The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1905-11-07

n people already too bhnded Dy MIN,
he tells them now that he Is forced 90
run for Governor because the Railroad
Commission has no power to rednce
freight rates.
Mr.. Conner knew nothing about the
president of the Railroad Commission,
and he knows less about the ONCE of
Governor. He is. in fact. politically,
the most ignorant candidate we have
ever known to Offer for high ONCE in
this State and Alabama can get along
gloriously without him in any official
capacity whatever. With no political
experience and no inherent wisdom OF
statesman ship, what in thunder does
he know about an office so great and so
important as that of Governor?
Surely he presumes upon the ignor-
anco anil not upon the intelligence of
the people to endorse his unfitness for
Office.
Listen again: In his first official
stunt, being a late hearing before the
commission, he says Re appealed to
Governor Jelks to furnish him counsel
to cope with the array of railroad law
yerJ present, and that the Governor de-
clined, saying he had trouble of his
own" In his campaign speeches Mr.
Conner refers to this incident declaring
in a glow of patriotic erysipelas. If
had been Governor / would have
fur nisted counsel. you can bet your
socksr
This is very dignified language for
a car didate for Governor of the State
of Alabama! Mr.. Conner Is lacking in
verbal refinement. "A candidate for
Governor of Alabama should not be.
But, that Is by itself. As TO furnish
ing council with CIR without a wager of
pedal rainnent, Mr.. Conner, as Governor,
would have done no such thing, or IL he
had he would have done thing unlaw-
h<.trA v@tS< 40. I. a
supply Mrs. Conner with counsel. But IL
MI Conner had done this unlawful
thing, how many other unlawful things
might he not do as Governor? He
world in the Governors CHI air be like
the traditional bull in a china shop.
Clearly. Mr. Conner is too ignorant for
the rlace. He seems to have no idea of
his limitations, no more than he had Of
the rover of the Railroad Commission:
and II elected Governor and found out
that he couldn't run things outside of
the law he would complain again TO
the people and say that the wicked at
torney-generat had decided against him
or rather against the people--aud the
only way he could be OF real and won
derful service would be 10 go to the
United States Senate.
Does 1t take surgical operation to
get 1t into the heads of the people that
this same multi-candidate is out for
nothing in this world but ONCE, with a
strongly inferentfal personal griev-
ance attachment?
Having spent $4,000 in his canvass
for president of the Railroad Commits
sion, II Mr.. Conner was so rampant In
the interest of an oppressed and
robbed people, why didn't he go down
In his pocket ana pay out a few hun
dred dollars in order that they might
be properly represented--since by his
own admission they were lot so repre-
scented in rim. He was sitting in a tu-
dicial capacity and needed no counsel.
He was put there to do what he wanted
the Governor to go beyond his turisdic-
ton to do for him. He wss as Judge
calling fer a lawyer to tell him what
decision to render.
What farce his election has been.
and what farcical figure does he cut
In presuming seriously to run for Gov
ernor.
And on tor of it all, here comes DR..
Cunningham and admits that he was
responsible for Mr. Comer--seems
proud of the admissiou-that IL was his
vote that took the appointing power
out of the hands of the Governor and
made the Railroad Commission cleo
tive.
DR.. Curr ingham has much to answer
for.
We have referred to Mr.. Corners ut
teraEces as blamphemous. We hay-
emf the specific language at hand but
VIII get 1t. 1t Is to be found in one
OF his quoted speeches in which he
compares himself to Naomi ana the
people to Ruth.
Naomi" Conner! Good!-gra-
cious!