The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-08
CRITICISED MIR. TEAGUE
SUPPORTERS OF CAPTAIN FORBES
 AT A MEETING.
They Declare They Will Read an in- portant Paper at Auditorium To- uight-RepOrts That Voters
 Are Changing.

of Montgomery for not at any of their meetings denying the charge of the supporters of Captain Forbes that his opponent had been guilty of double dealing.
 The challenges of the Forbes Club to answer the charges of ouble-dealing against MT. Teague were repeated last night in ringing tones They also re- peated their declsfation that tonight when the .sr and rally of the Forbes suppoyters will be held in the Audi
 toyfum a statement signed by some of the most substantial citizens in Mont gomery will be rea6 aloud proving, they claim, what has been said about Mir. Teague's efforts to get votes from both Gerald and anti-Gerald men.
 The accusations against Mir. Teague, as made Wednesday night were, that having pledged himself to run on platform which precluded the reap pointmert of Chief of Police Adolphus Gerald he "looped the loop" and was
 in few days seen lined up with what has been termed all along in this cam paign as the machine"
 Mir. Rushton, the campaign mana ! ger, last night said that it was ex-
 pected that at the West End meeting | Tuesday night, and at the Highland | Park meeting of the Teague Club
 Thursday night an answer would be
 made to the charges of good citizens | that the opposition were trying 70 get | votes from both sides by posing as 4 both Gerald and anti-Gerald Again.
 he claimed, the facts were glossed over l and there was no answer, the only re- | sponse being a statement from one of | the followers Of MT. Teague that an | answer would be made at the meeting | tonight of tho club supporting that | candidate. Mr. Rushton asked why
 was there such long postponement in | such a serious matter. He said that | they subjected themselves to the sus- | picion that it was postponed until to-
 night for the reason that no oppor- 1 tunity could be given for rebuttal
 from the Forbes support before the
 primary Monday. He said the post l ponement is a proof in a degree that | the charges are true.
 Mir. Rushton told of the purpose of
 the Forbes supporters to disclose pub
 licly, papers which prove the facts in
 regard to MT. Teague and the circle"
 at the big Forbes rally tonight. He | said the statement of the facts will 1 bear the signature Of several of the
 most substantial citizens in Montgom-
 cry whose "veracity cannot be im- | peached." He declared that the cam
 paign as conducted by the Forbes Club
 has been "open and above board" that | there had been no dubious tactics on | their part at any stage and that 1t Is
 their intention to finish the race after
 the same fashion.
 l MT. Rushton arraigned the candi- date who would "try to get votes from the good people of this city and from both sides" He said that as soon as the people can get the doubt surrounding the actual position of the l there C. tory at the polls Monday for Forbes. 1 The chairman said that was bold statement of one of the speakers at the last meeting of the Teague Club who, 1t was reported, declared that Just as | soon as a candidate declared he was | against the ring he was beaten" He l believed that the best people of Mont gomery would protest against such a menace and added, God held the peo- pie of Montgomery if that be true" | The chairman replied to the criti- cism of MT. Pearson, of the Teague Club, the other night. that MT. Forbes was half-way promising to enforce the gambling laws of the city by saying he would put the public houses out of business, but would not allow a patrolman to enter a private residence | to arrest gamblers" The chairman declared that this was no reply to the ringing tones of Forbes's announce- ment. He said the man who charged Captain Forbes with insincerity on this point should be reminded that the constitutional law guarantees to every citizen the right not to have his home | invaded without a warrent, and that Forbes's announcement was in accord ance with this principle. He asked that MT. Pearson read at their Thea ter meeting what Captain Forbes says in his platform on that subject. Captain Forbes arose next and said | that he had reserved what he had to say on the various phases of the cam paign for the grand rally at the Audi | torium tonight. He said that he had been receiving all day long telephone | messages from both men and ladies alike telling him of their intention to attend the meeting tonight He felt particularly gratified that the whole people are taking an unprecedented i'm | terest in this campaign as this signi- | fled.
 Captain Forbes then took up the in- situation of the opposition speaker the other night that he would not try to stop gambling in private residences. | He said the author of that criticism | desired to tell skillfully only half of his position. He said that part of his pla atform was neatly avoided which | guaranteed the enforcement of the gambling law even to the extent of entering private homes when the of-
 fcers of the law are provided with l warrants.
 F. c. Wheeler, who has charge of the
 Montgomery band which has been
 rendered to the Forbes Club for tonight announced that the band would be at Court Square near the fountain this 1 evening and would play several selec-
 tions, after which, to the strains of Dixie, 1t would marsh to the Audi | torium.