The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-02

mere IS no sort or a COuCeTtouI
 movement among the members of the
 order. for such would be contrary to
 Masonic teachings. but many of them.
 in quiet resentment of the unjust
 charges made are earnestly support
 ing the Lieutenant Governor and their
 influence is being felt
 Work of the Doctors.
 The doctors of Alabama, and there
 are hundreds and hundreds of them. l
 are even more energetic and active in l
 support of the physician candidate and
 for the same reason. No physician In l
 Alabama has been so honored by his |
 brother practitioners as Dr. Cunning 1
 ham, He has been President of the
 Alabama Medical Society and he has
 been President of the Tfi-State Medi-
 cal Society Whenever the opportuni- |
 ty has presented itself his brother doc- |
 tors have put him forward for hon
 ors and applause. LOW they are not
 willing to admit by their silence that
 this man of whom they have been
 proud and whom they have put forward
 to represent them Is guilty of the de- |
 spicabie charges made against him.
 The doctors of Alabama are now
 ana have been most active in advanc
 ing the cause of pr. Cunningham. |
 They have done this quietly and unos-
 teniatiously, but no less effectively.
 They know the man and when the less informed man in the smaller com
 munities are repeating the false as- seftions about Dr. Cunningham, the first and most earnest correction comes from a brother doctor of the physician candidate. It is very ef-
 fective work, too. that the doctors are doing. Any county politicians will tell you that. Some of Dr. Cunningham's most
 earnest supporters are found among
 the ministers of Alabama. They areE ina t,,x F.aIr pt,e
 in the total they form an overwhel-
 ming majority of the Alabama minis ters. Any well informed minister will say the same thing. Record On Moral Questions. Why are the preachers supporting pr. Cunningham? Because it his long political career he has been right" on every moral issue that has come up for some &C., tiOn from hiffi. He has stood stead fastly and at some sacrifice for morali- ty, for higher things in legislation. In the years he has spent in the Ala hama legislature many of these moral questions have presented themselves aud each time the vote of Dr. Cunning ham has been for higher and better things. ThA anti-poot law now on the statute
 books of Alabama, the law which for bids gambling on horse races in Ala pHHa was knoWu durlnS US passage ! as the Cunningham bill. It was in- troduced by Dr. Cunningham and he had charge of the bill throughout the heavy fight that was made upon it. The bill. naturally secured for Dr. Cunningham the enmity of the inter- ests which were affected by it's pass age. But the ministers of Alabama have not forgotten the record nor have they forgotten the vote of Dr. | Cunningham on all other moral ques- l tions.
 Mr. Corners principal supporters and some of his most valuable supporters | three years ago were the travelling | men of the State. The Alabama drum | mer three years ago carried a Conner | flag wherever he went. In the first ] place, they knew there were inequali- | ties and injustices that should be ad- Justed by the railroads and In the next
 place 1t didn't hurt a drummer's standing with his merchant custom CTS who were generally recognized as Conner men. But this particular year there is difference. It would hardly | be true to say that all travelling men
 are for Cunningham but 1t would be
 fair to say that an overwhelming ma l jority of them are talking for Cunning
 ham. well known travelling man is | responsible for the statement that | more than ninety per cent are avowed | supporters of the Lieutenant Cover l nor
 And these are the principal factors | in the change in public sentiment which | Is sweeping over. the State. These are 1 the factors which have brought The sober second thought" of the people to do Its work. Nor are Andalusia and Il Covington county the only theatres in which that "sober second thought" has been at work. But its effects are as Il pronounced here as anywhere else in the State and the results are increas- ing with each day.
 I As to CovingtOn County.
 Il The Cunningham men at Andalusia were not only delighted with the ad- dress of pr. Cunningham. but they | were well satisfied with the situation and confident of the county
 There has been good deal of talk
 oyer the change in sentiment in all
 parts of the State" said Circuit Clerk RIchard Jones, dbut l honestly believe
 ed in Andalusia and in Covington coun-
 ty than anywhere else. Two months
 nRn the Conner men around here were
 positive they were going to take the
 county by the biggest sort of ma
 ioritv. but now it's different. Gun nlngham will take the county of Gov
 Ineton. Now mark that prediction. The Cunningham men have been inves- tigating tho situation and we were It . first surprised to find the remarkable
 strength that pr. Cunningham had de- vefoped We have come to believe now
 that we are going to get the county and If the change keeps up we are go- ,, Ing to get II by fine majority"
 The same sort of confidence was eX- , pressed by C. R. Long, whose business , takes him throughout all parts of the county
 Cunningham has developed more strength rhan hls best friends thought was possible. two months ago. said Mir Long 'f have been In various narts of the county. and think that ! |; am familiar with the sentiment. u , has Cunningham aspect now. The people have stopped to think about the questions at issue, in this campaign
 and the Conner men are losing their , confident air Right now l consider Covington county safe for Cunning
 ham
 'Murch" Riley. a well known Anda- ; Iusian. was even more confident that E tho county was safe for Cunningh nm. "Comer has been losing strength In Covlngton ever since he made his speech here tn February" said MT
 Riley. "That speech was a disappoint- ment to his best friends and he lost supporters by 1t. Covington can be , .La fS,,opin cham column