The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-15
A FRACTIONAL FIGHT.
OPEN BALLOTS THE SLOGAN At
sCREvEN's RALLY.
AN ADMINISTRATION TURN OUT.
DISTRICT CLUBS CROWDED THE
HALL AND STAGE.

FaIHgant and Col. A. n. LawtOn
the Speakers-Mr. Osborne Got Into
the Game Because 1t Is a fractional
FIght-As Usual win Vote Open
Ballot and Would Not Fold II for
S1oO-CoI. LavvtOn Looked at situa-
ton I'm "A Different Way-Speaker
Endorsed Screven and Wells.
The Screven- Wells rally at Masonic
He'll last night was by far the most rep
resentative, most enthusiastic and largest
gathering of the ordinary-tax collector
campaign At o'clock the hall was
comfortably filled and nothing had been
heard from the Southside. Half an hour
later people were turned away. When
Chairman Wade saw the condition of af-
fairs he had the crowd move close to
the stage, and those on the front row
were at the very feet of the speakers.
The chairs were showed 80 close together
that they touched and the rear half of
the hall was quickly filled with those
who did not mind standing. The people
kept coming and the stage and gallery
were crowded to their capacity. Many
made up the district clubs and were dis
tinguishable by their badges. Tom Col
den and his Oglethorpe Club had torches
and transparencies, but only a few of
the colored voters from the Westslde
were able to get inside.
If there was ever any doubt that the
contest is a fractional fight it vanished
| last night. Mr.. w. w. Osborne stated
most positively In his speech that the
tight was that of factions, and by the
applause that followed this declaration
the truth of the statement could not be
questioned.
In calling the meeting to order, Chair
man Wade said the majority of the faces
that he saw before him had been accus-
toned to political victories and those in
the minority at the meeting would be in
PRODUCED to it to-day. He declared that
the Independent and intelligent vote will
be proud of such a victory. The greatest
danger, said Mr.. Wade, is over-confidence,
and on the eve of the fight ne predicts
a majority of from 800 to 1,e00 votes for
Screven and Wells. He said that the OPP
position had argued that Maj, Screven
is not lawyer. but in answer he would
point to the glorious record of the late
lamented Hampton l.. Ferrill, who had
never been a lawyer.
DIT. L. A. Falligant was the first speak
or. He read statements made by him in
political speech five years ago. He said
that it had been several years since he
had made a political speech, but he de-
sired to indorse Maj. Screven and Mr..
Wells. Some one in the audience asked
Dr. Falligant why ne didn't talk louder.
Because L am not made of the same
material as an ass" said the speaker.
DR.. Falligant said there was crowd
that would shout Justify - the Irish"
A little while later it was - the
cracker Some time afterward - the
jew, and last of all - the poor mig
ger He had heard these expressions Of
ten in the past few years and when he
cad certain statements recently he knew
it was the same old crowd and decided
that he would step forward and say
something. lie said that when these peo-
pie who have been crying in this manner
for years shouted "Garfunkle they
meant the Jew.
Mr.. Robert l.. Colding began his speech
with the double admonition that he must
be brief. The chairman had told him that
II was necessary, and joke had been
sprung on him in the theater recently, in
which it was charged that he had spoken
so long and loud In the Court House that
Tomochichi had awakened from his slum-
bers under the boulder In Court House
Square. There is but one logical con-
clusion, he said, and that is the best men
will he victorious. If that is true, Screven
and Wells will be elected. The opposition
hoC kAo frxrfn he
without success. 1t has sought to graft
on the Office of ordinary something that
the law does not proscrlbe-that the IN
cumbent shall be a lawyer. These people
consider themselves wiser than the law
makers of the state of Georgia Mr. Cold
ing said it had been claimed IL Mai.
Screyen was successful, Charles Garfun-
KEEL would be made superintendent of no.
lice. He was proud to say that Mr.. Gar
funkle is his warm personal friend As AN
alderman he would help to elect a new
superintendent of police and neither Mr.
Garfunkle or any of his friends had APP
preached him on the subject. Mr. Cold
ing said that not one in every five ordi-
naries in the state is a lawyer He knew
that the gentleman who holds that impor-
tant office in Fulton county has never been
member of the bar. With Mr.. Keilbach
as his clerk Maj. Screven could run the
office of ordinary far more successfully he
said than Capt. McAlpin with Mr.. Ell
Wheian as his clerk Mr. CoIding added
that Mr.. Wells is not the rich man that
he is credited with being aud while not a
pauper he needs the Office or he would
not be in the race II is a mistaken i'm
preston that he has nothing to do but clip
coupons
Mr.. Osborne was the next speaker. and
1t required several minutes to restore or
der when he appeared on the stage. Some
one In the crowd shouted "Give 'em -.
Billy" I'VE will do that tomorrow,
was the reply.
Mr.. Osborne said that his friend, Cor
don Saussy. had made a fatal mistake
when ne insisted on making the contest
factional fight. This remark had caus-
ed few hundred in the opposition to get
together and the thousands with the sd
ministration to take up the cudgel The
foolish remark of his young friend, he
said, was responsible for several hundred
people being turned away from the meet
ing. Mr.. Osborne said that when Mr..
Saussy announced that Il was a marty
fight It let him in. He is a party man.
he said. and has never voted for the
other side" and never will He didr't
know that the office of ordinary belongs
to a lawyer and reminded the crowd that
Judge Ferrill was not a lawyer and that
there had not been a lawyer ordinary In
this county for certainly thirty years.
Mr.. Osborne said ne knew many of the
ordnaries in the state and not one OF his
acquaintance is a lawyer. All that is