The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03
Addresses Citizens of
 Wetumpka. HANDS BOUQUETS TO
 SELF AND LEGISLATORS Declares His Administration ls
 Making History. . Csaparatively snan Asaie.ss orests A Gsvsr.sr in Court Heuse ana
 rntAusaasn is Far Trsm
 Leading Fsaturs.
X.k rAnLEroN coLLrER.

bama should not faii in support of the adminisration's constitutional amend ment policy. because the administration has done e much for Alabams. and now asks fair return. according to Governor B. B. Conner. in his speech made before the citizens of this town today, q speech of graduation to the administration and It's deeds. sf
 Are you going to give fair return. or win you bite the handS which fed youf" he asked.
 There are no santi-constitutional amendment people here" he declared. dren to this schooL" The wstumpka District Agricultural School was built with the aid of legislative appropria- tion.
 The Fillmore County court house was packed with men and women of We- tumpka and of the County to hear the Governor and Attorney General Gnrber review the progress of the State under the Conner administrators this morning. Judge Luli introduced the speakers Women crowded the jury box of the court room and sat within the railing. Men sat and stood on benches and ta- bles and aisies, about 100 h all 1t was the Governors first appearance be. fore a Wetumpka audience since the days of his canvaHs. kZ
 That part of the audience which oc- cupied seats within the railing about the judges rostrum was defuonstra- tive; the mass of men who hung with out the railing. were silent through most of the two hours and more during which the Governor spoke.
 Revfcws Legislature.
 The speech was a review of what the Legislature has done, review which the Governor summarized thus: 1 In k..s T afn na~ name high in history. You never had a Legislature which was kinder to you than this last. They have put the State up. up, upf' s i.fs Y =3 t7 It also laoiuded defense of himself ana his a6min{xtrafIon agafnet che ai- local option plank in It's pIAffoffAt 6 ,denhneiation of the Federal Courts ac- tions in tielnk the hands of the state courts; 4n attack upon tue methods of the railroads: and reminder that the administratign has worked. with every
 As to the last. Governor Conner said:
 Take every. act of mine performed In public ofiice. everything that I have done, ik has been for you.
 "wht Is Comerism7 It is People. asmf1 And he beafned.
 He declared that every law on the statute book would be enforced while he was tn. cfices the prohibition law even If it required the military forces of the state.
 .For I have. the. militia. with. which to enforce the laws; they will be en- forced if 1t takes every dollar in the treasury; will keep up the fight." he shouted.
 The speech of the Governor was briatling with epigrams; epigrams that sparkied congfatulation to the admin istration. and which pictured. tersely, his stand and hIs policies.
 tionai prohibition; with picture of the evils of the whiskey trafic. and with declaration that the adoption of the amendment would stop the traffic, would stop tinkering with the laws. and deal death blow to the barroom and the whiskey interests in, Alabama.
 Much of his speech was addressed to the girls and women clustered in and about the jury boy on one side of the court room. He began with the dec- laration that the women are the foun- dalton of the country and its Govern ment. and paid a tribute to their infiu- enee in such questions as that of the moral issue, which he said confronts the people of .Alabama. ...5a.
 "DOm't Blame Me.p
 His introduction dealt with the work of the administration, and with those of the citizens who are said to be dis- eatisfied.
 Don't blame it all on me" he said jocularly. ''The Legislature was there, too. The Advertiser says that 1t is my LegisIature. That Is untrue It ls yours. am to stand by the laws, not to make them: and while 1 am Cover nor, your laws will be enforced"
 He took up the work of the State Tax Commission. an institution which has been formed since his term of off, flee. He declared that SloO. .0oo,0o0 in assessmenta. which. had been .evaded heretofore, have been added to the valuation of the Stae's property; that the money was not wrung from the poor man, but from the big property, owners and corporations. He also pointed to the increase of s20. .0oo, 900 in franchise valuations. on which taxes are secured. .
 On education he dwelt in more ex- tended fashion.
 '"They used to call me the anti-cor- poration candidate," he said. Now they know me aV the Education Gov- ernor.'
 "rhsre is no need for me to say what the administration has done for schools when come to Wetumpka. The Legislature gave you @fo,ooo to- ward your school here. Are you going to return value received or are you to bite the hand which fed your'
 Of rhe appropriation to other schools, to the county high schools. the Athens Agricultural School. the Alabama Poly technic Institute at Auburn. the State University and Montevallo. That tT17.- 900 had been appropriated and that the appropriation is continuous. he show ed.
 Aren't you proud of itT" he asked:
 'srhis Legislature has written it's name high in history. We gave $TlTS 900. and when say we l mean the Legislature, for I. was in hearty ac- cord with the Legislature.
 "If the Treasury holds out you'll get this s717.00o and we'll make 1t hold out next year."
 From the educational prowess of the administration he turned to the pes sion appropriations. and recounting of what the administration has done for the old soldier.
 "They accuse me of squandering the old soldiers money" he said. and laughed. 'Tf they tell you that you haven't got your pension money. they