The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-08
GUNTER STATES HIS PLATFORM Pledges Best Efforts for
 the City. TALKS PARTLY OF Q. C MAYER Ray Rushton Advises Against
 s.Mossback Man." l. 0eaaauarters Throagea With Support CTS whe Cheerea Eathssiassicaliy speakers at Last Night's Rai-
 Iy-rssues Defined.

Sro .uaifors so numerous as to crowd fins rooms of the Gunter Headquarters and throng the hallway ousslde, s.,y SaS'on o9 Wnnfromery, and lieutenants of his forees. spoke last night. IL was al once the briafest and the most en- thusiastic convention that the Gunter
 Sn The if feature of the meeting was the speech of Mir. Gunter and the reading of his platform. Mir. Gunter repeated Former assertion tnat ne 9us' mvu1 n,s duIRc in no personalities against ms opponent. J. C. Tyson;
 But Mir Gunter said he could not resist taking fling" at ?. z. Maner. who spoke with him In joint deoate at oak Park Tuesday night
 II told Mr. Maner then, ne salo ..that the only thing he did that re- dounded to his credit while ne was vas a member of the Legislature was me casting Of his vote for the adoption of fllN Uniform Charter Bill that ne now descfies. lf not all of you, ~ lsast sofne of you know v whae Es,ak : ar Tiean any athsr book that Is labeled 'Maner on
 Whsn E. B Joseph. President of the uhnter Campaign Cup ealiea sne ,Sers. Sene we're many present Robert q. Arrins- ion was secretary. C. F. Mcintyre, the fifst speaker. talked but short tune. He stated that neither MT. Tyson nor nnv of his campaign orators had dis- cF6ven or denied the charges that had b&sn made against him.
 Mrs atelutyre vas ioilowed Dy ". VI. that Induced both laughter and ap- bYAuse Mir. Hill talked scornfully ol Athe property qualification and said ii Was rather the record of the Work done bv each man that ought to be counted. fTe was surprised, he said, that Mir Maner had voted for the Dni- form Charter Bill merely because MT 4A te a a uh when there appeared to be seif-in- x1Fest was fighting against 1t.
 4soncluding Mir. Hill said that Mr, Gunter's fight was won and that Mr; Tvson would be az far from the Mayor's chair on March 2s as he was
 R U Butts urged all to do their nest hest Mayor. Judge W. A Taylor de- clared that he was in favor of Nil. Gunter and would work for his cleo ton
 Ray Rushton praised Mfr Gunter for his record in public service. saying that he had gone into the Council with the desire to do right upon every is- bi& business. It could not be best done by false economy but by wise ex- penditure. There was nothing in the way of Mcnt9omery's progress. he con eluded unless the citizens should make a mistake and elect ''mosaback man
 N. r. Thetford derided the opposi- kfun 10 Nr. Gunter because he was Haid to bo not a property owner. And 1una then "a voice" afterwards recog- nized to be that of Dennis F. Flood rang through the hall:
 -4h give him a couple of terms and hesli have property to pay taxes on."
 IG was some time before the laugh. ter eubsided 50 that Mr Thetford could
 s Ingram spoke cleverly upon tha Tyson Campaign Club as grand jury with Mr. Maner as prosecuting attorney. Mir: Maner had failed in the make out his case and had withdrawn she charges that the Club had made.
 William R. Brassell said, in brief, sn % so or De nsSor a snd nP G dSnter s@tsSe ~Ss Guatsr," Mr. Brassell contsnded; 'he came by it honestly"
 Air. Gunterss Platform.
 The most of the time that Mir. Gun ter used was spent in the reading of his platform. He again pleaded guilty that he was unmarried but not by his own volition. He had held office seven years and was not rich yet; he expect He was accused of being a corporation lawyer it was no disgrace to repre- sent corporation where the attorney might honestly represent his clients,
 Public office is a public trust. MT. Gunter continued. and he would not abuse 1t. He expected not to sling mud though # had been thrown at him by the bucketfuL 'The men who flung if in Highland Park had to stand be- fore the audience and acknowledge that their statements against me were false" Then it was that Mr. Gunter spoke briefly of Mir. Maner.
 1T can give my platform in one sem tence: If I get to be Mayor shall employ my best efforts for the benefit
 Then Mir. Gunter read his platform. which ia printed in an adjoining col
 Concluding Mir. Gunter appealed to his friends to continue to work dili. gently and the victory already won would be retained.
 After the conclusion of Mir. Gunter.s speech. C. F. Moritz Alderman from he said, had lodged issues. He asked why Mr. Tyson should arrogate to himself the possession of all the busi- ness acumen of the Council. Other Aldermen were business men and of no mean ability. After mature delibera- tion.1 MT. Moritz said in substance, when he was ending his address "i have decided that this poor, lone, un- married man is preferable to that mar ried man of the much property that he
 D. F Flood, called to speak, pledged his support to Mir. Gunter.
 In q short but eloquent speech R. Tyler Goodwin closed the meeting.
 sIt is a question of stagnation against progress and I know which declared. We all have an interest in the upbuilding of the city and we must work for the election of a man that will send our good old town speeding on the way to glory"
 The meeting adjourned to meet FFftslradaV night.