The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
GREAT CROWDS
 ENTHUSIASM Tyson Men End Cam paign With Cheers. COURT ROOM WAS FILLED Big Crowd Was Beyond Limits of
 Room. sar. Tyson Was Praised for His ceurss, Praised for Hi. Prssity and De- votion to the Best rntere.t" of
 the city.

With . tremendous demonstration that fairly shook the walls or the City Court room of the county court house the supporters of Alderman q. Q. Tyson for Mayor held their final rally last night in the presence of the most en- .thusiastic crowd that has yet gathered under the Tyson banner.
 The court room was crowded 70 US fullest capacity While 1t was de- mopstratfve throng that assembled to hear the oratory praisins the favorite caudi late and attacking the opponent fine audience was also determined to hear every word that fell from the speakers mouths on this occasion. Ana when each speech was ended It was followed by cheering and yells that oi- ten ran through many minutes.
 The burden of the utterances last evening was an appeal to rescue the City of Montgomery from the menace of bankruptcy. As 1t was in the begin ninE of the campaign. so was It Tn the closing rally. On every hand, Mr. Gun- fer. of the opposition, was attacked for the deficit ip the city treasury which the speakers declared Is real and nos mythical.
 The speakers attacked Mr. Gunter TOT the existence of this dcficit. estimated at si27.OOO. They charged him with responsibility for the deficit, because m they declared, he has for the past two years dominated the City Council aa well as the Finance Committee oi that body. They charged him with willingly and Knowingly plunstng the city's finances into the mire, injurinR it's credit abroad and raising the tax burdens of the city to heights which have never been known before.
 Code BfII a, Target.
 AnF,,.stot~aY -rSada RfIl WAS again the target for the orators at the Tyson rally. At every meeting the sup porters of MT. Tyson have taken shot at this product of the last Legislature which Is claimed to have been fatnercd bv MT. Gunter while a member of that body. At every meeting since the Tyson Club was organized some new phase of the Municipal Code Bill mas been selected from the numerous pro visions of the measure and held up 10 attack by the Tyson Club As in pre- yIous meetings, the speakers last night declared that never has such 2 drastic law of it's kind been innlcteo upon a city as the Municipal Code Ell
 Chatham Lee Holloway opened last nights meeting with tribute 10 MT Tyson. In a few words he urged the men favorfng his election to go to the polIa tomorrow and cast their votes for their favorite for they knew tnsit reasons why he should be given the reins of government.
 response to the call of the chairman he was given a ringing ovation which mingled in chaotic manner with the surging notes of the brass band oc- cupying the rear of the court room
 City in Bad Condition
 That the city of Montgomery Is in q bad condition fnacially Major BabeT declared cannot be disputed. He said the deficit is real and cannot pc dodged by the artful arguments of the men on the other side responsible. he charged. for such a condition. lie asked his hearers to. choose between candidate who has pledged himself to redeem the city's credit and one who will continue the extravagsnt ex- penditures of the city's money under the false hope of bettering the city. It was a question. if Mir. Gunter and his crowd are continued in power, Of whether the city's officers are going to be paid off in money or in 'I O. U .'s."
 And this has not been spent Tor the permanent improvement of the city;'' declared Major Baber. II know that S25,0O0 of the sum has not. been spent for permanent Improvements. for this much was given to brokers in  commissions to float bonds recently issued by the city"
 COmmiapi0ns for Bond Sales.
 Tn animated tones. Major Baber condemned what he called the unfair method of the opponents in trying to mislead the voters on the matter of the city granting licenses under the Municipal Code Bill. The reply was more specifically to what was com tained in an address to the voters in an afternoon paper yesterday. In this MT. Gunter's supporters Major Baber declared. had tried to dodge re- sponsibility for making licenses 70 merchants uniform in all parts of the city. It was charged that Mir. Gum ter's friends had artfully compared licenses to be charged the retail mer- chants on the suburbs with licenses charged the merchant on Commerce street" The mention of Commerce street was seoffed at by Major Baber