The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-20

m cross as0 yssru q sa6h ethsr. In
every beat the people have bsard them
ana II the beat II 1of particular Inn
portance the speakers have been there
two or three times. Ama3ority Of the
amendment stumpers are preachers
but there have been many lay stump
efs out In the woods arguing for
votes against the amendment.
Morgan County illustrates the truth
Of the saying OF well known state
politician. speaking Of the political
work OF the Anti-Sa1oen, League:
1T Is the most rescurceful political
organization l ever saw conduct 4
campaign In this state Z"
One phase OF the campaign may be
cited to illustrate that. OF course IL Il
taken for granted that practically ev-
cry Protestant minister has preached
once or oftener on the amendment, and
1t Is taken for granted that every one
OF the preachers has spoken out Of the
pulpit when opportunity offered. and
exercised As well as he could his per-
sonal influence 70 secure support for
the amendment. This naturally 70 4
part Of the work OF the Anti Saloon
League in the present campaign. And
inevitably the preacher. like any other
man. reaches the end OF his influence
that he has Influenced as many men
WithtH nse tcoSh - - - poesfoic lo'
him to influence.
Innuence Of Preachers
Then the leaders In this political
fight step in with . new move. They
get some minister who ~ one tins had
q charge In . certain nefghborhood to
go back to that neighborhood for at
least one speech. The minister has
undoubtedly left several close personal
friends In his old charge and itsfs per-
4 * i -
may not have as much influence with
these particular men as me old minis
ter though he may be stationed in
South Alabama and though HIS old
charge may be In North Alabama IL
sent back for sermon or q speech and
to spend the night among his old
friends. -
several times and the policy Is well
known In other counties. So much for
one example that shows how energetic
and how resourceful are the political
forces which are backing the amend.
ment.
One Morgan County defender. speak
ing admiringly OF the number of
amender workers that has been rushed
into Morgan County declared:
"They have poured out here like
swallows from a chimney. You meet
them at every turn"
1t would be within the bounds OF
reason to say. counting preachers and
others, the amenders have had out two
speakers to the defenders one.
throughout the State. although as a
general thing the defender speakers
have been men OF wider reputation and
OF more political Importance In the
past and present.
Costs Much Money.
But the army of speakers. abroad In
Alabama. advocating the amendment in
churches and school houses. must cost
a world of money.
Manager J. Lee Long. of the Anti
Amendment Campaign Committee, de-
clares positively:
They are spending dollars where we
are spending dimes"
But Notwithstanding the promiscu-
Gus speakers and their continued ac-
| tivity, the defenders In Morgan are
proud and confident. Like the old
time Dale County Populist, In trou-
bulous political era. they say They
can't do thing with US. We've got
| the Jurisprudence on Them
Except that the Morgan County de-
tenders say: I'VE started with more
men than they had and we have Kept
increasing that lead.
The defenders here have a fine array
OF workers. and as active as the amend
ers are, the defenders In the past ten
days have been more active They are
covering the county now like blanket,
from one end to the other the defender
| speakers are speaking at every cross
roads and every wide place in the road
1 In which crowd can be collected.
| There are trained and; pracficed no.
! litical headers al. the bead of the de-
fender campaign here. Probate Judge
w. e. SIxeggs. his brother, Mayor w !.
H. Skeggs of Decatur, Sheriff Shipp,
Senator w. T. Lowe. Representatives
John r.. Sample ana w. H. Long. and
others who know Morgan County poll
tics up and down, inside and out. They
are minute mem when 1t comes to
! speaking and each one of them ends
one speaking tour Of the county only
to begin another.
Probate Judge Skeggs Is now out on
tour on his own hook. speaking In
practically. every beat in the county !.
Senator Lowe is doing the same. Rep
resentatives Long and Sample are com
tlnuously on the stump and they have
friends from outside the county to
come into Morgan and run awhile with
them.
Nor is speaking the only thing that
Is being. done. The county has been
canvassed more than once and more
than once full poll has been made.
to the checking Of the name Of every
voter In the county. Out of this comes
the absolute confidence that the county
is against the amendment and that
safely. S.s ~
Mayor skegss CONFIDENT.
I'VE have made decided gains in the
past two weeks" said Mayor w. e.
Skeggs. 1--WE are going to get a ma
jority now in the four Morgan County
towns, Decatur. New Decatur, Hartselle
| and Falkviile. At one time we conced-
| ed New Decatur and Hartselle against
the amendment. but We have reasons to
believe that we will carry every one of
these towns. We have made decided
gains in Hartselle in the two weeks
Just gone"
When II came to naming maJorities
Mayor Skeggs assumed comparative
| tone.
"The majority will be all we will
| need" he said. '.It would be difficult at
this time to prophesy on the matter of
majority. We will have to wait and
see what effect the active campaigning
| of the amenders will have. They have
not hurt us so far, and we have hurt
them. But they are calling on the wo-
| men and you never can tell But viii
| say this, no matter what they do they
cannot take the county away from US.
"If the election depended upon the
| vote of the towns they might be able