The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-01

Associate Editor M. M. Brannan. of The samson Ledger. in his last i:.ue Ledger for its account of the recent visit of the Governor to Samson He esks The Advertiser to print his reply much as The Advertiser published the
 Editor Brannan'se .hroadside" nils ssveral columns anti ana 1t carm1t Rs snonss Ss rs, ,is printed here to show that he makes 2un reply to his critics.
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 ouestion; Did the Governor pay his
 Some resolutions will be found in this ticles on Samson's Big Day. July s. aonabis for iiSei the instrument has referred for sa sss, sns op,nison ease in court, the charges in the pro- ceedings being before the reader, the Testimony in rebuttaf to follow, with
 The general reader will. we think. ,Get . better insight into the proceed- 4ngs after they have been analysed.
 DID the Governor pay his own hotel y yssns s ts shes sas ss were adopted, 1t will be seen that one of the speakers said ne thought 1t would be proper to denounce the whole tot the several columns which appeared 1n the paper as untrue except the DOT ition which said that samson had big day and that Governor Conner and Hon.
 This knocks out our consultation with Judge Amos as to whether the visitors should be allowed to see our mustache in the embers of the barbecue $ pit 50 that he had 10 shave them off, after which his OWL dog wouldn't let him come in the house. Durn the luekl the amendment. But-DiD the Cover nor pay his own hotel billf
 The report of the Secretary of the
 Samson. Ala. July ls. 1909.
 ~At 10 o'clock this morning"
 be found that "this morning" was Mon day. The Ledger, which aroused such -spontaniety" of response to the call ass C5 sn ths sssns ssdps was pub own hotel biii7
 The 'rndignation" meeting was held
 The Ledger, over which the resoiu- etacs nc the th THuRsDxY afternoon m I before, Fore or July 15: Rather belated indigna-
 Again the Secretary's report:
 After c little street corner talk two citizens s os walked na,,r, doWn the the main street
 We don't like to butt in" but where was the indignation h om Thursday af- ternoon until Monday morning. whom street of Samson announcing the meet snSy ..o.. ,,. ,.o,..s,,., .,. object of the meeting which two cfti- zens walked down the .aain street of Samson to announce, as being the for mal repudiation of the articles in the ssn npon tss sooa .aa o and which stated as facts things that did not ocsur on the occasion of Sam mer. Governor of the state of Alabama, and Hon. Kyle B. Price, an estimabis gentleman. were .guesta"
 5, which prompted the good people of Samson to respond so Spontaneously to a call for their repudiation of refiec- thing we object to is that the wrong pig was seized by the ear.
 Question: DID the Governor pay his own hotel bill.
 Further from the secretary's report { of the proceedings:
 "The Chairman said in substance that 'as one of the Committee on Entertain ment he knew that the statements in reference to the Governor receiving a frost and the speeches oE the Governor and MT. Price being received coldly. and that such statements reflected up
 Of Mr. Price we said: 'Hrhe Governor sa9Msd sSSeassr SS M Asa asans, asa He has full and fluent periods. the fer. yeney of modulation that impresses and
 Was that false. Anything anywhere about the coldness of the reception of
 We showed the frost bitten portions.
 Treating of 1t in detail we said of the Governor's speech: "On two occa- | sions he was liberaliy applauded." We casions when he was NOT applauded; and to the people of the State they were the most important fin his speech. After giving the two points at which he was liberaliy applauded, we said:
 But the frost fell when he gave his audience an opportunity. to say wheth- CT they were 'reactionists' or would, 'as they should perpetuate his quality of. administration in his successor Not . sound as loud as the dropping of T
 THAT was a FACTi
 Continuing the report said:
 The silence was so profound as to opponent of his disastrous election and administration as The Ledger.
 Let us pause long enough to ask: DID the Governor pay his own hotel
 As to frost all around" The Ledger said, referring to MT. Price, who had stated that the Governor was the greatest executive Alabama ever had" without applause: "The young man needs to read up some and take the ca- reer of any old Governor. It was a fine opportunity for the audience to 'go wild over Our Great Leader but again not sound-not a single sound of ap- proval."