The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
CUNNINGHAM AMONG THE
 FRIENDS OF HIS YOUNGER DAYS
Candidate for Governor in Franklin County. E Where the Voters Will Give Him 0verwhelrn-
 ing Majority Over His Opponent for the Nomination.

tificial means to stir up interest and enthusiasm in his campaign, Knowing there has been no attempt to line up the voters for him. he could not feel otherwise than deeply pleased at the spontaneous way Tn which the voters are coming to the support of his course. He could not feel other than gratified at the cordialitv and the warmth of his greeting from those people who know him best. For pr. Cunningham began life here in Franklin county. He work ed on a farm here as boy And as. a, young country doctor he began the practice of medicine in this county. From this county he went to the Leg | islature of Alabama in 1881 and even then began his long and coHbistent record on the rate question, For at i. that early date he stood out for gov. ernment regulation of freight rates and | for a mandatory railroad commission which should have the power to fix
 rates. Even then he believed that an advisory commission was, what MT. Conner called it fifteen years later. "A 1 farce and a delusionr
 The people who gathered At the bar
 becue knew Dr. Cunningham Ills po- litical enemies might go into other l hooks and corners of the state and persuade the voters that Dr. Cunning
 ham was not honest and that he is not
 sincers In his public utterances But not in Franklin county The negro might
 ecatter his Birmingham News antil the efound was .carpeted with paper, but
 the faith of the Franklin people would still be pinned to Cunningham
 r When he had finished his speech and was moving about the grounds he | wphld be stopped every yard or two by this old friend or that old friend. And as he stopped crowd would gather Il IA. t. G-~ s~8A |. "A ~. ped to hear what he had to say. He l was given a quiet ovation throughout l the day.
 l we know pr. Cunningham" said William Petrey, ex-Treasurer of Frank
 lin county. We know him and we know he Is our kind of folks. Mir. Co., rner may be all right. He may be all his friends claim for him, but if he is. we have, to take their word for 1t. But
 Dr. Cunningham Is our sort of folks
 and we are going to be loyal to hIm.'' We know, too, that we elected Mr. 1 Conner President of the Railroad, Com mission and when we did that we con- sidered that we had gone into con tract with him to fulfill the duties of that offlce. Here in Franklin county. out of 300 votes boiled. we gave him wanted him to be President of the I Railroad Commission. We didn't want I him for Governor. We don't want l him for Governor now.f We want him to stay right where he is.
 Instead of doing what we elected
 him to do and what he promised to do he is trying to get bigger ofice. He is trying to leave an office that he does
 know something about .Ao go into ono
 that he doesn't know Anything about. Well, he won't do 1t with our votes. We voted for him for President of the Railroad Commission. because we be-
 iieved that he was the best man for the place We are going to vote against
 him for Governor because a better man
 than he is Is running for Governor. l I've known Dr. Cunningham ever since he was boy. When he was
 elected to the Legislature in 1880 I was elected Treasurer on the same
 ticket, know him to be high minded
 honorable, able and familiar with the
 duties of the office of Governor
 | Franklin county is going for Cum
 ningham by an overwhelming majority.
 I believe that he will get three to one for Conner. Even the Conner men admit
 the. county is away wonder for Cunning ham,