The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-27

From the Montgomery Advertiser
 Q.-who is MT. B. B. Conner?
 Ale is very shrewd man who has made a great deal of money.
 Q.-What does he propose to do if ele"t- ed railroad commissioner?
 Ale proposes to reduce the revenue of the Alabama railroads by nearly three million dollars a year.
 Q. What will be the result of such re- duction?
 Alt will bankrupt nearly every rail- road in Alabama unless it can increase interstate rates to make up the loss
 Q.-win this help the farmer, laboring man and consumer?
 A.-No, it will hurt them and will hurt the state in every direction, except pos sibly some special business interests.
 Q.-Why is MT. Conner in favor of such course?
 A.-Because he thinks 1t will help his special business interests.
 Q.-Is MT Conner spending any money to secure the election?
 A.-Yes. he is spending many thousands of dollars for that purpose.
 Q.-Has he been in the habit of spend ing his money for the benefit of the peo- pie of Alabama?
 A.-No, he has not. He has only spent money when he believed 1t would bring him much more money in return.
 Q.-Has MT. Conner or have the rail- roads sacrificed anything to help Ala bama?
 A.-Mr. Conner has not. He has got full return and large profits for everything he has done But the railroads have in the development of Alabama spent millions of dollars for which they have never re- ceived any return.
 o.-what is a good way to judge wheth- CT a man is public spirited and trust worthy in public office?
 Alone very good way is by the es- teem in which he Is held by the people in the community where he lives
 Q.-Is MT. Conner well esteemed in Bir- mingham, where he lives?
 Ale is not. He is very unpopular man and has remarkably few friends considering his long residence there He could not be elected constable or to any local office. His only hope to be elected to the position of railroad commissioner is to inspire the people with enough hatred of the railroads to make the vot- CTS support him.
 Q.-Is there any other way by which a man seeking public office can be justly judged?
 A-Yes Another way is to know how he treats his employees and what they think of him.
 Q-What are the relations between MT. Conner and his employees?
 A.-Those relations are not good. He employs a great many people in his cot ton mills and elsewhere He Is harsh and unfriendly in his treatment of them and is very much disliked by them.
 Q.-Is there any other way to judge the fitness of a candidate for office?
 A.-Yes; another way is to know what he thinks of the people. If he has a contempt for the people he is pretty sure to disregard the true interests of the people, If he gets in office.
 Q.-What does MT. Conner think of the people?
 ion of them He thinks the people of Alabama haven't Hau SeHSe tnouBu to govern themselves for the past twenty years He claims that every member of the railroad commission for the past twenty years has been corrupt and false to his trust and that every governor of Alabama for the past twenty years has been grossly false to his trust by ap- pointing and re-appointing members of the commission who were traitors to the cause of the people and he seems to think the Judges of all the courts in Alabama claims or observe reasonable car service rules. If Mir. Conner believes all these things, then he necessarily thinks the Alabama people haven't any sense for continuing to elect men to public office who regularly betray their public trust. MT. Conner all the time brags on the peo- pie of Georgia and how the law is admin stered there. Yet the railroad commis- sioners of Georgia have always been ap- pointed by the governor just as they have been in Alabama until the last leg islature and the judges in Georgia are elected by the people, just like they al- ways have been in Alabama. So, MT. Conner seems to think the people of Geor- gia are very smart and capable and that the people of Alabama are very silly and helpless.
 Q.-Is MT Conner right when he says Georgia is more prosperous than Ala bama?
 A.-No, he is entirely wrong. Alabama