The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-12
FORBES CLUB MEETS
FRIENDS OF CANDIDATE oONFT-
 DENT OF SUCCESS.
Mass Meeting Is to Be Held Tuesday Night at west End-GOing over
 the Poll Lists.

System and dissection of the oppon- ents platform will be two of the prime factors on the side of A. G. Forbes in the mayoralty campaign. This was incorporated in the working program of the>> Forbes Campaign Club which held an enthusiastic meeting last night at the club quarters in the Pol lak Building.
 The idea of system will be upper most in the minds of the club mem bers in the routine work that con- fronts the organization between now and the primary election In April. The unit as usual will be the word and every qualified voter in each ward will be interviewed to disclose as soon as possible his stand on the issues.
 To facilitate this hercuIean task Manager Ray Rushton has already pre- pared in multiple a list of the quali- fled voters in each ward, their busi- ness and residence addresses. The completion of this job, it was consid- cred by the club last night meant the beginning of the real work of the campaign. It means that every night this week there will be meetings of the Campaign Committee who will sift the names and draw as closely as possible the lines of division between the various candidates.
 The oratorical features of the Forbes campaign will open Tuesday night in West End when the issues will be discussed by Captain Forbes in the new school building. There will be others on the program besides the candidate for Mayor, including promi- nent citizens of West End. large crowd is expected to greet the Forbes forces Tuesday night as 1t marks the initiation of the candidate for mayor into the stump arena.
 The club also determined last night to expose to the unsuspecting voters the rolling stock" of the opposing candidates.
 "In other words" as one member put it, i've have come to learn that about the most effective thing next in order is informing the public just what our opponents are running on."
 In this connection 1t was mentioned that there have been recently some singularly small improvements of side- walks in certain parts of the city that were intended for enlisting votes for the administration candidate. The speakers of last night said the small improvements were not looked upon as singular by them but by the natives who were a bit startled at the appear ance of such things as cinder wagons which have not been known to visit their vicinity in years.
 Captain Forbes addressed the club in a confident spirit, declaring that he was much gratified with the advances he has made during the last week. He was sure that a sentiment for good government and equal rights for all citizens is fast crystalizing and that he has succeeded in identifying his candidacy unmistakably with such feelings.
 It was the sense of the meeting that the published declarations of Captain Forbes announcing his platform has gained votes beyond even the most sanguine expectations of all present. There has not been single vote lost on account of the declarations, within the knowledge of the members pres ent.
 The club last night, under the direc- tion of Manager Rushton, ran through the poll list of Ward 1. checking the names of voters. It was intended at the beginning to dig through all the wards but the severe grind of the First Ward caused the members to post pone the work and divide 1t among the nights of this week.