The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-14
|COMER ON THE ADVERTISER
Report of His Denunciation at
 Alexander City.
Verbatim

The following is the short-hand re-
 port of Mir Corners speech at Alexander
 City on Monday, far as it relates to
 The Advertiser and his speech at Jas-
 per:
 want to introduce to you my friend,
 Mir. Beckham. Mir Beckham Is the ste
 nographer for The Montgomery Adver-
 tiser and he is my constant attendant.
 He follows me wherever I go. I want
 to read to you. This is a notice that The Advertiser has sent out to their
 ten to this, gentlemen. Listen good, because deep down in the history or Alabama it concerns you. Heres a
 note that The Montgomery Advertiser in the State of Alabama
 (Reads circular sent out by Mr.
 Isn't that proposition? It's exceed ingly important for The Advertiser that they know the whereabouts ot Mir Conner and what he Is saying. Why
 man on my track as you would send I a blood hound on the trail Of an escap, ed convict? Why am I to be pursued and followed? What have done to be criminal? Is that a manly way to 1 fight a man? Is that Democracy in the State of Alabama when you take man | and pursue him that way? Is that Democracy, or oligarchy or rust (Applause.) am going to tell MT.
 Beckham that I will be in Mobile next
 Wednesday, Ashland next Monday ana I
 Beckham is a very nice man, but MT. Beckbam, I am going to read you here from The Advertiser of Sunday on this
 Jasper speech. (Reads head lines ot if said that? (Mr. Beckham did not
 reply). I never said that "Comer at
 Jasper says thst vacancies can ,.ner ln the sen
 Can anything be so unfair? Takine;
 what he understands me to say and telegraphing 1t in without giving me one single opportunity of looking at It
 Is that fair? Not only that. but l have given to The Advertiser statement
 of exactly where I stood on this great
 question in writing. that I favor tha' the people should elect their Senators in the primary. I believe that the
 Governor should pledge himself tha'
 he would ca Gsll a primary n1,sv in ease G,ve c1
 MT. Glass my regards and tell him t@nat @ I regard 1t as unfair as 1t can be, thls going behind my written statement ana taking a telegraphic report and con tradicting me.
 pected to be done by bounding me tnlS way! That same report Is circulated throughout the State. I am published in the State this morning as not Ia, voring a primary for the Senators ana came out in writing and said I Ia | vored a primary for the Senators and | The Advertiser have it in their once l and going beyond written reporI
 wasn't giving a man the chance or 2 dog There's no man In Fallapoosa county that wouldn't give. a negro, 2 better chance than that, (Applauseo | have stood on one platform for year and I haven't varied hairs breadth | I stand where stood fifteen years ago | and four years ago when walked your streets, and two and half years age
 when | was elected to your commis | sion I said four years ago that the
 people should come face to face with | fine man they elected. That's what l Rave always stood for, and think, gen.
 tIemen. that the primary is the saving
 grace of the State. You once get rid
 of the primary and go into mach,ne s noi- | flies and your very safetX IS m uan
 ger and every man in this house knows l it, I stand for pure Democracy.