The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-06
SPEAKSAT FLORENCE
CANDIDATE CONFER CoNTfNUEs
 HIS CAMPAIGN.
Makes Comparison of Freisht Rates nnd says That Florence end tts slater Cfties Are niserIEui-
 mated Against.

| mated Agafnet.
 Elcvencs March 5. 5.--(speciaI) )--Can-
 didate Conner addressed a fair sized au- | dience here today. Judge Nathan eN. | tended the noon recess Of the court " | allow him to be heard. MT. Conner was introduced in short address py 1ou' Emmett O'Neal, who stated the canat- dates platform at some length. In ms | introductory address Mir. oMeal re- | ferred 10 the railroads as public nlgh- ways and said as declared by Justlce Harlan, of the United states SuPIesns
 Court. 1t cannot be recognized tnat ia | fixing their freight rates they nave
 right to consider their own interests and ignore the rights. of the pupltc, ,i put he decla red that those who favor rdli- road reform are not hostile to coIpor rations. but recognize that n Al Alsuansa we have commission with onN au-
 "It is the duty of the State. he said, "to create some fair and impartial lFlo- unaI with power to determine shS controversy and dispute arisins .., ps tween the shipper and the fafiroad, pue 1T. inc railroads say they are engaRea n nrivate business and no more suplect l fo the power of the State than any @ | other private enterprise. If they use tbair great power to oppress the peo- nIe: if they build up favor n ipcs.
 ties and influence m erasr .sa " onnress the rich or. if they deepen the burdens | se .ba noor. by unjust discriminatiohs | if they bring fortunes to great ..,s .tnss7 or nersons by secret rebates anu @ I aa1 practices, they justity 'heulsssro
 bv sa vina that they are only oisc1sIs z
 p, tSei,. duty to their stockhoiaers
 nae.ssarv to tring dividends to water.
 "a ana fictitious stock apd cohuues
 tSoir a affairs according to business prinE ciples." .han,xea the cha trman for the way in whlcn ne Mss .a
 .l.saS,,rad eIa.a '..I esteem it great com
 ,atr,ont to me" he said, to have
 saan ~ his calfbre say that nave pet
 ad to stand for the peoples rlsh,at a,ss
 that If what the fight has been. ! n,.s .,s been the railroads or tne .hsrg 10 .he neopie. and it's a strange tnlns = =
 the in this wear of 1908 we are
 n.;i, t,ehtine in this Democratc ssesS a,,ss as to who should hold the l Dni ores or os power. the trusts or the pso sor nie I could talk along thas .., .. tt p t,,1e" he said, but l deSn 4. ] som aa,,x and urge the people so . ,s a,,d study my TuscaloohA spssu,., 7. ] ie.T ..,I,,,,o years ago I was in this Houss .w,,as.-ay,ce on Sunday to hess @
 Methodist preacher preach had : dist sermon. and the neSS gay -ot inc - s,t around the town ana sus
 Wens ,,,en or part of them to cohls @ | m nuS ,.A..s and sit while l talked " t .ss ' ID ,. L ,,synYtes I want to do ns soAs @ g @ tnt' 5,,sttca 10 say that if creasee one @ sssgis emotion or one particiS v. we
 nroval I did not see lt anu tne door s.s xvsre railroad agents Who nun e. s,s
 l .hSI y,exnber of that meeting as w ? ss eo auf those libellious stasSlnsn,s ssisl,,s ,hat thev got out against me est to. ard exaggerated because ehey as,sr he gether. The chairman ha,n lS satd don't - | n ag.
 walkea 9ue s.y such a d--n way 'o . believe in any sHSn
 rSe thanked the voters lo' s con.
 ar, ,n the last election ana -ss,n. Syn. [ f,nmed: "Today you have ,a. ,1aai..so,,r,hia 5 here, Florence, shefheld anu am tbat pre. : aoS hinding you is that thine sHas You : .s ana t,n,,S separating forever, 'is a
 .,S,,t do it if you would ana !. wo. a.. saa eor YOU if you did, anu li,I5s ss i, 3 tt,, Teunessee River. Tnaes snT l, thet binds these cities together J . hack wonder there was an oi@ pe,id h, ! 1 who, standing here saiu A sS s,one dowr !, 2 great city because he had sors Ss fer. [ s,,sanch inc states and seen the .e \ s,,sts sna he knew that that Was 5 sn..,a, vvhich if used would make you 9 raat neople He knew tnae " navirable up to the mountains an" ,,s knew that coming on aowh t.,ers n ioir
 yoInr on to where the three rivers 1s,.s 1Ss ! tSsa Srennessee Cumberland ana DH1. tne ,t .,o,tId connect you with what . 1 S-hat uhich money can't nuy A@. sbout your twelve billions vaiue ', 7 Tailroad property in the couutty;,
 connects you with syslein n,l,Inn, : riaRe that makes your t"eAFe ' fade into inslgniGcapce' ,,.. quo, z sft taLas YOU as far as man mas esei . o-ores It takes you as far as the poiI est navigator has ever senl A snlp u.e,,s g takes YOU In connection with the "cIiu ,r,.l don't care how wide that is n,
 waves that lap your shore connect yo' VII ,ha farthest extremity and all yo' ' ought to have done was to possess !, e yTbat Svou lack then in not being wna ] o1d Hickory Jackson prophesied year, 1 aco was what? The disposltloh @ @aHN | tbe power to rise up and take .it- io'
 haye here at the bottom of your stree
 Ls+ ',hs citv of Birmingham woulS
 give millions and millions or dohars V t "c.antIemen. you are fighting some . thing besides exorbitant freight rates s you have something that taKes hoiu o { YOU, that grabs you and sqneezes Sn' e holds YOU down like that Chinese sho'
 that binds the foot of the women boI6t vou down to a minimum VII ?. . you should be the maximum. l spear s of discrimination. was talking ias
 right to T yo1ng man who happeneu . - U | meet me on the street He was druui ming Tor mousse IT Ntpi.tp t.tpr,,,o a n, y does a man from Memphis come an' 3 sell for Memphis tobbersE w na' , .r. !: matter with Lauderdaie County an' witE the Florence jabbers? Discrimi 0 nation, discrimination takes the city or
 the Mississippi and builds 1t far an' a wide It takes the town on the Ten e nessee aud saueezes it down l'ke th' Chinese wonar's foot or the heau O d the FIathead Indian. .--; There Is Memphis on the Misslsslppi e You send your boats or should do . down the current and reach every DOT that Memphis reaches. The Mississipp . is the Father of Waters and they sa!
 on that account it has rights that yo'
 have not. Take the Ohio towns. Tax
 the towns of Evansville and Louisville
 l md see how that little river runs ul and how shallow it grows, and tak' + your own waterway. Whats the mat U ter? Discrimination. You have got !