The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-01
COMER IN CAMDEN
FITS, CLARKE AND O'SEAL ALSO
 MAKE SPEECHES.
The Candidate fer Governor For First Time Refers to Child Labor Law aud Says h Should Re
 Enforced.

l treated to an old fashioned all day pol itical meeting. in which four candidates for state offices announced themselves and advocated their fitness Tor theii respective positions which they seek.
 Candidate Conner was the first te arrive. coming yesterday morning from Catherine. HS was followed in the af- ternoon by william C, Fitts. candI. date for alternate senator, and this af- tsrn5on by K. H. Clarke Emmett candidate for alternate senator and lieutenant governor respectively.
 The large crowd consequent upon ths opening Of court was augmented by considerable number who came onIs l 10 hear and meet the different can. didatsS. Much additional interest wal ar9u"cd ''& the r9mor that Mr: Conner joint dsrate, Mir. Conner himself amour. cling isst night that It was his i'm. presspn that he was to meet tho Doc.
 This misunderstanding was due to tn, 1 fact that the Doctor had heretofore ac- 1 cepted an invitation to be present If nc l other appointment conflicted It was gagement al Greenvilfe today would prevent him from being present but Lnaw that fact @ did not s,ta seem to be generally fosted because Of his non-appearancf an6 the hope was expressed that he would Sc able to address the voters oi
 Mr. Conner stated h last light night that he had invited Dr. Cunningham to meet | him at Gadsden next Monday. 1 The day was very warm. but n crowd ed court room greeted Candidate Fitts ] when he opened the meeting at 10 1 o'clock. Mayor GodboId acted as chair man. briefly Introducing the candidates. | MT. Fitts was well received. and in hts dIscourse of an hour and A half was Frequently interrupted with ap- piause. Referring to his candidacy he said that Alabama today was confront Cd with situation never before known i by any State or Government Thei c is something slightly grating and gruesome, he said, in contemplating the nomination Of men for the holding of ohice In years 10 come while the in- | cumbents still arc alive. but 1t was tho ruling of the Democratic Executive Gommittee and as Democrats the peo- pie should live by 1t and work by it until 1t was changed
 His views on national issues were well received and at the conclusion of ms address he was enthusiast tically ap- p1nuded
 The hour for Corners appearance was fixed at 1 o'clock. by which time the crowd was considerably increased hy the arrival of q number of persons on the noon train When the candidate duced the court room was filled to its utmost capacity. Among the audience was large number of ladies. and the tended In body. Despite the exces- sive heat of the room the candidate delivered his address with his usual strenuosity and customary foot accom- paniment. In advocating education he referred to the several negro mission | schools In this neighborhood saving Tt looks to me as If that is danger ous don't know how 1t Is with you"
 He made his usual reference to the old soldier and immigration and de- nounced cheap labor.
 Following the line of his opolika ar- HgA Nhat Fy.... ham was a successful physician and | that if in his twenty-five years prac- 1 tice he had not saved q competence he
 comerl, was not to blame. He said glad to change places with Dr. Gun ninEham and make money by the | change.
 T say this In justice to him. because he is successful man and the kind you and I want to come Tn contact with" he said. He declared further that should the Doctor die tomorrow his one son would be one of the richest young men in the State. The doctors s pay as you go policy. without a cam paign fund. seems to have gotten on his statements that If elected he would dc this and next year and the year after saving 1t was impossible for man to know what he would do on those Issues In the future. as 1t is for q farmer to say In what manner hC would work his crop next year.
 Continuing, he said: You have got to take each case and prescribe for It and care Tor it as 1t comes up. But upon all these things you and I prac- tically agree There is no fight on that measure in the State. Every man here is in favor of good education. the old soldier, immigration and the en- am l."
 This was Mir. Corners first voluntary reference to child labor and he did not tOnHh har la, An .f his remarks.
 The candidate then went into his usual argument on railroad regulation, tofore so often published, and declnr- ing that the reforms advocated should also be made to apply to telegraph and | express companies.
 The speaker made his customary al- iusions to The Advertiser showing an | issue Of two years ago and saying there was at least $500 worth of ad- vertisinE in 1t against him.
 Referring to Dr. Cunningham's ad- dress at Opelika, he made his same old statement that the doctor had gone rnfdher rnt than he In demandinE a low rhte and on former occasions devote three quarters of an hour to the rail- road question.
 "Rut what kind of a speech is he making now?' ho asked. Tn Opelika he made fourteen minute speech and ho said we must treat the railroads fair and the people fair; that he didn't | "'NAi' 'llNluiHR uFAAllCs
 | Turning to your correspondent he said. '
 'l want you to ask The Advertiser what he meant by that. The people
 What he thought was fair he de- clared was the strongest that could people.
 He made his customary declaration that pr Cunningham's environment would prohibit his carrying out his | Ideas on rate reform, and paid his usual 1 respects to his colleagues and the rail- | roads attorneys
 several times during his address the ] speaker wns Interrupted by consti- | tuent with the "hurrah habit 1 MT Conner was in fairly good voice l and was occasionally applauded, but his speech as d whole seemed to fall somewhat flat
 Later in the afternoon Mir O'Neal spoke. followed In the evening by Mir | Clarke, both gentlemen having good | audiences and being we'll received Several other candidates for state | officers were eNpcCtcw that 1t was 1 learned they would be present later 1 in the week The interest of the peo- l pie is principally ccutered in local poI- l ittcs, there being at present eight as pirants for the office of sheriff and i've for legislature Nonr oe the local candidates spoke today.