The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-01
PRIMARY FOR
 CITY OFFICES Voting to Take Place Today. CHOOSE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN Campaign Has Been Purely a Per-
 sonal One. voters wnl Declare Their Choice of Men to Conduct City Affairs
 Between Hoprs of
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The Democratic voters of Montgom- cry will today select a Mayor. three aldermen from the city at. large ana wards of the city. The formal elec- ton will not be held until May. but the candidates who are selected to- day will be elected by unanimous The absence of any contest for May or has deprived the city campaign or any lively interest. but the numerous succeeded in arousing so much interest that the registration tor participation
 R.a aS Prmsry sas been samnan This interest has been personal rather The campaign has been without is- sues The only question the voter is called upon to decide in his own mind ence among the aldermanic candidates eonfuss his choice. either. The can- their ambition in all good nature. One
 os snS osher Tse aa shas some friends of his wants the same job Chat he wants he regards as an unfortunate circumstance and not a been characterized by the greatest good nature. Tshe candidates seeming ly are moved by the friendliest feel ings for each other and the campaign joke has steadily held the place of
 the campaign lie The candidates have with each other rather than inimicai enough to unfairly fight each other. Tribute to Mayor.
 Mayor w. M. Teague will be given
 an endorsement for his second term
 without opposition. The Mayor will on the last day of September finish his
 sst 'ES chsa to Sa es | himself for the term which begins on l the first day of October. His unop-
 posed selection as his own oS successor the city of his administration of the city government.
 the tss sH Tntss whsn the time there were several rumors of prob able opposition to the Mayor. The
 names of several prominent citizens of
 connection. 1t T Is '1 known. too. that that
 several feeling" expeditions went out.
 Certain interests of the city were approached. But in each instance the | prospective opposition went dead The Mayor was too formidable to be tack
 Bsfprs M hs o spgo.ss Ts we4 ws abandoned and the Mayor was assured of an unopposed nomination by the
 The only thing approaching an issue | in the aidermanic campaign was the
 proposition of the Boe street property owners to nave the Louisville and Nashville Railroad depot moved from l the foot of Lee street. The lines on | this near-issue were. however, not l closely drawn, but certain aldermanic l candidates are whispered of as friend l ly to the proposition and certain can | didates are whispered of as opposed to | the proposition. It was never enough of an issue for the candidates to pub ] licly declare themselves on it. The al- dermanic candidates simply busted themselves chasing votes and interest ing their friends in the registration and in the primary.
 the primary, It was said that more than $50 voters who were eligible to
 registration failed to take advantage
 of their opportunities and will not
 therefore he qualified tn take part in the primary. still the registration is the largest the city has ever had
 Ten Hours to Vote.
 The polls will open this morning at o'clock. They will remain open un- l til 6 o'clock this afternoon. The man. agers will immediately count the vote i and send the certificates to the meeting of the Central Council, which will be | held at the court house. Here the Boxes will be opened in the presence | of the Central Council and the results | declared. At this meeting the candi- dates and their friends will gather to l boo the result of the campaign of the l past two months.
 At an early hour last night it was