The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-23

.
 Dr. Cunningham and pledge him their support is enough to give any man pride In such support They are men who rank high in the esteem of those who know them-many or ] them men who have been honored ana l trusted by their fellows. The truth of this was reflected in the comments of T. J. Broadway. prominent Liy- | ingston lawyer, in discussing the | Sumter County situation. "Dr. Cunningham has fine body or men supporting him in Sumter, not only I In Livingston but in other parts Of | the county" said Mir. Brockway. He will not only receive a good vote In | Sumter, but he will receive 1t from some of our leading and most thought ful citizens. He has made gains in this county that are none short Of surprising. It was only a few weeks ago that the Conner men were going about saying he had retired from the race. Now his actions and vigorous campaign is rapidly winning votes. Even at this juncture 1t looks as though Sumter, although close. is for the Cunningham column
 Manager T.. L. Smith of the Living ston Manufacturing Company repre- sents a. considerable class of voters or Alabama who never were for MT. Co., mer and are not for him now.
 
 ''No, I never was for Mir. Conner and am not for him now,' said MT. Smith, T never took any stock in his anti-railroad cure for all industrial ills. am not disappointed in his rec ord in the office of president of the Railroad Commission, and l am not surprised that he has done nothing. voted against him before because did not believe he was the proper man for the place he was running for ana I am going to vote against him this time for the same good reason"
 Some of MT. Corners friends have been inclined to plume themselves up- on the defeat of Congressman John II. Bankhead by Captain Richmond Fear son Hobson as a hopeful sign for their side of the house. In taking notice or this claim today Chairman Seals de- clared that 1t was absurd. He pointed | out that he had been an enthusiastic | supporter of Captain Hobson TOT con 1 gress and that he was no less an en- | thusiastic supporter of pr: Cunning ham in the present race. He named moreover half a dozen prominent sup-
 porters of Dr. Cunningham who had l been equally prominent in supporting i Captain Hobson Nor was this true 1 only in Sumter county. It was true | of all other counties in the Sixth Dis l triet. The race for Congress in the | I race for Governor. Dr. Cunningham | spent a busy day in meetin and l talking to the voters of Livingston, pr. | Cunningham found time to deliver strong address in the court house this 1 morning at Ii o'clock. He was given
 an excellent introduction by Chairman | Seals, who reviewed the splendid rec
 ord Lieutenant Governor Cunningham | had made, not only in the Legislature
 but in the councils and in the ranks
 of the Democratic party. MT. Seals re-
 viewed especially the long record or Dr Cunningham in standing for the
 regulating of freight rates by the gov-
 ernment and for a railroad commls>
 sion with mandatory powers.
 l Made Splendid Speech.
 Dr. Cunningham appeared to splen-
 did advantage before his audience. He delivered one of the best speeches of | the campaign and his hearers were | visIbly impressed. Dr. Cunningham took
 up particularly the claim of his oppo-
 nent that the present law giving man
 datory powers to the commission was l unconstitutional This came up in his address in connection with his exposl- tion of Mir. Comer's inconsistency He
 showed his hearors how Mr. Conner
 had first come out in favor of the
 Georgia rates as the maximum rate,
 only to change that position to one in
 which he asks that the AlaDaHa IatV be made tho maximum rate
 And now" said pr. Cunningham, me
 wants the Georgia rate ! 100 articles
 and to get 1t he wants the Legislature | to pass a special act. The other S,lOu
 articles he Is willing to go by the
 Board. He says he wants the 100
 articles passed upon by the Legisia-
 ture because the present Alabama Rail-
 road Commis on law is unconstttu- Il tionaI. If 1t unconstitutional, why 7 does he pick out 100 special articles ,l for the Georgia rate by the Legisla- . ture and ignore the other 3,100 sarti- cles? And if 1t is constitutional why does he not let the Commission make a rate as 1t has the power to do on
 the entire 3,20O articles?"
 pr. Cunningham left tonight for ? Eutaw. where he will address tse vot- CTS of Greene county tomorrow.