The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-08
 MIR, ANDREW MADE SPEECH Candidate for Mayor at Court House. OUTLINED HIS PRINCIPLES Rewarded by Applause When He Broke Into Song. Blieves Mayor of Montgomery Should Give City All of His Time
 and Wants New
 Hotel.

James T. Andrew, candidate for Mayor | of Montgomery. opened the munlcipai campaign last night at the County Court | House, where he addressed crowd or | sixty voters.
 The meeting was the first manifestation of the interest of voters in the Mayoralty race. In addition to MT. Andrew, the avowed candidates for Mayor are B. 'J. Meyer, J. H. Hartley and w. E. Hay good. Several other well known citizens are mentioned in connection with the off, | flee, and it is thought that there will be other entries before the April primaries. Alderman Hartley, one of MT. Andrew | opponents. was among those who heard MT. Andrews first political speech. 1 MT. Andrew did not read his speech, but spoke from notes. He was emphatic | at times and he was applauded at sev- l eraI periods of his speech.
 l City Should Have His Time. | He declared that no man had right to run for Mayor or accept the office who was not willing to devote his entire time to the interest of the city and the interest of it's people. It was not right. he said with emphe sis, for a man to devote ten | hours of the day to his private business | and one hour to the city's business. | The speaker also advocated municipal | aid to a new modern hotel in that the | city be given authority by the Legisla- ture. to not assess or collect any licenses or taxes on any department of the ho- | tel.
 | MT. Andrew indicated that he is likely to be dubbed "the singing candidate be- | fore the campaign is over, as he sang a | hymn in a very good tenor. which was | epplauded.
 | He began his speech without an intro duction. Several of his friends, he said had kindly volunteered to introduce him but he had declined for the very good reason that his boyhood, youth and man hood had been spent in the city of Mont gomery.
 He felicitated himself, after iglancinl over the audience, that his fame as al orator had spread since his last speecl when his audience numbered only eigh persons.
 Elmore to show that there was some thing wrong about the city of Montgom cry.
 Ut is true," said MT. Andrew 'tha something is wrong with this city. That 1 why I have invited you to come out to night to talk over with each other wha it is that is wrong with the city,
 Laws are Ignored.
 Too much attention, he said, was pai( to the enforcing of the minor laws wheI laws of importance were ignored. Mer chants, he said, were allowed to pile uI their goods on the sidewalks as high a! the awnings, by which ladies were forced to leave the sidewalks and go out among the teams in the streets.
 Montgomery, the speaker declared, haG two claims to distinctions. First that it was the Cradle Of the Confederacy l secdnd that pOSSeeSad oraa tor pattrra advantages than any other city in the South. The first claim he said which had come by inheritance had been worked to death and and the second had not been worked at all.
 Many of the farmers who came to Mont somery in years past have quit coming tC the city. the speaker asserted, and wher asked about it. they would say that they could get better prices and better treat ment in other places.
 "This trade" said MT. Andrew. ''can be won back. It can be won back by going out. talking to these farmers and making their interest our interest"
 Matter of New Hotel.
 MT. Andrew devoted large part of his remarks to the new hotel question. H. had for long time. he said, advocate the building of new hotel. He had not he said. met with encouragement from the moneyed men of the city. The time had come. he declared. for the people ot Montgomery to go to the members of the newly elected Legislature and ask then to authorize the Mayor and Board of Al. dermen to extend municipal aid to the new hotel. to offer such an enterprise ev. cry inducement. to assess no taxes or H. censes on the hotel or any of It's depart. ment for a term of ten or fifteen years
 If you people believe that Montgomery