The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-14
COVERS SPEECH AT TUSCALOOSA

S<se<~.<~s@es~<ssS ru.caloosa. Ala, Decs.--tspeciaio- MT R R Conner, Candidate for Goss ernor, addressed small assemtpidfo fouse people. who met at the C9uv' in re- here at eleven o'clock to-day, III er sponse to notices that he would 'as opes his camnaign and outline the issues upon which he proposed 10 many Mr. Henry Fitts of this place mtro- duced MT: Conner s...n. (5entlemen:-I thank your cnalrtMnan M .,,.raraIy For inc very complimentary way in which he pressnseaa, a,e m the is- want to talk to you ana staae ,arson- sue The Sst real ,s isfae faet S for Which lighting, and in the race that ls inr made, it is not Cunnlngnar aora Conner race, but stana It S for. a and that Is what really will be the fight this tune. @ Before going into this discussion, nov ov,o ever. will state 10 S yoq was vnas with you, and we talked in this room. I. s,n,, that the talk bore fruit, because S1u stood with me then. Al tnat that qWe was here. Sv Wbsn came into your town forty wears ago I came at double qulch; came with a muskst, & as sy,an poi oid 't Gage. yon remember him. and old Gage beat perhaps, his last long roll that nism,. ,,r and we boys were tumDleu ou. os uot ! cots shuffled into our clothes, anu sott down to Marion, and we marched at once to the garrison. and when w w started he double-quicked down tSpWsnE, tps,E at soWs We p1nna p@arched ed out out of Tuscaloosss and marched down to Marion, ann were disappointed. ordered 10 we time. We got into Selma right aI,es the Forrest raid-the wilson raiu, th;na ah r as saw in Selma at that time; anS ! ! shail never forget the impression nnw yh1t it wrecked and ruined our. country. l also shall never forget when l heatb h,,tb that the University was putnea, a "bs the nride of the State. and that rotund.a, {, iri which 1t was kept. thought !. was the handsomest building d,ng eve. saw:- 1t was a handsome puliuihs,. sent up in useless flames, might say and it was shall never forget U lt' and I shall never forget now WET WIFI rnnm"erv@Montgomery n was not burn ed as Selma was. you recoiiect roI rest made his grand stand mere heard of one company that formed across the street. and as they wousu charge and break. go back @ ana aI rJ ef surrender they put. spurs to then horses and swan the river. On my return home l went neninr 9,,inr the raid all the way down 10 Onlo,t Springs. and there was destruction RI the way down. want to say .o yUu that never have forgotten the m !. pression that was made on my nina a' that time. of the dcsolation that the old Confederate must have found WneuI WI he came back. to his home to star Henry Grady have often come to mt in which he pictures.-in that erea speech he made Tn New TOTS wnu w" rec ppi,nct pil,y,mts pr 5p Taimadge Tai was talkins abou the glories of the Federal return, an, q, how they marched into Washington 5. came in with the band and might, federate soldiers. how they arrived ! ses Sssaersyl,ls srs Ss foet-soro almost naked bare of clothes. coming back home;
 sitting down 1,sst,op to re5e on of 'n the otSer .Jim, what are you going to do whe s0s Said he: Do, am going to .sds kis and make me a crop. and If the Yan kees fool with me any more am soih to whip them again. oxoaor,t
 That is the way the Conieuerat soldier came home.
 I want to say In the beginning o this campaign they sryed sefvso sor ion poor pa, @ and that they ought to be the car and keeping of the state to every M ex tent commensgrate wifh 5h b the ,veii eHonon nsre for and become the beneficiaries Q the State and since that time and nor pT1d paT1tieTartlSy tSs sSScos to give % the men and young ladies all chance | get an education. Back in those day you viii recGliect there there was and n9 Syo yo couldn't get the money. unless som friend paid for you, you could not ge education sTfeps s TpscoIeet Mtsa fhst time. It is the policy of the Stat now to put an edneas'on lnsle cbS1a Mithin in th iii state; more particularly is this cal ried on in the towns and villages.
 Tor tH G tEyoagh at to ffSer the very hs Ha that the economy of the State will pel nit I am in favor of carrying It nt Is rural districts, that all our people; r r' an opportunity to be educated. AT !, down at the foot--I am told fort! ninth. three from the last. thin gentlemen. that a State like this. thi to stand the last but third in tn great educational problem, that no pervades the land. We must 2 third third from rom the last. but get up. alor towards the head We do not belor down there. To the very utmost e Sviii hermit. we should have educ tion and carry 1t back. gentlemen. ca " it back to the furtherest, back
 sH tsn rural rn as far as they can reach a
 give every child an opportunity
 get up in. this, life, to get an educ api, ;t ;stoii is the basis of the State.
 might go along with other thine might talk to you about immlgratit want to say to you. 1t has gone so
 
 
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