The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-09
LIEUTENANT-GOvERNOR HERE.
pr. Cunningham Disappointed With
 Plan for Capitol.

Plan for Capitol.
 Lieutenant Gov ernor R. M. Cunning ham, who left the' Governors chair In April, having held it during the long absence of Governor Jelks from the State. arrived in Montgomery last night from Andalusia and announced that ne had ended his random speaking tour.
 This tour has been unceasing since the return of Governor Jelks from New Mexico. It has been the result of ac- cepting invitations from day to day and week to week to deliver speeches on special occasions in all parts of the State He has alternately addressed school and college commencement gath erings and "stumped" 1t at barbecues.
 The Lieutenant- Governor having giv- en his tongue respite now, says he Will at once return to the practice of med- icine at Ensley. He is the proprietor of an independent hospital at Pratt City where there are large mines Of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad Company. It was his intention to go back to his business right after the re- turn of Governor Jelks in April threw him out of the Governors chair. The long succession of requests for speak ing appointments. however. interfered. and he gave way for about three months.
 Being the only announced candidate for Governor In next years campaign, LleutenanL-d cunningham was asked last night what refiec1ons he had seen over the State recently. He readily replied that he had come across nothing but what renews confidence in his ability to hold his own against the candidates that are to come. This does not mean that since April he has been engaged in campaigning. as in many instances his addresses have been in the interest of education. State Su- perintendent of Education I. w. Hill is quick to admit that the Lieutenant Governor has been an important factor in the cause of local taxation for school purposes which has of late made rapid strides
 The Lieutenant-Governor was finally asked to review the decision of the Capitol Building Commission In award ing prizes to architects whose plans for the extension of the Capitol were in competition before that body last Wednesday, Like the mass of the peo- pie who have seen reproductions of the three prize-winning designs he Is disappointed at the selection of the two story wing plan.
 The Lieutenant- Governor has more than right to speak on this matter. He was at the head of the Commission when 1t was determined to erect the north and south wings. the south wing out of the existing appropriation and the north wing out of anticipated ap- populations of a future Legislature He said last night 1t should be clear to anybody not conversant with arcni- lecture that the two-story wing deter mined upon will destroy the harmony of tho whole when completed. He ex- pressed hope that some way might be | discovered by which the three-story idea may prevail and the interior ar engagements made to suit the tastes of | the Supreme Court Justices.
 This morning Lieutenant- Governor Cunningham will return to his home | in Ensley. He attended the Masonic Temple exercises in Andalusia yester- | day and was surprised at the outpour- 1 ing of Masons on that occasion. He | estimated that there were 510 of qa | order in the line of parade. The wis., itors in all were estimated at 3,0Oe.