The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-31
Conner Campaign.

Mobile Herald
 when confronted by The Mobile Herald, The Thomasville Echo and other papers In the State supporting Dr. Cunningham in his candidacy for the governorship. with a de- mand for proof of the truth of statements made by Mir. Conner and frequently repeated
 by The Canebrake Hsrald of Uniontown. and other papers of the same class, that
 the doctor is supported by subsidized
 press, those making the accusation fall back upon the most contemptible subterfuge.
 They dodge the iseue-every one Of them from Boss Conner down to The Canehrake Herald-but do not retract the malicious
 and maligning rnisstatement. "It's hard to prove" they say.
 What must the people of Alabama think of creatures--be they newspapers or candi- dates-which would make such an accusa- tion affecting the good name Of more than one-half. probably two-thirds of the most reputable journals in the State. and then, when confronted. plead confession of ig- norance and avoidance of the point at issue Those who have been guilty of thus at tempting to befoul the newspapers of Ala bama would put Judas to blush by thetr despicable methods.
 The Canebrake Herald says: Now as to naming some particular railroad subsidized paper" as per the request of The Echo' for two reasons refuse the challenger. The first reason Is, do not wish to make any of our friends feel embarrassed; and the second one is. that positive evidence is too hard to get"
 "Friends?"
 Friends" indeed!
 What a perversion of the word friend" How like the Mafia assassin is the stah delivered in the dark by these accusers. of those they call their friends" If the accusations made by MT. Conner | and his supporters of The Canebrake Her. | aid type were believed by the people of Ala bama-which they are not-these friends" would suffer a loss more severe and more dama ging than a loss of wealth or loss | of blood. They would suffer a loss of reputa- | tion which, in many instances. has cost the | best effort. the untiring labor of a lifetime | for Alabama, the Democratic party and eV- cry worthy institution within this State. Be 1t said to their everlasting credit. there are newspapers in Alabama which would not resort to such campaign of islander to gain political ends and some Of those papers are supporting Mr. Conner. We feel safe In saying that the broad-mindeo- Christian-spirited Cunningham would nos accept a nomination gained by such trick | as that resorted to by those Conner advo- l cates who draw a general indictment against the Cunningham papers and yet | offer no iota of proof in support of that
 indictment In replying to an indignant demand made by The ThomasvillA Echo. | that The Canebrake Herald give some proof | of its assertions reflecting on the newspa- | pers supporting pr. Cunningham; that 1t | give the name of a sigle subsidized news
 paper supporting the doctor. the Uniontown | paper says;
 The editor of The Echo knew very well | that he perfectly safe in calling upon
 us to give names It would be as impos- | sible for IS to produce such proof as 1t would be to fly to the moon" What an admission of islander! | What an exposure of the unsupportabl~ | character of the charges made against the | good names of Alabama's Journalists by Mr. Conner and the unsrupulous among his sup porters.
 On such evidence as is offered in the Conner campaign of abuse against the men who opposing him his case will pc | thrown out of court when submitted in Au~ gust to the supreme tribunal-the people