The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-16

touch upon them in his short talk. The tnee charges refer to Corners alleged 1 responsibility for Greater Birmingham, l his ending of the miners strike of 1908
 ahd child labor at his cotton mills. The
 written answers are aiven below in l full
 Owing to the indisposition of General
 l.. N. Ruelxer. who was to have presided, 1 Capt. A. T. Goodwin of Elmore county. i well known Confederate veteran. pre- l sided over the meeting, which was 1 opened by Colonel Garber. Mir. Conner $ campaign manager. Captain Goodwin re- ferred to Henderson and Frank Glass as Aiabama's political twins and predicted
 that if Henderson was elected Glass would be the real governor.
 Nicholas E. Stallworth of Mobile. pre- 1 dicted that county, which is known to
 be antirComer normally, would go for
 Conner May H. Harry T. Hartwell, state senator-elect from Mobile. predicted the s1me thing. "Comer is no more an enemy
 Of the whisky man." he declared than is Charles Henderson. The speaker | stated he was elected April on local I option platform and in what he termed d shop talk to the liquor men of the audience he asked them what the pro- hbition legislature was going to do to
 them if they didn't elect Conner.
 Many Make Brief Speeches
 John Pride of Huntsville predicted that 1 Conner would carry Madison county by a 1 strong majority Melville Hudson of De- eatur, said Morgan county would be for
 Conner. and protested against alleged blind tiger conditions in his county be- cause. he said, when men were con v.oted to work on the roads an authoil higher, that the Morgan county people | relieved tbppa Of - 1 Screws of Montgomery, made an oratort- cal speech, stating that as sure the sun shone. the flowers bloomed and the ] blsds sung on the morning of May Il Conner would be elected John W. Sib- ! Icy of Birmingham. stated he was flor 1 old Conner for governor" and protested against Henderson attempting to line up 1 the Underwood vote, stating that the is- sues in the Underwood -Hobson fight and | the Conner Henderson fight are alto- gether different MT Sipley is one of the well known prohibitionists of the state who supported Underwood. w. C. Fitts l Of Birmingham. dealt with Henderson s alleged rate ease surrender and his speech was received enthusa astica1ly. Birmingham. H. P. Merritt of Macon l county. w. w Hill ofsNtontgomery and l X. II. Carmichael of Cullman.
 N hen Captain Goodwin introduced NJ Conner many in the crowd arose to their ] feet with cheers, waving of hats and haadkerchiefs and stamping of feet, he Nas given a rousng ovation. For the i first few moments his speech was fal-
 teling and several times he apolosized
 for his illness, but kept insisting he was 1 going to make a speech anyhow.
 After asking the press to print the
 answers to the three charges referred to he said he would not speak on them
 there. "If I am elected governor he 1 soid 'I will favor repeal of the county back tax commissioner system, for it l appears to be source of evil
 Is Not Revolutionary
 1 T am not revolutionary" he decla red 1 '1 have been pictured as Carrie Nation. Going up and down the state chopping l things to pieces with hatchet. l have l been pictured as a big bull trying to butt
 a railroad engine off the track. But gen l tlemen, l am a business man and a 1 builder. I believe in peace, but l also
 believe in right and justice and there is
 no reason that we should not have both
 'l have been pictured as a deadly
 enemy of Judge Thomas Jones. I am
 net. l have the kindest regards for him. 1 l understand he is i'll to>,ight. and he has
 my deepest sympathy. I admire Milton l Smith. He is an able man. But l diff | fer with these two men on important issues. I object to Milton smith be-
 cause he won't take his place in the
 conduct of his railroad like the late 1 President Finley of the Southern did
 and keep out of politics. I don't sea l why the Southern should obey the law l in Alabama and the Louisville and Nash vile should not. I don't see why an Alabama dollar should not buy as much l fl eight as a Georgia dollar.
 II have been to the end of the rain- 1 brw and I found there no gold but l if you will go to where the Advertis
 are George Jones are and you will find I plenty of it always. There is a sto.y i of an old Texan. who had two oxen one summer, but by accommodating maverick ] his herd numbered 200 the next summer 1 George Jones has three mavericks in his herd now; ONeal, Henderson and Glass
 1Le question is how large will the herd
 be May H."
 l Mir. Corners answers to the three
 them printed are as follows:
 As to Greater Birmingham
 "It is urged that my fellow citizens l here at my home town should vote
 against me because I helped the Great
 CT Birmingham bill and brought into 1 this great city some people who did
 not wish to come. l was not among the | promoters of the bill. As a citizen I was opposed to it. It meant double | city taxes on large amount of prop erty controlled by me. The Avondale