The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28
NORTON

Montgomery, March 27.-(Special. 1.-The movement of the womens clubs in Mont gomery in the interest of having dele gates appointed to a child labor confer ence in New Orleans next week gave promise at the ouset to develop into a sen sation. Governor Conner had refused to appoint these delegates on the ground that Alabama has good child labor law, and it was not necessary to go into a discus sion of anything else along that line until the present act had been given a fair show. Apparently the ladies felt ag grieved at this attitude and had deter mined to bring pressure to bear in the interest of the governor changing his mind
 When the members of the city federa ton had called an assembly on the question, however, it was determined to go slow, and though a committee was ap- pointed to wait upon the governor and urge that he send this delegation, so far that committee has not presented its pe- tition.
 It need not be concluded that the mem bers of this organization have cold feet" on the proposition because of this delay. They say that they will present the peti- ton in due time, and it is not now their intention, nor has it been, to assume such an attitude as would be embarrassing either to themselves or the governor.
 All along Governor Comers attitude to- ward the child labor question has been to confine it within the state. In other 1aa ic I,at A 1aj hal Ala bama mills and Alabama citizens can best work out this problem themselves He does not believe that the movements fos- tered by women folks as a rule have grown out of careful consideration of the points at issue
 In other words, he is said to hold that these agitations grow largely out of the fact that under present conditions Ala bama cotton mills are prospering to the extent that they can compete with east ern and foreign factories in the output. A great deal of interest has been aroused. however. and the presentation of the pe- ttion on the part of the ladies and it's effect is awaited with much concern.
 Because Governor Conner appointed Thomas E. Knight of Greensboro to hold a special term of court at Selma. the o,an- clusion was reached by many that t( $ a movement in the interest of MT K t as probable canddate for the .iace now held by Judge Miller. The Marion Standard saw fit to critcise the governor for the selection of MT. Knight, and the Selma Times thought that the governor was sighting Dallas county attorneys all though no discredit was attributed to Mir. Knight.
 As a result of all this it was reported that the governor was undertaking to strengthen his personal machine in the state and tiat in this subdivision as well as others, full Conner tickets would be indorsed for various offices.
 There does not seem to be much to this, however, for MT. Knight is out in a card in which he says that 1t is not his intention to run for the position held by Judge Miller at all. and also disclaims any desire or possibility of his going into an agreement with regard to the future politics of that community.
 MT Knight is quite prominent in state affairs He is a member of the state law examining board and former grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias. and A warm admirer of Congressman Rich mond P Hobson, whose fortunes he has in many instances taken pleasure in fol- lowing.
 Capt. Reuben E. koIb.
 The candidacy of Capt. Reuben F. Kolb for the position of Commissioner of Agri- culture has aroused more interest about the state than would have been the case