The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-26
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McALPIN CLANS GIVE THEIR CAN
~' DIDATE GREETING.
A. BIG CROWD GATHERED.
TO HEAR ISSUES DISCUSSED FROM
ca HIS POINT OF VIEW.


Mcintyre. KiIIorin and Norwood
Also Addressed the Meetfng-so
Did MIR. $. NrouskOn, but He De-
cIined to Discuss the Candidates.
Capt. McAIpin Himself Sings No
Mud, hut Plenty of Abuse of MIR.
Collins From the other Speakers.
The other Candidates Not Attack
ed.
The McAlpin rally last night was
larger than that held a week ago.
There were probably three hundred
persons in the Southside Armory Hall,
the adjoining rooms and verandas and
on the stairs when President w. c..
Mcintyre called the meeting to order.
1t was an enthusiastic meeting all
the way through. Capt. McAlpin him
self was the principal speaker, and the
talk that he made was frequently in
tcrrupted by applause. There were 9TH
ers who had things to say, most of
the criticism being directed against
Mr.. J. S. Collins. Neither Mr.. Hart
ridge nor Mr.. Lazaron came in for any
share of the adverse comment the
speakers INDUCED in during the time
they were on their feet
When the chairman called the meet
ing to order, he started, as he explain
ed to make a few brief Introductory
remarks. He had got as far as, II
wish to say to you, fellow citizens"
when the band on the lower floor be-
gan to discourse a carefully selected
melody MIR. Mcintyre made just one
effort to make himself heard aoove the
din, which was increased by applause
caused by the entrance of Capt. Nc
Alpin, and then succumbed grace
fully. He sat down and waited until
the band had concluded.
Then he tried it again. air. Mc1n-
tyre said he had been placed in a false
light before the public.
Il have had a damper thrown about
me-" he said, land l have to be care
full. I feel it my duty as a citizen to
say something of the charges made
against me at the last meeting of the
Collins supporters. l was singled out
by Mr.. Collins for attack and he SEEM
ed to think that l was the ruling spirit
of this meeting. Well, he was mis-
taken"
Mr.. Mcintyre said that at the last
McAlpin meeting he had challenged
Mr.. Collins to substantiate his claim
that he was entitled to the votes of
the men Of the southern section. He
said he had hoped Mr.. Collins would
answer this challenge, but that this
had not been done.
Mr.. Mcintyre said Mr.. Collins had
claimed he was helping to support him.
because Mr.. Collins was a stakeholder
in the corporation by which the speak,
er was employed.
Il don't consider that the road owns
me-" said Mr. Mcintyre, latter have
finished my work in the evening. After
that, and until Z o'clock the next
morning, my time is my own. 1 feel
that have in politics the right of the
free born citizen to vote for whom 1
please.
Mr.. Collins has said he is going to
have my head chopped off because 1
have refused to support him. l am
not. afraid of Mr.. Collins, and the peo-
pie for whom l work think more of me
than he does. He said l had worked
for the street railway five years; l
have worked for it nine and longer
ever since electricity was installed as
motive power and before Mr.. Collins
had anything to do with the system"
Mr.. Mcintyre alluded to Mr.. Collins
statement that his taxes had been paid
for him some years ago, In order that
he might be qualified to vote. He said
that this was true, and that he had
cOISeHleu lnaL MS taxes De pdlQ Tor
him at the earnest solicitation of the
organizers of the Citizens Club Since
that time he had kept himself qualified
to vote every year He denied that the
Savannah, Thunderbolt and Isle of
Hope Railway had anything to do with
his connection with the McAlpin move
ment.
The next speaker was Mr.. j. l. Kill
lorin. 1T affords me pleasure" he be-
gan Ito take another shot q the shin
ing mark, in fact, / might say that
easy mark. otherwise known around
Savannah as Indian Jake, the Path
finder of the Meadows He said can
didate took a man in a bar and got
him drunk and forced him to make an
affidavit, when he knew as well as I
do that this was not the truth
Mr.. Killorin then entered upon an
explanation of the Walker double af-
fidavit matter, which has been thresh-
ed over several times in the Morning
News. He said that Walker had told
him that the only error made in the
first affidavit was in the reference II
made to Mr.. Collins working in the
country and that the man still stuck
to his statement that he heard Mr..
Collins say that seventy-five cents a
day was all that any working man
ought to receive. Mr.. Killorin men,
TONED several other affidavits he said
ne had IN MS possession, but which he
did not read
Mr.. Killorin made passing reference
to Mr.. Collins inquiry as to what he
had done for the Southside and the
world. He admitted that ~he could not
at the moment recollect having done
anything, but stated In explanation
that he had not claimed to have done
anything and that he was not running
for office.
There's all the difference in the
world between the man who does some
thing from which he expects to reap a
two-fold advantage and him who does
sc something for his fellow man. Now all
of you who believe Jake ever did any
thing to help his fellow man, lust toss
me quarter" He didn't get any
quarters.
President Mcintyre introduced as the
next speaker MIR. Lacy NJ. Norwood
Il am glad" began Mr.. Norwood.
ito see so large an assembly gathered
to do honor to Jake. AS Marc Antony
said of BrNus, He is an honorable
man. You all know how honorable.
He has said he has been attacked be-
cause he is a shining mark, and since
i i read that remark of his / have been
wondering whether that mark upon
which shines the light of fame is of
!, pure gold or of pure, unadulterated
brass"
Mr.. Norwood referred to Mr.. Collins
Aawa