The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-09
CROWDS ENTHUSIASTIC
 FOR DIR. K. M. CUNNINGHAM

| and guards. Having this belief and this prejudice they are going to vote against Dr. Cunningham, although no single one of them could tell how pr !. Cunningham was responsible for the prisons being in Elmore County or for the appointment of the wardens and
 guards. Still MT Conner profits by this situation.
 MT Conner wants big majority from Elmore and he is confidently looking for one. He has been in the county two or three times and each time he delivered two or three speeches. He and his friends regard it as one of the strongest Conner counties of the State. Unknown to pr. Cunningham, for Dr.! Cunningham has no State organization to keep in touch with such things. a been at work fn an, organized and in- dustrious effort to roll him up a big vote and to get the county if there Is any chance for 1t.
 T have been astonished at what I have found on this trip" said Senator w. L. Lancaster. the morning of the second days trip through Elmore Coun- ty T have been astonished at the unexpected strength of Dr. Cunning ham, I have found him strong where believed him weak. 1 was deceived by the claims of the Conner men. They were making such loud and strong claims for MT. Conner that l believed there certainly must be some fire where there was so much smoke.
 This trip has been an eye-opener to me. Since 1t began have met man after man whom 1 naturally supposed to be for Conner only to find that he was a Cunningham man. I have found men who were reported to be for Co., mer to be in reality Cunningham men. have found that much of the talking by the Conner men has been blowing and nothing else."
 We had conceded th~ County to Co.,
 would be small. but we have not been as familiar with the County as we should have been. So much of my
 time was taken up with my race for
 have an opportunity of sounding the
 sentiment In Fillmore for Conner and Cunningham. Of one thing am cer-
 tain, the Conner men have claimed a great deal more than they had We never know whether their claims had any basis or not. We simply took them for granted.
 T don't mean to predict that we are going to carry Elmore County for Cum
 ningham But do mean that we have
 found more Cunningham. strength than we had reason to expect. You see we have been so wrought up over our NO0Hty pAtHldfJ tHaL WG never udQ IT. chance to look over the situation in the gubernatorial campaign. Dr. Cunning hams friends are now at work and they have been surprised to find strength where they looked for weak ness. There ia now an active, vigor- ous campaign at work in Fillmore Coun- ty and 1t will be kept up until the vote of the County has been counted. Dr. O. S. Justice, with whom Lieu tenant Governor Cunningham made the trip from Equality to Central said: T have been surprised to find that
 several of the prominent men of this
 men, are in reality supporters of Dr. Cunningham. Of course we had con- ceded Fillmore County to Conner. We
 had expected to scale Corners vote
 down as much as we could. but we had
 no serious hopes of giving the County to Cunningham. But news different from
 what I had expected has come to me not only today, but for several days
 past that am. beginning to believe that we have misunderstood the senti- ment in this section of Elmore."
 T had to take trip few days ago through the beat south of Central beat. We had considered that the beat was section visited I found instead the voters overwhelmingly for Cunning
 ham. So today when men of this beat
 who were put down as Conner men
 came to me and told me that they were
 fer Cunningham I could not bo other
 wise than surprised. The address of Lieutenant Governor Cunningham Is one of the most convincing political ar guments ever listened to. was glad
 today that so many of the representa-
 tive eitizens\ of this section were pres ent to hear him. Fillmore County, in
 the whole, may be for Conner. I don't of the County. But this section which l do know I am convinced will give Cunningham the best of the vote"