The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-05
ROASTS CANDIDATES
LIVELY WARD MEETING OF HART
RIDGE FORCES.
HOT SHOT FOR OPPOSITION
j. n. SAUsSY, JR., JUMPED ON CAN
DIDATE COLLINS.

the HOtlS-MentlOne0 FROM
Pennsylvania and Declared That
There Is a Separate He'll for Those
Who Sell Their Votes-CoIIins ana
the Street Railway Situation, rs 1t
Is Seen by Mr.. Saussy-Mr. r.. j.
Travis, Mr.. f. Med. oliver and Mr..
A. VI. Lucas, Jr., Spoke-Mr. Hart
ridge Repeated Charges Against
Capt. McAIpin.
Several real warm packages were
handed out to Capt Henry McAlpin
and Mr.. ]. S. Collins at the Hartridge
gathering in Harris Street Hall last
night About 25O people were present,
and the speakers and their sentiments
were applauded vociferously. The
complexion of the crowd was pleasing
to Mr.. Hartridge and from this point,
as well as numerical strength, it was
one of the best ward meetings held
in the Fourth district in recent years.
Mr.. J. J. Stafford was made tenn
porary chairman, and was afterwards
elected permanent chairman. Mr.. J.
r. Saussy, Jr., put up the warmest talk
of the evening, and one which he de-
clared he had been told he would not
dare deliver in the Fourth district. Mr..
Saussy didn't mince words, and the
crowd seemed pleased with what he
said. He handled both Mr.. Collins and
Capt. McAlpin without gloves and in
characteristic style.
Although weak of knee physically
said Mr.. Saussy, 81 can face the music
of the strongest man in this commun-
ity." He declared that he was talking
| on principle and that he knows full
we'll of the vote buying evil that has
existed in Chatham county for several
years. He had heard people say that
! the cry of pure politics is all bosh and
had been put forward by Mr.. Hartridge
| for the purpose of catching votes. He
! said that he didn't have to persuade
those in the Fourth that Mr.. Hartridge
| is sincere or, either, sound the praises
of that candidate. The men in the dis
| trict he said, had always been firm and
staunch in their support of Mr.. Hart
ridge. Mr.. Saussy said, that he would
talk in the hope that they might get
some erring sinner into line.
The speaker said that when Capt.
| McAlpin ran before, he got out of
breath and almost out of money. He
spoke of cards sent out by that cam
didate, and of the union label in the
corner, which he declared was only a
clap trap to catch votes. Mr.. Saussy
said that it was not his purpose to
play on the prejudice of those who are
supporting Mr. Hartridge, and that he
| made his address as a matter of prin-
ciple. He said that he wanted it shown
| that the dollars that come from Penn
| sylvania, where labor is trampled upon
by capital, can't buy Chatham county.
The past justifies the belief" said
Mr.. Saussy, that Capt. McAlpin is
not spending his own money on mis- own
interests. Why, since the expenditure
of that $4,000 they have called him
Dry Dollar Mack"
His Respects to Collins
In paying his respects to Mr. Collins
| Mr.. Saussy said: IF, when 1 get
through, you can find that the words
honesty and ability apply to Mr.. Col
Inns, then we better find another word
for a higher and nobler man." Mr..
Saussy told of talk that he had with
Mr.. Collins in the City Exchange on
last Saturday, in the presence of sew
| eral persons. He described the contro-
versy as being one between the game
cock of the Collins crowd and the BAN
tam of the Hartridge following. Mr..
Collins had made the statement that
no prominent and hard working men,
Der of the bar would have the office of
ordinary. Mr.. Saussy told him that he
would like to have it, and that his
father had wanted it, Mr.. Saussy,
ST., had his announcement written out
and destroyed it only after he had been
informed that it would require several
thousand dollars to get the office.
Mr.. Saussy said that he told Mr..
Collins then that he was not qualified
Ill l..
might know something of the liability
of the carrier of freight, or promis
sorry notes, or other business points,
he knew nothing of law, the knowl-
edge of which is necessary in the Of
flee of ordinary. The speaker said that
he next took up the question of vote
buying and that Mr.. Collins had said
that he was for pure politics, but
wouldn't say that he wouldn't spend
| any money when somebody else had
already put silver in circulation. Mr..
Saussy said that when a candidate
buys influence and hires workers he
buys votes. A mans influence with
out his vote is unheard of, he declared.
Mr.. Collins connection with the
street railway situation was aired by
Mr.. Saussy in connection with a de-.
finition of honesty. He related that
Mr. Collins is a director of the Savan-
nah Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope
Railway Company, ana JnaL MS eX-
pressions meant that he was either
playing the vampire to the company
and sucking it's life blood while he
famed it, or else he changed in hur-
~. He recalled that Mr.. Collins asked
City Council for a franchise so that he
could run an independent line with the
suburban line he recently acquired. Mr..
Saussy informed the crowd that the
same line is now controlled and operat-
ed by the Savannah, Thunderbolt and
Isle of Hope Railway Company to the
Fair grounds.
Honesty and Politics.
eff that is honesty I want to get out
of the community where there is such
honesty" said Mr.. Saussy "If it is
honesty to buy a mans vote, then it
is honest to steal his purse, or his wife.
No man can reflect anything on the
honesty, or character or works of Mr..
Hartridge. God pity those poor peo-
pie who sell their votes. There is a
separate hell for them. They couldn't
go into a respectable hell" Mr. Saussy
expatiated on this line and sprang
several stories that seemed to please
the crowd.
Mr.. Hartridge said that it was al
ways with pleasure and delight that
he spoke in the Fourth, because he
had never seen it vote wrong on prin-
ciple. He spoke of the charge of con-
tempt that he had made against Capt.
AHlA Ill.