The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-02


/ the organized democracy and on this
/ stage, which you honor that committee
/ sat. When Mr.. Manucy moved that COM
| mittee of ten be appointed, three, at least
/ OF the committee TO wait on Mr.. osborne
! formed a part of that committee They
were in the minority because the whole
tactics of the Citizens Club has been to
| carry a sufficient number Of the A. 2. KS.
1 to weld the two bodies together, and yet
/ TO enable the Citizens Club to control
| them"
This information was listened to with
| intense interest, and Maj. Meldrim con-
Guiding statement was greeted with APP
| plause.
A large percentage of the men setting
| on the stage last night, at least twelve,
were members of the A. p. AS, he said.
| He would not give the names. There were
| just as good men as any there last night
/ who had Joined that association, he said.
| They went with that organization, be-
| cause of promises held out to them, men
! who were out of work, who were induced
| by promises of work. The association
| was organized here by tWenty-nine men,
| whose purpose no doubt were pure bat
who had seen the organization fall into
the hands of the professional politicians
and were Disguised with it,
The A. p. A. organization in Savan-
nan to-day has but two purposes" Maj.
| Meldrim said: lone is to elect' young MIR.
| TO elect a coroner" He ASKED how this
| conceded with the denlais made by the
! Cltlzens' Club Leaders at the
Macon convention that they had
no afiiiiation with the A. p. a.
! Notwithstanding one of the principles
OF the A. 2. A. is to support no Roman
catholic for office, this committee name
two Irish Roman Catholics, whose nom
| nation has been endorsed.
MAJ. Meldrim took up Mr.. Osborne's
| statement that he was hard worked as
| campaign leader and said that it was a
! bad state of affairs when candidates for
| the legisiture should be elected by the
work of a candidate for solicitor general,
who might be called upon to return the
! favors shown him after being elected to
! office. The solicitor general has the right
! to say whether a case should be tried or
continued. No class is more interested in
| this than the negroes, he said.
Mr.. Osborne's expression, he said,
stamps him as an improper man to be Sc
lected for the Office of solicitor general.
! He alluded to Col. Waring Russell and
| Capt Dillon, the untarnished record of
the former in Office the honorable record
| OF the last in war. Their names were
| greeted with applause. Mr.. Osborne's as
| sertion that these men should be driven
| not from office, but from the COM
| munity, was taken up and
| this descanted on. Some one in that au-
| dience, he said, should have been found
manful enough TO hiss the sentiment
| Was that the spirit he asked. which
| should characterize the representative of
! the state on the criminal side of the
| court. He declared he said, that two
| good citizens should be driven from the
! community. 1t would be a stain upon
! the community If such sentiments should
| not receive the condemnation of every
! honest man and every virtuous woman.
| Of
| party regularity, and mentioned several
| instances in the history of the democratic
| party where good men and unquestioned
| democrats had headed splits from the
| party. Among the number he mentioned
! the Norwood-Colquitt campaign. The re-
| fusal of the gold standard democrats TO
! abide by the action of the national demo-
] cratic convention was instanced, and the
names of a number of prominent demo-
| Gratis, at home and abroad, who refused
to be bound by 1t. were mentioned The
action of Mr.. Teideman, the head of the
Citizens legislative ticket was nstanced
as of this number Men are refusing to
| yield to the party lash when a question
of right is at stake he said.
Maj. Meldrim criticised the utterance of
| Maj Ryals at the previous nights meet
ing, ridiculing Gen. Buckner, the vice pres
idential candidate on the national demo
| cratic ticket. He was a gallant confederate
| soldier, and it came with a bad grace he
said from the president of the Confederate
| Veterans Association to make remark OF
| this character in the effort to support par
| ty regularity.
Mai Meldrim took up the statement that
| the Liberal Club expected to secure the ne
gro vote. He said it is true that the club
| expected it, and it deserves to receive it.
Not that it intends to buy it. The philan-
| thropy of DR.. Duncan, the generosity of
| Mr.. McDonough and his own efforts in its
| behalf were instanced as reasons why the
club should receive the support of the ne
gro voters.
That the Liberal Club had attacked the
Georgia Cracker was also taken up and
answered by Maj. Meldrim. His own long
experience among these people was men,
| toned. The Citizens Club talk was mere
ly an effort to array prejudice against
Them he said. Even the press has been
| denounced and it was not reverence that
had restrained the Citizens speakers from
| denouncing the ministers who are known
to be opposed TO them. The mention of
Rev Mr. Williams name was received
with applause.
The charge that the Liberal Club was
| opposed to the Hebrews was mentioned
and the fact that Messrs. Waring Russell
and Simon Guckenheimer were on the tick
ct was dwelt upon Maj. Meldrim paid a
high tribute to Mr. Guckenheimer's record
that when he next had the pleasure OF
addressing them he hoped it would be
on the night after the election when the
clarion voice of victory would pronounce
their rejoiclngs.
Maj Meldrim was frequently applauded
throughout and there was lengthy APP
plause at the close of his speech.
The crowd demanded Mr.. Morgan and
as he came forward he was greeted with
requests to "eat 'em up whole" Mr..
Morgan poked fun at Maj. Ryals awhile
Maj. Ryals initials, he said, he supposed
stood for Great Man" Mr.. w. w. Cor
don. Jr., was alluded to as witty Will
lie" The various meanderings of unon-
comprised magination, which had been
INDUCED in the previous night, were too
many to be considered, Mr.. Morgan said.
President Osborne OF the Citizens Club
came in for his share. His statement that
all young men should be put in office was
taken UP and differed with. If the can
didates of the Liberal Club had not been
men Of brains and honesty, he said, they
would not have had so much business 10
attend to, though Mr.. Osborne said they
were too busy to be sent to the leglsla-
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