The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-09
COLLINS NOT IN 1T
ANNOUNCES THAT HE WILL NOT
RUN FOR ORDINARY.
UNITED CLUB NOTIFIED.
sCRRVEN, McALPIN AND KEILBACB
TO MAKE 3 CORNERED RACE.

Nominee of United Club Declines to
Make the Fight-Other Candidates
Claim His EoIIOwinE-McAIpin
Club Held an Enthusiastic Meet
ing-Capt. McAlpin Addressed the
Crowd-One Speaker Declared Thnt
a Seat in the Legislature Had Cost
Him S11 900 and That Politics Had
Made Him Pauper-Screven In
dOrsed by SOuthside-Several Dis
trict Meetings Held.
MIR. Jacob s. Collins is not a candidate
lor ordinary, and has so notified the
United Club. The announcement that he
will not enter the contest will probably
cause much surprise in some quarters, but
those who knew Mr.. Collins had no idea
that he would make the race after the
meeting of the United Club Thursday
night.
The Collins supporters will scatter, and
no one candidate will receive the fun
strength of his following. Mai. Screvens
hackers claim that the bulk of the Col
Inns men will support their candidate, but
the same claim is put forward by the
friends of the other candidates.
Mr.. Collins letter to President McMil-
Ian of the United Club, declining the nom
ination of that organization, says:
Savannah, Ga. March 8, 1901. Mr.. 7. II.
Mcmillan, president United Club, City.
My Dear Sir: l am just in receipt of
communication which reads as, follows:
Savannah, Ga, March s, 190l.-Mr. j.
S. Collins, City.-Dear Sir: beg leave TO
inform you that you were duly nominated
for the office of ordinary by the United
Club at our meeting last evening, March
e. Very respectfully,
T. II. Mcmillan, Chairman,
John r. Dekle, Secretary
Replying to the communication 1 desire
20 say that at no time have / been in
clined to use my connection with the club
to further my own ambitions. In fact.
my connection with the organization was
for the purpose of furthering it's interest.
1t is a laudable ambition for any man to
aspire TO the position of ordinary of Chat
ham county: but if this Office is to be-
come the bone OF contention, and espe
cially with the members of what / know
to be clean organization. organized for
the purpose of improving the political
conditions now existing in this county,
then j must decline to be party 10 such
a contention.
am grateful to the members of the
club for the honor which they sought to
confer upon me in making me their NOM
inee, and 1 predict for such persons as
improperly forced themselves into our
meeting the displeasure and scorn of all
good citizens, and / have no doubt about
the ultimate success of the club. am
therefore constrained not 90 enter the
race. Very respectfully,
Jacob s. Collins.
A meeting of the Fourth Ward Meal
Cult Ia
Hall and was largely attended. The
meeting was called to order by Chairman
j. +. Murrin and the members were adj
dressed by Capt. McAlpin and others
Probably the warmest speech of the even
ing was made by Capt. W. NJ Tumlin,
and he kept the crowd in good humor.
Capt. Tumlin said that he did not think
it the time TO make speeches, but that
1t is the time to work He thought that
the meeting of the United Club the night
before showed clearly that two-thirds of
the members of that organization were for
Capt. McApin. The speaker said that
he knew him to be good. true and
honest man, and that if he was not elect
ed ordinary IL would be his own fault He
said that only one thing could prevent
the election of Capt. McAlpin, and that he
would tell that candidate what it is on
the outside.
Capt. Tumlin said he was once a
wealthy man and that politics had made
him a pauper He cursed the day he ever
dabbed with the game, it had cost him in
round figures, $50, go. He said that for a
seat in the Legislature he had paid out
$1,000 in cold cash.
He thought Tom Screven a good fell
low, and a fine gentleman, but he would
not be elected to the office he was seek
ing Capt. Tumln asked however, who
would be superintendent of police in the
event of his election. The crowd shouted
"Garfunkle,' and the speaker declared
that they were right. He thought that
they had struck the nail on the head, and
declared that because of this self-evident
fact Screven would go down in defeat.
The speaker called on those present to
work for Capt. McAlpin, and said that
every man could control at least one
vote. He did not think that a man should
be permitted 90 cast a ballot unless he
could at least carry another vote with
him.
Capt Tumln said that he was a friend
TO Mr.. Collins, but he thought that gentle
man had gone behind the crowd. The
speaker said that he had always been
wealthy and had never been laborinS
man, but that if there was one person
above another that he loved it is the la
boring man. He thought that the man
who advocated a 20 cents day scale
He went back to Maj. Screven and said
he was the only man Capt. McAlpin had
to fear in the race, but when man voted
for Screven he voted for Garfunke. He
said that he could not remember the
name of the present Office holder, bu.
that he is "a powerful good man" Capt.
Tumlin said that he had been told that
the young man had been in the Office for
about seventeen years and he thought
that was long enough for any man. He
saw no hope for this candidate, but said
that Capt. McAlpin would treat him
kindly.
Capt. McAlpin said that it was with
pride, pleasure and much qualification
that he greeted SO many OF his friends,
but that it is time for work and not talk
ing. He thought that with the crowd be-
fore him he had enough strength to sweep
the field and said that he is confident of
victory. He said that there was no such
word as fail with such crowd behind a
candidate for any office. He thanked
those present for their Endorsement and
said ne trusted that they would al
ways be his friends.
John Kelly was called for, but said that
he was unable TO make speech because
Of the fact that he was hoarse from
having shouted so much the night before
at the meeting Of the United Club. Capt.
A. S. Haley and Mr.. Joseph Killorin
made brief addresses in the interest OF