The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-04


had % much Of surprise ana interest
that he must have An Auditor. he
must have Secretary of state. he
must have q Treasurer, ana he must
have an Attorney General and must
have z Legislature IN accord with him
and HIS IDEAS
Herald's nrst statement on this part
OF Mr.. Corners speech. 1t said:
Mr.. Conner said that In order to
get railway rate reform It would be
necessary to have q Governor, q Leg
islature. State Auditor. Treasures
and Attorney General and q Railroad
Commission that would be friendly to
Only the wording ID different. NY
distinct recollection Of this passage in
his speech. which was not so compact
az In both reports, was that he used
the words must" and .'have, rot to
have" The Age-Herald mans En-
glish II only clearer and better than
that which Mr.. Conner used
] After the speaking, The Age Herald
man and The Advertiser man, in talk
ing the speech over, instantly and
unanimously agreed that Mr.. Corners
declaration as to other State officials
was the most vital part Of HE speech.
He left to look Mr.. Conner UP to talk
II over with him. To do Nh. Conner
justice, The Advertiser report said: In
a conversation after the speaking Mr..
Conner said that he had not in his
own mind selected any candidates for
the ofices he had named"
What inference was drawn in The Ad-
vertiser report was drawn from what
Mr.. Conner said as reported by both
The Age-Herald and The Advertiser
man. And the origin OF the Inference
WAS az pIfcft1v atated
But The AEe-Herald little further
said:
HE said he had not thus far and
would not under any circumstances die
tate or designate, or even intimate, who
should be the nominees for the other
Offices of the State. as he believed the
selection of candidates was exclusively
the peoples business
Now. that wasn't In The Advertiser
report. why? Because I didn't hear
Mr.. Conner say II. Now he may have
said 1t. as 1t is expressed there. but I
simply say / didn't hear It. Mr.
Conner, at times, is not a very distinct
speaker and the talented correspondent
of The Age-Herald may have heard bet
ter than ]. The frst intimation that I
had that Mr.. Conner had qualified his
original statement came in CONVERSE
ton with a friend Of his and In the re-
port / was moved to give him credit
for the qualification.
To go further. the only "discIaiminR'
heard Mr.. Conner do was to deny in
the early part of his speech the report
that he had selected a running mate
Further on in his report Of the Taliadega
speech. The Age-Herald correspondent
quoted Mr.. Conner as saying the fight
was the peoples fight. the people were
to do it all. Mr.. Conner no doubt said
this. He always calls It the peoples
ISSUE" the peoples fight" the "peo-
pies cause" no matter where or when.
but Mr.. Corners most ardent friends
who heard him at Talladega will hardly
deny that In talking of the State Of
fees, he said must" and have got to
have"
It seems to me that this should kill
the early wriggling, campaign yarn of
Misrepresentation, unless, like the tail
of the snake we killed on the farm,
which didn't die till sundown, the tail
OF this reptile will live till election day.
If the editorial friends of Mr.. Conner
will possess themselves in patience they
will admit that in my work throughout
the campaign I will have treated Mr..
Conner fairly, for I could have no other
aim or purpose. 1t IL theirs to watch.
note and compare, but let them do 1t
fairly.
There never was a political campaign
in which all the Misrepresentation was
on one side. Mr.. Conner may have been
misrepresented in the past. but Mr..
Conner is not the only man who has
been misrepresented. Mr.. Conner may
be the original martyr. but there are
other martyrs. What's to prevent the
Advertiser correspondent from appear
ing in the role of martyr,if he has all
the qualifications for the ONCE?
Personally I would dislike to appear
an issue in this campaign alongside of
environments the Georgia rate and
the long and the short haul, but this
dislike will not deter me from doing
my duty as I see II. And may say
that in the discharge of my Advertiser
duties have never been called on to
do anything that could do violence to
my conscience or my self-respect
Will T. Sheehan.