The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-06
Pyrotechnics Is No ''Set Piece. : Either, STATEMENTS OF REcoRD
 CHALLENGED BY DEBATE Gunter and. Maner Have Joint
 Debate. Alderman Saul Intimates Cleverdaie sssass Meetins- was Unfair Ad- vantge.--Other speakers Talk
 Freely Of Campaign.

tii other fireworks in the municipal campaign were put to shame last night by the free -for-all, catch -as-catch can meeting held in Highland Park. Fire works is too mild a term to apply to the scorchy proceedings to which the citisens of Word were treated last
 Pyrotechnics Is not a much better word to describe the designs at fhis meeting, even if 1t is longer. It was too warm to be called by these terms. They might be appropriate appeilations if they had not been used to apply to previous political meetings in Mont gomery's history. For the reason that last nights convention has seldom if ever been equalled in the hot annuals of Montgomery politics, such terms fade into insignifieance.
 Suffice to say, if the curious of Mont gomery, if the hundreds suffering from ennui in the good old Spring now upon us, had bunch as to what was in store for them in the pavilion of Oak Park, even the theatres of the city would have been thinned out and more husbands would have been late in re- turning to their homes. Never has such q heeted, su1phurous gathering been held before with as little adver-
 Yet there were upwards of one-hun- dred interested citizens in the audience last night. Applause was unstinted and was not partial to any one man or to any one candidate. The speak were many and the fun great. There ss un d toS rna hard to ts Whers te stun was going to fall and just who was singing it. There was mud in the arguments for candidates for Mayor; for even this dignified office. The most of the spattering, however. came in the warm tilt between opposing hour in Ward on the one side faction supporting Dr. S. H. Saul for reelection to the Council. and on the other an element against pr. Saul and T. NJ esuskex Presided Over the Haeetins.
 One of the great surprises of the evening was at the very opening when 1t became whispered about that Gaston Gunter would have to face an emmis- sary of J. c. Tyson in joint debate. The representative of Mir, Tyson, can was Va1ss Repressntsfive I % 5. c. Marer. mem. mem. Der of the Legislature from Montgom- cry county. He made, fiery train of statements between the speaksrs in be- was there he said. to correct a state ment he had made at a recent meeting Of the Tyspn Club. Tn this he had in associated with the proposition to pave Hull street with brick instead of as- phalt and in this association was af- Chattanooga Paving and construction
 Mr, Maner aakes Correction.
 Mir Maner said he would in justice to Mir. Gunter say that he had examined the record and found that Mir. Gunter was not present in Council when the vote was taken on the Hull Street paw ing proposition. He was misinformed on this matter. He affirmed his friend ship for Mir. Gunter and did not intend to do him any harm and said that here- after in the campaign he would com fine himself absolutely to the record.
 However" put in Mir. Maner, shalk- ing his finger dramatically at his au- dience. q will have plenty of material in the record of Mir. Gunter because, God knows. 1t Is bad enough without ever referring to the matter of which have just spoken. There are plenty of positive facts about his record that show up against him as a it candidate for Mayor of Montgomery"
 Here the speaker for Mr. Tyson's