The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-10
BOOMERANG IS
 COMER'S DOPE An6s Delighted Over Gov
 ernor's $ Statement. AMENDERS ARE SQUIRTING
AMENDERs ARE sCURRYING|
Feel That Their Cause Is Lost Be-
 yond Any Hope.
Manager Lons sends Some Most En- coursging Reports About the Gen- er.i co.ditio. of the Fisht. Some AEsressiye speak,
 In. pIa.n.A.

The defensive statement of Governor B. B. Conner. published Tuesday morn ing. and in which he put aside ambi- ton for the present. was the chief de- yelopment of Tuesday In the constitu- tionai amendment campaign. H was read with pleasure by the confident op- ponents of the Amendment. who de- clared that they saw in 1t virtual confession of defeat.
 Not the least interesting feature of the day was report from Birmin8@ ham that in the next few days there
 would be announced withdrawals of certain other candidates. This could not be confirmed, as Birmingham was the seat of the runor. but 1t was tele- phoned to Montgomery that Governor Corners statement was the first of several by those who. In the face Of defeat, intended reluctantly to lay aside ambition. It was declared that the amenders were becoming desper- ate and that in an attempt to save as much as possible from the wreck. some Of the candidates. who had started out
 SC confidently, would have sacrificed
 themsefves for the good of the cause. SO Jar as 1t could be learned.
 sIt has been said frequently In po- HfIcai circles. "The defeat of the amendment will he the worst political
 shipwreck that Alabama has ever known Now 1t would seem that the crew of tha amendment ship is trying
 to locate Jonahs during the storm and
 piacste the blast of popular disap-
 provai.
 Over the long distance telephone.
 Manager J. Lee Long said last night:
 .Events are fast happening to show
 that the confidence I have often ex- pressed Is we'll founded. The amend
 ment Is beaten and badly. Let any man who knows Alabama politics. re- view the events of the past week and then let him say. If he will. that he doubts it. Our friends on the other side--the anenders--have been say ing for six weeks that they were going to do somethine--that they were about
 to start something to stop the strong tide against the amendment. But they have not done it. On the other hand. we have grown stronger and stronger with each day. Each day our major | fly is larger than 1t was the day be- fore. If it is possible. our reports to- day are more promising and more glowing than they have ever been. | The effect of the statements of Senators Bankhead and Johnston, Tomlinson' | Bush and others in whom the people 1 have confidence. are being shown now | fin the reports sent in within the past | tuo daya" fcf Tfsp saA3 WaG1t ola i Betting on the election In Montgom.
 cry has practically stopped, as no amendment money has been put up 1 in recent days. A prominent Mont l Romerian. Tuesday. was offering the
 record odds Of $50 to $50 that the
 amendment would he beaten. He was
 unable to place a bet at these odds !. i It was learned that d unidue bet had | been made yesterday in BirnrnRhani lAn anti-amendmeht man bet $i00 to I s2. .000 that the amendment would moi | carry a single county in the State. The pro-amendment people have be- come active in the speaking line In several counties. In one county. thir- | ty-two amendment speakings are scheduled for this week. In most Of the doubtful counties the amendment leaders are sending out all the speak, CTS they can get. Most of the speak CTS are preachers. generally living Tn the county in which they are speak ing. It is estimated now that ninety per cent of the work for the amend
 ment has been left for the preachers | to do.