The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-05

for, but Mr.. Hitch introduced Mr.. A. l..
Alexander, as one of the organizers of
the club. Mr.. Alexander said he was
present when the citizens Club was form
ed, and Col. Russell was not the father
of it. 1t was not organized in the inter-
est Of any one man, he said II was or
ganized because it was believed that the
city was controlled by a ring, which ex-
listed for the control of the city patronage.
II was to destroy the control of this ring
that the club was organized. Col Rus
sell might have been able to commit IN
fantcde when the club was young, ne
salG, but II is too strong for him to kill
it now There Is a vitality, he said,
which has carried the club to victory IN
the past, and will continue to do so in the
future A careful examination of the
vote at the last election, he said, would
show that the Citizens club
received the majority of the white vote.
Consequently there is no reason 70 Ieei
discoura ged at the defeat in OCTOBER. Inc
city election will be conducted under ball
lot law, he said, which guarantees abso-
| lutte secrecy and an accurate ana lalf
count, and be confidently predicted the
success of the club.
Mr.. JOS Dreyer was called upon. Among
other things, he alluded to Mr.. t. s. Nor
gans criticism Of the grammar OF
speaker of the Citizens Club. The Citizelis
| Club. he said, is not an organization or
aristocrats or plutocrats II any or It's
members have anything which they WISH
ed to say il is glad to have him say IN
their own way and In their own language
Mr. Dreyer defended the commissions
| and said that il could be said of every
member of these bodies that their duty
has been we'll and faithfully done. He ad-
ded that under the present city election
| law ii is not possible to control the pur-
chasable vote, and no one can compel
man to vote the way he does not wish.
Mr.. Dreyer predicted that the Citizens
| Club will carry the next election by large
/ majority with the aid of the negro and
that without purchasing them.
The crowd insisted on hearing from Mr..
Manucy. He discussed the recent
| campaign. Errors had been made,
| he said, but there are brains
/ enough in the club to correct them.
| One Of these errors was the failure Of the
club to call to It's assistance the colored
workers and voters. This, he said, was a
mistake, but 1t will not be repeated. The
present administration, he said is the best
| friend the colored people Of the city has
| ever had and they know Il. He rehearsed
some political history and the reforms en-
| acted by the Citizens Club. The club was
organized to destroy ring, known az ram
many, he said, which sought TO
| control the city patronage and even
/
| mittees to the aldermen 10
dictate to them for whom they should vote.
referring to Mr. Dreyers remarks. he
| said: "A college education does not In
sure success In life, but honesty, integ-
rity and sobrlety are worth more to man
| than all the education, all the colleges or
the world can confer upon him"
Mr.. Manucy said he would tell the inner
! history Of the trip TO Atlanta of several
of the city officials. They were very much
interested in the candidacy Of Mr.. Os-
borne, he said. I'VE wanted to convince
the representatives, to show them that
they we're not In it, and we did; and Mr..
Osborne is solicitor general for -four
years"
The commission bills, he said, have not
been introduced because the representa-
tives are afraid to introduce them.
A motion by Mr.. Hitch that the pres-
dent be authorized 10 appoint campaign
committee, Of such size as he might deem
best, of which he should be chairman, TO
look after the interests OF the club dur
ing the campaign. was adopted.
There were calls for Or. Falllgant, but
the crowd had begun to leave the nall,
which was not any too comfortable, and
q motion to adjourn was put and carried
The club will meet again next Friday
night