The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04

To pave High Street p. sss. not vot- ing June l7. 1907.
 Agreement with Mrs. Holt about ac-
 quiring property for extension or
 Lawrence st.. not voting, ?. sso, June
 IT 1907. - =.
 To pave sidewalks on s. Decatur St.
 not voting. D. sso. June 17th 1907.
 To authorize proceedings to con-
 demn land SO as to straighten Genetta
 Ditch, D. se0. June IT 1907. not voune,
 To authorize Mayor to enter into
 agreement with J. w McHugn TOT ac-
 ouirfng right of way of sewer thfoush
 McHurh property. not voting, p. seo.
 June I7th 1907. though voted for sus-
 TO appropriate s3oo.oo to Mayors
 special fund. not voting. p. Ses' June 17th i907
 To pave~sidewalks on s. Lawrence St. from south side of Jefferson pav.s Ave. to Fielder St. not voting p. sos'
 To nave sidewalk on S. Decatur st. nof voting, D. S64. June 17th 1907. To pay J. C. Scale $54.75 lost time, not voting. vol 2, P. 2. Aug. sth 1907. To regulate the Issuance of license to retail liquor dealers, not young. ?:
 To authorize Mayor to purchase blackboards for and to have electric wires put in Girls High School, not voting p. IS. Sep. End 1907. To purchase personal property or A. S. Gerald. deceased. not voting (went from chamber when vote was caiIed) D. 9. IT. Sept. 18th 1907.
 To authorize City Clerk to issue re- tail liauor licenses in certain cases, p. 2f. Oct 7th 1907. not voting.
 To appropriate ss6.4 0to J. T. Rob erts. police officer. not voting. p zi'
 Oct. 7th 1907.
 To appropriate sss,4e to ;: T. Rob s,
 erts. police Pssos officer. not voting p si'
 oef To arsropriate s25.s0 to W: J. Jor- dan, not voting, p. 22, Oct. 7th 1907. TO provide for assurance of $b,2O0.oo
 baby bonds. not voting, p. 2S. oct Itn 1907.
 to have sanitary sewer extended sixty feet, not voting. D. 23. Oct. sth 1907. Motion to reject application oi VII lie Page. coIored, for license, not vot- ing. D. 23. Oct. sth 1907.
 To repeal an ordinance providing for paving Scott St. not voting. p. zs. oct. | 9th 1907.
 | D. 2s, Oct S29, 1907.
 To amend section 111s of the Code, | relating to indecent literature, ?. 4S' | Jan goth 1908, not voting.
 To pay Council Members. not voting, l D. 21. | fee, not voting. ?. ss.
 | SOn veto of Mayor as to fruit Venaers'
 nos so Vosns. sepslsmen. n ss this candidate. who | proclaIms himself d business man. who represents himself as being so. comp | etent and thoroughly qualified to pc Mayor of this City, while present ~ | Council meetings. declines to vote more than FORTY FIVE TIMES, | Had he declined to vote twice, or we will say a half dozen times. then It | might be said that he had some good excuse or some good reason for hunt l ing the tall timber" But the fact ls' | that more than FORTY-FIVE times ne was unable to make up his nbnd on which side of a measure to vote. Weh' | gentlemen, if he was unable to under l stand how he should vote upon these more than forty-fve subjects on more | than forty-five different occasions when | he was one in seventeen, how Is ne anaciaIIy qualified to sit In that chair ! around in the Mayors office where ne must approve or veto all by himseli | every measure passed by the council l tApplaus -Appiause).
 Isn't that a poor and unbusiness-l like | record 10 present to the citizens ot l Montgomeryf Isn't 1t record to ask | them to endorse! l want to chailengs l the opponents of MT Gunter.
 l II want tIfetn to produce to you or 10 | the citizers df Montgomery single | instance where Mir. Tyson, during his | ofacial career has ever done anything Ahas ever accomplished anything. or at l fernpted to accomplish anything, Tor l the upbuilding and development of this | cItv. (Applausel Why, gentlemen, hls | rAcord is as blank as the back Of this paper. (Holding up- a sheet of white | paper). Mir. Tyson has had ample time l and opportunity to demonstrate to- the | citizens of Montgomery his ability ana l atress to occupy the office of Mayor l and if we are to judge the future py l inc mast. he possesses in high degree | those qualities that least become a | chief executlye It seems to me that | if would have been, far better for MT. ! Tyson to- have been in the Council, a man of action. a man of knowledge, | man who attempted to accomplish sanoathing but who utterly failed. than | to have gone in there and distinguish ed himself by refusing to vote on so l. many, different occasions. In scanning | over the list read to you, cannot un- derstand for instance why MT. Tyson could not make up his mind to vote one way or the other upon ne o.1 o.1ln- ance to appropriate twenty-five dollars to A policeman. This police officer was either entitled to the money or he was not entitled to 1t. The business like thing to do, 1t seems to me. was either to be for or against this ordinance. ] think that the constituents of an Alder
 man have a right to have him vote
 ,,non these things. The negro, Willie
 Page. who applied for license to sell Iiouor was either entitled to his license or he was not entitled to it. But Mr.
 Tyson saw fit not to vote one way or
 the other upon these matters. when
 he refused to vote as enc of seventeen how is he going to make up his nina
 when he has to accept the entire, in- dependent. and personal responsibility of acting In public as Mayor of the City of Montgomery. Which record
 then shows more capacity. more ability
 and more fitnes6 to be Mayor of this C,Itv2 MT. Tyson'se or Mir, Gunter's?
 unhesitatingly say that Mir Gunter's