The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-13
npoLlSH THE FEE SYSTEM.
an. KROUsKOFF PUTS A LIVE
1sSTE INTO THE CAMPAIGN.


uis speech at the First District Lib
aI club Meeting Last Night
-,,Jv Received-He Urges That
.he candidates for the Legislature
~. peauired to Pledge Themselves
suDnort a Measure to Abolish
49,, Fee system and Place All the
county officers on Salaries-The
,,o+iur a Largely Attended and
enthusiastic One.
rna First District Liberal Club held
-.,,si7e meeting at Turner Hall last
NIGHT. The meeting was so largely at
.,.5ad that it was decided that the club
.b,,,ld meet hereafter at the Odd Fellows
I5,u ar some other large hail. President
robn ". Smith presided.
Mr. John e. Schwarz was the first
sneaker. He ridiculed the Citizens Clubs
.s.en, torchlight procession, declaring
mat it was composed of "babes and hire
,,gs" and was distinguished more for its
,oise than its members.
Mr.. ". d. Coburn paid his respects to
tho administration in no uncertain terms
and received much applause. Mr.. Cor
5on saussy made red-hot speech. He
-,ferred TO a remark made by Mr.. Cold
ing in his speech Tuesday night, TO the
effect that Mr.. Hartridge was in bad
oompany. and said that in his opinion
NJ osborne was in much worse COM
pany.
The speech of the evening was made by
Mrs Krouskoff, who discussed the features
Of the campaign in a manner which met
approyal. Referring to Col. NJ. w. Dix
on's speech Tuesday night, Mr.. Krous-
kon said that a certain gentleman who
was once one of the Liberal Club lead
ers. in speech the same night, gave as
one of his reasons for being for Mr.. Os-
horne because he was going TO win. Mr..
Krouskoff brought down the house when
he said: Gentlemen, 1 am not with you
because you are going to win; but 1 am
with YOU, win or lose" Mr.. Krouskoff
said he had nothing whatever against
Mr. Osborne, for whom personally he had
q very high regard, but he thought it
great pity that a young man of such
ability and presumably with a brilliant
future should not exert himself more for
the general good of the community, rath-
er than almost entirely to partisan poll
tics
Mr.. Krouskoff discussed the fee system
al some length He said that the time
had come for the abolition of the entire
fee system and urged that the candidates
for senator and representatives. should be
pledged to introduce and support a bill,
if elected, TO provide salaries for all the
county officials, and providing further that
all fees fines and forfeitures from what
ever source, should be turned into the
county treasury. The result of such a
law, Mr. Krouskoff contended, would not
only be to tighten the burden of the tax
payers, but would insure a more honest
and more uniform enforcement of the
Jaws, something of which the community
stands greatly in need. 1t was a strange
state of affairs, Mr.. Krouskoff said when
a judge of one of the higher courts, well
known as one of the most distinguished
jursts of the state, received a salary of
only 5000 a year, while an officer of his
court under his control and direction
should receive an income from his office
variously estimated at from $4,000 to
$1,000 a year. This change from the fee
system TO the salary system was the most
important issue of the campaign, Mr..
Krouskof said, more important even than
the ques, ion of the solicitorship.
Mr. Krouskoff said he had been asked
to say something on the labor question.
He had far too much respect for labor
and considered the labor cues ion too sac
red, he said, to drag it into the arena of
partisan rolltics He would leave this TO
the other side, which was in the habit Of
pattlng he laboring man on the shoulder
and holding out some Elusive hopes to
MIN when a campaign is on, but forgets
Its promises when the battle is won. 1t is
needless TO say that Mr. Krouskoff's re-
marks were received with enthusiastic
applause
Mr. w. c. Hartrdge, who was present,
was called for, but begged TO be excused,
satng that he was feeling ILL He prom
lsea to address the club at length at its
next meeting
A resolution to the effect that the club
use only union stamped paper, offered by
MT. Schwarz, was adopted with enthu-
am TIE club adjourned to meet Thurs
Jay ulsht at hall to be selected later.
-,Ittr the general meeting a meeting of
lNe Executive Committee was held to dis
Vuss details of campaign work