The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-24

slde. hut In 8vory on4 of theno coun- ties we are eoink to b. hefi down to small majoritfes. On the other Hand
 speaking frankly, 1t looks as though counties than 1t carries in the State and that in several of these counties the majority against 1t win be excep- tionally large" "If the amendment is defeated, as you think 1t will be. what reason will be responsible for It's defeat" He
 was asked
 Conner and the Alabama politics of the past three years" he replied promptly. With the overwhelming sentiment for prohibition in Alabama the campaign for the amendment ought to have been triumphant ! one disappointment after another. The | anti-ameniment leaders. to carry the point. pitched their campaign against | Conner. his policies and the record in | Alabama for the past three years. Un- l til this campaign nobody dreamed how much opposition there was to all this. And this opposition has destroy
 ed the amendment" Nt1s Every Cunfy, Says Long. Manager J. Lee Long declares that there Is no reason for him to revise I hA& ntot otatttuCAb 4 fhthth a8Qt tAAsh ' he did not concede a single county to the sndment. He admits that
 It is possible for from one to half dozen counties to go for the amend ment, but contends strong that In each of the counties the defenders have an equal If not better show for carry | ing 1t
 The final week, will naturally be de- voted by both sides to the supposedly doubtful counties. Jefferson. which.
 because 1t voted for prohibition when this question was last up. Is classed l as a doubtful county. although the
 defenders are positive that, the ma-
 Jority In Jefferson against the amend
 ment will range anywhere from 500 to 2.000.
 There are few neutral people In this fight. but those that are neutral ad-
 init that Jefferson is against the amendment, now by considerable ma jority. while the apenders are mak- Ing desperate efforts in the final week to turn the tide.
 ies of the Jefferson County Anti ing:
 "The fight is practically over in Jef- ferson. No matter what they do they cannot now upset our majority. I am willing to go on record as predicting that the majority in this county against the amendment will be at least 1.75o. We have in the past few days organized a Young Mems Anti Amendment Club with approximately 1,2o0 members and this club is do- ing splendid work. It is supplement- ing the active work which has been done by our original committee and which has already had most satisfac- tory results. And we are busier right now than at any previous time during the campaign"
 Etowah Is Safe.
 Etowah was classed as doubtful county until a few days ago. There was scrapping in that county from the
 first tap of the bell. The two local organizations. one for the amendment and the other against 1t wore each other out in the fighting until. like two antagonists in a fight. they sat exhausted and looked at each other during. a. breathing spell. The fight now has been resumed and quickened, with the defenders absolutely sure of victory. A strong pro-amendment sem timent was found in the towns of Gads- den and Attalla. The country beats, and in Etowah county they are thick ly populated with voting strength, were slow in being heard from. When all of them were heard from a dinrer- ent complexion was seen upon the po- litical situation in Etowah.
 Louis Herzberg. a leading business man of Gadsden and one of the most popular men in the county said yester- day:
 'sThere Is no doubt as to the situa- ton in Etowah. The amendment Is 1 defeated and that by good majority. lsWe have made large gains on them l in the towns and the country beats are heavily against 1t.
 Julius W. Davidson. after touring Fayette County. reported that that county would vote one of the heaviest
 proportionate majorities against the amendment of any county in the State. He has toured the county and says there is no possibility of his mistaking the sentiment of the people. He says that it Is conceded that Marion, Lamar, Winston. and Walker arc strong against the Conner proposition. Even the amenders in Birmingham admit that they are going to lose in that sec- tion of Alabama.
 They claimed at one time that the Sixth Congressional District would,
 next to the Fifth District, roll up the largest majority for the amendment
 but many of them are now conceding that Congressman Hobson's own dis- trict will line up with the other dis tricts in opposition to the ill-starred amendment. although they hope to get two or three counties out of 1t. Talladcga and TaIlapOOsa. Talladega and Tallapoosa Counties are two of the large counties which may be safely counted as doubtful. Both sides are claiming them and neither side makes claim to a heavy majority The two counties between now and
 Monday will see much political fight ing, especially Tallapoosa.
 The defender leaders, when they faced the problem of getting into
 sixty-seven counties with an aggres-
 sive organization built from the ground up, had to neglect some counties at the
 start and Talladega and Tallapoosa happened to be two of these counties Tallapo osa and Talladega Counties hap pened to have some active pro-amend-