The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-30
CONVECTION COUNTY SAFE
 IN CUNNINGHAM COLUMN

| of the audience may be he is frequent ly given enthusiastic applause.
 Trip Through sNiregrass. l The trip through the Wiregrass which ended at Andalusia, included, | embraced three places at which the Lieutenant Governor stopped He spoke first at Brantiey. from which place he went through the country to l Opp, where he spoke at night. The | next morning ne moved or to Florala where he addressed a lerge audience While the Lieutenant Governor expect i support at .Andalusia, at Braptlcy and at FloraIa he considered that he was 1 speaking to an audience which under l the circumstances favored the candi- dacy of Mir. Conner. Nevertheless at Brantley a complimentary audience | greeted hin, and Dr. Cunningham de- l livered a stirring speech.
 | In discussing the speech of Dr. Cum ningham, J k. Sams. well known travelilg man who was In Erantley l the day following, and who came through to Andalusia was enthusiastic. T talked with a number of Brantley 1 people," said Mir. Sans, and one md all they spoke in the highest terms of the masterly address delivered by 1 Dr. Cunningham
 ] It was a statesmanlike effort and made deep impression upon all who heard it. I was told and I have no req 1 son to doubt it that 1t changed a | fourth of the Conner men who heard | 1t. But there was no Conner man so prejudiced but that he gave credit to ] the Lieutenant Governor for a master I ly and statesmanlike address. I know l that 1t left a most favorable impress | sion and found a number of people who were enthusiastic Cunningham man whom thought were for Conner But l only found at Brantley what I have found in other parts of the State, l that is that Cunningham is growing l at remarkable rate in all parts of Alabama"
 l Greeting at 0pp.
 From Hrantley Dr. Cunningham drove | rapidly through the country to opp where he spoke at night A considcra-
 ble crowd was at the Louisville and | Nashville depot to greet him when the
 train rolled in. but as he did not come ! most of the crowd went home. Never theiess, when Dr. Cunningham arrived by private conveyance later in tho
 night a considerable crowd greeted him. His straightforward, manly ad- dress outlining his views upon the is- sues of the campaign, made most ia"
 vorable impression.
 The next morning he went on to Florala- Florala Is considered strong
 Conner community and 1t has been in
 the past The enthusiastic Conner men
 were claiming that Conner would get
 practically solid vote there. They are
 not claiming that now. Still MT. Co-
 mer has considerable strength in that
 community. Nevertheless a large crowd
 heard the address of pr. Cunningham
 He was presented to the audience by
 City Attorney William Monroe and the
 crowd gave him a cordial and kindly
 greeting.
 ra
 cated about Florala and the lumber
 men, 1t is said, are supporters of Mir. Conner in the hope that as soon as he
 is elected they will get an immediate
 reduction in the rate on lumber. Out
 of this fact, so the well informed say
 grows the condition that perhaps a
 majority of the voters in that partic-
 ular community are friends of MT. Co.,
 mer. Dr. Cunningham was, however
 accorded a large audience an atten-
 tive audience and a cordial reception
 When he was through and the effect
 of his speech had made itself felt, the
 Conner men were not willing to claim
 that the beat was anything like over
 whelming for Conner.
 GGOd Work at FlOrala.
 A proTtnent citizen of CovingtoT
 County declared that the speech a
 Florala had changed a number of in
 fluential men who had been misin dS to LIT. Cun ningham on isueS of this campaign
 He declared that of his own persona
 knowledge he knew of a number O men who either favored Mir. Conner. o
 who leaned to that side of the politi
 cal fence. had announced themselve
 in favor of Dr. Cunningham.
 It was conceded by Cunningham mel that Florala was for Conner on a shov
 down even as it was conceded by tn
 Conner men that the larger beat ii Covington County of Andalusia was ol a show down for Cunningham. Blu
 the Cunningham men, helped up by tn . fine impression made by Dr. Cunning ' ham at Florala, are redoubling thei
 1 efforts in this beat to keep down tn ! Conner vote as much as possible 2 they are not able to carry the bea
 direct for Cunningham.
 4 On account of the organized effor of the mill men, who hope by the cleo , tion of Conner to secure immediate an 2 lower freight rates the Cunningham s men were willing to draw a Oenc
 through Florala and turn 1t over t a Conner, but in the great change q sentiment made manifest in ,Govingto 9 County, the Cunningham men feel tha . they are not willing % concode any 2 thing and all that Conner gets h B must fight for,
 I The Cunningham HNen In recen r weeks are confident that the Lieu t tenant Governor will take that count over the wealthy candidate from Birm
 ingham Two months ago 1t scene l that Conner had a decided advantag { but now the Cunningham men ar e positive that the Ensley doctor ha l the best chance at the county.
 The Cunningham men two month
 ago were taking no very active par @ 5ut now they asc outsponkHn 9nd CT e ergetic and they are asreeably SUI 0 prised at the ptopie who are announf S ed for Cunningham, many of whol t they had previously considered friend e of Mir ComcI. No gIea.er evidence . the wonderful change in public sent
 ment could ne found than right hei .. in Covington County which tw r. months ago would have been concedc 'e for Colrer 3ut wh ;l new by son ,~ of the best infocmed political leader y of tie couu.y IS safely placed m 'h Cunningham column.
 l 4 cognty o0ieial .leslArel today tha 7 every % lnty officer except one WI l. fo. Cunr rPhlm and ynis nc T1inie a out showed hIGh way the wind Wa IS blovine in CovinEtnn.