The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-25
PUT UP MORNINGS AFFIDAVIT.
MIR. CoBURN's CLAIM OF POLITICAL
INTIMIDATION.

The Charge That Solicitor General
Osborne Threatened to Throw
Down n City EmpIOye for Talking
to n Liberal Club Man the Feature
of Mr.. w. &. Coburn's Speech Be-
fore the southside First District
Liberal Club Mt It's First Meeting
Last Night--Ex-AIderman Smiths
Talk TO the New Club.
The Southside First District Liberal
Club was organized last night at the Duff
fly Street Hall G. w. Sanders
were elected president and I. D. Steward,
vice president.
Mr.. Elliott Floyd made short address,
in which he impressed the necessity Of
registering. He was followed by ex-Al-
derman John w. Smith, who compliment
ed his hearers on the large attendance
and discussed briefly the issues in the
coming campaign for abe solicitor gener-
alship. Referring to Mr.. Osborne's rec
ord he said that it was easier to point
out what had not been done than what
had been done.
At the end of Mr.. Smiths talk the
crowd called for "Coburn'' and Mr.. Coburn
responded He prefaced his speech by
saying that he differed with President
Samuel Reynolds Of one of the Citizens
Clubs, who in a meeting last Thursday
night, at the Harris street Hail, had re-
quested all persons opposed 10 the can
didate Of the club to leave the hall Il,
on the contrary" said Mr. Coburn, TASK
il there are any Osborne men present,
that they remain, as I have no obJec-
ton to any person hearing what have
TO say"
The speaker stated that he was not
candidate for any office, not even that Of
O magistrate in the Fourth district, the
desire which had been imputed to him,
but that in the fight he was simply as
sisting those he knew to be In the right.
He said that his statement at the Harris
Street Hall last Tuesday night that he
had been furnished information that Mr.
Osborne was using political intimidation
and THAI he could produce his author was
well founded, and as evidence of this he
read the following affidavit:
Georgia, Chatham County.-Personslly
appeared before me, a notary in and for
the county of Chatham, came one f. HON
ing of said state and county, who, after
being duly sworn, deposeth and says: That
on April &c. 1900, he was on the s. rect with
one F. p Hartley and that they passed
Mr. w w. Osborne, who was in company
with another man, and that, aft pas sing
the man in company with Mr.. Osborne
called Hartley. Hartley went to them and
talked for a few moments, then returned
and joined him again. After wa king a
short distance Hartley told him that Mr..
Osborne had told him that If he was s. en-
talking with Liberal Club man he would
throw him down. DepOnent further saws
that Hartley not only told him. but told 1t
to others in his presence.
(Signed) e. Horning.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this,
ed day of April, 1900.
William Pease,
n. p. Chatham Co.. Ga.
Mr. Coburn denounced the statement
made recently by Mr. r. L. Davis that
he had been dismissed from a railroad
company for incompetency, as wholly I'M
| true, and defed Mr. Davis 10 prove 1t
or even to prove that he, Davis had ever
had charge of a train on the Central Of
| Georgia Read.
| Mr.. Gordon Saussy, who followed Mr..
| Coburn, said that Mr.. Osborne gave as
| his reason for expecting a reelection, that
! 1t was customary to give each incumbent
| of the office two terms, and a second term
was due him as courtesy. I'VE haven't
! had a chance to get at him yet said
| Mr.. Saussy for his first election was
| fixed up in Atlanta, but when we get at
| him this time well show him how much
| courtesy is due him"