The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-19
A ROUSING RALLY
PLENTY OF ENTHUSIASM TURNED
LOOSE FOR McALPIN.
WITH R0ASTS OF COLLINS.
sPELLBINDERs ENLIVENED THE
EVENINGS PROCEEDINGS.

south side Armory HaII-Mr. Coll
Inns Claim That He Has Done Much
for the improvement of the South
eru Section Derided by All the
Spenkers-Mr. KiIIorin Springs an
AFFIDAVIT and Several JOkes-A Can
didate for the Suit of Clothes.
There was a large, noisy and enthu-
siastic gathering of the friends and
supporters of Capt. Henry McAlpin, in
his race for ordinary, at South Side
Armory Hall, corner of Whitaker and
Thirty-second streets, last night. The
South Side McAlpin Club was formal
ly organized, and some of the opposi-
ton candidates for ordinary, notably
Mr.. J. S. Collins, were roundly roasted.
There were about 200 persons in the
hail. and perhaps half as many more
on the landing and the veranda out
side, when Mr.. j. Robert Dreamer call
ed the meeting to order. Mr. Dreamer
said he wanted to place in nomination
for office of president Mr.. William C.
McIntire. The nomination was sec
onded and Mr.. Mcintyre declared
unanimously elected president of the
organization. Mr.. ]. M. Broderick was
elected secretary. Thus the ball was
started, and from that time on things
were lively.
Mr.. Mcintyre made a brief intro
ductory address, in which he thanked
the members of the club for the honor
they had conferred upon him, and ex-
pressed his appreciation of the oppor-
tunity to do what he could to advance
the interests and help secure the cleo
ton of Capt. Henry McAlpin.
He is we'll fitted for the position to
which he aspires," declared Mr.. Nc
Intyre. His family is one of the old
est and best, not only in the city, but
in the state. He holds a place in his
profession second to no other member
of the Savannah bar, and he is gen
tleman whom it is an honor as well
as a pleasure. to meet and know. He
is going to be elected-this we all
know. The only question remaining
is the size of his majority
Mr. Mcintyre paid his respects to
Mr.. Collins claims that he had done
much for the advancement of the
Southside. The speaker challenged
Mr.. Collins to prove what he said, and
could not be proved. Mr.. Collins, said
the speaker. had never done anything
for the building up or advancement
of the southern section of the city.
He had owned little property on the
Southside, which he had disposed of to
good advantage, and this was all he
had done to entitle him to the sur
frages and consideration of the people
of the southern section.
hi ctn Of "a nnoI
operations were suspended and Mr..
John T. Ulmer was placed in nomina>
ton for the Office of vice president of
the club. Mr.. Timer has been for
many years the president and leading
spirit of the celebrated "Gamecock
Club of the Southside, and the men
ton of his name was greeted with APP
plause. He was elected unanimously
and enthusiastically, and then told the
members of the club that he would try
to give satisfaction. The cheers that
went up seemed to indicate that the
club believed he would make his prom
Use good.
The first regular speaker of the even
ing was Mr.. Lacy M. Norwood. Mr..
Norwood said that the last Collins
meeting had been devoted principally to
speech from that candidate and the
speech principally to the candidates
praise of himself "It was praise of
himself from start to finish" Mr.. Nor
wood declared.
The speaker said there should be a
lawyer, and a good one, in the office
of ordinary. If there were not one
there in outward seeming, 1t would be
a matter of necessity that there should
be one there in fact, for there are many
questions the ordinary has to decide
which trained legal mind is needed to
determine. If the ordinary were not
lawyer, he would have to consult one
before he could make his decision.
MIR. Colding, at the Collins meeting,
has declared that there should he a
man of honesty and integrity in the
office of ordinary. 1 heartily endorse
what he said and I want to congratu-
late you on your selection of a man of
ability as well as of honesty and in
tegrity. as your candidate. Capt. Nc
Alpin will be the right man in the right
place and we are going to put him
there"
Mr.. Raiford Falligant was the next
speaker. He said that the meeting had
been called to instill courage and en-
thusiasm into the hearts of Capt. Nc
Alpins supporters on the Southside, so
that man could be placed in the office
of ordinary who knows how to fill it.
Under our judicial system" said Mr..
Falligant. the office of ordinary is one
OF the most important In the county.
He must look after the estates of the
dead and care for the property of the
widow and the orphan and of him who
is not mentally capable of looking after
his own. Certainly it is of the utmost
Importance that man should be
selected to fill such an office of whose
ability and integrity there can be no
question. Such a man is Henry Nc
Alpin. He has grown up with this
beautiful city of ours and a man who
merits the office more it would not be
possible to find. When he is elected, as
he certainly will be, his administration
of the Office can reflect ruthing but
credit on the men who have placed him
there. He stands on his merits, and
they are sufficient recommendations to
give him the office to which he aspires"
At this point there were cheers and
calls for Mr.. John Z. Myrick who was
detected among the audience. and Mr..
Myrick responded and made a brief
speech.
To illustrate his contention that only
a lawyer should fill the office of ordin-
airy, he recounted an experience of his
own in the trial of a case before a
country ordinary, a man who occupies
the highest place in the esteem and
affections of the people of the commun-
ity in which he lives, but who has not
had the advantages of legal training.
AS a consequence of the courts ig-
norance of the rules of law and evil
dence an entire day had been con-