The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-06
The Press on the Attempts
 To Bulldoze Free Press

walking up to him asked if that was Mir. Glass, editor of The Advertiser. that they hey were we're Ii the "ss comsr nsp boys, boys and with that one of the men struck Mir. Glass full in ths face. felling him to the ground. He arose and they struck got on him with his knee and pum- melled the editor until pulled on. Glass then made at them and was struck years % Of cS' ass ana s os aa the of phSses nsae equal of either of the two .lusty sons because The Advertiser had seen it to Governor fairsd so sisnaiiy in his re. rec cent suit for damages. Mk Glass said to tss% the shsy rsrs VI lshsy late coming piled. We are late but we are here now" They were arrested and one of them was fined. There was never . bama. It will not aid the cause of the Governor any.
 Conner Boys Attack xzr. Glass.
 Fl Fletcher and Donald Conner. sons of the Governor. made an attack on Frank Glass. manager of The Mont gomery Advertiser, on Saturday after Glass was on his way to bank. The young men approached Mir. Glass. inc quired his name, and upon his answer they told him they were sons of the criticisms then proceeded to pounce upon him. Mir. Glass is not a muscu- lar man and his hair and mustache are 7s,lready white: go hs wss no match Tor Tor lighting. while Fletcher did the talk they asked in regard to future criti- af hts . ses,1srt rhe. ha gzas ahIa fo rise. After being knocked down the second time by Mir. Conner. parties rushed in and separated the men. The msr was finsd sis. I Fietcher Conner was discharged. Mir. Glass stated that the Corners waited a long time to make their attack. as The Advertiser had for the past several weeks. It is also stated that since the verdict in the case where Conner sued The Advertiser. the editors of that paper had chattsd have already editorialiy condemned the attack. which is consideredRas untlmo- iy and unwarranted-
 The Governor Must Bear the Blamea
 We don't know for sure why the young Corners attacked Editor Glass ,,r, of The Advertiser. but t It. Is gsnsrally suit and failure to recover more than 1 cent out of The Advertiser Company.
 The paper said nothing to. give of though 1t would have been perfectly proper and legitimate or them to have shown their appreciation of the courts verdict. The Advertiser aected very by two young men upon one older man was not nice,s but very naughty. and has been the means of iessening the influence of Governor Conner in the any way to blame for this seemingly unwarranted attack, but he will have to shoulder the responsibility and bear the s. blams: g at any i, r,ate,.,, ..,,.,,. must admit that the incident has dam. aged the Governor. while all lovers of justice and fair play will sympathize with The Advertiser.
 Without JustiAcntf0n.
 It is not believed that Governor co- mer had any knowledge or connectton of the city at the time. but his sons and friends generally should be aware of the fact that the Governor.ts pub lie official and a servant of the people and that his ofzicial acts are not above public criticism, no more than are those of the humble ofKicia1 of the common wealth. The assault was out or place and without Justification, and on q = mack by Col. Duncan B. Cooper and son in Nashville, Tenn. The tAdver- tiser made no reflection on the personal character of the Governor. merely crit- icised his official acts. as 1t or any pris vate citizen had the right to do. ana many of his friends In this section condemn in no unmeasured terms the action of the Conner boys in the un" 1ustihable assault made, upon Mr. Glass.
 Must Be AshameG.
 Editor Glass of The Montgomery Ad- vertiser was brutally assaulted on th@ streets in that city Saturday by Fletchs CT and Donald Conner. who claim to be sons of our distinguished Governor: lE was a cowardly act and no doubt but that the boys. as well as thetr patriotic father, gre now ashamed of the out- rage.
 Big JOb Ahead.
 Luverne Journal
 should the Conner boys undertake to lick all the editors of .l, the State teuogh' who tory to the administration of the Gov- ernor, they would have quite task. besides they would find some whose heada are not as gray as that of the distinguished Editor Frank F. Glass, of The Advertiser.
 A Poor Way.
 Mobile Register.
 Possibly Covernor Corners sons im- aginsd, that by beating up the editor they would stop The Advertisers crit icism, but that would serve to show how ill-informed they are.
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