The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-20


and to the front door Of Maj. Meldrim s
residence, on Macon street. So, when
the meeting in the hall adjourned, shout
ing and cheering for the Liberal Club
ticket, and especially for its leader, they
found some 500 citizens already gathered
where the speaking was to take place.
They crowded around as hest they could,
however, and listened with eager inter-
est 10 all that was said.
The crowd around Maj. Meldrim's house
stretched across the street. ran down TO
Whitaker street and across into Pulaski
square. The speaking was from the Ma
con street entrance and the porch and We
randa were crowded and men were hang
ing on to the fences. Torches and colored
fusee were burned, and the scene was
enough to enthuse even one used to he
enthusiastic demons STATIONS for which Sa-
vannah politics is noted.
Maj. Meldrim and the board of aldermen
which had been nominated, together with
several prominent members Of the Liberal
Club, after short wait, made their APP
pearance.
Col Dixon. after eulogizing the ticket
nominated by the club presented Maj.
Meldrim. A storm of applause greeted
the nominee as he took the stand, and it
was some time before he could speak.
Fellow Citizens, " said Maj. Meldrim,
Il know not how to thank you for this
old town where | was born, that beneath
whose sod three generations of my peo-
pie lie sleeping their last sleep, where
spent all the years of my life, and / hope
that when Gods last call TO me shall
come that I VIII lie down and rest in the
sod of the city l love so we'll"
Il see around me tonight" said Maj.
Meldrlm, "a large number of my colored
friends. l believe that the better class
of the negroes, like the better class Of the
white people, are in sympathy with this
organization / wish you to understand
that speaking for the Liberal Club ! do
not believe that the greater part Of your
people can be bought and sold like dumb
driven cattle. In season and out of sea-
son / have spoken, not only at home, but
on the floors of our Georgia legislature,
in your behalf. j is easy TO make false
promises, but / would tell you tonight,
be not debauched by vile liquors and be
not bought by gold"
Mai Meldrim said that If the negroes
do not vote to uphold those VINO have
helped them, and those who have worked
for them in different causes, they need not
come TO him when they want help in their
cause of education.
LAS to the result" he said, I'VE have no
fear. This splendid demonstration is like
the one of last fall, when we achieved such
a grand victory. We will win because we
deserve to win"
In closing Maj. Meidrim said: II thank
you, Mr.. Chairman, l thank you fellow
citizens, for this manifestation of your
esteem. / accept with profound gratitude
and sincerest thanks the nomination al
your hands, and with your help, with the
help of my colleagues, and with the bless
ings of God Almighty, we will redeem our
city"
Maj. Meldrlm was followed by Waiter
G. Charlton, Esq, who as the head of the
aldermanic ticket. accepted, in its behalf
the nomination of the club. Mr.. Charlton
paid glowing tribute to Mai. Meldrim. ant
thanked the club for himself and the
other members of the board for the com
pliment in placing them upon its ticket
Mr. u. j. O'Connor made a rafting
speech and ararigned the Citizens Clul
severely for it's coalition with the A. p
A. His denunciation of the latter organi
cation was scathing. He ridiculed thu
administration for laying vitrhed bricl
on Abercorn street. He said he noticed
the grass sprouting out between the bricks
and expected to soon see a sign keep of
the grass
Mr.. A. S Way was presented as a typi
cal Georgia cracker boy" and made som,
! amusing remarks at the expense of tn,
opposition and its followers. He was par
ticular.y severe on Hot Stuff" Manuc!
and 'Brickbat' Rogers.
There were loud cries for Hartridge, a!
there had been all during the meeting anC
Mr.. Hartridge was introduced. He mad,
ringing speech, in which he arraignet
the administration and Mayor Myers Sc
verely His remarks were caustic an(
poignant and were given with force. HI
attacked the commissions in no uncertain
terms, and said 1t was obvious that they
were not a good thing when the Citizen,
Club orators spend two hours trying t
tell their own people that they are not
bad thing.
Mr. OByrne sRG he desired to make
statement In re gard to reports which haC
been circulated through the medium of th'
press and he hoped the newspapers would
take notice of what he said. A circular
had been sent out signed by w. f. Leo
pold, he said. calling a meeting of th'
captains of certain precincts at the clerl
of councils office on a certain night Mr.
Leopold had denied that he had signed
the circulars, and it was charged at
meeting of the Citizens Club that the cir
culars were put out by the Liberal Clul
as a campaign document, and that the!
emanated from that source. Mr. OByrn
charged that the circulars We're written
ar caused to be written, by Mr.. r. ]. WI de
and he challenged any one in the city t.
contradict that statement. He said MI
Wade had entered the office of the Har
deeNllle Brlck Company ana requested IN
clerk to write him several circulars. TIL
clerk agreed to do so. and Mr.. Wade sal
he had been authorized to sign Mr.. Leo
pold's name. The clerk asked Mr. Wad
what the initials of Mr.. Leopold were, an
being told by MIR. Wade that they wer
w. r., the circulars were sent out in tina
way. Mr.. O'Byrne also charge
that the office of tn
superintendent of water works was bein
used continually and daily for politica
| gatherings. He said the opposition ha
/ claimed to take the city departments GU
/ OF politics. but the fire chief had, on III
/ Sabbath day. sent out circulars for
meeting, at which the chief presided.
| At the conclusion of the speaking tn
| clubs dispersed.
/ The aldermanic tieket nominated has o
/ il two members of the McDonough admin
| istration Messrs Charlton and Reid, an
one member of Col Testers administra
/ s,l,a Of ha ~