The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-29
AMENDERS AND DEFENDERS
 IN RIVAL DEMONSTRATIONS
Women al 1lGea Parsle,
 Wearing Wkiie Ribbsss.
Violent speech a.s P.rss..s-Aip CAsr. { .eteri.e Evest. ef Tum~,t.sss i su.aay--EisAt rAsuss.a
 Deseaders |. D-.i As- dienees ef Afteenesn.

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 Politics. unforgiving and unsparins.
 shorn of charity towards the enemy
 and unforgiving to everyone on the opposite side. robbed the Sabbath again of it's sanctfty this afternoon and to- l night when rival demonstrationS or amenders and defenders, made the Bir- l mingham district rasenibie the week Tend of . Hearst or Tammany political cOnfictin New York on a secular day. | Preachers abandoned their puIpits to- | night and adjourned their consfega- tons to the Hippo.irome where tlse final display of the amendment
 strength took place, following the ups. roarous assemblage of the defenders in the same spacious auditorium- Without doubt the amenders were sclipsedr by the defenders of tile con- stitution in the tumuituous demonetpA- ton this afternoon that sprang from | the dual mass meetings at the Jeffer- son theatre and the iiippcdrome. The amenders were long on women. cilti- dren and young men, while the anti
 amenders drew a far greater throns of
 the actual voters than their opponents. l The day was without parallel in I the history Of Jefferson County peli- tics. Sunday gatherings of this kind ' and on this issue have been held be- | fore but never has the Sabbath been so completely delivered over to violent
 speech and partisan demonstrations az ! 1t was today.
 Thessrer- r-Are crewdea.
 | Long before 2 o'clock. the hour set l for the assembiage of the defenders. the Hippodrome and the Jefferson The- atre, having a combined seating ca- pacity of 4.6o0. were packed to over- flowing by the followers of tbe two United states Senators. the i've living | ex-Governors and tie majority of the | congressmen of Alabama. slusic cf
 popular airs. including ! T idoms.. Sweet Il CTS rent fhs air ardnnd sthe 9titefsee- | tion of Second Avenue and Eightsenth
 Street and Third Avenue and Eigh- | teenth Street. & s4 sss ss, ' j, s | There were no less than 5000 men
 in the dual Audiences of the defenders I during the afternoon. In the Jeffer-
 son, to hear the selected corps of speakers the place was packed with fn- terested hearers and the overflow. hun l gry for enthusiasm. sought resort in the Hippodrome one block dlstant. | But when they went around to the | Hlppodrome the unseateds enthussasts l could not lind room there and had to stand at either place all afternoon.
 The crowd was circulating m ifs nss | ture as the speeches ran through about three hours and all were given
 chance to attend the magnificent ad- dresses. 4st-f
 During the heat of the defenders meeting. the main streets, of BirminK- ham were the scene of an imposing ps- rade of the amenders. In accordance with the instructions Of the Sunday
 School teachers. the preachers. Brooks Lawrence and the amendment cham pions, about 2,00e men and consider | ably less women. children and boys lined up at Capitol Park for a demon stration of white ribbons. through the
 streets of the city.
 The noise was plentiful. rivalinE tho great demonstration of the Young Mems Anti-Amendment Club last night over the same streets. And the spirit was expressed in the most partisan manner. White handkerchiefs were waved feelingly at those on sidewalks wearing the defenders flags. And the joilincatlon of the arlenders wound up
 with a large gathering at the khppo- drome tonight when Rev. Brooks LAW renee made his final appeal for the election work tomorrow.
 sumnlons fer Final Charge.
 l The speakers to the defenders ex- l piained that the argument was all over and they only appeared at this stage | of the conflict for the purpose or
 sounding the bugle for the hnai charga
 
 erous speakers were Judge E. B. AL mond. of Colbert County; ex-Congress- | man M w. Howard of Defkalb; Judge John c. Eyster. of Decatur; Hon. ]. c | Manning. of Birmingham; Judge Jules E. Afford. of Mobile; Senator John Rogers, of Sumter; Tom Long. of Jas per- Jesse Stallings. of Birmingham, and Hon. John Tomlinson and F. c. I Bowman, of Birmingham.
 If was an afternoon Of fun and trt- l umph with the speakers and their au- diences. It resembl0d more of a cele- bration of victory than summons Tor
 the final charge on the political ene- my. Everything bespoke success ana
 with every telling roast of Lawrence, | Conner ana Weakley,. ehe crowd cheered and often rose to their feet In appre-
 citation of their feeling against tAsf
 amendment.
 partiality towards the aFnendment Fri- day and Saturday aroused the inolkna-
 tIon of the good citizens. came in Tor
 fierce excoriation, by P. c. Bowman. AZ
 the entrance to both the Jefferson and
 the Hlppodrome the men were hnnaoo
 huge dodgers picturing the rank dis-
 criminations of the registrArs against
 the defenders. and calling on the peo-
 nie of the county to resent at the poll , the wiiful disfranehisehent Of hun
 dreds of worthy fellows of OfAnelo-saxcn
 blood. ss ToIiers Cannot Remistes.
 The charge was made that thons-
 and toiiers who could not wait In line to register on account of the diiat0Fy
 tactics of the officers had been deprived [ of an opportunity to vote on the araetad- . ment. It Is considered remarkable that with the feeling running to so hisn
 pitch, there has been no violence so far in this election.
 The Florence Hotel tonight was scene that would make any one for- get the meaning of the Sabbath. Reg istrar Dunlap was surrounded by ds-
 lenders who hurled severe eriticism at saturday and threatened to have him impeached along with the other regis. 5 trars for misconduct in oflce. Bfr, | Dunlap tried to engage his opponenta