The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-30
THE USUAL SPEECH
CANDIDATE CONFER MAKES AD-
 DRESS AT FORT PAYNE.
Says Cnnningham's Platform is All Right But The Men supporting
 Him wiu Not Allow it Put

Fort Payne Jan. 29.--(SpecialD- Candidate B. E. Conner spoke here thii morning. The audience was large comprising about 300 persons incluc' ing some ladies Mir Conner va frequently applauded He was intra' dueed by Dr. W. E. Quinn.
 MT. Conner resumed his attack on tn Railroad and their rates. asserting th1i the Alabafna Rate was from l2O tf 2.20 per cent higher than the Georgia rate.
 Referring to the recent action of tl.f Democratic Committee, MT. Conner saih T do not condemn it but we have tt' right to criticize. anif doing it foi the good of the people. Under the rules as laid down by thie committees yor not only nominate your present sena' tor, but you nominate his successo. in case of death. You gentleman whr have sense enough to eject senator: have sense enough to elect your as sociate judges It should be left tc you to nominate who you want foi supreme court judges, for the presump tion is if 1t is left to the executive 1 committee they might nominate. them selves. Mir. Conner then related that because
  called demagogue and dangerous man, which he said was not true, and then quoted the comparison in rates ir Illinois and Iowa as against Alabami He then referred to the present dgi,; ] in Georgia between Hoke Smith and Clark Howell, and saying that the l fight he was making IS for the pao- 1 pie, that it was not Comerism or Gun ninghamism but peopieism. He stated that the over charge ir l freight rates amounted to two and a half millions a year.
 Referring to Dr. Cunningham, Mr Conner says: T tell you we wanted Governor Cunningham to run. We we-1 willing for any good man to run that the people wanted. Dr. Cunningham said he has never paid out any m ney i in politics. That isn't politics. Yor gentlemen who know anything about politics know that. IL cost me more than one thouta and q liars in the last election. Dr. Cunningham's platform is as strong as you want 1t. You cant got Q better one, but, you take that crowd who is behind aim and they will not let him stand by 1t" e. Mir. Conner stated that he. thought Mir. Cunningham was perfectly serious but that he could not sustain his plat. form on account or this Following. MT. Conner then hit on the pass question asking any farmer in rne audien~e who las a pass to hold up his hand and any politician who had not pass to do likewise.
 He reiterated his former statements that the railroad rates should be fixed by the legislature and condemned the railroad. lawyers in the legislature. He said. MT. Underwood was asked about railroad measure Tn the house of representatives Of the United States, MT. Underwood said Tt will rass the house all right, but it cant pass the senate" The question was asked him why. and he replied ''becalse the railroad lawyers are in the majority in the senate"
 Referring to the money paid out by the railroads in elections Mr Conner said: T want to say another thing and that is the railroads arc using their money to buy your electo- rate"
 There were no features of the SD .ech and 1t was about on MT. Comer's usual line. The attendance was larger than usual, but sentiment seemed to .,e about evenly divided. MT. Conner told his usual jokes which were applaudei He left in the afternoon across the country for Collinsvilie.