The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-30
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 Perhaps never before in the political history of Montgomery or of tho en- tire state has there been such dem onstrstion by people of every shads of political belief and afiiiation as seen on the streets of this city Monday night.
 Throughout the day the bailotinx on the issue presented by the constitu- tional amendment had occupied the minds of everyone and when the polls closed the tension was but increased until tne returns began to come in and some line on the election was secured.
 An Intervals throughout the city, iit- tie masses and groups of people gath cred and hazarded their conjectures as 70 the probable result. Here In Mont gomery 1t was conceded early Monday afternoon that the amendment had been defeated. but there was much un- certainty about the issue over the state generally.
 the city were depopuiated. Hotel lob- bies. the usual rendezvous of those of speculative turns of minds and the meccas of politicians and their sattei- ttes. were bare through compa risof {. But there was one spot toward which feet inclined led and that spot was the stretch of Dexter Avenue and Law renee Street. before the once of The < Advertiser.
 Hanging suspended over the front of three floors of the Federal building. opposite the oflice of The Advertiser. was an immense canvas. This white expanse was the cynoBure of ali eyes, for upon It's surface was to be read the story of the repudiation of the Conner Wealxley amendment measure that had failed to meet the approval of the franchises of the State.
 Darkness had not settled over the city before an eager throng began to nle up and dawn Dexter Avenue and through the adjoining streets to take positions about The Advertisers build- ing. A half an hour after the street lights were twinkling over the city. mass Of impatient, eager. hopeful men and women crowded the thorough fases and ciasnbored for bulletins that would shed light on the voting situa- ton and relieve anxiety and uncer- tainty.
 Alter a short interval, the rays from the stereopticon In The Advertiser of- nee illuminated the stretch Of canvas, and q hurricane of chsers crashed on the air.
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 a&Ht v ttAR Wk@t tkSN A&s&s N4At4tH ES-Ns cad it broke tho tension. Once more the noise became deafening 1t was not much informasfpn and t decided nothing, but it was little and of the right kind. Then. too. 1t was an earnest of still better and fuller news in store. ts " t ta1
 One by one the bulletins of the de- fender victories in various sections of Montgomery County and city and from neighboring counties whose beats were most accessible were flashed. Of course, now and then a beat or two returned majority In favor of the amendment. but they were accepted as g matter of course as an incident the price that must be paid for a sweeping victory and as some small < compensation thrown to the afnsnders to keep them fron dispairing utterly.
 But In the maia the first instaiments of bulletins were all favorable 10 the defenders side of the issue.
 It was not more than 7i3e o'clock be- fore the result Of tho voting in Mont- gomery, and its county had been re- ceiyed end tabuiRted. The result. per- hsps. greater in favoring the defend CTS than some had anticipated. was none the legs acceptable and was re- csived with mad enthusiasm. There has been no time. probably, during the campaign when even the most enthu- siaatie and sanguine among the amend CTS imagined that they could carry Montgomery County. but if Is true also fhat the saneuine defenders really down deep in their hearts hardly sx- pccted to carry the county by more than i.7eo votes. So the big majority was fresh cause fer frantic cheering and ssfatic acclaim.
 one after another the counties of the State. particularly those in the central and southern portion began contribut- ing their quotas to the defenders ma jority.
 Mobile city and county was among