The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
TEAGUE'SFRlkNDS MEET
CONFIDENCE EXPRESSED IN CAM
 DIDACY FOR MAYOR.
Mir. McClain Enlivened the Political Club With His Original Songs and Several Speeches Were
 Made.

Swift oratory and lots of 1t was the feature of the Teague Mayoralty Cam paign Club meeting last night at the headquarters on Commerce Street.
 All the speakers declared their sen timent and paid their compliments to Mr. Teague after the manner of decla- nation except Neal McClain. Mir. Me- Clain sang. striking upon a ditty hav- ing for its theme Mir. Forbes. the op- position candidate, and what Mir. Forbes would run up against before the race is ended.
 MT. McClain's stanzas embraced a variety of lyric feeling. One of them wound up, He (Teague) will be our next Mayor. or we will paint the town red" Another: "A. c. Forbes will be wearing crepe around his hat after the primary" A third: Put your shoulder to the wheel and Teague will go through"
 Levity of this kind and a prevailing confidence in victory for Mir. Teague characterized the whole meeting.
 Manager Charles P. Anderson occu- pied the floor when the meeting was called to order a few minutes after s o'clock by President s. Fl. Dent. He said he was gratifed with the progress made during the week just ended. En- couraging news had come to him from every side. Out of an incomplete list of voters he had seen. five of every six were pledged to the clubs candi- date.
 The speaker had visited particularly the railroad and other shops of Mont gOmery and said he had found this element is falling in line with Mir. Teague's candidacy. He was confident that to date a large majority is on the side of the club.
 Upon motion of Captain E. F. Baber, the Club postponed the appointment of the committees authorized at the previous meeting to be composed of members from each ward and some at large. This matter will be taken up at the next meeting of the club which has been called for Wednesday night March 1.
 Informal speeches were made by w J. Maxwell, S. L. Smith, Captain E. F. Baber, B. K. Ponder, c. D. Bayne Archie Tyson, W. D. Ellis. w. F. Whit ing, E. C. Hannon and Charles Gay All the speakers proclaimed their fealty to Candidate Teague and spoke confidently of his success at the polls Mir Ponder provoked laughter when he compared the race for mayor to the skee-daddle expedition of Tige Mark Twain's canine character, which was lTduSpldHLSu rom 6eOTBla SOlI IC the western plains. The dog had been used to running rabbits, but not cows The first COW encountered came neal desembowlling the "purp" on the first tilt and the dog darted across the plains so far ahead of the COW that he was heard 'whiszing'' long after he was out of sight. Mir. Ponder said MT. Teague would be heard, but not seen ''whizzing" at the primary away in the distance ahead of all corners. MT. Harmon elicited much applause when at the climax of his speech he attempted to disclose what is common ly known in Montgomery as the 'peo- ple's" candidate. He declared that II is a misnomer and is a man set up be- fore the voters by band of some five or six men of the city constituted as mutual admiration society"
 When the peoples candidate is really known" the speaker declared ''he will be Mir. Teague."
 The meeting last night was the first held during good weather and the at- l tendance was the largest since the 1 organization of the club. There were were about fifty members present.