The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-10
THE OLD LINE DEMOCRATS
 ARE FOR DIR. CUNNINGHAM

false and fnalicfousiy false" He spoke to his hearers. too. of the that wnld surely UT an1 in Alabama politics $ 1t was being used in Alabama H closed his ad- dress with masniffent perioration on the uplifting of hlmanity and the moral citizenship He was given loud and enthusiastic applause
 The Two Men.
 Captain Mcdonald is one of the most lntivsntisi sitiss of the .n6 EGec Ss Is one of the most earnest supporters of pr. Cunningham inlan Alabama 1 can not see how any man who really. thinks and studies the public record and the public services of the two men can hesitate to support pr. Cunningham. His puaic character is known. his public rscsrd has been written There is noireason why an rance of 1t. As for me I have known is for years and years. I doubt if there is in Alabama ! man who 90 fully measures up to tie qualifications that the Governor of Alabama ought
 R w Knox. another prominent cit- izen Of Eclectic, said that ever since Dr. Cunningham had been in public life he had followed fls career.
 And I tell you that his public life has been clean and honorable at every point He is so far tuperior to the other man that there is no compari- son. MT. Conner is btsing his cam paign singiy and soley upon preju- dice. He hopes to be elected Cover nor by arraying one Interest against another But he will lave to do that without. the help of ths voters of Ec- for Cunningham.
 As pr. Cunningham walked into the school house accompanied by pr, Gus Howfe: he was stopped and introduced to F. T. Griffith. onelarmed Confed- crate soldier. who said :.
 @Goternors I've got six boys and every one of them is grown, every one is voter and every one is strong Cunningham nan. We have seven Elmore County votes In the family and you can dtpend upon ev- cry one of them
 The Arants at Eclectic are consider cd strong folks to have in an election by Dr. cunninsham's side in the pres
 Local Lenders Speak.
 N E. Arant. whose aid and assist. ance is sought by every County and Congressional candidate said: T am doin- what I can for pr. Cunning ham. When this campaign opened my mind was open to convittion, although happened to be in Montgomery when Dr. Cunningham spoke at that place: Since then I have been strong friend of his and that splendid address he delivered today only made me strong
 Orlando Williams. leading mer- chart of Eclectic. said
 "1he speech of pr, Cunningham was one of the most instructive ever question that I had b3en looking for. Like other merchants have been deeply interested In securing. lower freight rates. But nay trouble has been interstate freight rates, and have never understood how Mr Conner and his friends could remedy the un- just interstate rates. Whether MT. Conner is or is not, some of his friends are leading the people of Alabama 70 anything he wants to with any sort of freight rate. I know that he can't do it. and know that relief we are go- ing to get will not come from the Gov ernors office, but 1t will come from the Railroad Commission
 Lieutenant Governor wound up his trip through Eimore with big meet ing at Tallassee. His Tallassee on the same hot day ah August.s but he finished as when he started out.
 TaIIassee Meeting.
 The .Tallassee speaking was Tn the opera house, q building that was ex- tremely warm after the sun had beat upon 1t all of hot day but the crowd which gathered gave him hearing of the most attentive kind. number of ladies were out and the big audi torium was filled with the crowd. majority of the audience were opera lives at the big cotton mill in Tallas- see. although in the assembly were merchants and clerks of Tallassee as we'll as some farmers The audience was of the responsive sort and the humer and eloquencee of Dr, Cunning ham found an echo in the pleased ap- plause of the audience.
 been uneasy as to the result in Tall lassee beat Tn fact some of them told him that there was no need of his coming to Tallassee for the place ham man in that section of the Coun- ty doubts that the beat will go for him by big majority.
 Among the interested hearers of Dr. Beat IS and J. P. Real. both of whom are members of the County Board of Registrars.
 Both of us are Cunningham men," said MT. Collins, with MT. Real stand ing by You see Cunningham has the majority of the Registrars. In our rounds we have been all over the County and we are now winding up at Tallassee Wherever we have been strensth of Dr. Cunningham. The Cunningham men are not claiming the County They have until now been conceding the County to Conner. but I tell you that there is the finest sort of chance for the County to go to Cunningham. Now I know what am | talking about. have been out among the people. You watch Fillmore Coun- ty."
 H. C. Compton. candidate for Asso- ciate Railroad Commissioner, followed Dr, Cunningham in speech-nlaking at all of the latter's Elmore County ap- pointment.
 The wind up of Dr. Cunnin gham's trip through Elmore found the local County. jubilant at the situation It was so much stronger and so much Aetter than they had expected.