The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-08
w. H. SANFORD ANSWERS DENT Brooks Lawrence Is De-
 tended. WARM SPEECH BY TROY MAN Candidate for Congress Replies to
 Charges. Says He Would Rather stand With Church People Than With whis- key Dealer. Living Out
 side District.

Troy. Sept. 7.-(Special. )-Hon. W. H. Sanford, candidate for Congress, | addressed a large and enthusia stic audience here today. His speech was an eloquent and forceful presentation of his position on all public questions, and was applauded and enthusiastical- ly received by the hundreds who gath cred to hear him. He was given an ovation at the conclusion of his ad- dress.
 Mir. Sanford said that he had con- ducted his campaign on a high and dignif1ed plane and was seeking the office on his own merits and not on the demerits of any other man; but notwithstanding this fact a lot of mean and contemptible campaign fab rications had been industriously cir culated against his public and private character some of which were abso- lutely false, and others containing just enough foundation to make the false- hood all the meaner and the islander all the greater.
 He called on the vast audience of his neighbors and friends to witness that his life had been as an open book in this community for nearly twenty years, and that there was nothing in his public or private life that could not stand the searchlight.
 Endorsed as Solicitor.
 He referred to a report that had gained circulation in Montgomery through the agency of some of Mir. Dents friends. to the effect that he had been forced to resign the position of solicitor of Pike county on account of charges against him. in order to keep down indictments. In this connection he read letter from Hon. R. H. Parks as follows: "office of Solicitor of Twelfth Judicial
 Circuit,
 'Troy. Ala, Sept. 2. 1908. Hon, w. H. Sanford, Troy, Ala.
 My Dear Sir:-It las been brought to my attention that a false report has been circulated to the effect that you were forced to resign the office of solicitor of Pike county several years ago because of charges made against you in connection with your office.
 q can not understand how such a report gained circulation, except that it was done by your political enemies for campaign purposes, for there IS not a syllable of truth in the charge.
 q was circuit solicitor at the time of your retirement from the oflce and during the entire time of your service as county solicitor. and 1t affords me pleasure to state that the conduct of your office during the entire time was such and only such as to merit com mendation and praise; and so stated to you in a letter addressed to you at the, time of your retirement from the office.
 sincerely your friend.
 R. H. Parks"
 In stating his position on the public questions of the day he said he stood squarely on the Democratic platform. as he had always done; that he had never bolted the Democratic party as he was informed MT. Dent did in 1S96; that he favorede increased aid to agrts cultural and industrial education; the restriction of pauper immigration from Southern Europe and the Orient; the betterment of the rivers and harbors of Alabama; the building of good roads by the Federal government In aid of the post roads and the rural free de- livery system. He discussed the i'm iquities of the present tariff system, and showed how the people of the grievously discriminated against. The Anti-shIpping BIIl. Referring to the anti-shipping bill which has become such an issue in this campaign, Mir. Sanford said:
 "I believe in the utmost individual liberty of the citizen consistent with the rights and liberties of every other l individual: there is no such thing in civilized society as absolute liberty. Every mans right must be exercised | with reference to every other mans right, and the people of Alabama. by | their sovereign representatives have passed a prohibition law for this State, l and 1t is the duty of every good man