The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07
LIBERAL CLUB WORKERS TO BE
ON HAND WITH THE SUN.

held periodically, as the speakers or cam
which they continually fired into the
crowd, many Of whom could not get in
side the building and caught what they
could Of the speeches as the sentences
came through the windows.
The Liberal Club had the foresight to
get hold Of about all the brass bands in
the city. There were five of them in all,
including a big one from an itinerant
dog show which came up after the per-
Torrance had been concluded. The bands
were heard at intervals and kept court
house square lively. There was a con-
siderable crowd in the square and around
the corners, which could only wait around
to see what was going to happen, as all
available space in the hall was taken.
The first meeting was called to order
shortly after $50 O'clock by Mr.. NJ. w.
| Dixon, president of the Fourth District
Liberal Club who acted as chairman.
Chairman Dixon opened the meeting with
a few remarks relevant to current political
issues Of which there are several or will
be until to-day's sun has set.
| Chairman Dixon made the charge that
| on Sunday, the leaders of the Citizens
Club held a meeting of negro leaders in
the city exchange, and mentioned Richard
! White as one of the leaders. They ad-
journed to meet again Sunday night, he
| said, in a building that belonged to the
| people of the city.
Mr.. Dixon referred to several Of the acts
of the present administration, notably
! among which was the statement that Mr.
| w. W. Chisholm, a member of the party
which had created the offices of city
sessors, held one of those offices and was
| drawing $1,000 a year for less than one
weeks work. Mr. Dixon said though the
Citizens Club had promised to decrease
taxation, it had actually increased the
amount levied by some $1,000 or more.
They are not able" he said, Ito say
one word in disparagement of our cand:-
dates, and after our platform was unani-
mously adopted, as it was, they did not
dare say one word against it,"
Charley Wakefield stepped forward and
pinned a Liberal Club badge on the speak
er's coat.
1--WE been wearing it in my heart for
nine months" he said, land now I'll wear
| 1t on my coat"
Mr.. Dixon said he understood those
| present had come out with him to work
all night, and there was a hearty aye,
aye" and yes, yes" from every voice
present.
II may have to send 100 or more of you
| out 10 one or our Otner meetings., he
said. I'VE do not intend to let any of the
Osborne-Wilink crowd break up our
meetings, and, as l have said, we are go
ing to prevent it, peaceably if we cam
forcibly if we must. Osborne and Wllink
can't ride over us this time"
About 500 Liberal Club badges were then
brought on and the demand for them was
so great that they were gone in about
five minutes. Anxious Liberalites were
waiting around for badges, but the leaders
did not have them. A fresh supply, how
ever, soon arrived and everybody was
happy.
Mr.. Dixon left the hall for other work
with the announcement that Mr.. Walter
c. Hartridge would entertain the crowd
until his return.
Mr. Hartridge said he did not propose to
carry out, himself, the plan to keep up the
speaking until o'clock in the morning
Mr., Hartridge said that the Citizens
Club had at last shown its weakness by
appealing, at the close of the fight, for
tho Irish vote. They realized their peril
Gus position, he said, and endeavored to
get at the Irish vote through afildavits
1t was presumptous he said, for them
after saying that an Irshman and a Cath
olic should not hold office, to appeal in
such manner for Irish votes.
Mr.. HartTidge said he was speaking to
an audience of Americans, and none but
, Americans.
j, Protestant. and that's why I'm a member
of the Liberal Club. When they get to-
gether and say your children and my
children shall not hold office, and that
you shall not have the rights you are en-
! titled to under the constitution, it's time
for all good Americans to get together
for the good Of their country
Mr.. p. II. Gearon was introduced by Mr..
, Hartridge, and said while no speaker, he
| was ready to fill in a part of the time.
He urged hard and conscientious work NJ
the polls to-day upon every member of
t the club, and said he would be there with
them to help them work for the success
} of the movement.
f Mr. Abe S. Guckenheimer said he had
not come to speak, but to work. He said
= he had come to stay ali night and TO
= do the work with those who were there
for the purpose of working. above all
things" he said, "let there be no dis
order at the polls. Go there quietly and
go there for one purpose-to work"
The first meeting broke up here, the
crowd being left in charge of Vice Chair
man W. +. Reid, 1t was half an hour
, perhaps, before the meeting reassembled
1t was called to order by Chairman Dix
on, who announced that the Citizens
Club had adjourned to meet again at 1
O'Clock in the morning.
That means" he said " that they are
going to deceive us, or they are going to
try and take possession of the court
house. Now we've got to be ready for
them. We want two or three dozen good
volunteers to watch the court house all
night. Mr.. John Power will select them
Those who want to go with him get near
the door We may have to send POO or 300
before morning.
There were plenty OF volunteers to go
, with Mr.. Power TO the court house Some
fifty or seventy-hve arose and quietly fol-
lowed him from the hall They were an
, | instructed to preserve order and to make
no demonstration whatever.
Mr. ALBION ID. Johnston then made the
crowd an enthusiastic talk. He thought
il the duty of every man to notice politics
and to work I'm the interests of the conn
munity in winch he lives. tie was glad to
B. say that he was on The side OF right and
justice. know-nothlngism had been
whipped out years ago, he said, and he did
not know why IL had arisen again. But
1t viii be whipped out again, ne said and
| trust never TO rise any more
I 81 want to see the Liberal Club ticket
elected from top to bottom, but n yyo
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