The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-03
DOCTOR AT LOTHIAN
CUNNINGHAM SPOKE TO AN AT-
 TENTIvE AUDIENCE.
Received Well iB Houston County Seat and Made Many Friends During
 His Stay fin Thriving Town.

Dothan, June 2.-(Special. .)-For an hour and a half yesterday morning l Dr. Russell M Cunningham, Lieuten- ant Governor and candidate for Gov ernor of Alabama. held the close and undivided attention of Houston coun- ty audience and. if the general verdict is to be believed, made friends. sup porters and votes by his talk. Dr. Cunningham, who reached here on an early train, spent the morning shaking hands and meeting the voters. He began speaking in the circuit court room of Houston county's new temple Of justice. after having been introduced by Chairman George H. Malone of the County Democratic Ex- ecutive Committee.
 The audience which greeted Dr. Cunningham was not large. Farmers in this county have been more than ordinarily busy for the past ten days or two weeks, and are still so. Today Is Saturday, also. with the usual rush of business for the merchants and their clerks. who were prevented from attending. There were probably 150 persons present. and Dr. Cunningham will never face a more attentive au- diencc than he did this morning. He spoke in an easy. conversational tone. more arg1mentative than otherwise, making no effort to employ any tricks of oratory or gesture great portion of the time he rested his hand on the table just back of him and spoke to the reople in front of him much as a lawyer would present his side of Il case to a jury.
 pr. Cunningham discussed briefly his official record in Alabama politics since 1880. Ut is all written in the books. every word of It. he said. and his voice rose above it's ordinary tones for once. and there is no reason why any man should not know what I have done and what have not done for my State
 Only once or twice during his speech did Dr. Cunningham refer to Mir. Conner. and then in most pleas ant. courtcous manner. This is not A campaign of personalities, so far as he Is concerned, and he enuncia ted this clearly more than once during inc speech Dr. Cunningham caused n hearty laugh by his remark that he jtentiary, and noc an inmate of it. as his opponent would have the people believe he had been. or should be.
 "One thing I would be glad to have distinctly understood by all of you said the doctor. and that Is that I am not the candidate of any interest. am neither the railroad candidate the nN neople should be fairly treated, and, by the same token, so should the raa roads''
 A moment later the speaker an pounced that he has no campaign fund. is having his own expenses, out of hIs own rocket, and has made no cam paign promises. If any one thinks That he is going to get something out of this campaign after am elected Governor, if am elected. 1t is high time he was disabusing his mind right now, for he will be disappointed.
 Appointments made by me will be in the regular way. and because of fit- ness and ability, coupled with proper recommendations from the people themselves"
 pr. Cunningham went into a short but comprehensive argument to show that while the Governor could veto. aien. recommend an amendment to a bill. there his power regarding 1t stop ped-that he had no legislative power