopted resolu-
lions commencing the stand taken in sup
port of the constitution by Senator John
w. Overton of Randolph, Representative
Jere King of Jefferson and Representative
N. s. Sherrod of Lawrence-these being
the three dropped by the Women's Chris
tan Temperance union from its roll of
honorary members; adopted resolutions
providing for the appointment of COM
mittee to visit Sheriff Higdon with an OBJ
ject of securing the enforcement of the
laws governing elections In Alabama;
elected new members from practically
every precinct in the county; raised be-
tain the fight in this county and heard ex-
Congressman Sydney J. Bowie deliver q
splendid grafton.
1t was the original plan to hold the
meeting In the circuit courtroom. When
the first Corners arrived at the court
that the lights had disappeared. But this
did not disturb, and soon lights had been
secured from the clerks office of the
criminal court. Then, however. it was
found that the room could not accommo-
date those who attended. Magnolia hall
was then resorted to.
Several Hundred Present.
Several hundred young men of the ycoun-
ty were present and much enthusiasm
was displayed. President Scully presided
and read a list of new members. The
total membership of the club reached q
figure almost as large as 1000. Subscrip-
tons were then called for, and nearly
$500 was raised.
The following resolutions were then pre-
scented by John w. Altman and were
adopted by unanimous rising vote:
Confidence In Expelled Men.
Whereas, We have been advised
through the press that the Hon. Jere C.
King. the Hon. N. s. Sherrod and the
Hon. John w. Overton have been dropped
from the roll of honorary membership by
the w. C. T. U. on account of their re-
fusal to espouse the cause OF those favor
ing the so-called amendment of the consti-
tuition of the state of Alabama, but which
proposed amendment amounts to nothing
less than complete subversion of the
constitution of the state, leaving a mere
form of government bereft of soul and
spirit; and,
l. 4. Al.
Notwithstanding the position taken by
these honorable gentlemen in opposition
to the proposed humiliation of our bill
of rights, which bill of rights secures to
us not only the sanctity Of our homes but
the security of our persons and the means
of maintaining the one and of defending
the other, that these gentlemen are none
the less true advocates of temperance,
and that nothing can be more eloquent of
thier devotedness to temperance than the
stand that they have taken in opposition
to the extravagant lengths to which the
annihilators of our constitution would
go; now, be it
Resolved That we do commend these
gentlemen for the patriotic stand they
have taken in defense of our bill Of
rights;
That we assure them of our conf
dent belief in them as true sons of tenn
perance; and,
THAT we dep1ore the spirit Of political
intolerance which has been engendered
by this needless attack upon our consti-
tutional rfgts, and that We certainly be-
lieve that on November %. in the year of
grace, 1909. the people of Alabama will
vindicate them"
VIII Visit the Sheriff.
The following resolutions were intro
duced by Owen Gillespie and adopted by
a rising vote:
Whereas. all good citizens should de-
sire that the election to be held on
November 20, 1909, shall be conducted
in all respects in strict accordance with
the law, and
whereas, 1t Is the desire of this club
that such election shall be so conducted,
now, therefore
BE it Resolved, By the Young Mems
Anti-Amendment club of Jefferson coun-
ty that committee to be selected by the
president Do appointed In SUCH number
as may seem best to the president, which
committee shall be charged with the duty
of calling upon the sheriff of Jefferson
county to enforce strictly the election laws
of the state Of Alabama on said date,
and especially those laws which have for
their purpose the prevention of interior
ence with electors, and which provide
that the polling places shall be kept
clear at an election.
BE 1t further resolved, That a copy
Of these resolutions be sent by the SEQ
rotary to the campaign committee for
Jefferson county of those who favor the
passage Of the amendment, and that they
be and are hereby invited to join this
club in this request to the sheriff of JEFF
ferson county, and to that end to appoint
a similar committee to that to be APP
pointed by the president Of this club"
Investigate Poll Tax Payments.
The following resolution was introduced
by E. d. Smith and unanimously adopted:
whereas. 1t is persistently rumored
that an attempt will be made to have
those who favor the passage Of the con-
stitutional amendment to be voted on