The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-06

With a 10-minute radio talk from the Alabama Power eompany's broad casting station at $40 o'clock Mon day night II. k. Miner, co-chairman Of the Alabama seaport committee, will bring the seaport amendment campaign to a close.
 There will be number of other ! speeches and short talks at various places over the state during the day and evening and a general cleaning up of the campaign work will take place.
 Late reports reaching the state campaign headquarters Saturday night and Sunday were of the most encouraging nature and unless all indications fail the ma jority in Ia vor of the ratification of the amend ment at the election tomorrow will be overwhelming.
 "Everything is in readiness for the election,f Chairman H. K. Milner saic last night. and we are confident of large majority for the amendment. We have covered every community in
 the state in the last few weeks with our workers and feel absolutely con fident of winning by enc of the iarg | est majortties ever given an amend ment to the constitution in this state,
 opposition Is Small There Is no organized or general opposition to the amendment and in the few cases we have heard of where certain persons were talking
 or working against it we have been able to overcome any effect they may
 have had with the voters.
 "The people have shown a willing ness to learn and having learned that the adoption of the mandment will
 tend to promote the general material interests of the state and that If will
 net add anything to the tax burden of the people they are willing to vote for if. We feel that the men and women of Alabamai know their state better and that they are talk ing 1ivelier interest in it and its welfare because of the educational campaign that has been made for this amendment.
 When we began the campaign last
 summer Sidney ]. Bowie. who Is as- sociated with me in the manage i ment of the campaign, felt if we could only get the message to the
 voters that they would ratify the amendment on election day, The further We got into the campaign the
 more convinced did we become that all that was necessary to win was to
 let the voters know that the aaop- tion meant greater prosperity for the whole state and no additional tax
 burden upon them. We prepared all 1 of our literature with this Idea in
 view. We have made no claims that
 could not be substantiated by the
 facts; we have not attempted to de-
 ceive and in no case have we evaded
 any question that has arisen. We have gone to the voters with a plain
 statement of facts and on these
 rested our case
 Majority To He 25.OO0 1 We have faith in the people of
 Alabama. We know they want to do
 that which will best promote their
 own and their states interests and l we have tried to show them that the adoption of the port amendment and
 the development of first class port
 at Mobile will do as much, if not more, for the advancement of the states material welfare thany any thing else that is now before the | people.
 l Reduction in freight rates. which in the ends means better prices for | our products, and the utilization of
 one of the greatest commercial | agencies, so long neglected, will re- dound to the benefit of the entire state
 T do not believe that I am too l optimistic when l predict that the
 majority for the amendment at the election Tuesday will be above 25, 900.
 and it may double that figure"