The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-09
CUNNINGHAM IS PLEASED
 OVER HIS VISIT TO BIBB
Speaks in the Mineral District of the County, Which Undoubtedly is for Him--Agri-
 cultural District for His Opponent.

end of the County. the section m and around Centerville. to Conner, although at the upper end they are not so fa- miliar with conditions that prevail to the south. The Conner men are max . ing loud claims about the farming beats and about the town of Centvrvilis and the Cunningham men are content to Jet them make the claims. without a denial, even as the Conner men are concedIng the mineral beats to Cum nipeham.
 what the entire county is gting to do is an open question. Whenever i' comes time for the lower end to on set the upper end 1t will be seen which side has the bisaest majority to ds tne offsetting.
 pr. Cunninghana was not only pFree- ably surprised to find 50 strong 2 sentiment In favor of his candidacy but he was gratified as well to find in Bibb an entire and working orsahl- zation. This Bfbb county organize ton of it's own free will and cn us own hook had gone to work to snow tho voters of Bibb county what sor, of q man Csmer Is and what sort ol a man Cunningham Is
 It Is an independent command oi political fighters. There Is no state army of organization to which 1t may he attached There Is no Cunning ham Campaign Committee in the state
 pr. Cunningham has no millionaires club of Farmers, Merchants and Me
 chanics who can spend s12.ooo or $lo,' 900 to see him elected Governor. Ills
 distinguished eppoHent has monop-
 oly of that sort cf thing.
 a Tn few counties of the State where
 these volunteers have banded together
 through friendship for Dr. Cunning ham, the results have been inspiring
 But there are so few counties In tn'
 State in which the volunteers hay
 linked themselves together to wit
 votes for Cunningham.
 Mir. Comer's Organization. On the other hand Mir. Conner ha the most powerful machine that eve backed a candidate for nomination il
 a Democratic primary in Alabama It ramifies into every county In tn State and there is unlimited money Il keep it's wheels greased. And havinl such a machine Mr. Conner and hi allies know the Cunningham strengtl in the State. They know the change
 that are taking place, they know hoS political sentiment is conyerging to
 wards Cunningham.
 They know all this far better thai Dr. Cunningham, and his friends wh' have no machine to work up excite ment and gather information. Dr Cunningham has been surprised re peatedly at flattering conditions h ! found, and of which he knew nothing and expected nothing. But the Co | mer people know of them. Their cor respondents have written them O. | these conditions. And this knowledE I has made them uneasy and restless I In bombastic proc1amations. in brAg i gadocio claims, in hysterica1 talk about railroad domination. robbery an l slavery this restIessness has been dis i played. Things haven't been goin at all to suit the Conner campaig | crowd.
 | Here in upper Bibb where Dr. Gun
 nlngbam's friends, on their own hool have been actively at work, the situa 1 tion from the Cunningham standpoin | leaves nothing to be desired. Wha lthe situation in the lower tier of tn beats Is remains to be seen. But o g certainty. 1t is not so satisfactory t l the Cunningham men, as Is the situa