The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-15
CUNNINGHAM AND COMER MEET AT
 AsHvIILE.
BirminEham Msnufacturer was AREres- sive and Violent While Ensicy Doc tor stood Gr0und tn Eloquent
 and Parliamentary Ad-

tience, very few people ieaving the |
 Though their interest was plainly | manifest, applause for either speaker was slight. MT. Corners jokes created Cunninrham were received with laugh
 He was, If possible. more aggressive than usual itS ana the usual stampns % He fae fre9uentIy @ % Spoke with such energy and in s9 oqd se when he to the child labor law, he worked nm self into a perfect frenzy of excitement and passion.
 and your correspondent was duly in- troduced with the usual fire works,
 pr. Cunningham's address, on tne and a clear. logical exposition of his views on various affairs of State.
 Speaking of the number of subjects discussed by him. he said the people had a right to know what the policy of the next Governor would be and ex- plained at length the departments oI the State government ana the out,es
 .'The Governor" he said. lis not a Czar, to dictate methods and means. He can only employ the methods and means
 He commented the State convict sys- tenn under the present law, and stated that the average price per convict nag of going into the pockets Of contrac- tors, was being paid into the State treasury.
 abolish the lease system, the success of which, he said. deprived him of a salary of $500 month as prison phy- should be worked by the State. and a percentage of their earnings paid to the counties from which they came: On the first of the year, he stated. there will be surplus in the State treasury of $1.000,000, and as much Of this as may be necessary he would recommend to be applied to the pension fund. and the remainder set aside for some small needed appropriations to the common
 T ann" he stated. "an advocate of the regulations of child labor; I believe ment of its children, who are to be- come the succeeding generation"
 He referred to his record in the Sem of the measure had no reference to his opponent as neither he nor MT. Conner were thinking of running for Governor time. tin The speaker favored immigra- tion of the right sort, Scandinavian, Norwegian and other classes who would be sasa.on be ssd fo Is common carrier and transportation of persons and property must be com pensated for.
 The law gives the commission abso- Iute power and authority to revise the rates and underr. the new law they are to fix the rates" pealed to the Supreme Court 1t was the duty of the Attorney General {to carry the case through the courts and If fln- ally the road didn't abide the decision 1t was subject to fine of from one to five thousand dollars.
 He believed that an appropriatlon should be at the disposal of the com. their findings. MT: Conner. he said. was now advocating the present rate S ss fixing the rate on about a hundred items with Georgia rate as standard
 If the Commission can regulate the rates after the Legislature has fixed the maximum rate. then It must De valid Commission, and if 1t Is valid Commission, 1t can regulate those rates Legislature" The Alabama Coastitu- ton and statutes. he stated, are prac- tically the same as those or Georsla and the Georgia statutes ths have .oDets 6een
 Why don't MT. Conner remain Presi- dent of the Railroad Commission and let the people elect two men in mar
 There's a situation, l think, that calls for an answer"
 In 1880. he said. he supported the LanRdOn measure IO CTtdtt d 1OIiilHiS- sion. but 1t was so amended by the Sem ate as to make It an advisory Com mission and the amendment was sus- tained by a committee of conference, SO he voted against its passage. The Doctor concluded with brief intro. duction and resume of his personal history.
 created a laugh. He made his usual arguments in support of education and immigration and denouncing cheap la bor Then eommeneed ia nc the fireworks; rsvrer snd know all about child labor. The Doc tor don't" Going up to the Doctor, shaking his fist and stamping the floor child labor law and what have you done to see that 1t was executed? and yet you preach about child labor. He lift his hand to see that the law was executed l said at Gadsden that our mill observed the law. In his speeches the building of these things. In one speech he said he did not want money from any women, yet, he admits that his mother earned his edncation; a
 nor trying to create prejudice. Give the mothers an opportunity to go from the hand loom where they get fitty where they get a dollar and half a day. We want fifty thousand dollar mili at Whitney and if it Is the last thing I speak l would recommend that the people of Alabama go to building
 Referring to the mill tax exemption: Mir Conner seemed to be in fury of excitement Wildly gesticulating and shouting at the top of his voice. he de- ciared that pr. Cunningham had said if elected he would have the back tax collector bring suit for taxes for the lime during which the mills were ex- emnted. The State. he declared can't go back on its word; it would be an outrage. ,, was panting heavily and perspiring profusely. The Doctor, he said, went into the whole science of government. He stated that his business experience would warrant that he had sense enough to take care of the affairs of State as they arose. He declared that inc Doctor lost nothing by supporting inc convict law as he was now re- cefvjnc an income of ten thousand a l wear He said the Doctors statements on inc convict law was a reflection mon all the former Governors. The increase in convict earnings: he de- ciared, was due to supply and demand Ths Advertiser he said, was follow ing him around saying harsh things nbout him as they mad done. He saIu If I am nominated, will they keep on fighting me and 1T the Democrats ] nominate Bryan TOT Presiuent VIII they tMr Conner then went into his usual | argument for lower freight rates quot inS the same comparisons which have heen heretofore published He criti- l Form. saving 1t would take the legisla- | t,,re more than d session to classify | ali the rates The railroads he de- ciared spent five hundred thousand |