The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
COMPARATIVE RECORDS
TIE COLD. HARD FACTS ABOUT C0fER AND CUNNING
 HAM

Coiumbiana Sentinel.
 That Lieutenant Governor Cunning,
 ped to discharge the duties of eovep. esosp I nor of Alabama than his opponent, MT broader In his views in every way. ha.
 naer eIsarsr wnsS ss cps 0f ths oRlsato. and what is due the whole people than does his opponent. This has been clear.
 iy demonstrated In the campaign oi
 ,ne past few months He Is not al.
 with the corporations in the State. Is free to act with united hands. while ms opponent Is the head and shoulders of one or two of the most wealthy
 recent letter made frantic appeal to the other cotton mill owners in Ala
 hama to come to the relief of his wan ing cause,
 Dr: R. M. Cunningham has aiway. stood for white supremacy. and when the campaign for the adoption of new
 state constitution was being made
 when 1t was sought to take the ballot
 thereby Assuring a white mans gov ernnlent td the people Of Alabama Dr. Cunningham's .yoice was heard in nearly every county in the State In
 that Is why the political forces in Ala
 bama opposed to Democracy are boost-
 ing pr. Cunninghamss opponent. Whit
 was MT. Conner doing during. that
 mans government in 7 Aiabamaa was was
 he making any effort to bring about
 that which, would guarantee to- tho
 white people a government promulga-
 He was looking after his personal in
 terests--caring nothing for the welfare
 of the people at large--computing the
 Rroiiits Rii and isuring on the dividends
 burgs which are manufactured by uD-
 fortunate white children of Alabama
 ana then when an effort was made to
 protect these little tots, ao prevent their
 the most humane of all laws Mir Co.,
 mer brought every possible pressure
 at his command to bear and defeated
 the Dill whose object was the protec-
 tfon Of the children of Alabama. This is not a mere assertion, but is vouch-
 ed for not only by men who were in
 the last Legislature, but by men who worked with Mir. Conner in committee. he has the temerity to ask the fathers or Alabama to endorse him for Cover nor. And The Sentinel desires to state to the fathers of Alabama that when you eadorse his action in killing q most effective child labor bill; you en- dorse his successful effort in having enacted a law which permits employ tkAChA COltQA 4tfll46 cEiliuFlcH or IGn- der years. fol. twelve long hours at a pittance barely sufficient to sustain life. If anything in the world should make all Alabamians blush with shame It is the mere mention of the child ia- bor law Of this State.
 pr. Cunningham has advocated and supported all measures looking to the improvement of the educational sys- tionai cenvention a ss whish hs ne Ho1ssa'a wss q member. he was an earnest supporter of the measure permitting the counties of tho State to levy a ten cent tax on schools, and that the county and hot the district be made the unit No man in Alabama is more In demand at edu- eational gatherings than Is Dr. Gun ninEnGn' ..l and ne has given much of his port of educational measures Tn all of his speeches he goes on. record by saying One of my. first acts if elec- that the State make an extra appro- pTiation of ss0.oO0 for the Girls Indus
 .crtal School at MontevalIu" Now will any of Mfr Corners followers tell for the cause of education in Alabama Was his voice ever heard ia behalf of education before he became a can didate for Goyernora
 Dr: Cunningham has supported leg Of ciid isrof G rSh ine shs ana rsg1iseson mills. for the protection of miners, pro- viding for. the better inspection of mines, and to make wages preferred claims against corporations. The whole State Is conversant with Mir. Corners position on the cnsld labor question.
 Cunningham's plan of reformation of the convict system has been adop- ted by the State administration and it has increased the revenue from that hundreds of thousands of dol lars, while the convicts are better car ed for than ever before. He would ex- eventually abolish the payment of wit nesses in almost worthless scrip and substitute therefore the payment of cash. MT. Conner is silent on this all important subject.
 In lBso-sf Dr. Cunningham support ed a bill giving to the railroad com the power to regulate freight rates, and vigorously opposed the making the commission an advisory Cne which were adopted. Tn for an elective railroad commission with rower to regulate railroad rates and enforce it's orders, Agash in 1903, as presiding officer of the Senate. he favored the present law and OH Q mo- tion to table an amendment the pur- pose of which was, by procrastinAtion. ts kill the elective railroad bill the vote was a tic, and as the presiding officer he voted tn table the amendment. Thus by his vote diS Or. Cunningham give Ala bafna an elective railroad commission and Mir. Conner joh, at $500 per month. Yet in the face of this record Mr. CO, rner goes before the people and says nr .CunninEh&s is a new convert to ~rilrHaa rafe reform. when the facts are that Cunnlnghara was fighting for rate reform long before MT. rSnxaaF vyah essyAr NaNf6 If 0nfNida sor.