The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
PLEADS WITH PEOPLE NOT TO DESERT POLICIES
Governor Likens Himself to Moses
 as Leader.
He Talked ExclfedIy and Meaningless. ly of Negro Domination whale Geneva County Audience
 Receives His Ranaom
 Thoughts CsldIy.
BY cnARLEs .. HARoLp :.

samson, July 4s-(Speclal )--lStand- ing in swelterlng heat before a crowd of about 500 peopie--men. women and children--comparing himself by, mstx- phor with the historic Moses and the people of Alabama with the chosen sons of Israel; appealing now to the white man as distinct from the negro. and now to the farmer as distinguisned From another class of enterprise: pour ing anathema after anathema upon all wno might think other than he: de- lending all the laws of his LeRielm- ture and warning solemniy against tho reaction of political sentiment that he sees. This was Governor Conner In samson today.
 In a characteristic address here to- day much of the language and the tenn per of the Governors speech hark4d pack to the time when he nrst solicited the votes of the Alabama farmer and merchant. He assailed the railroads in bitter terms. His vehement atxi- tudeS always evident. whether under Ire or safe from alarm, seems to have been aggravated this morning bE re- iiection of the tendency of the tlmee. That the States executive has. after all, heard the murmurs of reaction waa undoubtedly shown today.
 Fenr of Menekfom.
 As much Rs Q half dozen times he re- ferred to an apparent change in the views Of the people Of the State. An often he deaantly attacked the reae- tionarles and called, them tailroad att torneys. AS often he asked; .'To what will we reactz" and when there vas silence at the end of hih rhekoFlnat quizzes he as often turned loaoe the most updisEuised, adrolt appeals direct to the pre1udlcs of the wptte man. Hs ninted in most lrrelev&nk way ats a possibility of black Aofnin9tlon and called upon the faftner to rise tn his might, unite all the phaiAnxam of the toilefs and march steadily onward and upward. Then when he had nnithsd with his frantic attacks on failfoads and their attorneys after no had qaile2 CUTS ana towards all who would desert him in this crisis. the Gcvernof wound up In most narrowing stricture of Judge Ioues, of the Federal Circuit Court In Montgomery.
 He referred but wildly to the 5nstlca or the Injustice of the Federal courts senerally: talked in gallop of the cel- ebrated Minnesota cahes and 6xuInAnod in detail nothing of the Involved ntaaaa of the raiiroad litigation at present Xet he set in upon Judge Jones naercf- lessiy. He deferred to him an khe protege of the LpulsvitIa and NaBhvgila Railroad Company. Judge Ionna wnA ail but ealled Che puppex of Milton M smith. President of the Ilouiavills and
 coaaar Gets Excited
 He declared in an excited voice that it was etsrnaiiy wronr for JnARo Jones. who had served in the Le4i8ia< ture, and voted a6aInst the Interests Qf the people, who had served az Governor of the State and upheld the raiireadA and who was for long time attofnev for a railroad; 1t was wrong for this Judge to sit and to try the recent c4ess. "He had no right" cried the Gover@ nor, "to sit with this history, even In n Si0 COW damage suit. when the tail2, roads were parties. much less try the litigation haze just referred to-"
 He criticised sharply the Federal Judge for his words spoken to the colnpromising railroads last ysar when they asknd for an amendment of the interlocutory degree. This action ok Judge Jones was condemned by the speaker. as was also subseauent acts of the Judge.
 Perhaps the most sensational part of the address came when Governor Co., mer excitedIy said: T freely bstisvs that when Judge Jones cited the whar- ifs and solicitors of Alabama to an~ pear before him and show -cRu&B why they should not be restrained from carrying out the laws of the last Leg Islature he went beyond his jurisdfc- uCC1aGU IMMU. believe, too, that when Judge Jones cited Henry Steagall of Geneva County. q member of the Legislature. Co np. pear for contempt because oe idlo words spoken to a United States Dep-s uty Marshal, he did 1t for Intimidation and for nothing else. and I want to say that do not believe that such methods will lend to building up re~ spect for any court.
 NFasae tn AEahauam
 Disjointed though it was, one could not fail to follow the metaphor of Moses and the wandering Israeifles which the Governor drew as tlluatrAt- ing the bondage of the people of Ala. bama. He literally admonished them Egypt, but though. the speaker virt2- ally claimed hts acts of administration were infallible and pleaded for an csc pecial enthusiasm among his follow CTS. he did not make clear the land of promise to which his picture iured. He was wanting in Canaan.
 To have listened to the Governor was to have been Aattered that one was a white man and a farmer and that ae such one was in need of rights and redress of wrongs done. but the au- dience must have disappointed the | speaker. With tke effect of his words | there was occasional applause with | ENG nAnQE put nHNEA 8 0Et0VNHNtAkAVh as there must have been when he pulled his issue in it's virgin state be- fore the farmers of this section.
 The crowd paid a respectful atten- tion for about half of the time the Governor was on his feet. but that is- sue seemed to have lost most of ita vIr0fnity 10 say rothing of It's edge
 Tired of old sOaM.
 Towards the climax of the addfeas the rrandstand which had been packed mostly by women and children wac half vacant. The hearers were more interested Tn the Governors review ok bis nension of old eoidiers than in tho trades on the reactionarlea He Gold At length of the new schccl leSi4la- fior. rebuked the critics who seem to J ---------- le..--s.-.-.s = ss.-..-. I.l... !