The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01
Indications Are That State Is To Go Through An
 other Railroad Fight .,
O'NEAL'S PLANS 9 ss'
 NOT YET ANNOUNCED
Weakley and Selheimer No Longer Retained as Special Counsel to Assist in the States Rate
 Fight
px HUGH ". ROBERTS

Montgomery, August 3i-(Special) The political atmosphere inasnuch as ex- Governor Conner is concerned seems to be clarified. As a result Montgomery. and probably other cities of Alabama. is seething in gossip and speculation The wonder is whether or not Governor o Neal win take. mp the campaign against the Louisville and Nashville railroad where ex-Governor Conner left of. From what MT. Conner said at Green ville there is nothing more certain than that he has declared a renewal of the old fight against the railroads. He will continue that fight until 1t Is definitely and conclusively settled He has intl- mated that should Governor ONeal throw the weight of the state adminis- tration into the scales against the Louis- vile and Nashville, he, himself. will HOT
 be a candidate for the gubernatorial
 nomination.. If nothing is accomplished | in this regard by the state adminstra- | ton, it is positive that Mir. Conner will nake an effort to achieve the governor
 ship
 l Should he make that effort. there are very few men in the state who would venture a prediction of his defeat.
 Conner on Hobson 1 It is generally Known that MT. Conner were he to follow the bent of his am bition would enter the campaign for the Senate. There is little doubt but that he hopes Governor ONeal will Icontinue the Conner campaign against the railroads And there Is little doubt but that he believes Governor O'Neal
 will not, probably as a result of the temperament of the present legislature, wage that campaign as vigorously as Conner would have it waged Therefore
 1t is very probable that MT. Conner Is preparing for his campaign for gov ernor, although he would like to meas ure Swords against Hobson. Johnston and Abercrombie for scat in the Sen ate
 In Greenville Friday MT Conner was. given assurances by many people that ! they would be for him for governor or l for senator There is every reason to ! of being able to win the latter honors He believes that Hobson's early an- Inouncement for Senator Johnston's seat was made in an effort to forestall his own announcement. He has not made Ia statement to this effect. But he has said "Hobson may find that he has made mistake in announcing so early"
 Were Conner Governor In Montgomery the people are asking, What does Conner expect O'Neal to do?'
 This is speculative. But there is little doubt concerning what Conner expected O'Neal to do following the action of the delegates in the state convention of April. He expected O'Neal. in response to the e1 Tom Long resolution, protesting against the increase in passenger and freight rates on the part of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, to call the legislature in extraordinary session, enact rate law and go to the supreme court of the United States with the plea that the ap- peal of the Louisville and Nashville be committed to some other magistrate than Judge Thomas G.. Jones.
 Thursday afternoon, in speaking of this matter, GOvernnr Conner said; Judge Jones on account of infirmtty should be mandamused from hearing these cases. Were I governor. I would have the forti- tude to go to the supreme court ih an ef- fort to bring about that result"
 Attitude of Legislation In this city. the speculation is rife as to what course the legislature VIII pt,r- sue if 1t is called in session, and the rate increases made the paramount issue. There Is difference bf opinion. Some have expressed themAelves as being positive that in response to report ed popular demand the legislators would carry out a programme which would please even Mir. Conner Othera believe that In the first place Governor O'Neal lacks that control of the pres ent lawmakers which Conner possessed over the so-called Conner legislatures. and in the second place. were his con trol as absolute, on account of the railroad completion of thA present Legislature, he could do conharatively little.
 While in that period immediately following the action of the Louisville and Nashville In restoring the rates which were knocked out by Corners mined front Qgainst the commonl car |ricr. at the. present time, there if ap- parent very little activity
 State's Attorneys Released
 It Is unknown what the states next move will be. It Is said that G0yetnor O'Eeal Is awaiting the action of (thc supreme court in reference to the Mn nesota cases. The hearing of hc cause of the Louisville and Nashvfl1e 08 to why IT IHcre4Ae0 IN& pdsBeu&X rates from 2M to cents per uEc will occur before the railroad cotn1 ls- sion toward the conclusion of Ser yIcm- Der. v
 In this regard IL was stated i Mont somery today that the staye fin tkit hear ing win be represented by Attqyn~f Gen- e:aI Robert c. Brtckeif uR9easted as1 hetet6gore by q D. WeGklev and H. C. selhcifner of HiyminetlAm. shese atsor4 neys. whb nave )Asured tqt th4 tIght Of thc state aGainst fne sraiHtgts ne the fn~' cIrtrncy of tl1kt hN4it 1re q longer n - tained. according 70 this ret0brt.
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