The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07
SLEEPLESS CITIZEN CLUBITEs
THEY HELD THE FORT AT ODD
FELLOWS HALL.

Messrs. duBignOn and Barrow Ap-
peal for SuppOrt-Sharp Replies
Made to Recent Remarks of Speak
ers on the Opposition Side-An
Overflow Meeting in the Square.
The Citizens Club rally at Odd Fellows
hall was unquestionably a success. The
crowd was not limited to the capacity of
the hall and large number were compell-
ed to remain on the outside. In the hall,
supper room, gallery and corridors men
were packed like sardines.
The band was left on the outside and a
crowd of several hundred people who
could not get into the hall was addressed
by Mr.. A. N Manucy, DR.. Falligant and
other speakers. The crowd in the hall was
entertained for nearly two hours and a
half by spirited speeches.
Mr.. duBignon called the meeting to Or
der at 8:15 o'clock. He was severely sar-
castle from the start, ridiculing the Lib
eral Club and it's meeting at the theater,
composed of three brass bands, lot of
disgruntled people, some good, but mis-
guided men, and a part of f. X Loves
congregation" He denounced unsparing-
ly its alleged democracy" Not a word
of praise, or Endorsement or of approval
had been given to a single member of the
state democratic ticket.
Mr.. duBignon took up Messrs. Way and
Morgan, and ridlculed them to the delight
of the crowd. He discussed the Georgia
Cracker as conservative, knowing his own
rights and respecting the rights of others.
He had naught to say, he said, against
any nationality. He had the greatest re-
spect for them all. All had great viz
tues. Each has furnished high stand
ards of citizenship. But the men," said
he, who will claim to be a German with
the Germans, an Irishman with the irish,
and a Cracker with the Crackers will
sell his party or race for office"
Mr.. duBignon presented Hon. Pope Bar
row as Cracker by birth and Savannah
ian by adoption, who would bring them
message from the unterriied democracy
of the interior.
Mr.. Barrow has been but little heard
from during this campaign and he was
warmly greeted. Mr.. Barrow said he was
truly Georgia Cracker. His father and
his mother and his grandfather and grand
mother were born in Georgia and their
bones, those of them that are dead, now
rest in Georgia soil. Mr.. Barrow said he
had seen the Cracker fight around Rich
mond, Atlanta and in Florida, and he had
never yet seen him turn his back on an
enemy. When he dies, the proudest cpl
taph he could desire upon his tomb, was
Here lies genuine Georgia Cracker"
Mr.. Barrow made a personal statement
He was not a candidate for Judge of the
supreme court, as had been stated in a
telegram from Atlanta. This was an err
l.. III, :
consequently his remarks could have no
such bearing.
Mr.. Barrow proceeded to give his
views on the local situation. He had
no personal feeling against the candidates
on the other side, he said. Messrs. Mel
drim, McDOnough and Duncan are his
personal friends, and are gentlemen for
whom he would vote with pleasure if
he considered them legitimately born
candidates.
Many measures, he said, were
before the legislature which would be set
tied IN the democratic caucus, to which
he claimed the opposing delegation would
not be admitted, among them the anti
barroom bill
A letter was read from Mayor Myers,
regretting that an important engagement
prevented his attendance and expressing
his hearty Endorsement Of the ticket.
The following paragraph is from the let
ter:
II more particularly desire to urge upon
my fellow citizens the Importance of sup
porting and electing the regular demo-
cratic legislative ticket Messrs. Tiedeman
Kolshorn and Gordon. These gentlemen
are earnest and sincere advocates of the
commissions recently established in this
city. They regard them as for the besr
interests of Savannah. | would consider
the adjustment Of these commissions as
a decided injury to our city. The need
of such executive bodies had long been
felt. Under their administration the eff
cheney and economical management or
the several departments of the city gov
eminent has already demonstrated their
value. Great good l believe, must result
from their retention"
Maj. Ryals was introduced as the great
man. alluded to at the recent theater
meeting of the opposition.
Maj. Ryals, in his remarks, returned all
the hings made at him by the opposition
speakers. He told several Jokes. which
were richly enjoyed by the crowd. Mr..
L. 5. Morgan was handled without mercy.
Maj. Ryals defended himself against
the charges that he had attacked a gallant
confederate soldier. He might have said
a good deal about Gen. Buckner at Fort
Donelson and Missionary Ridge, he said,
put he had merely told a harmless joke
because Gen. Buckner had attacked some
thing that was much dearer to him than
the interests of a single individual
DR.. Falligant entertained the crowd for
ten minutes with a sketch of the local
situation, descriptive of the political
union of John and Warning" and its re-
suits.
The crowd called for "hot stuff" and
Mr.. Manucy was put up. He said he had
just finished addressing a crowd of 500
on the outside. He devoted himself chief
ly to the commissions, and the beneficial
results to the city by them. lie closed
with an anecdote illustrative of the man
ner in which the Liberal Club would take
its soup" to-day.
Mr.. W. T. Slater attacked the Liberal
clubs for its failure to endorse the dem
ocratic nominees.
The legislative candidates were called
Ter aud Mr.. Gordon was introduced. He
contrasted the action of the two clubs as
to platforms, the Citizens Club having an
nounced its platform and the Liberal Club
having failed to announce any platform.
The failure OF the Liberal Club to endorse
the democratic candida ties was commented
on and the speaker predicted that the Lib
erals would trade the democratic candi-
dates for republicans and nOnft1fste IL