The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-11
LIBERALS CHEER PARTRIDGE.
FOURTH DISTRICT STARTED ITS
POLITICAL BALL ROLLING.

Made to the Garfunkel Collar and
Charges MHde That City Employees
Were Ordered to Attend Last
Nights Meeting of the Citizens
Faction-Mr. HartrIdge Announces
That ''Barkis Is WiIIin'."
The Fourth District Liberal Cub held
its opening rally at the Harris Street Hall
last night and perfected organization for
the campaign. The meeting was called to
order by Mr. T. J. Davis, temporary chair
man, who announced that the meeting
was Of those in opposition to affairs as
conducted by the present administration.
Mr.. Davis submitted the report Of the
Committee on Organization appointed at
a previous meeting. The report recon-
mended the following officers for the club:
President-T. II. Mcmillan.
Vice Presdent-James McCosker.
Secretary-John Ennis.
The report also recommended an execu-
tive committee of %, to be appointed
by the president. The report was unani-
mously adopted and each of the officers
recommended was then unanimously elect
ed. In taking the chair Mr.. Mcmillan said
~ 4iSN A4eih ctAAS a SilOit hOtiNc VI Tie
| honor to be conferred upon him, and had
not had time to prepare any speech. He
was prepared, however, to aid in every
manner in his power in carrying out the
object of the club, which he conceived to
be the overthrowing of the present adj
miulstration, now carrying everything
its own way" He was opposed to the
present administration from start to fin
ish, he said, and hopes that the campaign
Will wipe out from the political arena
the people who have been in power for the
last two years"
1t being evident that there was no fur
Their business before the meeting the
crowd began to call for speakers. Mr..
| William Coburn was first called for He
responded, but spoke very briefly. The
standpoint of the Liberal party, he saio,
Is that ii is against the present admins
irdtion from start to finish. His allusion
| 70 Mr.. Hartridge as the prospective candl-
| date of the club for solicitor general was
| greeted with applause
Mr.. John Il. Schwarz was the next
speaker He first spoke of the necessity
| for unity in party matters and paid TIL
butte to the Fourth district as the BIRTH
place of the Liberal Club. Mr. Schwarz
then proceeded to consider few things
we have which We don't want and a few
things We want which we haven't got"
Under the first class he included the pres
| ent head of the city government whom
he declared is governed absolutely in his
political actions by parties whose names
II was unnecessary for him TO mention
The crowd supplied this omission by cry,
ing "Garfunkel" He charged the Mavor
with the responsibility for the invit a1ion
of Gen. Miles to Savannah. and also in
| quired how it was that his repeated orders
had failed to close the policy shops. but
when the health officers demanded ii the
shops were closed in six hours. The
speaker declared that the people did not
want the members of the police and fire
departments locking like Baxter street
mistits," and made assertions about the
city employees wearing somebody's collar.
10 which the crowd again replied Car
funkel"
We don't want detective force whose
oihclal acts are subject to public crit-
cism, said Mr.. Schwarz. Another thing
we don't want is a prosecuting officers who
spends the greater part of his time in At
lanta pulling political wires" Among the
things which the people do want he sair.
are men at the head of public affaf.s
VINO VIII execute the laws honestly ana
uprightly and without favor to any man or
set of men. Mr.. Schwarzs remarks we're
greeted with liberal applause,
MI Hartldge was called for and was
given an enthusiastic reception He first
pald his regards TO the men of the Fourth
blSti NJ VAo, ne Sdlu, nad always been his
friends. The meeting reminded him he
said, of the old days of 1896 when the
Liberal Club was born in the Fourth dis
trict and grew to be a powerful organi-
cation which swept the community and
put men in office who beived that public
once Is a public trust. Mr.. Hartridge
said that he might say that this is rot
true now. 1t might very well be said
that the city government had been turned
over TO an office holding trust consisting
of a lawyers office, street railway com
pany and a Broughton street house He
remarked that he saw no signs of the
'Garfunkel collar upon those present h,t
that this doubtless might be seen al the
other meeting. He had been crediblv in
formed, he said. that the city employees
had been notified to turn out at the opposi
tlon meeting on penalty of dismissal and
ne knew 1t to be fact that city en-
| ployeS had been busy fixing I'd tranSpar-
encies for the Osborne parade. Mr.. Hart
| rdSe had been Informed as to the wording
or some of these trans parencjes One Of
them was inscribed NO Mud Pavement
ne said. That's true. he said, There Is
no mud pavement IN this admlnisir .'on.
This is vitrifed brick administration. No
other need apply"
MI Hartridge said that the present adj
mlnlstration is credited with having two
or three heads One is said to be al the
city Exchange and another a a Brough-
| Nui street mouse. AS n matter of
he said, the city affairs are now admins
tered between the Court House and the
| Provident building"
Referring 20 another of the opposition's
| transparencies, Mr.. Hartridge said that
It bore an inscription purporting 60 have
been taken from speech by ex-Mayor
| Meldrim in former campaign to the
! effect that THE men who do their dutv
other things being equal should reap the
| rewards of party victory" Mr.. Hart
ridge ndorsed th.s sentiment He be
| lieved in standing by those who stand
| by him. he sad. Those who uphold the
flag should receive the fruits OF victory.
Referring 10 the primary, Mr.. Hart
ridge said that It is very important
| event He wanted fair primary. he de-
clared one that every one could 20 into
and the result Of which all would abide
| by. The County Executive COMMITTEES
will see 10 it thar such a primary Is pro
vided for, he said, and both sides win be
compelled 90 20 into It. Mr.. Hartrldge
declared that he had never lodged a
| light In his life. Something had beon
] a al L..