The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-19
JONES' HARD HITS.
Continued from Tenth Page.)

b1lllCs 1OQ hiiVN JOo VIC just AA04 III
election and the preachers have split:
Bascom's man got beat. bad, and
Brother Jordan's man got In.
That's the time the water got higher
than the land. This election reminds
me of n story OF two drunken men
that were to sleep in a room in which
there were two beds, one for each, Be-
ing too drunk to know what they were
doing both got in one bed. Each
thinking the other stranger decided
to kick him out and without more ado
went at it until one was landed on the
floor. ...,
''Bascom is the man that hit the
floor" said Mr.. Jones, "but he says
he'd rather lay, on the floor than in
that kind of a bed. 1t ought to be a
good bed. though" continued the
speaker, they say it cost several thou
sand dollars. I'm told of another fun
ny thing about that primary election.
They say that there wasn't any scrap
ping, as there usually is. / asked a
gentleman about this. and he said that
there We're no scraps this time, because
all of the heelers We're on one side.'
Attacked Pension Laws.
Referring to the pension laws Mr.
Jones said that it is not right 10 take
money from the pocket of one fellow
to pay another fellow. Pension is pap"
Then he took up the public school
system. After giving the figures of the
appropriation for the present year and
saying that those in charge of the sys-
tenn were clamoring for $500, 900 more,
he predicted that in ten years the de-
mand for this expense would be near
the 81, 000, 900 mark. Every school
teacher" he said, lis a pap-sucker."
when God Almighty projected this
world he did 1t on the principle of
root hog, or die If there was law
abolishing all public schools and yet
making the education of children COM
pulsory, you'd find that the children
would all be educated and at the same
time thefead be two thirds less saloons
in this town in three months time.
The fellow that can't feed. clothe and
educate his kids ought to go out of
the kid business.
What we need is men. You've got
everything you want in Savannah ex-
cept men. Some of you women have
got no better. sense than TO think you
nave a man; you've got nothing but
pair of old breaches. We've run short
of men and you've done it by running
everything free. don't believe in free
schools any more than believe in free
money.
Sometimes it looks as though we had
too much education already. There are
your theological seminaries turning
out little preachers; your law schools
turning out little lawyers and your
J medical schools turning out little doc
| tors-grinding them out like sausages.
and yet in spite of this and the fact
| that you selected five of the best law
| yers in the state to form a Supreme
| Court they haven't got firrnness and
| strength enough to get the law en-
| forced. Why the jury in the Oglethorpe
| Club case turned the Supreme Court
bench over its lap and spanked 1t. The
theological seminaries continue to man
| ufacture preachers, and yet to-day the
| church of God has never been SO life
| less.
! The osIethorpe' Club Again.
/ Guess you've got educated folks
enough in Savannah to organize an
other oglethorpe Club, If they'd care
| to do it. The only plea that the mem
bers made, you remember. was that
| We're an association of gentlemen
And only to-day heard man talking
about the persecution of gentlemen.
| The little devil! Why, I'd like to spit
on him and drown him.
What does the Oglethorpe Club
care about your morals so long as its
members can gather in their hog-wal-
low every Sunday. I've got pretty near
the proposition of saying that a gen.
tleman won't drink whisky on Sunday
nor any other day. Anyway, if the
| drinking of whisky is what constitutes
the Savannah gentleman I'd rather be
a plain. bob-tailed, yellow dog. I'd
rather be any kind of dog than to
df-iya L. Nd he, hnxr L. ~
! to protect me so that l won't incrimi-
nate myself.
If your judge will give me thirty
minutes before that jury the next time
the case of the Oglethorpe Club comes
up therell be a conviction, or l am
willing to pay the cost of the trial"
Referring to the conduct of the prose-
cution, Mr.. Jones remarked that he
was glad to hear that Little Billee"
| got a move on him. But. then, you
know" he again grew confidential.
when you twist bull yearling's tail
he not only goes up the road, but he
goes sideways"
Getting back to the subject
of the club again. he said: "Ain't
that a nice gang. Why, II that gang
runs your morals the whole thing is
members of the Oglethorpe Club pres
ent: 1 see some half dozen fellows
looking like something had happened"
The Care of Children.
The speaker talked for awhile on
character. then got to the subject of
Savannah's children being allowed too
much in the street. I'm talking close
home now, amt I, Bascom?" he asked
After talking about sheep and goats"
In connection with the Baptist and
Methodist churches he again turned to
Rev. Anthony with Don't you some
times feel like a goat yourself, Eas-
CONF" Mr. Anthony failed to reply
and the speaker. turning to the au-
dience, said: "Bascom says he's like
the. ogiethorpe Club; he don't want to
incriminate himself: he thinks the
court ought to protect him."
On the stage with Rev. Jones during
his lecture were Rev. ]. p. Jordan, who
made an Introductory address, Rev.
w. A. Nisbet, Rev. Bascom Anthony,
and Rev. Ed F. Cook. Nearly all of
the other evangelical ministers of the
city were in the audience.
Rev. Jones reached Savannah yester-
day morning and during the day met
many Of his friends who called on him
at the De Soto, many also met him on
the street during his walks. It was on
the street that he was introduced to
one of the jurors in the OgIethorpe
case. and this information was made
known at the time OF the introduction
so, Bud" said Mr.. Jones, beaming on
the young man, you're one of that in
telligent crowd that thinks it's got
more sense than the Supreme Court.
are your Well, come up and hear me
tonight; I'm not going to leave enough