The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-05
CHEERS RANG OUT
McALPIN CLANS RALLIED FOR
THEIR LEADER.
DEFENDED HIS POSITION.
CAPT. McALPIN ADDRESSED HIS CO.
HoRTs AT MASONIC TEMPLE.

passed the Hartrfdge UatherhhS VI
Week AgO-w. p. LaRoche, c. V.
HOhenstein, l.. VI. Norwood ana
Can't. McAIpin Himself the Speak
ers-They Declared Hartridge lis
Not the Man to Lead a Campaign
of RefOrm-His Hands Are Not
Empty Treasury"
In point OF numbers the rally of the
! McAlpin clans at Masonic Temple last
night rivalled, If it did not surpass, the
| Hartridge meeting of a week ago.
There were some interesting speeches,
notably that of Capt. McAlpin himself,
and the enthusiasm of the crowd found
vent in shouts and howls and hand
clapping and foot-stamping.
The rally was preceded by a street
! parade of the cohorts of the southern
section, that gathered at Southside
Armory Hall at o'clock and marched
through the principal streets to the
| place of meeting. The procession was
! led by the First Regiment band and was
! Illuminated by red-light torches. Itwas
q quiet and well-behaved procession.
and the enthusiasm of the marchers
found no vent until the meeting had
been begun and the speeches were in
progress.
1t was big meeting. The main hall
was crowded, as was the balcony, and
n packed mass of people thronged the
doorway, and before the meeting had
been called to order made further in
gress or egress practically impossible.
The chairman, Mr.. Walter P. La
Roche, was greeted with cheers as he
walked to the center of the stage and
raped for order. He announced that
the first business was the election of
a secretary, and he hadn't got the
words out of his mouth before there
were cries of "Wickham! Wickham"
| proceeding principally from that sec
! ton of the hall in which the repre-
| sentatives of the First district, who
| had reached the scene early had Sc
! cured good seats. Somebody else nom
mated Murphy NJ. Baker, but when
the question was put the vote in favor
| of Justice Wickham was practically
unanimous, and he was declared elect
| ed
The stage was we'll filed. Among
those who occupied seats upon it were
| Col. Beirne Gordon, Mr.. Louis Garfun-
KEEL, Mr. j. /. killorin, Justice Richard
Wickham, Mr. w. P, LaRoche, Mr.. Abe
Garfunkel Mr.. c. V. Hohenstein, Mr..
Riley Brown. Mr.. Murphy NJ. Baker,
Mr.. Lacy M. Norwood, Mr.. Robert Van
| Waganen, DR.. w. F. Drummer, Mr.. w.
c. Mcintyre and other.
Mr.. LaRoche was the first speaker.
He began by saying that any candi-
date should feel proud that 'he has
been honored by so large and enthusi-
astic gathering"
Touched Up the Hartridge Rally.
Mr.. LaRoche said that the chairman
at the Hartridge meeting, held in the
same hall a week ago, had opened his
remarks with a Biblical quotation.
when read the next morning, p"
said Mr.. LaRoche, "the bitter and
causeless attacks that had been made
upon the character and reputation of
Capt. McAlpin. there came into my
mind one of the strongest pieces of
| word painting in the Bible-that in
which the poor, covering Magdalen is
pictured, crouching at the feet of the
Christ, who, shielding her from those
who would stone her, cries out to that
| bloodthirsty mob Let him who is
without sin cast the first stone
|
| Gus speeches that were made on that
occasion would have been left unut-
tered, had those who made them re-
| membered these words of the Master!
If the ward heelers in this community
could become afflicted with tetanus,
more commonly known as lockjaw, it
would be a blessing to this city,"
Mr.. LaRoche deplored the intemper-
ance of speech that was able to induce
| Goh a
6enounce their political opponents as
"scoundrels," and declare they were
unfit to hold the office of ordinary -
Don't lie," he exhorted the crowd,
"for you don't have to. You are back
ing the winner and that's no mistake.
Some of the speakers at the Hart
ridge meeting seemed not to be aware
of the fact that Capt. McAlpin is a
lawyer. 1 don't know whether they
were speaking seriously or only at
tempting to perpetrate a rude joke, but
the community ought to weigh care
fully what these gentlemen have To
say"
Mr.. LaRoche paid a high personal
tribute to Capt. McAlpin. He said
that it was not necessary that a man
should be often in the Court House in
order that he should be a good lawyer.
and cited as case parallelling that of
Capt. McAlpin, and illustrating his
point the professional career of the late
Brantley a. Denmark.
Mr.. LaRoche said that Capt. Meal
pin and his friends are just as much
opposed to the purchase of votes as is
either Mr.. Hartridge or Mr.. Collins.
Just as much" he repeated.
Yes, but they haven't got the
money" said an apparently irrelevant
voice from the audience. 1t caught the
house, however, and there was hearty
and prolonged applause.
| The Use of Money.
Mr.. LaRoche said he took no stock
In the Pharisaical utterances of some
of the latter day prophets. He asked
the audience to tell him how much
money Hartridge spent in the Osborne.
Hartridge campaign and a voice re-
| sponded, Enough to get beat"
when Mr.. Hartridge tries to con.
vince the sober and thinking people
| OF this community that he has not
countenanced the use of money in past
campaigns, he is undertaking too big
a task Don't you believe that all the
virtue, character and intelligence in
this county has fioclxed to the politi-
cal banner of Walter G. Hartridge. II
you do you Will do old Chat
ham gross injustice. She'd
make such a devilish poor. showing.
| Compare his conduct in past cam.
paigns with his present position and
you will agree with me that he is the
last man in Chatham county to say
that because of Capt. McAplin's con-
| duct in the last campaign he is unfit