The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11
MIR. BURKS AS ORATOR
ADDRESSED TEAGUE CLUB ON THE
 ADVERTISER CARTOONS.
Campaign Club Hears What Captain Forbes is Doing in the Suburbs from Those Who Claimed
 to Know.

HI Forbes is Doing in the Suburbs HI from Those Who Claimed III to Know.
 III An enthusiastic meeting of the
 Teague Campaign Club supporting w.
 M. Teague for Mayor of Montgomery,
 was held last night In the headquarters on Commerce Street. at which it was developed that Nathan B. Burks is an
 ardent supporter of SMr. Teague.
 II The attendance on the meeting was | suspicious. The tone of the numerous volunteer speakers was that of confi- | dence.
 II The more conservative speakers who Il were called upon by Capt. E. F. Baber.
 Jr.. acting president of the club. pre-
 dicted victory for Mir. Teague at the
 primary in April They counseled. | however. against over-confdence
 which, 1t was said. is the only fear the
 club should entertain.
 | The most animated address of the
 evening was made by Nathan Burks. | He is a hard-worker for MT. Teague. l He said that although he has been on I the losing side in most campaigns of
 the past. he believed he had picked the l winner this year. | MT. Burks Is so solicitous as to the
 result of the Teague race that he went |
 week and searched that city for Mont gomery visitors whom ee could anal | gamate into a temporary club. He | gathered together twenty Montgome-
 rians. They were all Teague men, so
 he said, and after clubbing on the dis
 tant soil of the Crescent City. they took a social drink. Glasses clinked and
 there was flow of soul." according | to MT. Burks.
 The peroration of MT. Burks. how
 ever, was reached when he alluded to
 the cartoons of The Advertiser. Mir.
 Burks was introduced as the man who
 had previously promised to let some- thing out of his sleeve" There was,
 therefore, great expectancy when the
 speaker opened upon The Advertisers picture department.
 "The Advertiser, gentlemen" began
 MT. Burks, 'is not in this campaign for the benefit of the community. That paper has picked a candidate and is | trying to elect him for The Advertisers | sake.
 The cartoons of The Advertiser can't be bought by MT. Forbes himself. He hasn't enough money. know that to | be fact That is. he can't be buying l the cartoons at the rate of space the paper is known to charge. One cartoon I looked at the other day had Father Montgomery sinking and lifeboat of the anti-administration trying to save the Father. If we are depending upon such a life preserver as that we are sinking deeper every day, and God help us."
 The speaker reflected upon what he deemed the incompetency of Capt. A. c. Forbes to fill the Mayors chair if elect ed. He said he knew Captain Forbes and the number of businesses he had conducted, and he would not trust in office "a man of his calibre." This from MT. Burks caused some enthusiasm.
 Previous speakers had denied the re- port that not a Forbes man could be found in the city. They said they had found Forbes men and no few of them. MT. Burks forcibly challenged such de- chalmers to show him the Forbes men and he would send all of them who are not soreheads to the timbers."
 Mir. Burks and his effort certainly made a hit. Evidently he is popular with the Teague Club.
 Two Confederate Veterans, George c. Clisby and Col w. B. Jones, men who have known MT. Teague since 1860 and 1861. also spoke. They had elbowed one another in the uniforms of the gray. They testified to the integrity and business ability of MT. Teague.
 MT. Clisby said MT. Teague would make independent appointments if elected. and Colonel Jones remarked that he clamored for MT. Teague to run two years ago.
 J. c. Conner. in an ardent speech, be- sought the management to initiate tho Forbes Club and hold meetings in the annexed territory. He believed 1t would do good. He knew that good results had come to Captain Forbes from his recent meeting in Ward 1. He also said there are plenty Forbes men. He had found them and while he be- lieved Mir. Teague would win, the club should not be over-confident.
 Albert Bayne enlightened the club members on the methods of the Forbes suburban meetings. He opposed these meetings as he judged there was noth- ing in them. He dissected the last Forbes meeting. which was held in the community known as Boguehomme. He attended the gathering for observation | purposes, he said.
 The chairman of the meeting had gotten his lamps switched, said MT. | Bayne. He had called on MT. Bayne to | extol the Forbes sentiment. He said | he begged to be excused as he was "em- | phatically a strong Teague man." He | said his martyrdom was applauded. | That gave away the composition of the | crowd. said Mir. Bayne. Even at the | end of the meeting when the Forbes | chairman requested all the crowd to | go forward and shake hands with the | next Mayor of Montgomery, he (Mr | Bayne) was surprised to be surrounded | by many in the audience who insisted | on shaking his hand. MT. Bayne, said | he, hardly knew whether he or MT. | Teague was going to be the next Mayor. |
 Solicitor s. H. Dent. President of the | Teague Club. arrived at the meeting | late. He made a speech, ringing with | confidence in MT. Teague's campaign. He agreed with Captain Baber that the | members should be careful to register for the primary. Persons holding life | certificates must register. he said. The registration books would be open from March 20 to April 1.
 Captain Baber, W. W. Hill W. J. Mawell, Lewis Nickel and w. H. Clan ton also made speeches all compIinnen