The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-03-15
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He Thought IL high time to cali a
halt, because II 10 driving capital out
OF the CITY. He heard. he said. that
corporations already located here are
going to move out Of the city. It was
his belief that Mr. Tyson, whom he has
whom 20 entrust the city's AFFAIRS in
such circumstances as these.
A Cnmpaign Of Issues.
An eloquent appeal on behalf OF MT.
Tyson was made by Major Il. r. Baber.
He said that the campaign was not one
of personalities. but of issues. grave
and undeniable. He said there is an
undouted deficit Of soInething over
s127 900 In the city treasury. This
money, he charged. was not spent for
permanent Improvements, but for COM
missions to float refunding bond issues
and for other things which were "ex-
travagant and useless" He showed
how the poor and working men have to
bear the tax burdens after ALL which
are caused by needless expenditures OF
the peoples money This deficit, he
said, will have to be met, and the only
consequences is increased taxes. 1t
viii not rest on the wealthy because
they, the landlords, tack It onto the
tenant, and the tenants added burden
is reelected in a decrease Of wages.
Thus the consumer meets an Inevitable
increase in the cost of living.
Major Baber ridiculed what he SAID
he was tempted to call "a rumor
bureau maintained by the opposition.
They had gone so far as to set up this
sort of machinery, whose function Is to
invent and circulate those sorts OF
rumors which appeal to the passions
and prejudices of the voters" He said
none of them made any appeal to the
sound Judgment of the people. he
singled out one rumor of the opposition
which charged Mr.. Tyson with employ
ing a negro collector. He explained
that the negro referred to Is employed
in the mental position of looking after
the fences, etc. OF Mr.. Tyson's property
and does not collect, as Mr.. Tyson, him.
self does this. 4
Friends amd Fellow MOssbaci<s."
A humorous speech was made by j.
G. Conner, who always brings down the
house with his sarcasm and rugged
style of delivery. For instance, he ad-
Fellow Mossbacks." Everyone held his
side at this answer to the charge OF q
speaker In the opposition ranks that
all the Tyson followers are moss
backs" He scored Mr.. Gunter for
Gathering the Municipal Code Bill ana
said IL fer having done nothing else,
all should decline to vote for having
helped to draft II.
W. ID. Pebworth arose to refute the
charge at recent Gunter meeting
that "Mr. Tyson had never given
white man a job" He declared with
great feeling that he had worked for
Mr. Tyson and had been paid for his
work of painting houses for Mr.. Tyson
$40 more than he had been paid for
similar work by anybody else. Fur
Their. he replied. that he had never
card of Mr.. Gunter giving anybody
job, except a one-eyed negro"
Paul Sanguinetti. after several
humorous remarks. told of how his
taxes in the last year had increased
from S24 to S71, He said he has lived
a long time in Montgomery, loved the
city and does not propose to be run
away by the gang on the other side
other speeches were made by r. w.
Cochran. M. NJ. Sweat, A. r. Booth and
L. A. Sanderson. The meeting adj
journed at 10 o'clock to meet again
next Thursday night.