The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-02

ana the law places upon him the duty
OF issuing warrants for the arrest of per-
sons Who have committed offenses that
have come 10 his knowledge. The law
makes the clerk of Council, the marshal
OF the city and every police officer Off
GERS of his court Why doesn't he sun
press crime in the Office he now holds?
NO, my friends. there have been other
efforts in the memory of some of YOU TO
suppress crime and vice by means of spies
and raids-and they have all failed some
| or these attempts have been made bv
| members of Mr.. Hartridge's family
| CThere were cries of Charlton" and
| keno" from the crowd) No" Mr. Os-
borne continued, you need not mention
| any names-I'n mention them myself 7
| refer to his respected uncle Ihave heard
1t said that toward the end of Mr.. Charl-
| tons term of office as solicitor general
there was raid upon the gambling rooms
ana that many respectable citizens were
caught in the net. Prior to that raid I
am told, there had been general license
That raid may have been made to stop
| vice. out II seems just likely that it
| was to make money The only action in
human experience to which 1 can Hken
| is tnat OF man when he bats a dove
field
IF the question of adopting the spv
| system or the system of raiding in the
suppression of any vice or of all vice is
mace an issue of this campaign, 1 am
willing 10 stand upon it, I will adopt
helther system, and 1 am willing to go
TO the people on that issue. 1 will prose-
cute crime, whether Ii be based ON Of
lenses against person or property or
against morality, as I have prosecuted it,
! falthtully and impartially and with all of
| my strength. | will not make of myself
! a detective or a spy"
+ IL mas been said by some of the opposI-
uon speakers in this campaign, that the
| 0f ba
convened for year. If Mr.. Hartridse is
elected he says he will have it convened
oiteher. Well. if I am elected I'll try and
Keep 1t FROM being convened al ALL II is
simply a useless expense and ought TO be
apohsned. have very nearly abolished it,
us only purpose is to enable some young
| lawyer who wants to make a fee to de-
| mand jury trial for his client. When
| TINS happens l simply remove the case to
| the Superior Court, In which the grand
| jury meets regularly, and have the case
| tried there. And 1 am willing TO go before
| the people on this issue. The failure of
the City Court grand jury to meet simply
saves 10 the1axpayers of the county be-
tween $500 and 5000 a year"
Now said Mr.. Osborne, I'VE come to
| the question of the methods of the oppo-
| sition forces. Some of those who have
preceded me tonight have minced words
| IN referring to it. l shall not. It's not
| going to be fair; it's not intended to be
| fair. 1t is simply a shameless attempt to
| steal"
The solicitor general then reviewed the
| history of the various primaries that have
| been held in this county, beginning with
| that of 1892. He stated that they were
all fair in comparison with the one that
| was offered by the present Executive
| Committee and that of 1894 had given the
| fairest election ever held here
He adverted to the call of the State Tx
ecutive Committee for primaries in each
county and stated that in pursuance to
| that call the county chairmen had called
| meetings of their committees promptly all
over the state, with the exception of this
county. Chairman Charlton had held up
for a month or more the call for a meet
ing of the Executive Committee of Chat
ham county. Mr.. Osborne challenged the
county chairman to assign any ground
or reason for this action that would dem
onStrate that he meant to be fair to both
factions of the party.
MIR. Osborne then read number of
statements made by various parties as RI
converse lions said to have been hnd with
members of the Executive Committee
prior to the meeting. One from Neil Gildea
related that Committeeman A L. Well
had been asked if the Citizens Club was
10 nave representation among the man
ayers at the election. Mr.. Well had Stated
that the Citizens Club was TO have one
When asked If that was thought fair bc
replied that the Citizens Club should he
glad to accept it, as some of the commit
tee favored giving the Citizens Club no
representation at all.
Ihere Were conversations said to have
peeh had with DR.. William Duncan. in
which he was said to have told "a. + car
funkel that he would get up in the com
mittee meeting and protest against anv
actlon that would provide for anything
but equal representation at the boxes. Mr..
Guckenheimer was said to hare told Mr.
Gildea that he did not think the two-to-
one scheme was fair Mr. -reynac had
told Sheriff Sweeny that he favored equal
representation for both factions
Mr.. Wen was said to have told Mr. GIL
dea that while he would not steal anv
votes, he would do everything he could
for MS side and Marshal John Power;
tnat MT. osborne could expect nothing of
him, and he would do everything he couid
to defeat him. The following effidavit
was read from Mr.. z. ]. Keifflsr. Jr.;
State Of Georgia, Chatham, County
Personally appeared before tho unS1erstsn
ed, notary public in and for the county
of Chatham. E. J. Kieffer, Jr. who on
OATH says. that John w 81 NTH a mem
Der of the Democratic Executive Commit
tee OF Chatham county, in ?. conyers t{on
about three weeks ago, stfted to him. in
the presence of several others that thera
was no use for Mr.. Osborne TO run for So
licitor general because majority OF the
Executive Committee, including himself
were in favor of Mr.. Hartridge and they
had caucaused and bad everything fixed
so that Mr. Osborne corald not possibly win
In the primary to be held on May i5 no
matter what he might do; that the night
of the meeting Of the Executive Commit
tee, Friday, April 81 1900, and Just after
the meeting Mr.. Smith stated to Cleponent
I'VE fixed 1t tonight, as I told you we
would" Edward j. Kiefer, Jr
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
90th day of April, 1900.
Fred Vessels Jr.,
Notary Public C. Co., Ga
Mr.. Charlton and Mr.. Hartridge have
Endorsed the Infamous action of the Exec
utive Committee" said Mr.. Osborne OR
Duncan's health will not permit him to he
a manager ct the election and 1 can name
the man who will be appointed to take his
place in the First district" Cooley"
yelled hall dozen voices In the crowd
Here the solicitor general quoted from