The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-09

the citizens to purge the community Of the
evil which now disgracee 1t, and to as
sert their might at the ballot box He de-
clared that the Executive Committee had
been chosen by the Democrats OF the
county to take charge of their affairs and
that every man on ID was worthy TO be
trusted at the baNot box or anywhere
else. He paid a tribute to Mr.. Wilhnk,
whom ne said had come through two ad-
rnanistrations unscathed after handling
thousands of dollars of the city's money
Mr. Walter c. Hartridge, who had al
ready addressed a meeting at the South
side. was the last speaker. He was given
an ovation He remarked that there
seemed to be "a few of US left" The
Fourth district always voted, he said, and
he had never known it TO vote on the
wrong side of a public question. He had
given his views 10 the public at the The
alter Friday night, he said, and there was
little further to say at present. He had
said that If he were elected solicitor gem
eral public gambling must cease. Should
ne be made solicitor general. he said he
would cut OF his right hand before he
would put the burden of his Office on the
Recorder, or would declare that he could
not suppress gambling. He understood
that the other side would make the
charge THAI he had Represented gam
blers. This was true. He had also repre-
sented muredrers, but he was not in favor
of murder. AS to his position upon gam
bling, he referred to the statements made
at the trial of the Simpson case He
had said then, in effect, that the way to
stop gambling was to quit licensing II
and TO put the open and notorious gam
blers in Jail or upon the chain-gang. He
referred to the list of gambling fines i'm
posed in the two courts read by him Fri
day night, and the frequency with which
certain names appeared there. The same
old names were still doing business at
the same old stands. he said. II is no
more the duty of the Recorder to suppress
gambling than 1t is the duty of the judges
of the courts, he said. The interpreta-
ton which has been given TO the laws is
that IL is the duty of the solicitor general
TO stop gambling in this county and it
was by this Interpretation that he
would be guided. The gamblers would be
brought up so frequently and fined so con-
stantly that their means would be ex-
hausted and they would have to quit the
business or go to jail.
The position taken by his opponent was
remarkable, he said. Mr. Osborne will
not dare to take the position that gam
bling does not exist here, and yet he VIII
not get up and say that he will stop 1t.
All the evidence goes to show that more
gambling has existed In the city under
Mr.. Osborne's administration than ever
before in the history of the city" Mr.
Hartridge declared that the newspapers
had frequently inveighed against gambling
in the past and asked why they did not
support him In the position he had taken.
He defied them to say that he was wrong
They had spoken of 1t editoriaIly hereto
fore. 1t is their duty to come out now
he said, and say if he is right. Mr. Hart
ridge said that Osborne had promised to
meet his charges in detail, but had rot
done so. He challenged him to do so. He
concluded with the statement that the
Fourth district was in the habit of giving
large matorities, and predicted that should
his opponent come to Abercorn street with
majority, the majority given him by the
Fourth would be mere than sufficient 10
offset it.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Hartridge's adj
dress Mr.. e. A. Leonard moved that the
club endorse his candidacy. The motion
was carried by a rousing vote. 1t was am
nounced that the supporters of Mr.. Hart
ridge would hold their last rally of the
campaign at the Theater Friday night