The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-10

oIs- and failing 10 secure them. dared
maintain tleir rights Mr. Morgan then
Judge Thomas N. Norwood selected as
referee lu tre matter ~ pIrEiug % the
registration lists. Re said DC was author
lze4 70 say from Judge NORWOOD tnat
t-- latter had never been approached
uV members or the executive committee
or anyone Win regard 90 acting as referee
uD 10 the time the resolution appointing
him vas Introduced al the meeting OF the
executive committee. He spoke Of Sheriff
SArl AN having hTst gone 10 Judge Nor
Woo Helole tle r--ol +tl1n was passed,
and judge Norwood told him ha could not
serve He said after The passage OF the
resolutions Mr. w. ". Osborne went 10
Judge Norwood. who told him he could not
consistently with his position as judge
aeL in tl4t capacity. that De was not IN
politics and that such would be beneath
tae dignity Of hts office And yet. Nr.
Aurean said this was advanced on the
part OF the Citizens Club as one of their
arguments OF fairness.
Mr.. Morgan said he was not opposed 20
the Georgia cracker hut he did object 10
the Importation OF outsiders VINO We're
OF me county. lie said the other side
would have lost many of Its votes had the
lists been purged- sucn votes he said,
simply operated 20 deprive true and hon
esr democrats of their ballots
The crowd then insisted on hearing from
Maj. II. W. Neldrim, president OF the Lib
eral Club. Maj. Meidrim. in speaking Of
the club, said he was not present as its
president, bat as a citizen OF Savannah,
Georgian and democrat. lie had no
doubt however, he said, that the Liberal
Club would De in thorough accord with
whatever was done by the meeting or the
democratic party, before which he was
Mai Afeldrim referred to the circular
which has been sent our by the Citizens
club 70 the voters Of the county He
cnarac teriZel il as scurrilous, but he said
the resort TO such abuse was not surpris-
ing. He spoke of the composition of the
Liberal club, merchants. business men
OF az classes. property owners, and men
IN an professions, citizens. he said, VINO
contribute with all the powers of their ma
ture 20 the Advancement and welfare of
the city. As an example, he said. take the
car mandatory which certain business
men have recently decided TO erect here.
All but five or ten per cent. OF the cash
subscriptions to the fund necessary to
the success OF that enterprise were paid
by members of the Liberal Club. Those
are the men whom they call chronic dis
organizers.
The statement in the circular that the
Liberal Club had bOlted In accordance
with programme prepared by its lead
ecuuVe committee met, Maj. Meidrim
Characterized as absolutely false. He said
II never had any existence TN truth, and
the man VINO wrote 81 ought to blush with
shame al the falsity OF the statement he
had made In this connection he spoke
OF the composition of the committee of
five who went before the executive com
mittee to ask for fair regulations govern
ing the primary. and called attention 10
the high standing Of all OF them To the
community. A cause which requires
means ike that lac said. is not only not
worthy the support of a democrat, but is
not worthy OF the support of decent
man. Maj. Meldrim said he was satisfied
the circular was the work of some ire
spOnsibie party, for he was sure no fair
minded sane man could question the inten-
tons of the Liberal Club committee
which waited on the executive committee.
With regard 10 the statement that he
Liberal Club had q large corruption funl,
Maj. Meldrim said he did not believe il
had dollar in the world. He had no
doubt, he said, that the treasurer could
make affidavit that the club did not have
a dollar in its treasury for corruption, or
for any other purpose.
With regard 10 the charge that the Lib
eral Club is composed Of eX-Tammany-
ties, Maj. Meldrim said he was certain
that nearly tOur-htths of the members OF
the club had never belonged to any po-
ltical organization at all. The circular
stated the primary was fair one. MAJ.
Meldrim called attention to the fact that
some time before the final rules govern
ing it had been adopted he made the
statement, II the primary was a fair one
the Liberal Club ought to go into It.
Mai Neldrim took up the question of
the fairness of the primary. one of the
referees named under the resolution
adopted by the executive committee. he
said, and named for the Fourth district,
Is reported to be a member OF the Ameri-
can Protective Association.
Yes, he is" shouted some one from
He is also named as a candidate for
one of the places in the lower house of
the general assembly, Mai. Meldrim said.
He spoke of the ticket being headed "Citi-
zens Ticket" and called it the ticket of
a clique, faction and of an oath-bound
organization. He then went through
names of some of the mem-
bers of the American Protective AS
ISOLATION upon 1t. Among those he men
toned as members of the organization
Henry knlGnnrO
Parish, c. f. NJ. Bernhard, John
~ Il; Archer Ig T. u Brewer, J =.
slater and others, He spoke of several
actions of or speeches made by these par
ties I'm meetings of the A. p. A. Questions
of religion, he said, did not concern him.
but he was opposed as an American TO
any organization which seeks to ostra-
else his friends, whether they be Jews
In his right heart, he said, can sustain an
organization which ostracises one class
OF Fellow citizens, and which strikes a
man i'm the dark as this organization pro-
poses to do.
Maj Meldrim said the four councils of
the A. Z. A held a meeting on the night
of May 25, the night before the Citizens
Club held its meeting. The question, he
said, was what shall the A. p A. do? 1t
decided il could not 90 with the Liberal
club, as there We're too many Irishmen
connected with it, The only thing to be
dones therefore, was to go with the Clti-
zens Club, and II demanded sixty mem
bers of the executive committee of 100
The next night. he said, at the meeting
Of the Citizens Club a resolution was pass
ed increasing the committee of twenty
five TO a committee of 100, of which the
A. p. \. was given the representation de-
handed
In the Willnk-Hartridge election, Mai.
Meldrim said, he had heard on good au-
thority that one negro was voted seven
teen times for Wllink as against Hart
ridge: He said the Citizens Club would
day. for 1t would fear that 1t would not
hold up to as large a count in the Octo-
Der election.
At the conclusion Of Mai. Meldrim's
speech Chairman Sullwen Of the COM
mittee of nine made the report as above.
Each delegation was cheered as ii was
read out. on motion of Capt. Cunning
ham 1t was decided TO elect each delega-
ton separately. Each of the delegations
was given a hearty and unanimous vote
Several of the speakers present We're call
ed for by the crowd, among them Col
NJ w. Dixon, but he moved to adjourn,
and the motion was adopted.
CITIZENS BANK DIRECTORS.
The old Board Reelected, Except