The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-05
TYSON TO GUNTER
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 A mid-wsek rally of the Tyson Cam paign Club. devoted to the candidacy of ]. c. Tyson for Mayor of Montgom- cry, was held last night at the head quarters. in the Exchange Annex. Nu- nnerous speeches were made expressing the loyalty of Mir. Tyson's supporters and extolIing the merits of their lead CT.
 There were no signs of interest fag- ging in the Tyson campaign for May or. Although short notice was given the members of the Club about last nights meeting there were the usual numbers present.
 one of the features of the rally last evening was the much applauded ad- dress of Mir. Tyson who committed him. self to detailed reply to the speech made by City Attorney c. P, MeIn- tyre. Guntef supporter at the latter's initial meeting Saturday night. Mir. Tyson's reply had chiefly to do with the charges of Mir. Mcintyre that MT. Tyson, though present at meetings of the City Council, failed to vote on nu- erous questions before that board.
 Answering Mir. Mcintyre on this point, MT. Tyson returned in kind and cited thirty-five instances where he said Mir. Gunter, in his aidermanic ca- reer, had failed to vote on questions before the Council when hs was pre- sent. Mry Tyson declared he would not hold the sins of omission" against Mir. Gunter when he could find In the records of the latter gentleman '.so many sins of commission"
 Mr. Tyson on Opponent.
 Then Mir. Tyson set out upon the disclosure of these "sins of commits sion" Among them. he said. was Mir. Gunter's voting for the city's purchase Of pravel pit, for which Ss,000 was paid when the actual value was $1,0O0. Another charge was that Mir. Gunter voted for a certain bond issue of the city which virtually went at a price below par when it was especially pro- vtded that the bonds were nat to be
 sold below par, declaring that the net amount of the sale on account of heavy commissions paid to brokers was below the par value of the securities. These and many other alleged sins of commission" were instanced by Mir. Tyson.
 The members of the club were espec- ialiy enthused over the formal proclaim ation of his platform made last night. In this platform Mir. Tyson pledged loy- atty to Democratic principles, stood for progressive but careful adminis- tPation of the city affairs, declared he would do all in his power to have tNtr&%A~AA AA%AN 9%~@AOtl hama Legislature the Municipal Code Act which he claimed was "fathered by hts honorable opponent"
 It was very evident last night that the fight against Mfr. Gunter Is going to be, in q large degree, q campaign pFoelainiing to the people of Montgom- cry what they choose to call the rad lcal" provisions of the Municipal Code Bill Major E. F. Baber, one of the speakers of the evening, and Represen- tattve o. c. Maner, of MontEomery county, adversely criticised the record of Mir. GuHter on account of the Mu- nieipal Code BiiI.
 Sorry He Voted for BfII.
 Speaking of paving. Representative Maper arose to apologize for having voted for the Municipal Code BiIi in the last Legislature. He declared in emphatic terms that he would never have consented to vote for the bill 1T his attention had been called to the provision allowing the Council to l order . pavement when all the prop l erty owners might raise protest. He 1 said he was inclined to believe Mir. |