The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-25
Ensley Candidate Speaks
 in New Decatur.
Addresses Rsusing sna En.husiastic Meetlas srem the step. os 'he
 Morgan County Rank--Thc
 csmsrites Getting shaky.
By VIII r. sheehan.

wko spoke to a rouslng and enthusi- astic meeting from the steps of the Morgan County Bank. nr. Cunning hams friends are not expecting to carry Morgan County, for they ae- that MT. Conner Is stronger in this county than in any ether in North Alabama.
 Because he has had no organization 10 work up a sentiment and because until now he has had no opportunity until yesterday. Df. Cunningham has been content to let Morgan County go it's way and give its own majority to Mir. Conner. But his friends were in- sistent that ho should come up and make at least one speech. He foun more of those friends there than he had had any reason to expect and he found them energetic and active. By reason of his visit Dr. Cunningham had the opportunity of delivering his splendid campaign address to aii audi ence of more than 900 voters. At the same time Mir Conner was on the same sort of an crrand-vis.ting sections of the State that were overwhelmingly for Cunningham. He went through West Culiman County where there are said to be big beats with not a single Conner vote in them. He drove through to Winston County. where it Is conf dently claimed that Cunningham. win get vote oi 3 to over Conner. Today MT. Conner las rushed over te Lamar County where he has heard Cunning ham is going 10 get an overwhelming majority.
 Mr Conner Thursday night was one of the speakers at the Conner rally where Captain Richmond Pearson Hob- son was the principal speaker This rally was not pulled 9tf exactly as scheduled. While Captain Hobson was paying splendid tribute to pr. Gun ningham which he proposed to wind up by saying that the only reason he was opposed to him was because the railroads were backing Dr. Cunning hams candidacy, he mentioned the name of Dr. Cunningham and a wild burst of applause went up--and this at a Conner rally.
 The Conner forces now are showing a bad state of rattles. They have every sign of shaking fear. ThFough0ut Ala bap1a 1t has been the custom of the Conner men to say,
 We have got this light now and we don't need any speakers on the stump. We could get Hebson out if we need ed him, but we don't need him"
 Now that they have worked up to the march of the Cunningham move n1ent, now that they see the omInous rise of the ground swell of Cunning ham sentiment in the distance they are frantically doing something. A hurry cali went out for Hobson and he has been thrown into the breach to stem the tide.
 Tn the early days of the campaign the Conner leaders pretended to be very much embarrassed at the voluntary support of Congressman J. F. Stallings. who instead of speaking for his own candidacy for alternate Senator, al- ways devoted his time to lauding Mir Corners sanctified political virtues. But they lean oa him now and call him great. He is Conner star. His name Is printed on the bills as big as the name of anybody else. His support might have been an embarrassment in the early days of the campaign. but 1t Is blessing now when the clouds hang low.
 The best oratoricaI combination that could be gotten together was rushed into Jefferson county, in the effort to keep down Cunningham's majority in Jefferson county. Most of the Conner men admit that Jefferson has gone ir. retrievably for Cunningham. The most sanguine of them. when compelled to do so by political necessity only lay claim to 1t by 800 majority when the county will poll probably 10000 votes.
 On the other hand the Cunningham
 men are absolutely confident Of it by an overwhelming vote. They unite in claiming 2,se0, No we'll informed man doubts that the home county of both candidates and the county in which both of them are best known will go by a large vote for Dr Cunningham.
 But this has principally to do with the brief but satisfactory trip of Dr. Cunningham to Morgan County. He had no expectation of carrying the county. for he has not been able to can vass the county, and he has not been able to have the State organization that would make the fight for him. But to please his friends and to cut down the majority, Dr. Cunningham made the trip to Morgan
 Now. the gubernatorial light is cut ting but little figure in Morgan. The county is tied up on dispensary fight. Decatur and New Decatur are at present open saloon towns. and a vigorous crusade Is being made to uproot the sa- looms and to put in the dispensary. All else Is subordinated to that one issue. The selection of a Governor the selec- tion of a Supreme Court Chief Justice. the selection of two alternate United States Senators. are as nothing in Nor gan County when compared to the ab- sorbing question of dispensasy or sa- loon. No other politics but dispensary politics is talked just now.
 There are two candidates for the Legislature on the saloon ticket and two candidates on the dispensary ticket. The two sides are locked in a close em- brace wrestling to the ground. and at this time it can't be told what side will fall on top The night on which pr. Cunnfn gham spoke, Rev. J. B. Culpep- per, the evangelist. also spoke to a large audience at the Central Metho- dist Church in support of the dispen- sary.
 Dr. Cunningham. in his speech. did not shirk the iauor question at all. He spoke his views frankly upon it
 q have at all times" he said. stood for the regulation of the liquor traflc and for It's regulation by local option. I believe that this business should be governed and controlled by local sen- timent. If am elected Governor. I shall in no case interfere with the will of the people expressed at the polls. I shall. if I am elected. promptly ap~ prove any bill which embodies the re- suit of the election which you now have or hand"
 audience addressed by Dr. Cunning ham was the largest audience any po- litical speaker has had in the present camnaign. No candidate for any State ofice has addressed an audience so large
 Before 8 o'clock an audience of at least 300 had assembled about the back steps. Candidates for the Leg islature had also expected to address the gathering and to keep the crowd quiet until pr. Cunningham came both Major Hal Long and Hon. J. R. Sample addressed the gathering. MT. Sample. the last speaker. introduced pr. Cum ningham who was given an enthusi- astic greeting. This gave his frienos