The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

Hicks asked. when the matter of paw ing Madison Avenue was before the Council. Mir. Gunfer was acting fairly as representative of.the people.
 Mir. HIcks referred to the Uniform Charter Act as, drastic. Tt hurts us, Mir. Hicks said; it Is hurled at us
 Do we want a man who Is rccklessly against the peopleT' Mir. Hicks asked DO we want a corporation lawyer In preference to a man of business sue cess and ability in an ofice that be- ant not ruler Mr. Gunter would be dictator; Mir. Tyson would be our servant"
 MT. Holloway reviewed the record of MT. Tyson as an Alderman. and said that in that position he had acted with intelligence and integrity, and that ne was most qualified to be a good Mayor. He denied that Mir Tyson had, as was charged against him. dodged any issue.
 J. Winter Thorington spoke brie9g upon the Issues of the campaign and stressed the fact that the members of the club were gathered together to se- feet not only Mayor. but Aldermen who would work efficiently and sympa- theticaliy with him
 In J. H, Wilson's speech novel point was made upon the marriage question. MT. Tyson. he said. had been accused of stinginess. but he had not been too stingy to marry. He concluded that he didn't know why Mir. Gunter had. never married.
 F. B. Thompson. an Alderman from Ward 5. spoke earnestly for Mir. Tyson. whose record in the Council he praised highly.
 Other speakers were M. H. Screws. Lawrence Bear. w. HI Murphy. Clad den Harrison. w. NJ. Biakey. R. S. Ed- son and W. M. Stanley.
 BLr. Tyson Speaks. Mir. Tyson's first sentence was sig. nificant. He said that if an orator were needed for Mayor he would not he a candidate. He had been business man and had never cultivated the art. It had been charged. he said. that if he should be elected, he would be not progressive: but he promised that he would be one of the most progressive mayors the city had ever had. He said he would manage the city's affairs as he would his own.
 After reviewing in some details the financiai history of the city during the past few years Mir. Tyson said that the deficits made In the City Treasury because the city was spending more money than its income. were not pro. gress and added that their continuance would mean bankruptcy.
 Hs said that he had~ not dodged is- sues at ali.sas had. been alleged against him. He had. he admitted. been ex- cused from voting more than all the other Councilmen but 1t was because on certain matters upon which he had not had time to bestow the needed attention he had not been able to vote intelligentfy and therefore had de- clined to vote at all.
 It. has been said. Mir. Tyson con- tinued. that the city is better of than most others. He did not wish to be knoclxer. but he didn't believe that that kind of Christian, Science could be in- jected Into the payment of debts.
 Montgomery was one of the greatest towns in the country. MT Tyson said. in conclusion, but 1t ought to be in good shape. It needed management. He was not desirous of making the race for the mayoralty. but 1t had appeared that no other business man would en- ter the contest and he became a cam didate because of the promptings of civic duty.
 T thought 1t was time to take Che government of Montgomery out of the hands of politicians and lot the busi- ness men rule"
 After the conclusion of Mfr, Tyson's speech the meeting adjourned.