The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-27
Mr.. HARTRIDGE'S PLATFORM,
CONTINUED from Eighth Page3

spy system. do not believe In sandtno
secret agents to spy upon private citizens
M tnelr own rooms. l am talking about
pubic gaming and of this l will do what 7
say l say will do so and 1 will not call
upon the Mayor nor the chief of police to
help me do it, either. I will accomplis5
this end with the assistance which the law
places at the disposal of the solicitor sf n
eral. mean the county detective ana
the one whom 1 will select for this Office
will be one who has the respect ana CONF
dence of his fellow citizens, nor will any
suspicion attach TO him of connection with
any form of gambling"
AliudnS TO Mr.. Krouskoff's plan for
placing, the solicitor general On salary.
Mr. Hartridge said he had explained at a
previous meeting that this was impracti-
cable for constitutional reasons. He had
stated, however, his belief that a limita-
ton should be placed upon the amount OF
fees 70 be received by the solicitor general
from his office, This amount should rot
exceed 5000 and all receipts Of the Off
ABOVE that amount should go iuto the pub
nc treasury for the education of the chill
dren of the county. He pledged himself
to endeavor to bring about such a change
in the law and called upon Mr.. Osborne 10
state if he would use his influence TO the
same end should the ticket upon which he
runs be successful
Someone in the crowd made an in
quiry about the grand jury of the City
Court Mr.. Hartridge replied that he I'M
derstood there were a number of bond
cases pending before that court and that
the grand jury had not been called to-
gether in several months. He pledged
himself that if elected. the grand jury
OF the City Court would meet oftener
than once in twelve months and that
the cases pending before it would be dis
POSED of.
The statements made by the Citizens
speakers to the effect that he was lack
ing in the energy and ability requisite to
discharge the duties of the So
licitor generals office seems to
stick in Mr.. Hartridge's craw and
he frequently alluded to them sar-
casically He pledged himself that if
elected he would conduct the office with
such energy and ability as he posses ID
and in such manner that no man who
voted for him would have cause to be
ashamed of his act.
| He alluded to the Liberals Clubs line
/ of battle Nas outlined by Mr.. Osborne as
extending from Corbett's saloon past
/ Sullivan's kopje 10 Cars saloon. 1t
might be said of the other side he said
/ that its right flank was in the City Elk
| change with its left flank at the city lots
! with an outpost or two in Laurel Grove
! Cemetery, where the entire Citizsns club
was likely to find a resting place after
/ the next eleCllOil Luckily LOT them, ne
said. they had a friend there who would
pick out nice lots for them.
Abiding to statements of the opposition
| speakers as to his ability Mr.. Hartrdge
| said that he would be willing TO leave
! this to the members of the bar. "If the
majority of the leading members of the
bar are not supporting me then l will
withdraw" he said. IF 1 have not the
! support of the men who do not have to
! travel I'm n obtain nrqntipa
who are known to all who serve on juries
and who stand for something in the COM
munity then l do not want your votes"
In conclusion, Mr. Harrridge said that
if elected he would not attempt to set
himself up as a political car and auto
crat of the county. He would simply dis
charge his duty faithfully and would
make no effort 10 establish an officehold-
ing trust, nor would he seek to control
| other Offices nor to dictate how officials
should discharge their duties. He hoped,
however, that personalities would cease,
| he said and that the other side would
| devote themselves to his platform This
would give them enough to do until May
Is. eff the people of this county are in
earnest when they say they want these
| laws enforced, then l will be elected he
said.
The opposition has been doing a good
deal of talking about 5000 bet, Mr..
| Hartridge said, but betting indicated
| nothing. When sounded on the subject
of this bet, it was found that they were
not willing to make their bet on the re-
suit of the primary. indicating that they
had some intention of taking their fight
| to the State Convention You can rely
| upon 1t that If l am elected May 10 I will
be your next solicitor general" he said.
As final shot at his opponent, Mr..
Hartridge said that he had utterly failed
TO suppress public gambling. HE has
| not stopped a keno wheel from running
| or the policy wheels from turning twice
a day The system in force is one of
| permission. and not of prevention" 1t
! was true that these people had been fined,
! he said but they did not seem to mind
that. His policy would be not TO fine them
| occasionally, but to find them to-day, to-
morrow and the next day until they were
driven out of existence.
Mr.. John Power moved that the club in
dorse Mr.. Hartridge's candidacy There
were numerous seconds, and the motion
was carried with q thunderous aye.
There were calls for Mr.. Willink to Is
cuss the subject of vitrified brick. but Mr.
Willink discretely remained in the back
ground. 1t is intimated that Mr.. Wiilink
win be heard from en- this subject at an
early date and that his remarks will be to
the point.
Mr. Gordon Saussy made brief speech
in which he indorsed Mr.. Hartridge and his
platform With Hatridge as solicitor he
said there would be no more annual or
biennial or triennial payment of fines ana
no more notes. The present state OF az
| fairs amounted simply to a hcensirg sys-
tom. Mr.. Saussy said that he was FOR
| Mr. Hartridge not because he admired
| osborne less, but because he despise
what he represented.
Mr.. John Z. Schwarz made lively ad-
dress in which he replied to the critlci SIN
OF. the opposition upon him in good style
and gave them hot shot in manner which
pleased the crowd greatly Capt. w. n.
! Clarke spoke briefly. indorsing Mr.. mart
,i7ra ana his platform. The meeting then
adjourned and the crowd dispersed 10 he
various ''kopjes" in the vicinity. The
leaders were greatly pleased. with the dem
onstration and especially with the plat
| forrn announced by Mr.. Hartridge.