The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-09
FORBES MEETING
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 beginning of the campaign the Forbc Club had prodded the other side to le the people know for what they stood They received no answer for man! weeks. but finally a challenge came tC "the circle" in the form that Mir Teague had refused to run as their can didate. He introduced F. P. Glass tc throw additional light on the relations of MT. Teague toward the circle"
 Mir. Glass said dNhat it had never been his desire to mix in municipal poll tics, but that at the inauguration of the present campaign he had consid- | cred 1t his duty to do so. He was a self-confessed member of the circle. Verbal Attack on MT. Glass. He then related a verbal attack on him made by MT. Teague. Mir. Glass said that he was ap- preached by MT. Teague on the streets late Friday afternoon and he denounc- ed the statement made by Mir. Glass at the meeting of the Forbes Club, Wed nesday night as a tissue of lies MT. Teague also made further insulting statements to Mir. Glass
 "Gentlemen." said Mir Glass, you all know that I am not in the habit of letting such words pass unheeded, but for once in my life I kept cool and considered the age of the man and his excitement at the end of the cam paign, and I believe I did right, and l think that my record in this commit nifty will justify me in doing what l did"
 This statement was greeted with tre- mendous applause.
 MT. Glass then made the accompany ing statement in regard to Mir. Teague and the circle"
 At the close of the reading of the statement, MT. Glass said that Gerald was the brains, the will power and the energy of the machine, and that if MT. Teague was elected he would be like putty in his hands. He paid eloquent tribute to Captain Forbes as a man and candidate and on closing was loudly applauded.
 Mir. Rushton said that Captain Forbes was one candidate in the race who could speak for himself. He intro duced Captain Forbes as A candidate who had the courage of his convic- tions. and who was bold enough to let the people know what he stood for
 The applause which greeted Captain Forbes was prolonged. When 1t had nearly died out small boy in the au- dience cried out, "Hurrah for Forbes" and the racket started anew.
 Captain Forbes said that he did not believe in misrepresentlng his candi- dacy to the people. He believed in letting them know just where he stood He then reviewed his platform, touch- ing ou the gambling question and re- plying to a speech of W. w. Pearson made recently in support of MT. Teague.
 Forbs and Gambling Law.
 Dnn had attempted to create the impression that he stood for allowing gambling in private residences. Such was not the case he said, but he did stand for the law prohibiting officers from enter ing a mans castle without warrant
 He paid his respects 10 "the self perfecting machine now in power in Montgomery and to the partial Chief of Police. He said that when he entered the campaign. he did not know what the people wanted. but he did know what he wanted and he believed that Mondays primary would show that the people wanted the same thing he did. He found ne said that majority of the saloon keepers wanted to stay closed on Sunday. but they were unable to dc so because, others were allowed to stay open.
 He criticised the unequal distribu- tion of works by the street department and called the attention of the audi ence to the fact that he had made no political promises.
 Captain Forbes closed by appealing to the audience to consider carefully the principles of good government eX- pounded. and if they believed them to be correct to vote for him Mon day.
 Throughout the meeting, the City Band rendered selections and at the close, hundreds rushed to the stage to grasp Captain Forbes's hand.
 The meeting was a fitting climax to the spirited campaign.