The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-20
HARTWIDGE's RALLY IN THE FIRST


Live issues Discussed by His Sup
porters at Hendy Han.
The supporters Of Mr.. Walter c. Hart
ridge held a rOusing meeting in the First
district lasa night. The meeting was
held IN Hend! han. and was presided
over by Mr.. p. j. McEneneany. There
were from $50 10 200 voters present
The speakers were Messrs. NJ. W.
Dixon. Walter G. Charlton, p. J. O'Con-
nor. Walter c. Hartridge and
Maj. G. NJ. Ryals. All Of them
devoted some time to the action
Of the executive committee in re-
fusing to allow a central primary. and
showed that they had always been. and
still were. demo crats in spite Of the ac-
ton of the ch psen thirteen" as those
members of the executive committee
were called by he speakers.
Mr.. Hartrldge rnade a stirring speech,
showing where ne stood on the various
things, he said THE A. Z. a. issue was
brought into the night by the Citizens
Club, and now they We're trying to force
it on him. He sa9d that he had issued a
challenge to Mr.. VJillink the night before
to meet him on the platform and dis
cuss the issues OF the campaign, or to
do it through The newspapers, and re-
peat that challenge right now the
s SPEAKER and sa show h the pe 6% wSere
Let him either deny his A. p. A. friends
or indorse them. I have been democrat
anybody else but democrats, and
never VIII. Can Mr.. VIII
link say as much? The records
show that while b q made the statement
that he had nOthi pg against Mr. s. b.
Adams individually, or as a lawyer, he
said he could not v Ote for him on politi-
cal grounds. and hei cast his ballot Tor
man who has never denied that he was a
republican in nation al politics.
'Thirteen men do At control this COM
munity A city OF 60 900 people is too large
to be controlled and dominated by thirteen
members of the Cit lzens Club, and / do
nothing whatever against Mr. Willing per-
sonally, but l do think he Is with the
wrong crowd in politics.
Il will state that Il am in favor of an
other kind of a cOrnrnission. ! favor a
commission that will allow the employees
Of the city to buy their supplies from
where they please. / was told tonight
that Mr. Henry Dreeson, the superinten-
dent of the scavengeT department, had is
sued orders to the employees under him
that they were TO buy their goods from his
store and from him ah1ne. We have had
enough Of the spoils system, and it is time
there was a change"
M Hartridge asked his hearers If there
was any question upon which they would
like to hear from him. Two or three ques-
tions were asked and answered before he
concluded his speech. Maj. G.. M. Ryals
responded to loud calls and made a speech
in which he RECALLED the audience with
some interesting political history, with
which he had been prominently connected.
1T seems to be a mighty hard matter
to get these people on the other side to
say anything" he said. mr.. Willink' S
silence on the question at issue reminds
me of a story. An old negro went to a
circus and among the first things he saw
were some cages with animals in them.
One he noticed especially, as 1t seemed to
contain one of his countrymen Just come
over from the other side. So the old fell
low walks up and says to him, Good
mornin, uncle but all he got was a grin
and a scrape. When did you come over?'
| the old darkey asked. But he got the
same reply from the monkey, another grin
and a head shake. This went on until
| four or five questions had been asked.
/ when finally the old darxey got impatient
and said: We'll, you're on the right line.
/ suah, for as soon as you learn a word
/ of English. the white man'll have a hole
! through your hand -
The Hartridge people seem pretty well
satisfied that they have got a good hold
on the First. Mr.. McEneneany SAYS that
! Mr. Hartridge win get "A good majority i'm
! that district, and that most Of those who
do not vote for Hartridge will vote fol-
| Travis.