The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-09

you will give him your votes and your
active support he will win"
MIR. Collins Had n Word.
Then the chairman introduced Mr..
Collins. II want to present to you."
said Capt. McLaws, "a man whose
name is synonymous with integrity
and abillty-Mr. Jacob Collins"
The band played and the audience
cheered as Mr.. Collins stepped to the
front of the platform and for some
minutes he could not make himself
heard. Throughout his speech APP
plause came frequently and often Mr..
Collins had to interrupt his remarks
to give the enthusiasm of his support
ers a chance to subside.
LAS some of my opponents have been
saying" he began, IT am not a lawyer.
There is no citizen in this community
who has a higher respect for the legal
profession than l have. Mind you,
though, mind you-noe every man who
hangs out shingle is a lawyer.
II take it that all those who attend
this meeting are my friends, and are
going to support me. If they were not,
they would probably be attending the
other meeting. l know that many have
gone there through curiosity. We all
known that Mr.. Adams Is a magnetic
man and a good speaker. and we all
tic mamie skips about here and there,
and now you see him and now you
don't
"All through this campaign I have
said l was not going to sling any mud.
/ haven't yet. and I'm not going to be-
gin tonight. But 1 am going to tell
some facts.
Possibly you have heard that the
Garfunkels are against me in this fight
I nSr 10 foIl
When announced my candidacy had
a visit at my Office from these gentle
men. They told me to get on the
train and go to Richmond and meet
Herman Myers; to use my influence
with him to have him direct Owen
Reilly to resign the office of superin-
tendept of police and take his old office
as assistant chief. / was then to have
Mr.. Myers make Charley Garfunkel SUI
perintendent of police, and on these
considerations was to receive their
support.
well. I declined. I told these gen.
tlemen that when they came to me
with a proposition they must have
something with some reason in ii.
told them that l could not assist in an
effort to remove from Office man who
had spent his life in the police depart
ment, and that I wasn't going to do it.
That's why they are against me in this
campaign.
Another thing. In the last presi-
Dental campaign Rufus e. Lester was
the Democratic candidate for Congress
from this district. Capt. McAlpin ac-
cepted the Republican nomination
against Col. Lester from a commit
tee composed of three white men and
six negroes. He only decided not to
make the race when he found out
there was another candidate in the
field who would divide the negro vote.
l make this charge against Capt. Nc
Alpin. Let him deny it if he can, and
when he does I'll proceed to prove it,"
Mr.. Collins said he was not going to
say anything harsh about Mr.. Hart
ridge. HE has been kind to me and I
am not going to be unkind to him. He's
young and he's got a whole lot to learn.
He ought to know though that now he
is sailing under false colors.
when a man is running on highly
moral platform, it is natural for the
community to inquire what his record
has been in the past. I don't pretend
to be an angel and vet I doubt if Wal
ter Hartridge is any better than I am.
l am just as much entitled to receive
the Law and Order vote as he is.
invited to attend this meeting tonight
every minister in Savannah. I don't
see any of them here. 1 presume
they've gone to the Hartridge meeting,
| as they have a right to do. !
pity them, though, if they have gone
there with the idea that all the good
ness and purity in this campaign are
wrapped up in Walter Hartridge.
I'm not a lawyer, as has been said
very many times. But if I'm elected
ordinary I'll promise you one thing.
When you pass away and leave a wild
ow and children, I'll look after their
! interests. If l need legal advice I'll
go to a lawyer and get it-and I'll go
to real lawyer too. l won't go to
Lacy"
AS Mr.. Collins concluded there were
calls for Capt. Henry Kolshorn, who
occupied a seat on the stage. Capt
Kolshorn responded briefly, exhorting
the friends of Mr.. Collins to be at the
polls early on the day of election and
to do everything they could to bring
him victory. Then the meeting ad-
/ io11rned