The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-04

lecturer. He broke away early from his yet speech to get back at those who crf> sed his child labor record.
 IsS'2 MT. Comet Gets Excited.
 Y Ls$ They talk about child labor" said q {. Conner. excitedly, and when they 70 It. they don't take their cue from Alabama or any interest in Alabama They take their cue from the East. which is trying to break down the cot ton mill interests of the State. It as- tonishes me that candidate for Gov ernor is going around trying to stir up prejudice against one of Alabamas industrial interests. I am astonished that great newspaper like The Ad- vertiser should every day try to stir up prejudice against great interest of the State The cue from which all this comes. comes from New England. where they are trying to break down the cotton mill industries of the State in the interest of the New England mills Mrs. Van Voorst is from the North. and she has been writing about the terrible treatment of children in the cotton mille of the South Y
 T cut out one of the articles In which she said she had seen a child of years working a tweive-ho shift at night in a cotton mill. I knew that was story. The idea of any child working a twelve-hours' shift either in the night or dayr'
 He declared that Dr. Cunningham lived within six miles of tho Avondale mills, and yet he had never yet crossed the threshold of the min. He declared that Dr. Cunningham had not tried to enforce the child labor laws and he charged Dr. Cunningham with saying that he would try to vitiate the con- tracts the State has made with the men who had built the cotton mills of the State. He declared that the best friend of labor was not the man who raised prejudice against labor. but the man who gave employment to labor.
 Discussion of Immigration.
 With an effort. he broke away from this phase of his speech and took up his disucssion of immigration. He de- clared that while he favored immigra- ton, he was opposed to cheap labor. saying that no State could be great and build up prosperity on cheap labor. He here went into his rate questiol. and stayed in 1t until Chairman Robin son told him his time was up. He went CT to declare that the great issue in the campaign was whether the rail- roads or the people should control the State. He went on to say that he and his friends were fighting for lower rates and quick adjustment of damage claims. He declared that pr. Cunning
 ham had robbed him of his platform. fte went on Lu 4FfdiHA 0Es BudEIi
 because he did not follow the Conner
 leadership when asked to do so by MT Conner. He criticised Dr. Cunningham's let | ter to the Railroad Commission and in- timated that it was an attempt to climb on the band wagon. He said Dr. Cum ningham declared that he would call | the Legislature together unless certain l things were done. but he waited until l. 1&a n( ar l before he said anything about the ex- l tra session of tn eLegislature. | .I said that unless the Commission regulated freight rates 1t would be the duty of the Governor to call the Leg 1 islature together if the present rate law
 was unconstitutional." Dr. Cunningham said. interrupting the speaker
 T want to ask yeu, Dr. cunningham. | said MT Conner. If you ever asked ! together and take action cn rate mat
 Dr. Cunningham looked at him stead. | fly and said. ''Yes, when Governor Jelks returned asked him to call q i special session of the Legislature for | rate legislation, but he refused. He did not see the necessity of 1t as saw It."
 "Ie refused. did he, and you urged | him to do it." said Mir. Conner with |
 sheehan, and see that The Advertiser prints it."
 | Legislative Action Necessary. | MT, Conner declared tEat the only way | of securing immediate rate reform was | by action by the Legislature. If the l Legislature did not act, he said, the l railroads would resort to injunctions | He described the ways in'which he said | the railroads would resort to the courts | FafAA " itnQt iOr Qf- | ter injunction.
 we like you doctor he said, but we | don't like your crowd. We believe you are sincere, but we don't believe your | crowd is sincere. He picked up copy of a Birmingham paper containing ths ! open letter of T. H. Motion. announcing | his change from Conner to Cunningham 1 "IIe says am too drastic" exclaim- | ed Mir Conner. He says that I am | against the corporations. I want .c know if you endorse his interview, doc tor, and If you do. we know how tc | place you"
 As his time drew to a close. Mir. Co. | ner went into his attack on The Ad' | vertiser.
 Tt has attacked the character oi | public men in Alabama, said Mir. Conner | 1t has been against the people of th'
 state It began by attacking the char
 acter of Kolb when he was making hii fight against machine rule in Alabama. But at this moment some man. will | a deep voice. in the audience exclaimed
 Don't mention Kolb. don't mention | him"
 ! But Mir Conner continued to attacl the coure of The Advertiser from thu
 Lolb campaign until the present time ! He had completed the attack on Tn. | Advertiser and was making his argu
 ment on the rate question when hi
 time expired.