The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-20
SPEAKS AT ASHLAND
CANDIDATE CoNER IN THE COUN-
 TY OF CLAY.
Declares That Dr. Cunningham May be sincere in His Platform, But Does
 Not Believe He Could Carry
 tt Out.

Ashland, Feb. s.--(speciaL {. Today marking opening of court and an irn-' portant murder case being set for trial, quite e crowd greeted Candidate Conner when he opened his speech. Judge Pelham delayed the opening of court on account of the candidates engage- ment, but the train was delayed and MT. Conner did not commence until about half past twelve, speaking forian hour and half. He was introduced by William Lackey of padeville, and was well received though applause was conspicuous by it's absence.
 In changing cars at Talladega, Mir. Conner lost his satchel and was there fore obliged to speak without his cus- tomary notes and memoranda.
 Referring to The Advertiser. he said q suppose could say they follow me, like hound on a trail but that's not nice. They say when I say that I interfere with the liberty of the press. like the press and the liberty of the press is a great thing in Alabama, but there is a difference between the liberty oe the press and the license, and those of you who have followed this cam paign will know that undue license has been taken with me by some of the press and I have q right to criticize them, because this Is free country. thank God, and because 1t is free am here today.
 q am a Democrat and believe in Democracy, Nobody believes in 1t stron- ger than do. It is the party of the people. the foundation of this great country of ours. When you go beyond the rights of the people and go beyond the interest. of the people. that very minute you leave Democra- cy and go into something else. You recollect some ten CT fifteen years ago there was a scrap in the Democratic party Machine politics was abroad and the system got cross-wise or the people and there was rebellion. It was called 'populism.' The people re- belled against machine politics.
 T want to say to you that had great sympathy with the Peoples Par ty then, and I think they were badly advised. It was a great wrong to you. a great wrong to the State and to the Democratic party. Your wrongs were great, but the place to right wrong Is inside the family. not outside. be- lieye back wonder in those days, If the people had stayed In 4he party this great fight we are making today would have been settled long ago. Now. it's got to go to the people. You cant settle this great question in policies.
 .sThey say of me that when ] go to the people and say to you, you are the party, you are the Dehocfats' that I am talking demagogism, that l am irving to array one class against anoth- CT. Isn't that proposition? It's peo- pleism, that's what it is. Peopleism is the wiser of the party of the State. They say when say that am dem agogue. Because said that I have been attacked in the largest measure by machine politicians. the press and the railroads. These three great pow
 n11Nyf hi n nr state has ever withstood and these three great powers two years ago were agains+ me"
 He said he favored local option, edu- cation and the care of the Old Soldiers and then proceeded in his arraignment of the railroads. He said:
 The railroads said I would be de- struction. but remember when ever you go to crowd on anything or any body they commence to howl. When you be- gin to try to control anything they hol- Ter You say you want railroads and