The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-20
NT|-SALOON MEN MAY TAKE UP FIGHT Expected To B9 Factor In Gov-
 ernOr'S Race MEET HERE NEXT MONTH Much Speculation As To Which Can dcate Will Have the Backing
 Of the Alabama Anti-Sa-
 loon League.
MEET HERE NEXT MONTH

Is the Anti-Saloon league of Alabama preparing to take an active part in the election of a governor of this state? This was a matter of discussion yes- terday among those interested in state politics, and this was a cause of tn e check in the gossip concerning the probability of an early and a late pri- mary
 The discussion was precipitated when the information became known that the Anti-Saloon league will meet in an nual session in February. and that it 1 would probably map out a campaign for the ensuing year. And the dis cussion was given new force when, at the same time, the informa ton because general that ex-Governor R. B. Glenn of North Carolina, under the auspices of the Anti-Saloon league, will make several discussions in Alabama at time when the campaign for governor is expected to be d greatest heat.
 Will the Anti-Saloon league favor the election of any one candidate from the three "amenders" who have an- nounced themselves, or will it's chief effort be directed toward the defeat of Emmet O'Neal and Charles Henderson, the candidates announced from the ranks of the defenders of the constitu- ton?
 Judge Samuel D. Weakley was for merly attorney for the league, and it was his pen which wrote the stringent prohibition laws under which Alabama Is operated at the present time. There Is rumor. in this connection to the effect that the Anti-Saloon league, hay ing come to the conclusion that Judge Weakley cannot win, is preparing to wrap itself and it's influence around Col. H. s. D. Mallory. However, the platform of Judge Weakley will nec><s- sarily be the continuation in effect of the stringent laws concerning prohi- bition of the liquor traffic which are at present on the books. This platform will necessarily coincide with that of the Anti-Saloon league, while that of Colonel Mallory cannot dovetail so per fectly. Colonel Mallory, it is remem- bered, following the defeat of the amendment, issued a statement to the effect that while he favored the adop- tion of the amendment he is first of all democrat. and as such favors that which the majority of the people favor.
 At the preesnt time it's action is be- ing anticipated with a great deal of interest, because what it does, is ex- pected to make the real Issue in the ensuing fight.
 The majority of the state executive committee, incidentally, is a trifie wor- ried, if the reports circulated yester- day are to be believed. In the first place, should that majority call an April primary, the people will not have sufficiently forgotten the rivalry called into existence during the late fight against the amendment, and the ma jority wishes that fight to be forgotten entirely. On the other hand, the ma jority is a little worried on account of the attitude of the epople. That ma jority realises, according to the report, that in case 1t rides rough shod over the wishes of the people that, action will furnish excellent campaign mate rial for the candidate who is running under the banner of the people.