The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11

and the down town forces he must of necessity be nreat,s said Mir. Brasssii.
 Mr. Gunter's business quaiihcationa were then touched upon with the cIcs- ing sentence The business quaiinca- tionB or 1yson2may be good. but they do not come up with Gunter's in the
 Mcrstyre Discu..e. ry.e. naIly.
 The Chairman then introduced C. P. MeIntyrs. who talked to those present about Mir. Tyson's followers. T had the pleasure of being present at the entertalnment given the citizens of West End last night. I was highly amused for l knew the men who spoke better. perhaps. than you did. Present ofIicehoiders told you Of Mir. Tyson's qualifications for the office ots Mavor-- Mir Haber Is City Recorder, Mir. Blakey, ner chronic and persistent office holder. They were all lawyers, tell you so. You may not think so, for their speeches last night you could not book" Mir Mcintyre then expiainsd the pro- vision of the new code relative to the stores iH the suburbs, which Mfr. Ty- sons followers had used as an argu- ment against Mir. Gmter.
 Your stores will not be closed; on the contrary, your taxes will be lower under MT; Gunter than under Mir. Ty- The bond issue which was called to the attention of West End citizens Monday night was then taken up and PIT. rGunters vote on that occasioned
 MT. Tyson, you will notice by the records. was conspicuous by his ah- sence on this occasion.' said Mir. McIn- tyre MT. Guntsr. however. voted at question came up. but MT. Tyson was in the, tall grass while Mir. Gunter was la boring for the city"
 The advantages, which the city had gained by Mir. Gunter's vote were then discussed; the sanitary extension. po-. lice extension, school house and county money for city improvement were cited with the challenge for MT: Tyson or instance where vote of his had gone toward the improvement of the city. ssr. Gunter states Platform.
 Mr. Gunter was then introduced amid the prolonged cheers of those T have lived in this ward for thirty years,'' said Mir. Gunter. land if am elected Mayor of this city shall en- deavor to give the city value received. am running upon one platform-what No one has eyer stated what Mr. Ty- son has done. nor what he intends to do"
 Mir. Gunter stated that all of the law yers of the city were for him and 60 were ali of the doctors
 l s'The doctors have been to me time and time again and all matters which they have presented to me have had bill which the doctors wished to pass at tn eiast session of the Legislatura on the last night of their session was passed through my efforts. That's one of the reasons why they are for me-" A humorous incident of Mir. Guntsr.s speech was when he made Q call for any white man who had ever been eTn. ployed by Mr. Tyson to stand up and declare himself. MT. Mcintyre, who had just finished a conversation in the rear of the rooms arose to come back to the chafrman's table. MT. McIntyre denied strenuously that he had arisen upon the call of Mr. Gunter.
 Mr. Gunter then spoke for some time upon the money which the city had ex- pended upon city Improvements.
 "Of this s260000 spent in permanent Improvements, $175,0O0 has gone into tie pockets of the white laboring man of this city" he said.
 The issues of MT. Tyson's campaign were then taken up.
 '"rhe first issue is an insult to every man who does not own real estate said Mir. Gunter My Tyson mas oe- clared that any man who does not own afce 6ssc eotssS oS ayor s not Bt ssy to you tSat the qualifications necessary to that po- s.tion are nothing more than intelh- geace and the ability to execute
 Nv record, when I ran for other offices. was never questioned. put this time when Tyscn runs TOT r snnssr,ls omcs , ' that defend my record NRa .net Wna, | have done. but what Cutters done. says Mr. Tyson. This is nothing more 1 than a campaign of misrepresentation"
 MT. Gunter then closed. his remarks with an invitation for those present to come to h:s meeting to be held at rsssIIta niaht He promised them that no would try to show them more Fully why he was the man qualified to be- come Mayor of city having the pro-. | gressive qualities of Montgomery
 Cochran Says Tyson Dodged.
 that M ne Jsdd fayored N Mr. s Gunter for what he had done. and for what he Is going to do. aGunter's up to the mark every time. Look here. have in my hand | nigft. who's there9 Gunter is the first man mentioned. but, gentlemen, Tyson Is still dodgiDg. He wasn't
 si'flJt Robert Arlington, the next speaker. referred to what he called the continu- l ous dodging of MT Gunter..s opponent. He also told those present tnes ,,btse ee
 would enforce all of the laws upon the books. Mfr. Tyson says that the fresi- dent of the Council is the whole show snnounce For President of. the Council instead of Mayor? He wants to be the whole show" had kept quiet he would have voted for him. Tyson even put me on his campaign Est. but later said that tl,e nae whoIe lUGii city has fiopped with me. After short speech. in which J. K.
 Jones announced his position for the
 first time in favor of Mir. Gunter the ! 1