The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
ONE THOUSAND GREET GUNTER Throng Meets Mayoralty
 Candidate. PUBLIC CAMPAIGN COMPLETED Speeches at Montgomery Theatre
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PUBLIC CAMPAIGN COMPLETED

< One thousand persons taceu GAstoh Gunter. his campaign managers and his orators in the Montgomery Theatre last night and from the time that c. F. Me Intyre, who spoke first, until they had followed their candidate to the Gunter Headquarters on Court Square. there was uninterrupted enthusiastic cheer ing.
 old timers said there probably had not been such meeting since there had been politics in Montgomery. Some called it unique. Not because there was baud ot music. not because the ora tore were representative of all the sec tons of the city, not because they said quick and wise and clever things. the Gunter men claimed. but because the truth wss told in campaign that msans all and all to Montgomery, the Interest never Jagged.
 e. F. Mcintyre. City Attorney, spoke 6ret Then came ". ". Hih, Phares Coleman, John c. Crcmmelin and Cas- ton Gunter. When MT. CrommeltR arose tn speak. he was cheered until one might have thought he was the candi- date When Mir Gunter presented him. self there was so much cheering that even Mr. CrommeIin was known not to be a candidate.
 R. Tyler Goodwin, Chairman of the Gunter Campaign Committee. presided
 Mr Mcintyre. first speaker, briefly reviewed issueF of the campaign, espec- iallyf of Mr. Gunter's record In the Council, where he had advocated and consummated the extension of the school, waterworkg and Ire department systems. The direct and the indirect benefits of the extension, he said, the people of the main part of the city and of the suburbs well know.
 Mir. Mcintyre. dwelt, too, upon the campaign methods and said those of MT. sGunter, were admirable while those of his opponent. J. c. Tyson, were not. Concluding, with reference to official records. he challenged Mir. Tyson to show in what respect he had done anything to advance the interests of Montgomery.
 MT. Cromme1in AppIauded.
 When, after Mir McIntyre's speech, MT. Goodwyn introduced Mir. Crommelin It was some time before Mfr. Crom- mklin could speak. His address was brief. He said that he must express the earnestness of his support of Mir. Gunter. All citizens. he declared. who were influenced only by reason. would vote for Mir. Gunter. The other side. as it looked to him. had little to offer that was not suggested by spite or prejudice. T. .. s
 Mir Gunter. he said. had not asked to be excused from voting In Council and 1t was on no excuse record that Mr. Gunter was making his race. He deprecated calamity howiers who he said were bowling down Montgomery that they might howl up themselves. wanted a representative man: MT. Ty- son was a negative. Mir. Gunter pos- itive.
 AGr. Gunter said in Legislature and in Council he had but hls duty. He had not dodged issues but had worked heartily. He said that Mir. Tyson was not the man to be mayor whether Mfr. Gunter was or not. Tyson, he said had not fulfilled his duties.
 Concluding, MT. Gunter defended his position in the Uniform Charter Bill. Then sn an eloquent peroration he ex- pressed his faith in the future of Mont gomery. thanked his followers for their friendship and stated his belief that their flag would float in high vic- tory Monday.
 After the meeting at the Theatre, the company, preceded by the band, marched to the Gunter headquarters on Court Square. fingered there for few minutes and adjourned for the n.ght.
 Ex-Mayor John e. Crommelin said that 1t was the largest political meet ing he had ever seen in Montgomery.
 W. W. Hill began his speech by declaring that he was honoring him. self in supporting Mr. Gunter and then Mir. Hill made a humorous speech that for wit was even superior to another campaign speech he made. He said Mir. Gunter was running on a record of what he had done and on a pro- phecy of what he would do. and that Mfr. Tyson was basIng his claims on what might have been done and ought to be done-"only Mir. Tyson couldn't do it,"
 MT. Hih spoke eIoquently of the work Mir. Gunter had done in extend ing the public works of the city; Mir. Tyson, he said, thought the town ought to have the same thing but some how he hadn't been able to get at them. Mir. Hin paid his respects hu- morously to Mir. Blakey and Mir. Maner. as orators for Mfr. Tyson.