The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-24
Conner RALLY is
LARGELY ATTENDED
The New Gayety Theatre
Crowded Last Night
HOBS0N ONE OF SPEAKERS
Conner Leads of With Aneedote and
Rate Observation-Disclosures Goes
over Rate Matter-Jesse
StalIngs Tells Jokes.
HOBSON ONE OF SPEAKERS

Young Mems Conner club b. B. Conner,
candidate for governor. and Capt. Rich
mond Pearson Hobson spoke for Conner
and Jesse stallings candidate for alter
nate United States senator. also spoke
for Conner and incidentally for himself.
Fully thousand people, among them a
number of ladies', sat in boxes. filled the
house and several hundred more would
have come in IL they could have found
seats.
Every chair in the house was taken ex-
cept those In the peanut gallery. The
stage was crowded to the back wall.
through over two good hours speechmak-
ing. Exactly on the minute at $50 Mr..
Conner. Captain Hohson, Mr.. stallings
and w D. Nesbltt took their seats on the
stage and William e. Fort, chairman
of the meeting, arose and made few
brief but happy Introductory remarks
He spoke of the fight for Conner that
was being made by the club and referred
to the victory OF Hoke Smith in Georgia
as the harbinger of better day for those
who stood for rate reform.
Then he introduced Mr.. Conner as gov
ernor. The candidate said in part:
Corners Speech.
81 thank you very much for your kindly
greeting tonight. l want to say first of
all that l have made a Atty mile trip in
buggy today, besides speaking two
hours, and I feel like the man who had
seven daughters and was asked If he
wouldn't rather have $7ooo'OoO He an
swered by saying that he thought he had
enough.
"I would have spoken here before but
1 have been waiting in the hope of a
joint debate with my distinguished oppo-
nent, a hope which / am sorry to have
unfulhlled. I will say at the beginning of
this talk that believe in the old soldier.
We should do better for him than we are
doing. believe he should be cared for to
the full extent of the economy of the
state.
I'VE also should do better in regard to
education. we should not only give more
| attention to Tuscaloosa, we should care
for Auburn and for our normal schools
For permanence and higher fitness we
have to found a state on education; it
cannot be done by ignorance. For my
attitude on this matter I refer you to
my Tuscaloosa speech.
About Cheap Labor.
IT for one do not believe in the introduce
the coolie variety. have repeatedly ex-
pressed my views on this kind of immi-
grafton. What we need is this, gentlemen
We should have 1t so our young men will
marry and stay at home. And to this end
we must labor to make more attractive
the opportunities.
I'VE are now sending invitations to our
| Home Coming. Two hundred thousand ma
| tive Aabamans are living away-20 per
cent of our population. Now It would be
home coming indeed If we could ar
range 1t so that when they came they
would stay
IT favor local option. Let each county
settle the question for itself If you want
| saloons, vote for them. If you want dis
pensary, vote for 1t; If you want prohibi-
| ton, vote for 1t. This is the good old
time democratic principle
1T could, like DIR. Cunningham. go on
down the line and enumerate the thou
sand ills that state is heir to and the
cures therefor, but the way we have got
to do Is to wait until the symptoms ap-
pear and then administer the cure.
"This elaboration of DIR. Cunningham re-
minds me of the treatment of a child
with the whooping cough. For this one
alment he would take all the medicines
In the list Of the pharmacist, mix 1t into
one compound and give 1t to the child
Put this compound of his into bottle and
shake 1t up and You burst the bottle.
And that is a good thing for 1t might
have killed the child We will not take
up time with all these questions. I am
sure you can trust me as a business man.
The Issue.
IT now come to the issue OF the cam
pagn. Some people are trying to inject
new issues. I want to call upon you gen.
tlemen who walked up and down these
streets getting UP subscriptions to build
the cotton mill, which the Montgomery
Advertiser Is Sticking DR.. Cunningham
onto want you to come out TO see IT.,
see what great work It Is doing, with it,
two great stacks pouring live smoke into
the air. One of these stacks 1 named
| after my daughter and the other the Com
mercial club because IL was the CONNER
clal club that built the mill. So whatever
It IS gentlemen, good or bad, you are
responsible for it. 1t has brought 500, 900
into your state, and 1t has given employ
ment to thousands. Now whoever gives
employment to labor that man is friend
of labor The Montgomery Advertiser is
harping on the mill, 1t is nudging Cum
nngham and pointing its finger at the
mill.
He has never been In It. He did nor
want to see how well II was working
There is only one issue in this cam
paign. What is that issue? 1t is this:
Who shall dominate this state. the people
of the state or the railroads. All rail-
roads coming from Georgia. South Caro-
lima and other states, as soon as they
strike our soil their rates go up. How
does Alabama's rates compare with the
rates OF seven states through which these
roads runs?
Railroad Rates