The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
;. HENDERSON IN TUSCALOOSA SPEECH ID COMER
Delivers Address to Voters Saturday Morning and Later at NorthpOrt.
 Sanford Speaks
By LEON BRADLEY

 l Henderson spoke here at the courthouse this morning in the interest of his candi- dacy for governor. He spoke at North. port In the afternoon.
 Mir. Henderson's speech was in large measure reply to statements made by | Governor Conner, speaking at the same place and same hour a week ago. 1 Mr. Henderson was accompanied by W H. Sanford, who spoke in his interest "The king is dead, and on May Il we will bury him where he cannot be found again." said MT. Henderson in speaking of his opponent.
 has ever been presented to the people of Alabama" he said.
 He declared that his opponent does not stand for peace, prosperity and content ment, the principles for which the gov ernment Is established, but for agitation.
 Peace on earth, good will to men, should be the motto"
 MT. Henderson said he was appointed to the railroad commission by his present which survived that administration. He said that during the eight years he has held the office his motives have not been questioned until recently
 As to Rate Compromise
 He said that his opponents in stat ing that the railroad commission in It's compromise with the railroads had thrown away millions of dollars in overcharges due the people by the rail- roads were either presuming on the ignorance of the people or were ig- norant of the facts themselves. He said the constitution prohibits any retra- tive legislation in regard to contracts
 He explained the substance of the rate compromise and contended that in making it the commission regarded only the interests of the people in the broadest sense. He intimated that at least part of the opposition to it was due to attorneys who were making big money out of the litigation.
 At the end of Jelks administration. he said, there was in the state treas ury handsome surplus, which he rec commended be devoted to the course of education.
 This he charged, was expended in a most extravagant way by the Conner administration, which also raised the taxes. He gave figures to show that the Conner administration was an ex- travagant one
 MT. Henderson said that his oppon- ent had charged that the funds taken from the convict department were di- vided behind the state capitol and called before the grand jury to tell of what he knew said he didn't know anything about it.
 Convict Department Scandal
 He scored the condition of affairs that had brought about the convict de- partment scandal which he thought the Conner administration responsible. The man who took the money must spend 10 years in prison by the verdict of his peers, said MT. Henderson, but the man who is responsible for the conditions from which the scandal resulted is asking the indorsement of the people.
 He has at all times opposed the license of saloons in his home town. he said, and his position is well un- derstood.
 MT. Sanford said he was not com ing before the people as an office seeker, for there is not an office in the state he would accept. but as a citi- zen who stands for honesty and op- poses demagogery.
 When the candidates lined up In the race for governor, he said, there was one man who had made a record as governor and who has created what the people call "Comerism,' and which many people have come to look on as a disease. He predicted that "Comer- ism,' disease or not. would be eradi- cated on May II.
 Mr. Sanford said that the educational interests of the state have nothing to fear from MT. Henderson, and that what he does for education will not be in the way of trade.
 The first office MT. Henderson ever held, said the speaker, was chief execu- tive of Troy, his home town. When he took office he couldn't make a speech, but he made an excellent executive, and at the end of his administration the finances of the city were left in splendid spape.
 One of the first acts of MT. Hender- son, he said, was to place a big tax on each of the saloons of the city. When people said this would destroy the busi- ness of the city he responded: 'If busi- ness depends on the saloons. let's destroy it." He told how, under the leadership of MT. Henderson and himself, saloons were forever driven from Troy.
 He compared Governor Conner with the stormy Petrel, which dashes against the storm and delights in its havoc only to disappear when the storm subsidies.
 We've had enough attacks on corpora fions we've had enough"