The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-09
W. M. Teague'S Sup portcrS at the Theatre. CANDIDATE DID
 NOT MAKE SPEECH "The Circle" ASsailed by
 Speakers. Seven Hundred People Heard Remarks of Messrs. Well, Dent, Hill, Pear son and Goodwin on Munic-
 ipal Affairs.

Der of citizens of Montgomery ana d | corps of speakers surrounding w. M :. l Teague, candidate for Mayor, to an au- | denee that almost filled the parquet l and balcony, on the occasion of the | last public demonstration in behalf of | that candidate in the present campaign for Mayor.
 l It is estimated that as many as 700 | people thronged the theatre to near l the final declarations of MT. Teague's s | lIeutenants in the race
 | Among the audience, accepting the | invitation of the Teague Campaign 1 Club, were numerous ladies who mani | tested unusual interest in the speeches, which were made and in the making | consumed over two hours.
 The meeting was a fitting climax to
 the campaign that has been waged by
 the supporters of MT. Teague. The | speeches that were made In rapid suc- 1 cession, separated by a bar 3f music from the piano and fiddle which was | the harmony of the occasion, were a long csain of invective here and eulo- | BY there. The invective was born of | the animated replies that every gpedk- | CT made to the charge coming from the opposition of double dealing on the
 part of their candidate. The eulogies
 were of, the inestlmable character, the
 cumulative business ability and Con l federate service of the candidate. | Teague Did Not Speak. | The speakers of the evening were | Lee Veil, presiding, R. T. Goodwin, | w. W. Pearson. W. W. Hill and So- | licitor S. H. Dent. Mir. reague. the candidate. sat in the center of the circle. He smiled during the major l part of the proceedings of the meet l ing, for there was much sarcasm and | jocularity therein, and at the end of | the meeting he was surrounded by friends who shook his hands. The speakers all undertook replies | to the charges of double dealing on the part of their candidate. The double dealing that had been charged by the oponents last week consisted. in the minds of MT. Teague's champions of | last evening, of refusing to pledge the appointment of a certain officer now in ! the administration. The officer last night was rarely mentioned. but 1t is known that the reference was to Chief | of Police Gerald.
 In stormy operations the orators | last night asked repeatedly the ques- l tion, Why, if the double dealing oc cured In January, did those who | charged 1t wait until the last few days | of the campaign to bring the charges?' The speakers all denounced this post poned charge as most odious method l in politics and appealed to their hear CTS to go to the polls tomorrow and 1 register such an overwhelming major ity as would nail forever, as they said, such practices in municipal campaigns | in Montgomery.
 Assault on '0The Circle, Some fierce assaults were made last night on the circle" which is the name applied by President Dent. of tho Teague Club, to the men who, he said, caused Capt. A. G. Forbes to an | nounce on their platform after MT. Teague had declined to run on 1t, and particularly to subscribe to the prom ises not to reappoint "a certain off cer"
 | Mir. Hill pictured the ring as a scenic equipment looking good in the front view. but having behind it the 'ridic- ulous demand that an election 1 promise be made. He declared that the "icrcle" is not as large now as it was in the beginning, two or three of | the original members having gone over | to the Teague support. He further | charged that some of the circle as now constituted are Republicans. and some
 do not live in the corporate limits of | Montgomery nor pay dime of taxes
 into the city treasury :"
 | Most of the speakers illustrated the | good government policy and executive
 ability of MT. Teague by referring tc
 the large family which he has success fully raised. They praised his perse- verance and pointed to his studiouS
 habits when he was boy. They ex- | tolled his valor and pointed to the
 time that tried mems souls, when MT Teague answering the clarion's note
 shouldered his musket and went to the | defense of his State and his country
 pouring out the precious libations of
 blood"
 The first speaker of the evening, MT | Veil. chairman, thanked the audience | for the large number present. He
 went into panegyrics of the business
 ability and integrity of the candidate
 before them. He also read a reply
 from MT. Teague to ;he charge Of | double d ealing. The reply was ad-
 dressed to President Dent of the | Teague Club and branded us false Sucf charges The reply in full is printed
 elsewhere in this paper, giving his re-
 Iations with the circle" He said ir
 Teague consent to pledge to not reap
 point any officer in the city govern
 ment.
 Outrage. Says MT. Well.
 MT. Well said that the charges oi
 double dealing against Mir. Teague l were made in desperation by the oppo- | sition at the last moment with defeat
 staring them in the face" He said l the opponents had. in this, found some | sort of opportunity to vent theil | spleen. He declared that it was out
 rageous for such political methods as | these to be used
 Mir. Goodwin, in his speech. went
 back to the scholastic days of Mir ! Teague. where he had vision of his [ candidate pouring over his books 1T | the classroom and plodding his way | to the school-house. He saw him ir
 Coosa County as hoy and then drew | a picture of the candidate answering i the clarion's note of war. He re-
 hearsed the platform of the candi-
 date and dwelt particularly on th'
 plank which asserts that if a fran
 chise is worth having, it is worth pay | ing for
 He ridiculed the issue of reappoint ing or not reappointing the head of ; single department, and cited that iteu
 in MT. Teague's platform which say!
 he will give his entire and undivided
 time to the office if he wins Th'
 speaker said that the candidate befor
 them had not lodged a single issue il
 the present campaign
 MT Pearson made one of the longes
 speeches on the program. He inter
 sperscd his severe arraignment of tn
 "circle" and Captain Forbes and tn
 flying squadron" with numerous jokes
 Pearson Joker.
 One of the jokes was that in Wash
 ington long after the war between th