The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-29

the best governor the state ever had, :
said the speaker.
His most conspicuous. achievement was
/ HIS failure to enforce hfs state wide pro-
hibition laws. TO compare Mr. Conner
with such men as Governor Watts or
Governor Houston or with others who
have held that important office would be
to compare a sickly house cat with a roy
al Bengal tiger"
The speaker told his audience that il
Mr. Conner should again be elected gov
ernor that the effect upon the state would
be the same as if a terrific simeon had
swept over its territory. Following his
address Mr.. Wallace left the courthouse
| room.
Judge Mike Sollie of Union Springs in
troduced Mr.. Conner to the audience.
Judge Sollie declared that he considered
the former governor excellent timber for
the office to which he aspired and ac-
corded him warm praise.
This is the first time | have heard an
| other candidate for governor talk" began
Mr.. Conner. Every candidate immedi-
ately after announcing for governor has
proceeded to take stick and lambast me.
AS have not hollered yet, l suppose l am
| not hit dog
Conner Attacks Railroads
Mr.. Conner at once began an attack on
Gaines Chapel
when it comes to the question of VINO
| shall rule the state,' he began, when
| the people or the corporations. whether
| we or Milton H. Smith of Louisville, by
| the eternal gods let us rule | am for the
| sovereign people,
| Mr.. Conner then told the story of the lit
| tie boy who asked his father how much
a million dollars was. 1t was the same
ralatod at
conclusion being that million dollars lis
a hell of sight" Instead of being q
million dollars in the whole" said the
speaker in answering the charge that had
been made that he had left that heavy de-
| ficit in the treasury, 'the state was dog
gone near being a million dollars to the
good
"On February IA, 1911 there was ss42-
| 77201 in the treasury, according to the
| auditors reports. That was after they
had been in office month, yet have they
got that much after they have had 1t two
years, God knows.
when Governor O'Neal said that left
him 81. coo coo in the hole he had either been
associating with Charles Lewis, attend
ing some local option gathering or stulth
Tying himself We didn't carry it around
the capitol and divide 1t. We didn't carry
1t off in suit case.
I'VE had the money and who did we
give it to? We gave it to the school chill
dren and the old soldiers. / challenge
anyone of those fellows who charge me
with extravaganza to back their-hands oil
one dollar that was misplaced"
| Mr.. Conner then talked about the
| legislature under his administration.
| He asked The Age-Herald representa-
| tive to quote just what he said and
repeated the sentence he wished en-
phasized. There never was a legisla-
| ture so indorsed by a succeeding leg
| islature as was the Conner legisla-
ture."
Attitude on Liquor Question
For the first time since he began
his present campaign Mr.. Conner ex-
| planned his attitude on the liquor ques-
| ton This question is for you to de-
eide" he said. Eight counties have
| liquor and SO counties say they don't
| want it, want you to fight this ques-
tion out for. yourselves Let the leg
| islature say what laws they want on
| the subject, If prohibition is injected
| into this campaign / am going to stand
on the side of prohibition. / shall al
ways be for the boys and girls of the
state"
| Mr. Conner criticised a campaign card
which Mr. Henderson has issued on the
/ "thumbscrew methods of taxation
which obtained under the Conner ad :
ministration.
do you believe what he says about
| thurnbscrew methods" asked Mr.. CO.
mer ''Do you believe we twisted 1t
out of the farmers hands? We used
this money to build up the state and
| we gave 1t back. to the people.
| Mr.. Coner next attacked the Louis
! vile and Nashville and the railroads
! in the state maintaining that they