The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-10
STILL CALL 1T UNFAIR.
THE PRIMARY BUSINESS NOT Salts
FACTORY TO CITIZENS.


Rally 10 the First Arrangement as
aInfamOus" and Arraigned Mr..
Charlton for His Alleged Unfair
nesx-Hot Shot for Colonel Meidrim
From Judge Twiggs and Other
Speakers for His Remarks at the
Hartridge Meeting Col. Dixon
Gave the Results of the Conference
Committees Work-A Committee
of 200 to BE Named to Select the
TIcIxet-J. Ferris Cam VIII Be the
Candidate for the Senate-Other
Candidates Will BE out To-day.
Before deciding 60 go into the primary
Solicitor General Osborue's supporters lis
tened to several speeches last night, in
which the leaders Of the opposition were
severely scored. Mr. Osborne paid his re-
spects particularly to Mr.. Charlton. while
Judge Twiggs devoted himself TO Col.
Meldrim, and both, along with Col. Dixon
and Mr. Wade. devoted themselves to Mr..
Hartridge.
Although at the beginning of the meet
ing there were still number of vacant
seats in the Theater. the crowd filed in
| rapidly, and by o'clock, there was a
large number standing in the rear as well
as a good crowd in the balcony. About
$50 O'Clock. Col. Dixon headed the party
which had been waiting in the wings,
and came upon the stage. and was of
course received with applause.
Among those on the stage were Mayor
Myers, Alderman James NJ. Dixon, Mr..
r. NJ. Hitch, Alderman David Wells,
Mr.. A. B. Moore, Maj. John Schwarz,
Judge H. D. D. Twiggs, Mr.. Warning
Russell. Mr.. ]. S. Collins. Mr.. W. II.
Wade, DR.. L. A. Falligant, Mr.. r, L.
Colding, Mr.. Osborne, and the chairman,
Col. NJ. w. Dixon.
Col. Dixon, in calling the meeting to
order, rendered a report of the action Of
the Committee of Three appointed at the
previous meeting to call upon the chair
man of the Executive Committee TO urge
that that committee be called together
again for the purpose of securing fairer
arrangement for the primary than had
been offered. The chairman had granted
the request of the committee, he stated,
and the hearing had been granted. Col.
Dixon said that all he could say Of the
meeting with the Executive Committee
was that they were granted a fair and
respectful hearing. Otherwise the meet
called upon, he said, TO apologize for
majority of the Democrats of Chatham
county and had declined to do so. An
adjournment was then taken to meet
Tuesday night For the first time in
his life, Col. Dixon said. the representa-
tives of the majority of the Democratic
voters OF the county were notified that
they had just fifteen minutes 20 present.
their case. The members Of the commit
lee had evidently made up their minds
| beforehand, he said, and the best evidence
of this was that the grand jury room
was lighted up at the same time with the
court room.
After allowing them fifteen minutes in
which to state their case, the committee
retired from public view. and after much
| deiiberation, returned with an amended
resolution. This, he said, amounted to
nothing more than the original resolution,
stin leaving the majority the power TO do
as they pleased. He then recoun ted the
! incidents of yesterday which led up 10
| the result announced elsewhere in to-
days paper. With the desire of avoiding
a long summer fight, another appeal to
! the chairman was made. A letter request
| ing an Interpretation OF a portion of the
amended resolutions was addressed to the
! chairman. A prompt reply not being re-
/ ceived, the members of the Conference
| Committee called upon the chairman, and
| were pleasantly received. Mr.. Hart
ridge came in while they were there, and
| joined in the converse ton, evinctng spir-
it of fairness. Mr.. Hartridge was will
! ing that they should have one manager at
| each box. He then read Col. Meldrim's
! reply to the effect that If any of the mem
| bers Of the Executive Committee of the
| Citizens faction should decline 10 serve,
| that faction, would be at liberty 90 name
! the managers to be substituted in their
places, and the boxes at which they
| should be placed.
Col. Dixon made some running COM
ments upon statements by Col. Meldrim
and other speakers at the previous Liber-
/ al meeting He paid a tribute to Mr..
! Cunningham, the referee agreed upon by
! both sides, as a gentleman in whose fair
ness and Integrity all had confidence He
concluded by saying that by fighting they
| had gotten "one to two" at the ballot
boxes. but that they were confident Of
/ their strength.
/ While Col. Dixon was speaking, Dr. Fall
ligant and Mr. Waring Russell came upon
the stage. Each was greeted with APP
plause. In concluding his remarks Col.
| Dixon said ALLOW me to again introduce
] our next solicitor general" Mr.. Osborne
| received his usual welcome.
Fellow citizens" he said, "aliens ana
non aliens, those moral and those immor-
| al l address you ALL When we last met
here things were in about as rotten
shape as could have we'll been devised by
human ingenuity"
Mr.. Osborne then proceeded to pay his
respects to Mr.. Charlton. 1t did not be-
come man of Mr.. Charlton's staining,
| he said. TO. simply stand up and say that
! the charges that had been made were
! false, until he had refuted the facts. Such
a reply was not an answer to the infa-
nous plan which had been set forth in
| set Of resolutions containing everything
| possible that was unfair.
| Abuse does not answer argument"
| Mr.. Osborne declared. "The same man
who stood four years ago where l do now
1 and denounced as unreasonable and UNI
considerable and unfair and unjust the
| resolutions adopted by the then Execu-
| tive Committee, now declares that any
] charge of unfairness on his part in this
recent infamy is false. 1t is this same
man who bolted his party nomination and
\ who plunged you into sea of debaucnery
in which black faces were to be seen on
| every hand, even, 1t is said. in the parlors
Of some well known to you"
Mr.. Osborne briefly referred to the pri-
Il