The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-15
CUNNINGHAM CAPTURES THE
 DALLAS COUNTY AUDIENCE

| gritting his teeth He looked at The Advertiser representative saying: I When we were making this fight the railroads of Alabama raised $175,- 900 to defeat the will of the people of l Alabama. How much of that poodle did you get, MT Advertiser? When i Kolb was making his fight against the machine in Alabama The Advertiser | attacked him like he was pickpocket, yet when under the influence and in | the environment of the railroads ne was making the race for Railroad Commissioner, The Advertiser was kind | to him and thought him better man l than it thought me.
 When Bryan was nominated, The Advertiser was among those who went to Indianapolis in special car ana helped to organize the Palmer and Buckner movement" Completing this part of his attack MT. Conner said: And they are the people who have hold of Dr. Cunningham and are trying | to put him through"
 And we are going to do 1T, 100. called out somebody from the audi ence, and there was more laughter ana applause. | Before Mir Conner had quite com | pleted the line of his first argument l his time expired.
 Splendid Ovation to Cunningham. | Dr. Cunningham was given great ovation. For three minutes, perhaps. the cheering continued He could not but notice the reception and in ms | openfne address he said that such splendid reception to a man who had | in his campaign defended the past ao- ministrations of the Democratic party could not be other than a rebuKe 10 any candidate who would go aDout as- sailing men who had been put In ofnce | by the Democratic party. And agaln | the enthusiasm of the Cunningham men broke forth It was pleasure to hlm | he said to give so far as he could the opportunity of the comparison between | the two candidates for Governor anu | of their ideas and convictions on pup | lie questions The people had the right | to meet the candidates face to face and he ayailed himself gladly of the oppor- tunity to convince the people or ms l sincerity and of his knowledge Of the lpublic questions before the people or Alabama. Turning to MT. Conner ne said: You have no right to attack my sincerity, unless you Prove .ne ,rh. fo | YOU make. You have not the rlsnt to go about making groundless charges. Drove these charges when you make tha attacks As for me, fellow cltl- zens, I am willing for my sincerity to be proven by my public record
 And again the Cunningham me" icbaered loudly pr. Cunningham re- 1 viewed his public record and laid spe- cial stress upon the part he had played in the establishment of the Constltu- | lion. saving that at that time the ques- ton of new Constitution was greater question than any other oues- | tion which faced the people of Ala hama whether 1t was commercial or political. He pointed with pride to ms | record on the moral questions that came up while he was memoer oI the Senate and explained his vote to show that on every moral question ms vote was on the side of morality
 Against Child Labor.
 | .J have stood for the protection Of the children of the State from the evils of child labor" said Or. Cunning ham. impressively and earnestly, l learned to feel deeply on this aues- tion when I saw a slender child brought from the coal mines. his body cut Tn two. I said right then, My Cpd, what will men not do for gain when they will send a child into the mines to labor for that gain?'
 Later in his speech Dr. Cunningham brought the question of child laoor mere directly at the door of MT. Co., mer: "Mr Corer shakes his finger at me and tells me I know nothing about child labor and I admit to him that
 so far as gain is concerned I know Inothing. As to gain from the labor
 of children, respectfully l refer you TO the distinguished opponent for informa-
 ton. He Is well qualified to speak up
 on the subject. but I will say to you
 if I am elected Governor I will recom-
 mend to the Legislature law for the
 most stringent regulation of child la
 bor. law that will meet the evil.
 The crowd interrupted the speakers
 remarks again and again with cheers
 while he was dealing with the question of child labor Dr. Cunningham went over his we'll known public record on
 inc question of a Railroad Commission
 with plenarY powers, record that De-
 gan as far back as 1881. He told of
 lis vote in the Senate to
 unite the tie of the Conter-
 ence Committees report when the
 fate of the present Railroad Commission law hung in the balance and which as
 sured life to the law. By their fruits
 you shall know them, says the Binle'
 There is my fruit" said Dr. Cunning
 ham, pointing his finger at MT Conner,
 and while MT Conner is rearing around
 the country raising a row he might
 give me credit for that He says for
 fifteen years I made no record on
 the rate question. How could ] when
 was not member of the legislature,
 and all this time while he was rear ing around why didn't he break into
 the legislature where he could do
 something besides make a fuss"
 At this the crowd set up another mighty shout. He twitted MT. Conner about his frequent change on the rate question taunting him with having | changed al least three times and not
 knowing how long before there would
 he another change. AS for hfln he
 stood IS he had always stood for the Georgia rate to be made the maximum
 and not make the Alabama rate the
 maximum rate as MT. Conner had once
 stood for in one of his opinions.
 Confident of His Success.
 T say to you, my fellow citizens that am going to be elected Governor
 of Alabama I am going to be elected
 by the sane, the intelligent and con-
 servative voters of Alabama. and not
 by any selfish combination of manu-
 facturers of fertilizers and cotton men
 seeking to run the State government
 in their own interests" declared pr.
 Cunningham with eloquence and an
 other mighty shout went up from the
 audience
 "Rv the first of next March" con-