The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-07
MOBILE AGAIN
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MR. CoMER ADDRESSES GULF CITY
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f> Tour of the County His Reception ls Most ChiIIy, He Meeting With
 Small Crowds and no A Enfhualasm.

Mobile, April 6.--(Special )---Mobiie tonight was treated to political love feast. Candidate B. B. Conner was the star actor, supported by Eyre Damer' Walter F. Malsh and Saffold Berney. Francis J. Inge was master or cere- monies.
 At Citronelle today Mir. Conner was greeted by a crowd of about six per- sons, by actual count. In Toulmin- vile, center of the Truck Gardening district. and suburb, only three were there. The caadidate seeing this ne went on to Whistler. At Whistler. MT. Conner received absolutely no applause from the very small audience which greeted him.
 At Mobile, tonight. the candidate was greeted by a crowd of from 300 to 500 persons. Understanding that his entire object in this county IS for the purpose of defeating Hamburger for the Senate, a great deal of interest was taken in the meeting by the peo- pie.
 Mir comer's speech was along his usual lines. He failed to respond 10 Dr. Cunningham on any proposition. At one stage of his speech he was asked by one, of his hearers where he stood on the convict question. MT. Conner lodged the question by saying he would take it up later, which he failed to do.
 Pointing out The Advertisers ste- nographer. he declared that some or The Advertisers statements were IT, belIous, but what those statements were he did not say, nor did he "speci- fy" after repeated inquiries from your correspondent, simply saying that ne did not have time to go into the mat ter fully, but would do so later X,
 For the second time, The Advertisers stenographer has been with MT. Co., mer in response to his usual fntroduc- tiop, he was greeted with cheers in- stead of laughter. MT. Conner. with all due respect to his age, has yet to learn that he is not too old to learn, and one of the principal things he has to learn, is that his attacks upon the press have boomerang qualities and help him not at all
 Mir. Conner was followed by Walter F. walsh, for the Senate. Eyre Damer for Representative, and Saffold Ber- ney. These gentlemen vied with each other in paying tribute to B. B. Conner. Mir, Walsh in his speech, accused MT. Hamburger of following him and MT. Conner to Citronelle on a special car furnished by the railroads.
 In an interview given by MT. Ham, burger later he had this to say:
 My idea from the moment that the announcement was made that the mill Iionaire chieftain was to be brought here from Birmingham to attempt to defeat me, was to be at every open-air meeting held in this county. In this conclusion I was endorsed by my friends. Accordingly, went to Toul- minville, yesterday afternoon. but there were only three people at the appoint ed place to meet the gentlemen. They drove on to Whistler, and I overlook and passed them. They held their meeting and in response to repeated calls I spoke to the Whistler voters. The result of that meeting is>>highly satisfactory to me and to my friends. If ever a set of men received frost they did; if ever a man got an ovation I did. This morning found that had pressing business engagements which kept me in Mobile. but in order to be at Citronelle, where I might have been attacked, unjustly and unfairly. in my absence, I obtained a special engine and arrived in that thriving town at 1:30 o'clock in time to see six citizens of Citronelle listen to MT. Corners tir- ade."
 MT. Hamburger here showed to your correspondent a reply from the Mobile and ohio officials under even date, stat ing that they would carry him to Cit- ronelle for the sum of $20, which sum