The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-11
MIR. CONFER AT TROY
THE ADVERTISER IS DEVOTED
 MUCH ATTENTION.
The Usunl Amount of Time Given te a Comparison of Freight Rates in Alabama and Other
 States.

Troy, March 1o.--(Special. )-An au- disnce of about 500 greeted Candidate Gomer Cor e, oI, here today: This was perhaps II1er has had recently. Applause was frequent and his address seemed to im- press his hearers.
 Mir. Conner was introduced by Charles for Railroad Commissioner. Horace Hood, candidate for Auditor, was present, but did not speak.
 In introducing the candidate Mr. Henderson referred to him as candi- date of the people, and also made ref erence to the last campaign, saying i've witnessed two years ago the vast amount of effort that these corporations exerted in this State and in our own county we saw the immense corruption fund sent In to corrupt the voters of Pike County, but I am proud to say that Pike with 1,500 majority declared not to be corrupted but to stand steady and maintain independence. We have with ns today the gentleman who has borne the brunt of that fight"
 Mir. Conner in opening paid tribute to Mir. Henderson for his introduction,
 Tt is right for me to say> that the chairman, introducing me has been along by my side in nearly all of these years and it has been a great conso- lation to me all along in the very brunt of the hght to turn to my right and find Charles Henderson"
 He referred to the story of Absolom and the quotation, The mule went out said Quite few of our machine poll iticians have gotten their heads tied in the railroad branches and the Demo- cratic party. has gone on and left them think that's right Speaking in Mont- gomery. compared the antics my friend The Advertiser. is cutting up, to away from the Democratic party, and gotten on some other proposition and blame 1t on me. I can't help that The track. i can't help that they have got. ten away from the people. have been trying. to show them for quite while that they are drifting away and that that Absalom rode and gone out from under them and left them, because when they call me denagogue and an- Democratic party of the state dema- gogues; they are calling the platform for. which you stand and which Is that won't do. because. when you get away from that you get away from the people. and when you get away from the people. you get away from Democ;; on the people. and when you get away sand. and MT: Henderson and l are not going to get away from the peo-
 He referred to The Advertiser cor respondent who was present as nice man and wished his paper was as good. At first, he said. he didn't like 1t. but they were so persistent have become accustomed to 1t, will continue to be so because their reports are very much ming. They were called down pretty heavy by some people and some papers about their advertisements of me, and I think MT. Glass and MT. Screws have aaH fn ha haffer fripn6- ly to me-
 He denied that he was a one ideaed man and advocated to some length the care of the old soldiers, education, i'm migration and local option. In speak ing of the old soldier the speaker waxed eloquent, saying, We shouldn't forget while we are putting flowers on care around the living. That is one of the highest duties of the State haven't any use for that proposition that will go from the living, forgetting them and when they are dead carry flowers to their graves. You remem- Der they fought for the same. thing we are hghting for today, and that Is the off the State the power of any man will"
 Continuing on his railroad talk, he referred to his being called dema- gogue, saying: Think of 1t, man being called demagogue in this great State of ours, anarchist and danger ous man when all he does is to advo- cate that. the people should get to- gether and take this government or ours and dispense justice to everybody alike, and they call that demagogism. Let anybody who says so, I don't care if it is as high a figure in the State as The Montgomery Advertiser, let them take the title themselves of dem- agogues because they deserve 1t and because 1t is true.'
 His argument on the freight rate question was the same as usual, though not delivered at his usual length, and he made his usual reference to the cu-