The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-12
FORBES GAINS GROUND
so DECLARE MEMBERs or HIS
 CAMPAIGN CLUB.
Rousing Meeting of suppcrteTs ef Can- didste for Mayor, Whe Paye His Respects te Na-
 than Burakn.

Ills RespectB to No-
 than Burlks. M
 Spicy thrusts at the opposition can didacy for Mayor of Montgomery were made last night by members of the Forbes Campaign Club at its regular weekly meeting in the Pollak build ing.
 Words of encouragement over the work of the week just gone were inter- polated in the disclosures of what were termed ring" methods in the present campaign.
 The opinion was expressed by more than one speaker that the last meeting of the Teague Campaign Club Friday night was educating to G. large com placent vote in Montgomery. It was told how the best supporters of the op- position candidate were believed to be against "mud-slir ging in tfe cam paign." At the same time the declara- tion was made that those of the other side who are not bad enough to toss the mire have condescended to get those in their company who do 1t with out sompunction.
 This part of the speeches was, of course. brought about by the attack on what was regarded as the incom- petency of Captain Forbes by Nathan Burks at tho Teague meeting fr'day night.
 W. T. Sheehan acted as chairman of the Forbes meeting last night. He said four successful meetings had been held in the past week. The fruits of those meetings were pictured as be- yond expectations and 1t was claimed many votes had been gained for Cap tain Forbes by them.
 The campaigning qualities of Captain Forbes were highly recommended by MT. Sheehan. The chairman said he had accompanied Captain Forbes over the city part of last week and he was convinced that the reception the voters were individually according the anti machine candidate were very promis- ing. The suburban voters, according to the chairman. are fast falling in line with the Forbes candidacy.
 George A Thomas, in a speech, said he felt sincerely the election of Captain Forbes meant great prosperity to the city of Montgomery. He had been en- couraged by the advances made by his candidate recently. Still he believed every supporter of Captain Forbes should work harder every day.
 MT. Thomas emphasized the impor- tance of systematic canvassing which," he said, twill amount to in- finitely more than the opposition crowds brag and bet schemes on the streets"
 The speaker pledged hisssupport to Captain Forbes. heart and soul.
 Captain Forbes made a spirited ad- dress in which he spoke of the encour- agement from all sources that had come to him. Also he took occasion to respond to the allusions of Nathan Burks to him in the Friday night speech.
 Captain Forbes said 1t was truly gratifying to receive the support that is being accorded him and Is growing with each day. He knew that he was up against hard proposition" when he announced for Mayor of Montgom- cry. He would not deign. however. to enter the race without being honest enough to tell what he stood for.
 The candidate said he was glad to look on the tally sheet and find that his political strength had increased three-fold since the campaign started. He declared that nine-tenths of the people of Montgomery are desirous of a change in the city government. The handspring of the Teague following he attributed to a long list of personal friendships and obligations.
 Captain Forbes then made reference to Mir. Burks and his speech. He charged the opposition with being not bold enough to let responsible men sling mud, but were content to find somebody in their ranks who was a past master at the business. He could not account for the attacks of Mir. Burks except that The has money on the race"
 This MT. Burks." said Captain Forbes. had not the least foundation for the charges of incompetency he made against me"
 Referring to the statement of Mir. Burks that he knew Captain Forbes could not buy The Advertiser cartoons because he (Captain Forbes) had not the money. he acknowledged this to be the truth.
 And I desire to further say" said Captain Forbes. that I do not know a single man strong enough or rich enough in Montgomery to purchase the cartoons of The Advertiser unless the paper and its property is bought also" This was greeted with applause.
 F. P. Glass was called upon to speak. He pointed to evidences of alarm on the opposition side. This. he sad, was encouraging.
 The speaker explained that being connected with The Advertiser he was not present to defend the cartoons of that paper. The Advertiser would take care of itself, he said.
 Reference was made by MT. Glass to Athe piquancy of the Teague Club at the purport of the cartoons. He said this was In effect a disclosure to the people of just where the opponents stand.
 For" said MT. Glass, why should they create such a stir over the car, toons if they do not touch them? The fact that they worry over the cartoons makes 1t sure that they are aligned with the Chief of Police as they are pictured. And in this way the people get an education on the issue.
 Q. F. Warner. in H speech near the end of the meeting. expressed sincere regret that the other side had seen fit to inject the cause of the Confederacy into the campaign. He alluded rever- entially to the war between the States. saying that although himself too young to enlist he went into a Confed- crate arsenal at Columbus. Ga, to take the place of man who did go to the front.
 The speaker, therefore. was capaci- tated to revere the great cause as deeply and solemnly as anybody. He expressed admiration for Mir. Teagues participation in the war between the States but he thought the principles involved therein too sacred to be used in municipal politics forty years after- wards.
 He was satisfied that while Captain Forbes was not in the United States at the time of the war he would have