The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-03
CRY OF FRAUD Is
 ABROAD IN LAND Some Are Claiming Conner Will
 be Counted Out AD WIMBS IS CENSURED Dissatisfaction Is the Only Result That Can Come for His Offering for
 Office Where Election Is
 Impossible.
AD WIMBS IS CENSURED
BY HERvEY ". LAIRD.

BY HERNEY w. LAIRD.
 Montgomery, August 2.-(speoial.)-Al- ready one hears that one side or the other is to be defrauded in the coming primary, at which candidates for state offices are to be selected by the democrats, and it be- gins to look as if there will be cries of fraud, as it was hoped never would be the case in party elections again.
 With the adoption of the new eonstitu- ton 1t was expected and promised that all unfairness, if such there had been in the past, would be abrogated and that elections of every class would be honest in every particular. And to be honest, there does not seem good reason to be- lieve that there will be any fraud. On the other hand, the character of such men as H. s. D. Mallory. chairman of the state committee. would seem to be an assur- ance that everything will be entirely fair.
 A gentleman who would not care to have his name mentioned said today that he had been in two or three counties lately where, he was told the interests of MT Conner were not to be taken cara or. He said that in the selection of managers men of known intelligence were to be named for the Cunningham side and of mediocre or less intelligence for Mir. Conner. "Oh they are going at the same old tricks" he said, as he walked out. He said further that MT. Conner would get nearly all the votes In the territory If he is not counted out" which he felt sure they were fixing to do. They are fixing to do him just like they did Kolb, he asserted.
 Sore On Negro Race.
 While there is no chance in the world that Alabama republicans or democrats or any other sort of party men would name a negro for any state office, it has grown dlsagreeable to many people in the state that Ad Wimbs, a well-known negro of Hale county, constantly bobs up and gets himself advertised as a candidate for some state office. It is generally under stood that Wimbs is an intelligent negro and one who. in private life brings him self rarely if ever into uncomplinentary attitude with the whites all of which makes his desire to lead forlorn political hopes the more astonishing. Though every man has a right to offer for office. be he white or black, 1t is irritating to have
 
 that a negro Is out fer one of the best of- fees.
 The talk indicates that such movement on the part of ambitious negroes does harm to the leaders of the race who are trying to keen their fellows out of politics and get them into business, that they may learn that the true road to s lceess is via hard work and saving habits, combined with good morals in every respect. The constant efforts of Wimbs arouses in raen of his race a feeling that they gre gettirg the worst of it politically. and does much harm. If there was any chahee on earth for him to be elected. even by the repub 1icans, if they had the state, it woul1 be different, but as he has none, the reports going out over the country that Alabama has a negro for a high stale office an- noys men who have the best 1f the negro as well as the white man at heart.
 Sunday School Work.
 Armlstead Brown. president of the Ala bama Sunday School association. is spend Ing most of his time. in the field just now working up interest in the ques- tion of Sunday schools. Sixty of tue six ty-seven counties in the state have been organized for Sunday school service, twenty of which are banner counties. To be a banner county. every district must be organized and in good working order. holding regular meetings at stated times.
 MT. Brown was at Tuskegee last Sun day and held a meeting which he says was full of interest. The Sunday before he was at Troy and found that Pike county is full of enthusiasm for the work Next Sunday he will be at his old home in Lafayette. where the good con ditions are largely result of the work he did before coming to Montgomery to live. He anticipates that the county will be out en masse.
 Discussing the Sunday school outlook and purposes MT. Brown said: Tt is very necessary that we provide for the upbuildng and maintaining of a well established Christian sentiment in our young people. and experience has shown that the Sunday school is the hest, or one of the best means of doing it. It keeps the mind from becoming sordid with the