The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-17
WE ARE IN AND THEY ARE OUT.
THE TEXT OF THE CITIZENS CLUB
AT ITS RALLY.

l stIhats W hats the Matter with Han
NAH said DIR. FaIIigant-The Ac-
ton OF the Executive Committee
ROundIy IndOrsed-There's Only
One Democratic Party, Mr. Chis-
/ holm said, and That Is Represent
ed by the Executive Committee.
Hon. Pope BARROW says the SPY
Question Is Decidedly n Live Issue.
He Urged the Preservation of the
Party Organization and n Good
Vote at To-day's Primary.
I'VE are in. they are outr was the cry
| at the Citizens Club meeting last night
/ a; Odd Fellows hall. and the motto in
/ scribed on the banner which stood in front
/ of the presidents table was followed up
I with the injunction Vote for Harry VIII
\ link democratic nominee for the legisla-
I ture."
President Osborne made a short speech
in opening the meeting, in which he took
/ occasion to commend the action of the
county eecutive committee at Saturdays
meeting. and to urge every member Of
the club to turn out and vote at the pri-
mary to-day.
I DR.. L. A Falligant was first called to
pour oil on the troubled waters" as the
president put it. After speaking Of what
he called ''the patriotic crowd at the Ma
sonic Temple that expected to expound the
truth by divine authority" he gave some
attention to the action of the executive
committee at Saturdays meeting, which
was, of course, warmly indorsed. DR.. Fal-
ligant then read some verses, entitled.
We are the ms and they are the outs"
or That's what's the matter with Han
nah, which brought down the house, and
the band played Dixie.
The next speaker was Mr.. d. b. Lester.
/ He said he would talk about the campaign
from a business standpoint. He did not
understand. he said, how eighteen or
twenty men could get together and nomI-
nate a candidate, calling themselves dem
ocrats, and then refuse to go into prim-
airy with a candidate who was nominat-
ed by 400 or 500 citizens. There are some
men in Savannah. he said, who think that
everything good originates with them,
and Savannah has suffered by being con-
trolled by men with such ideas. The Cit
lzens club, he said, has put up a working
man ana progressive man, and they did
not want anything better.
The other side" he said, "say they've
/ got brilliant man. Brilliant men can be
/ very quiet but as a rule they don't love
| to work. Chatham county needs indus
/ tries. 1t want work for the idle To do
| other cities secure these bene-
hts and SO must we. We need these re-
/ suits, and we can secure them only BY
placing such men as Mr.. Willink in office"
Mr., Lester concluded by urging the
members to vote their full strength at
/ the primary to-day, which lie said would
add 400 500 votes 70 Mr. Willink's
/ strength on the day of the election He
said the effort on the part of the other
| people TO make religion an issue in the
/ hght would not amount to anything
Mr.. w W. Chisholm was introduced as
a member of the club, who has worked
IN us interests and those of the city
| without the hope of or desire for political
/ reward Mr.. Chisholm stated that both
me me 9ther candidates We're his personal
either Of them. He heartily Endorsed the
acton OF the executive committee, and
SAID that If the committee told him to
| 20 70 New YORK 70 vote for Willink as a
democrat he would go there. He expect
| ed TO vote for the democratic nominee,
/ ne SAID, and he did not recognize the other
! candidates as being in the race at all
! JUST then the electric lights went out
ana the hail was in darkness for the
/ space OF about minute Go ahead, go
| ahead, was the shout, as some one be-
/ gan TO light the gas but the current
soon came back, and the speaking was
Mr.. Chisholm denounced the buying Of
! votes with some vigor. If he had to lie
/ elected to any office through the pur-
/ chase OF votes, he said, he would feel
| that he was representing dishonest
/ constituency. lie did not see how a Leg
] IL
hated by the democrats at the regular
| primary.
Maj. John Juchter made an excuse for
! not being silver tongued orator. as he
! put 1t, but said he felt it his duty as a
/ member of the executive committee to
! respond. Maj. Juchter said he was a la
boring man. 1t is not necessary, he said,
to send to the legislature man with
! great fine, fiowery tongue, but rather
man with a good head on him
said
who's the mann" came from the au-
dience
IF you'u have some patience I'll tell
| you,' said the speaker. Hes a man
! who's not afraid to go before the dis
| trict primaries to become the democratic
nominee for the legislature"
This sentiment was greeted with loud
and prolonged cheers. and the brass band
again struck up Dixie.
Maj Juchter said the Morning News
made the statement after the executive
committee meeting to the effect that he
Lord had gifted him with such
bowling voice As member of the
! executive committee he said he appealed
| to those present to indorse the candidate
| of the Democratic party, because the ex-
ecutive committee represents the Demo-
cratic party and nothing else.
DR. r. G. Norton came in with a whack
at the Bay street crowd, the "bontons,
as he called them. The members of the
Citizens Club. he said. might not be
identified with them, but they represent
the bone and Sinew of Savannah.
We've got the masses, and we've got
the votes" he said. land whenever the
Citizens Club is broken up or rent
asunder, you'n play the devil with the
city of Savannah, and every man in
business in it. I'll be at the polls to-
morrow bright and early, with my sleeves
rolled up and ready-to cut a leg off -
A letter from Mr.. w. W. Gordon, Jr.
written from Catawba Springs, n. c.
was read by the secretary, Mr.. A. L. Al
eXander. The letter announced the wri-
ter in favor of Mr.. Willnk for the leg
islature, and stated that Mr.. Hartridge
had failed to state the issue of the cam
paign, and that he had lodged the pri-
mary. He favored the government of the
fire and police departments by commits
sioners, a law regulating the books to
be used in the public schools, and an
amendment to the city charter so that
the streets can be opened up across the
Savannah, Florida and Western railroad
tracks. He said that as a member Of
the board of aldermen Mr.. Willink was
foremost in the reform movement, and
he trusted he would meet with success
in the election
AT previous meeting of the
club about week ago. said
] Hon. Pope Barrow, the next speaker,
Il made some remarks about a breed of
animals called spies. A few days later