The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14

poraticn clIcies Wnat IS MT. corners voting for him (the editor of The sen- tinei among the number) under sol- enin promise reiterated again and
 again that if elected President of the Railroad Commission he would gve them relief. The people accepted his pledges in good faith and elected him. But 1t turned out that the willy Mr :, Conner was long on promises and pled-
 same. He now says the law empower ing the commission to regulate rates is unconstitutional How does he knowf
 He has never tried it. He has not
 nity ao pass upon 1t. He merely says
 the law is no good, notwithstanding
 ths Attorney General, the legal ad.
 wiser of the State. has held. the law
 sire sI to s keep faith with the so people. why @
 did he not prosecute. under the law
 as advised by the Attorney General
 and give the Supreme Court an oppor-
 sSty as o ,o psss Ms ggSa er its so vsay is Gr cd
 bait, and he preferred to tcraw) fish.
 He wants to shift or dodge the re-
 sponsibility by asking the people to
 something, The same story ho put np two years ago. That the .responsibii- lily does rest upon MT. Conner. and
 that he Is shirking The Sentinel be-
 ing the Raiiroad comrnisson Of Ala
 bama. Section 25 of that law reads:
 That whenever any person or corr
 refuses to comply with any order Ns
 the the n,n Raiirosd CommissiGn I t shall bs
 It's President, to certify to the Attorney
 General the facts of such failure or re-
 fusal. together with certified copy
 In such commission, whereupon 1t
 shall be the duty of the Attorney Gen.
 sraI or some attorney at law to bc
 bv him ahpcinted to immediately hle or court of like Jurisdiction, apprcprf. ate DleadinRs in the way of complaint
 petition or bill. as may ne in accor. aaae,,e eancs wisn sss the rules Of bleeding and liar nature, setting out the name and style of the case before the Railroad Commission. the relief asked for and such relief. or if such crder Be raade by the Commission on its own motion, such statement shali simply set out the order Of the Commission, the name of the railroad or railroads to which avernent that said railroad or roads, have refused or failed within tho time required by such order to comply herewith. and conclude with the pray pelled, by rnandamus or injunction, to of said cause the order of the Railroad 
 Commission shall be prinaa facie evi- dence that the thing ordered to be done was correct. reasonable and just, and the burden, of showing that such just, shall be upon the railroad or railroads. falling or refusing to ocm- ply with the rder Of said Railread 
 The Sentinel leaves 1t with It's read CTS tr decide who is most consistent in th4 rate reform movement. pr. Cunningham. who has been in line with 1t for twenty-five years and whose vote. when presiding efIicer of the State Senate. virtually gave us a who has promised SC much and done nothing except to traduce and malign former State administrations
 Regarding the future welfare of the Dld Confederate soldiers pr. Cum and pledges himself that Is elected Governor he will recommend to the Legislature that the appropriation for the beneft of the otd soldier1 be kaa- terlaliy increased and at once.
 He has always consistently suppc~t. ed Legislation. In the interest of good morals. for the. regnlatten qf the II. SnHr ss trane qPon tns prinsipsi ef ioTss .Ss sanctity of the Sabbath and for the nrohobition of gambling and pool sell. Ing. Upon these greaa moral questions Mir. Conner is silent.
 Dr. Cunningham se ses in hsgh- priced labor. Mir. Com, says the same thing. but when he does the thoughts of thoseiwho hear him immediately re- vert to those Avondale cotton mills and the many little children employed therein whc work twelve long hours i've cents ,rer day--the standard of high wages for winch MT. Conner stands.
 And so one might go on ana writs column after column comparing tho public record and public acts of those oe the same. that Dr. Cunr r'agham is consistent and his oppont iN is not; hat Cunningham is a man w.lSse pTh. ic record proves his consistency, while the fecord of his opponent is lust the reverse; that In every way ,apable and better qualified tc be Gov- srnor of Alabama than hts opponent md the records prove it. Mr. Conner las done nothing for the people since making his solemn pledges, and has ,penly violated one of the laws gov- srning the Commission in that his re- ,ort as president of that body. due lever been filed for the year ending June Se, 1905, as the law requires. Why? Well, the Railroad Commission aas done nothing to speak of. and he fling of report would not boost hr. Corners campaign to any great ex- ent
 comrare the records of these two nen and vote for the one who is best itted tc be Gsverncr.