The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-24


 ing snip, 270 feet long. two functions, first, relative to the Legislature, and second, the executive duties of the office. Relative to the LesisIature, the Governor could re- commend to that body through mes sages. he could approve acts Of the Legislature, he could exercise the pow CT of veto and he could suggest amend ments to acts. And any Governor wro tries to do moro is violating the Con- stitution and the laws of the State which he is attempting to govern. Patronage for Support.
 He thought that any executive who would endeavor to trade off patronage | for political strength was as guilty ct | bribery as a man who should endeavor | to purchase vote, and this was | felony under tho State laws, which | he had aided in framing in the Goa stitutional Convention.
 Now I believe" said pr. Cunning ham, ''the executive department of the government should obey the constitu- ton and believe the candidates TOT l this high ofice should carry into this campaign the spirit of the constitu- tton, As q candidate for Governor, 1t I is my duty to come before you ana 10 discuss issues and such legisiation as | would recommend and the policy
 would be controlled by in the execu- | tive discharge of the governorshfp; but in the spirit of ths constitution, | don't believe have a right to in- terfere in the matters of Lee county | or any other county in the State as to | the men or kind of men you have to send to the legislature to make your laws" This declaration was greeted
 hy vociferous applause.
 He, said thai society has mentai, moral and material functions and the ! sta atesnlnn. or the schools of statesmen wsho disregard tho intellectual or moral tautarestss of the state and aexote fhetr 4 whole attention to the material devel- l oprnent and wealth os the State haven't I the remctest idea as to the duties of | tho governor and such state will | not, prosper and will not succeed l This statement was delivered with l far more fire than the speaker had vet used and the Cunningham side ap-
 plauded, with great fervor.
 tsovernor Cunningham then spoke on | tho great material welfare that Ala
 hama has enjoyed in the past few years tn reference to reduction of taxation. | public school and pension funds aud declared that there Is less need right
 now of croaking and kicking than at any previous time and he thought 1t | m bad taste to reflect on the party and it's leaders who had done much | to bring on the material welfare. l He declared that tho destiny of the | State rests in it's people and its re- | sources and he declared that there Is 1 no doubt as to resources. He then
 took up the subject of immigration. He l said that the white population of Ala bama must be increased. He did not favor the importation of Mongolians.
 hut he did favor the importation of | people of Anglo-Saxon blood, Irish. Ger | man and Scandinavian. He also spoke | on his educational plank. He believed | that a successful farmer must have more than rain. shine and elbow grease. He l believed in educating the children or | farmers in agriculture, and said that | he would recommend that most of the
 income from the fertilizer tag tax be | devoted to agricultural schools l In referring to child labor. he said: | As To Child Labor.
 | "Fellow citizens, from birth to adult aee. inc physical, the intellectual aud | the moral natures of individuals are i formed. There's no doubt about that, | and any State that disregards the en- vlror ments under which children live | from birth to adult age without the | nrotection of law and without favor 1 able environment will reap a harvest 1 of citizenship deficient. It therefore | follows, in my judgment. that if neces- ssry to protect the children from en- vironments that would thus destroy them, it is for the State of Alabama to prohibit such environment as would | weaker their body, cripple their intel leet or degrade their morals"
 The audience took this as a refer | ence to Mir. Corners Avondale cotton mills, and pr. Cunningham was cheered l to the echo.
 Turning to Mr. Conner, he said. Tt
 is said that you have favored in some a A
 ent railroad rates in Alabama the | maximum rates by law. There Is the | issue between me and Mir. Conner.
 am in favor of making the Georgia | rates the maximum rates and not the
 present rates. Now if there has been anything established to my mind be- | yond a doubt it is that the rates in | this state are higher than those in l Georgia and that the conditions m Alabama are more favorable to the ad-
 ustment of low rate than they are 1 i'm the state of Georgia. And l get
 that information from MT. Conner him. l self as President of the Railroad Com
 mission. Now there in an issue. l. in nov letter, said the Georgia rates were
 the standard. I didn't do it for dema-
 sngic purposes. but because it was
 true. and I see nothing to make me
 change that view l This statement was greeted with en- l thusiasm.
 "My distinguished friend, and we are friends. accuses me of stealing his
 n,at form If it had been sheep. <, pnrhsns would have taken some Of sanse at it. hut as 1t is politics.
 d,dn't Now. fellow citizens. let's look
 at that a minute. MT. Conner makes
 that claim in the face of the printed
 rncords and the House journals of the
 s,ate of Alabama covering period of | ka iar
 twenty-five years He cannot De F. iatter of mine. announcing for Cover
 nor. gave the record for twenty-five
 years even citing the page. Now | admit that I was not inspired to make that record through any selt-interest | by my environment as shipper. ! (Continued on Page Tenl