The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-17
CUNNINGHAM MAKES FRIENDS
 DURING TOUR OF TALLAPO0SA

s Governor who is going to do a.l these thin~s, said Dr. Cunningham. My friends. the Governor can't do this. MT. Conner is elected. Whatever re form is effected will be effected by the Railroad Commission. That body rs It is I it's % business to esn do Ge something. %
 Now, what have you done towards selecting members of the Railroad Commission who will give you the re- you are tearing around raising a row about electing a Governor who will do this, there may be an effort to.silp V some candidates who will keep cop people who are financially interested In this question know where the re- form is coming from: They know that ! 1t is coming from the office of the Railroad Commission and not from the office of the Governor.
 He told his hearers some news, too. when he told them the establishsd total commerce. in the United States was interstate commerce. that Is bus mess arising within the State and sent out. business arising outside 1 os business passing entirely through the emphasized the fact that State eea ngst Mhate9er to take action of any sort on this interstate conn merce. 1t was a matter exciusively for the interstate Commerce commis- sion.
 He reminded hls hearers that much of 1t, against excessive freight rates grew out of the Interstate rates con gress had taken steps to curb this eyiL VII interstate Commerce Commission.
 As to theF smaller portion, that ot intra-state business. they ,is,6e wouldi be and ea not by VI the Governor.
 Speech win Do Good.
 Tt was a great speech. said O.. E. Jet q merchant of Camp HI. and .Is \ viii do a lot of god here. For one sentstions. to which Dr. cunning6am has been subjected in this sr section, nnSsrr Srr standing of the issues of the campaign than ever before. .
 "Dr. Cunningham, you know, is fs1nf that the n viii ii carry Taiiapoosa County You don't seem to believe that?. We'll. I didn't believe it myself until in the past few weeks. II is hard to apPrre,, rs, has gone on in this county.
 Now MT. Conner has a good many supporters in this place, but I am con- vincsd that pr: cunningham will ear car
  ningham Is stronger in some of the county beats around here than he IS right here in Camp Hill The Conner people have been depending upon get Ing the votes of the farmers. We'll they are not going to get them all oy a whole lot I hear every day or Dr. Cunningham's strength in the county beats. A. D. Thompson, a member or the Board of Registrars was in to the meeting last night and he told me that his beat, Davidson's beat. was over- whelming for Cunningham. Some. of Dr. Cunningham's friends say that they think he has chance to carry the county. not only think he has chance. but believe that he will carry
 "Yes. there has been wonderful change in this county" said J. H: Moyne. another prominent citizen of Camp Hill standing nearby, You see this section was almost solid for Coz mer for Railroad Commissioners. We are still for him for Railroad Commits sioner. We are right wrere we were Two days pr. Cunningham spent ip a splendid chance in Tallapoosa coun.. ty. We have found out that he is not only strong in the towns, but that he Is strong In the country as well. HIS biggest majoritiss are coming from county beats" :.
 morning, Dr. cunnipgham drove through the country to Dudleyville and from there to Jackson's Gap for the final two days speeches of the trip. Two days, Drff Cunningham spent In Tallapoosa County and in the two days. making just now perhaps the most en- ergetic and strenuous canvass eyer made for a State office in Alabama. He speaks next in Marengo County.