The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
JACKSON'S ADDRESS ISSUED ID VOTERS Defenders Are Encouraged In Chambers and Sumter SAFE AND SANE BRANCH Will Work in Conjunction With Anti Amendment Headquarters Here.
 Weatherly Makes Strong
 Argument.
SAFE AND SANE BRANCH
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS.

x M. W voters of Alabama yesterday.
 The manager of the campaign for the adoption of the proposed constitutional amendment declares the issue is whisky or no whisky"
 He characterizes those opposed to the amendment as whisky mem paid by the whisky trust. He states that the defeat of the amendment would mean the return of the saloon. He charges that the brewers are behind the fight for the amendment in Alabama.
 Int feature of the proclamation was the urgent methods taken by MT. Jack son to impress on the voters what ne terms the necessity of rallying to his cause. He made no prediction of vie- tory.
 The officers of the young mems amend ment organization were published yester- day. They are Hugh Locke, president; Frank Jones, vice president; Alvin Doug las, a prominent attorney, second vice president; Andrew J. Walker, secretary; Robert L. Daniel, treasurer; T. Jones Ab- bolt, manager of the campaign.
 Everybody Is Working.
 Yesterday was busy day at head quarters.
 Manager J. Lee Long. in entertaining visitors and directing the operations of ueutenants, had his hands full. J. 8. Williams and his assistants were busy in arranging speaking engagements Fir teen stenographers hammered continual tune on typewriters. AS many more were folding circulars and putting them in envelopes. Others were addressing en- velopes. In another room telegraph instrument was ticking. In another the state statistician was busy with reports from the several counties.
 And at county headquarters there was another busy scene Judge Miller and Judge Carmichael spent an arduous day Their stenographers were working over time and with abnormal speed. The visit ors came in streams.
 And the reports received were good. Judge Al Driver of Chambers telephoned:
 ..You think Chambers doubtful? Well, I would rather have a $500 bet that the amendment will be defeated here than that 1t will win"
  and popularity of Judge Denson, who resides there, has been accorded posi- ton in the doubtful column.
 Sumter and Chambers.
 The fight against the amendment has been concentrated in north Alabama.
 As stated yesterday, the force of the state headquarters in Montgomery has
 
 And a branch of the "safe and sane" movement will be established here. Leon McCord, at the head of that movement, and c. L. Harold, a former newspaper man of Birmingham, his first lieutenant, are in the city. MT Harold will remain here permanently and will work in con- junction with state headquarters.
 While the fight will be pressed aggres- sively in north Alabama. the southern counties will not be neglected. On ac- count of the fact. however, that both sides admit that south Alabama will give the amendment a very black eye, the anti amendment leaders figure that their eff forts will do more good in the northern counties of the state, several of which are 
 and Sumter, and from them both came the most cheering reports yesterday. Judge Driver, as quoted above, declares the amendment will lose In Chambers. In Sumter Judge S. H. Sprott, who has oc- cupied the bench of the Sixth judicial cir cult for long number of years. and who stands exceedingly high In every walk t,o lee, ,ad rd QiU ons for opposing the amendment. So all in all, the anti-amendment leaders were very cheerful as night fell yesterday.
 Farmers Give Reasons.
 The rumor that another extra session of the legislature will be called for next spring in case of the passage of the amendment was freely discussed by the voters who wrote from the several coun- ties.
 The letters. too dealt with the political ambition of Governor Conner, who is al- legged to be camping on Senator Bank heads trail, and with the strenuous. un- ceasing fight that Judge s. D. Weakley is making for the governorship. Some paid compliments to the Rev. Brooks Law renee, who is directing the campaign in Alabama for the amendment.
 The fact tAat the tampering with the constitution will endanger the homes and take from the people some of the liberties for which the revolutionary war was fought. has gone to the bulls eye"
 The farmer, as has become apparent to all, is lined up against the amendment, and will remain lined up. He will fire the shot which tears down the playhouse of the politicians.
 The farmer has always held an an- tipathy against changing a constitution. He beat down the governors biennial ses-