The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-05

reelected. as was right and as should have
been done.
Take drink on me, old socks" said
man in one of the boxes as the Colonel
stopped TO take a drink of water.
Col Meldrim said that the salary of the
solicitor general of the Eastern circuit was
reported to be $4,000 a year. This was
doubtless an excessive estimate. AT SIS 600
a year the incumbent would receive $4,000
in four years; at $4,000 a year, 000 i'm
four years. rs there any good reason
why any one young man in this commun-
ity should hold this Office over
four years?' he inquired. ANY
one would agree that such
an income from the Office is excessive.
Mr.. Harr3dge proposes that he Will re-
tain 5000 of the receipts and that the re-
mainder shall be paid into the public
treasury to provide more schools and bet
ter schools for the poor children of this
community"
Col Meldrim said that he was speaking
not only for the election of an individual,
but for the cause of education, for the
preservation of law and order and for the
good OF the county. Not only did Mr..
Hartridge propose nof to make the Office
mere fundamentally for gain, but to
suppress vice. Policy lottery was con-
demned by Col Meldrim as an evil which
should be suppressed. IF it be true that
the entire following of the Citizens Club
is in touch with that class of people do
You suppose the special officer Of the So
licitor general will exert himself to any
extent for the prosecution of those peo-
pie"
Col. Meldrim read an extract from Mayor
Myers recent interview, in which he stated
his Intention of using the police force 10
preserve order on the day Of the election
and said that he hoped that the words
would not bear the construction apparent
ly placed upon them by the interview. He
recalled that four years ago there was
fear of an attempt to use the police force
of the city "As good order prevailed on
that occasion, so let it prevail on this"
said he. Let us do nothing that will
bring stain or reproach on the gentleman
whom we support. Let us remember that
the issue is one of good order and good
government as against control of faction
and the spoilsmen. In conclusion, Col
Meldrim declared that the mantle of Ju-
Ian Hartridge had worthily fallen upon
his worthy son.
ct want to present to you the next so
licitor general of the Eastern judicial cir
cult" said Capt. Cunningham. as he in
troduced Mr. Hartridge. This statement
was greeted with lively applause, and as
Mr.. Hartridge came to the center of the
stage the applause was prolonged and
deafeninS.
In beginning his remarks, Mr.. Hart
ridge referred to the complimentary re-
marks made by the previous speakers.
and said he thought his audience would
forgive him if he stood a little higher in
his own esteem than he did when ne en-
tered the hall. Il gave him great pleas
ure, he said to find that he had the sup
port of the leading members of the bar,
and he defied the solicitor general to meet
him on the proposition that he had not
the support, not only of the majority of
the leading members. but the majority
of the local bar, leading and not leading.
He denounced as absolutely untrue the
charge of his opponent that either he or
his uncle had underwritten any plan to
steal the primary election. 1t so happened
by the fortunes of war, he said, that fif-
teen members of the Executive Commit
tee were supporting him and nine were
supporting Mr.. Osborne. According to the
published reports Of the opposition meet
ings his supporters on the committee were
all political partisans, while Mr. Os-
borne's supporters were all gentlemen.
Because the committee had did the very
thing which Mr. Osborne had Endorsed in
this community time and again he had
branded them as thieves. On this question
he proposed to address himself to the good
citizens of the city, and not to political
partisans.
Il state positively and most entohatl-
cally, IN the presence of this large audi
enee," he declared, that I viii not be
candidate for solicitor general unless Mr..
Osborne has fair repr esentation at q ach
and every ballot box, and l state furt Ter
that l will not take the nomination u n
less it be offered me as the result of a n
absolutely fair primary. No man knows
better than Mr.. Osborne does that ne cotiid
place either me or my uncle to count the
ballots at an election at which either or
both of us were candidates without the
slightest danger of a single vote being
counted in our favor to which we were
not entitled
THE opposition has had great deal 10
say about Mr.. Willink and the unfairness
to be expected of him. Mr.. Willink is
well known in this community | did
a good deal myself to make him known
10 you four years ago. 1 wish to call
attention to just one fact. During the
four years that Mr.. Willink was Commits
sioner of Public Works the sum of ST.
600 900, in round figures, passed through
his hands and not a single dishonest
nickel stuck to his fingers. l will match
that record against Mr.. Osborne's for po-
litical and personal integrity Could l
go now 10 Mr. Willink and say to him.
You have been called a political thief
and ask him to come off the committee
on which he has been appointed?"
Tile can't come Off" exclaimed some
one in the crowd
No" replied the speaker he can't
come off. He viii stay there and it will
You ask what will be done. / am will
ing 20 give them equal representation and
allow them to have two partisans on the
Purging Committee. 1 will take Mr.. Os-
borne at his own proposition and let the
committee select Mr.. Denmark, or Mr..
Cunningham, or Mr.. Anderson as referee
If ] can't beat Mr.. Osborne in a fair
primary on my platform, then j DONE
want the office"
Mr.. Osborne. the speaker said, was now
in the pleasant position of being between
the devil arl the deep blue sea. If he
goes into the primary he is whipped, and
if he doesn't so into the primary he is
barred off the ticket. ut is not the pres
ence of Wilink and Sullivan on the Purg-
ing Committee to which he objects. 1t
IS the purging of the lists at all. They
know well the number of tramps and
transient and newly made citizens OF
doubtful title whose names are now on
the list.
Speaking of Mr. Osborne's claim that
he was entitled to an Endorsement in the
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