The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-22
Conference Between SIR. Hartrid&s
Crypt. Cann and Mai. Screven.

| Conference Between SIR. Hartridgs
Capt. Cann and mai. screven.
The report of the meeting of the South
side Consolidated Club IN yesterday s
! Morning News was the occasion of tri
| angular conference between Mr. Waite
| c. Hartridge, one of the candidates for
| solicitor general; Capt ]. Ferris Cam, q
speaker at the meeting, and Maj. Thoma.
! Screven, a friend of both parties. A
statement made by Maj. Cam was the
| subject of the conference.
| The Morning News report of the meet
ins contained the following paragraph:
An attempt has been made said
| Capt. Cam, to impute TO the chairman
of the Street and Lane Committee of the
Chy Council some improper interest b.
/ he purg base of vitrifed brick by the city
The charge if charge it was, was mad
IN public political meeting, where it
gained the cheap applause of a few ignor
ant partisans' Here the crowd howled
with appreciative delight. The man who
made it would not dare to make il to Jim
DNon's face. He knows it is absolutely
and unquallfedly false. The crowd howl
ed again"
This paragraph Mr.. Hartridge under
stood to mean that Capt. Cam had, drst
said that he had made a charge as 10
the purchase of vitrihel brick rejecting
upon Alderman James NJ. Dixon, ana
second, that he had Denounced the state
ment credited by him 10 Mr.. Haftridge as
absolutely and unqualihedly false"
1t was pointed out 20 Mr. Hartri ge b.
Capt Cam that the first sentence of the
paragraph was in the suojunctive, contain
ing the expression 1.-The charge, If charge
1t was" and that no allusion had been
made to him by name in the entire course
of the speech. Capt. Cam stated that
he had never said nor was he reported
saying, that such a charge had ever been
made He had said and he was reported
as saying, that If such a charge had been
made lit was absolutely and unqualifedly
false and the man who made it would MOI
dare make it to Jim Dixon's face" Capt.
Cam said to a Morning News reporter
that the report of his speech was accurate
and conveyed just what he intended TO
convey.
Capt. Cam explained to Mr.. Hartridge
that he never intended to charge him with
saying anything that was false, either
qualifedly or unqualifedly. unless he had
said that there was something not abso-
lutely straight and proper in Alderman
Dixons connection with the purchase of
vitrifed brick by the city. Capt. Cam
stated further that if such charge was
made by any man his statement as to its
falsity stood and he himself stood ready
to make it good.
AS the misrepresentation seems to have
been removed by the conference and the
matter permitted to drop, 1t is taken to
mean that Mr.. Hartridge himself never
intended to say that Alderman Dixon
profited by the sale of vitriffed brick
Alderman Dixon was seen in refer
ence to the matter, and made the follow
ing statement:
II have said nothing in reference to the
remarks of Mr.. Hartridge, because 1 felt
that perhaps in the heat of political
speech he may have used language sus-
ceptible of a meaning not intended by him.
1 felt that as soon as he realized that his
language could be construed as a refiec-
ton upon me, he would promptly dis
claim such intention. The opportunity
was presented to him to-day in his in
terview, and I observe that he carefully
refrains from making any such dis
claimer. While I regret to have to inject
my personal matters into Mr.. Hartridge's
campaign, 1 feel constrained to say that
if Mr.. Hartridge intended to intimate or
insinuate that 1 have been pecuniarily
interes ted in or benefited by the sale of
vitrfied brick, either directly or Indirect
ly, since my election and qualification as
an alderman he makes a statement that S
is unqualifiedly false"