The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-10
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l Six Mile. July 9.--tspecial Corre- 1 spondence )-- Governor Cunnninghara l tonight completed a swing around Bibp | county with an address to big crowd at Coleaner It has been great trip | for the Lieutenant Governor He mas
 addressed perhaps not less than 5000
 people during the week. most Of them | voters
 He began the week with Fourth of I July speech at the big Cullman county
 barbecue where 1t was estimated that 1000 people had assembled, although /, many were of the oplnonN that the
 crowd numbered 5000. His next larg- | est crowd was assembled today at SIX Mile where between 5000 and 1000 , people had gathered. He spoke to large audiences to he numpered by the | hundreds. both at Elocton and at Colea- i ner His other add.ess was to 1 sathering of farmers at Haysop church, Here he found about forty farmers as- sembled, fresh from the cotton and corn | fields.
 The week has been a good one for l the Doctor not only because of the great audiences which have assembled to hear his convincing arguments but | for the assuring information he has received wherever he has been. He has no lieutenants in the counties either paid or unpaid, He has no organiza- ton of millionaire shippers and mill
 
 nf farmers. laborers and merchants, to take care of his race and to furnish the money for one of the most expen- sive campaigns that has ever been made in Alabama. He has no set of workers rushing or tips to hiTn by every mail and disseminating all sorts of information and transformation. He has no campaign fund to send out so- called political notes end pay for their publication in various papers of the State.
 His Own Manager. Dr. Cunnin gham is his own campaign headquarters. He Is his own cam paign committed. His campaign ex- penses consist of very moderate post age bill for letters, as he has sent out no printed matter, although he may
 send out a little before the fight is over, ard. in addition to this he has
 only his railroad fare and his hotel bills to pay He is running the cheap est campaign for Governor that has been run in Alabama in many years
 But the people evidently favor that sort of race. If they didn't there would not be so many changes and there wouldn't be such a wonderful growth of the Cunningham sentiment throughout the State. He is growing accustomed to the surprises that he encounters in the proof that strong sentiment exists for him. where he had been IGG 70 DGIleVe that the pSOp16 were blindly following the dictation of MT. Conner and his millionaire associates. He has found his friends at work vol untariiy and of their own accord when he had no reason to expect such 9 thing.
 claiming Blob county. They were de- claring two months ago that they would carry the county by vote of two to one. They are not making any such claims now. So great has been the change that they are content with saying that Conner is going to take the county by some sort of majority. The Cunningham men are not making any violent assertions. They are con tent to say at this juncture that all the mineral beats are going for Cum ninghaw-
 As for the territory around Center vile, they haven't much to say partic- u1arly as to the country beats, MT, Conner has had some very active agents in that portion of the county and the Cunningham men, while they have advanced their cause q great deal had difficult handicap 10 overcome. Still if changes continue to be registered in the next two mouths as they have taken place in the past two months a surprise to the Conner men is the thing to look for. With all that. however, pr. Cunninghan1's friends in Blob, and he has soffle of the most active aen of the county for him. are not enter taining any undue hopes in the lower portion of the county.
 His Trip Through Bibb.
 Dr. Cunningham, accompanied by drove twelve miles yesterday from Bloeton to Haysop Church. His sreak- ing there had not been advertised, be- yond tho passing of the word among the farmers He found on reaching the church considerable number of the influential farms of that section. He found. too. that Sohcitor J. F. Thomp- son had driven through from Centre vile to meet him and be present at the meeting. Before the sreaking practically all of the farmers within q radius of several miles had assem- bled at the church to hear him. These farmers came straight from the blow and the hayfields to the speaking, many with coats off and many with overalls on.
 While 1t was conceded that at this stage of the campaign the territory about Haysop was on majority show down for Conner. it was discovered that the crowd of farmers included some of the most ardent and enthusiastic Gun uninghlm men that the doctor had met during The weeks tour. A couple of lneSE 1EEEeSSlNFS Al idt'I NlcI lldQ driven more than six r,lles to hear him speak. But whether the assembled farmers were for Conner or Cunning ham tn " gave Cunningham most at tentfve hearing and were Visibly inn pressed by the straightforward. con vincilg arguments he advanced
 The Lieutenant Governor was pre- sented to the audience by Solicitor Thompson. Mir. Thompson told his au- dience:
 You have the privilege of hearing one of the ablest ana one of the clean- est men in Alabama. He is not man of one idea. He is not narrow between the eyes and he Is not stirring up strife and discord, arraying one class against another, that he may get public office He is broadmnded. in- telligcnt and able not only to cope with one iss Ie that may arise, but able to cope with every issue that may come up when he Is elected Governor. pr. Cunning gham is not trying to be elect ed Governor by stirring up strife. For twenty-five years Or. Cunning ham has been in public life and the record he has made can be read of all men. On the moral questions which have come up during his long public life he has stood firm and for the right"
 On Moral Questions.
 The words of his introduction in- duced Governor Cunningham to speak of his vote and his posi-