The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
BOTH MAKE CLAIMS
TYSON AND eUNTER WILL BE
 MAYOR.
Factions in Campstnn fer Mayor of srontEom~ry, Claim That Election
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 Tomorrow is Sure
 Thing.
 With two big and enthusiastic meet ings, one of the ltveliest municipal cam paigns Montgomery has experienced in years was practically chased last night. IL closed amid the booming of drums, the music of comets and the shouts of partisans. And It closed with both sides confident.
 Court Square presepted a strange and unusual scene last night at II o'clock The Montgomery City Band, which had performed at the Gunter meeting was playing Dixie" and other feet-etir- ring airs in front of the Gunter Cam paign Headquarters. while, Gunter par tisans were calling for cheers for their leaders. Down the Avenue there came too. the biz crowd which had attended the Tyson rally at the court house and their enthusiasm in repeated cheers . The Tyson band had boomed forth al the court house and Tyson cheer had answered Gunter cheer.
 Only the final vote is to be regis tered. The work that has gone before has been only preliminary
 The polls will open tomorrow morn ing at 8 o'clock. They will close at o'clock It was announced last night
  going north and south and the Western trains going east and west would be held for thirty minutes for the bene- fit of voters who, expect to leave the city on those trains.
 The returns will be displayed to- morrow night from The Advertiser of- five by a stereopticop. They will be shown the waiting crowd as quickly as each vote is completed at the va sla i'm r,la ho xut probably begin coming in at o'clock and at that time the returns will be shown by The Advertiser stereopticon. This will be the first time that the re- turns in municipal election have been so displayed. although 1t has previously been done in State elections.
 Hon. R. Tyler Goodwin, Chairman oi the Gunter Campaign Committno, said last night:
 "The fight has been made and won The vote Monday will settle only ons questionable size of MT. Guntor's ma jority. Mr. Gunter will go into the Mayors office with the gratifying knowledge that he won the honor in 2 clean, clear-cut and honorable cam paign. The people of Montgomery will have the gratifying knowledge that they have as Mayor a man uncontrolled by any influence except devotion to tlIs best interests of the city.
 "Ry Monday night the people of a live and progressive city will have selected live and progressive Mayor"
 The Tyson Campaign Committee last night issued the following statement:
 we are certainly confident that Mir Tyson will be elected. We have en- deavored to conduct a clean campaign free from personalities, but upon tho issues Most of the politicians and spe' cial interests are against us, yet VI have seen the people and know the, are with us.
 ''Frequently our opponents have eagerly seized upon some statement oi fact and tried to warp 1t into sucf shape as to make 1t appear to be per sonal abuse and thereby excite synpa. thy for their side, but we have re. trained from making personal charges.
 MT. Tyson is not running for Mayor upon the defects of his opponent, but upon his own merits Early in the cam paign Mir. Tyson announced his plat form. stating his position on the ques. tions before the people. and has con. ducted. his campaign along the linei then laid down. He has not conductet his campaign through the newspaper nor through professional politicians but has gone direct to the reople.