The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-28
TORCHES AND MUSIC.
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ranks of the Union Club, that they will
all be found in line when election takes
/ place Now lets see if this is so.
| Every man formerly connected with
4 the Citizens Club, but who is now a
member of this organization please
raise your hand"
Hands went up from all parts of the
/ house, which drew from the speaker the
| comment, Il wish Little Billee were
here to see that l want to warn you,
| though not to be swelled up because
/ of this gathering-don't think you've
won the fight because you haven t;
| you've just begun it. You've got to
| fight a crowd hedged in by the spoils
| system, men holding public positions
| already and believing that the end jus
/ titles the means no matter what that
| means be.
Their jobs are at stake. For eight
years they have been in public office,
and their hardest work has been to
draw their pay. If they lose their
places they will be out in the cold, cruel
world, and have to go to work and,
such an alternative they face with the
| same dread that a tramp faces the pos
sibility of a cold water bath
you've got desperate men to fight,
! but don't let that deter you for if a
single man among you let yourself be
| browbeat and driven from the polls you
i are lost to American manhood and are
not fit to shake hands with. And re-
member this, when the election day
comes and they put out their toughs
and hoodlums against us they will be
net and you may rest assured our men
will not be side tracked"
Mr.. Wright Confident.
Mr.. Anton p Wright followed Mr..
LaRoche. Fellow citizens, ne said,
If l had any doubt in my mind he
| fore this meeting was called to order
as to the result Of the coming election,
1t has vanished. l think that when the
polls close Thursday dill appropriate
motto above the name Of the Citizens
| Clubs name viii be Ichabod.
Il have no set speech to make to
! you; | am but an humble citizen, but
| | am always and Enthusiastically op-
| posed to the Citizens Club. 1t has been
| stated that it was probable that the
| speakers here tonight would pour hot
shot into the ranks of the opposition.
| If by that it was meant that there
| would be personalities or vituperation
| INDUCED in it was a mistake; we've
but to make a frank and free criticism
! of these people and there will be no
| man in this audience for whom it
/ would be hot enough
| 1T seems to me that the government
of this city should be with the City
| Council / don't believe that a clique
of men, coterie of politicians or a
| crowd of spoilsmen should dictate to
the Mayor and Council what must be
done"
Mr.. Wright retold the story of the
| committee sent to Atlanta last Decem-
Der to protest against the bill to change
the election of city officers, and the
dispatch of kilograms to the Legisla-
| tors telling them to stand by the COM
mittee, in face of the fact that it had
| been sent as the result of a measure
| introduced in Council and passed by
that body. at wasn't because these
men had changed their minds about
the matter that the kilograms were
sent" said Mr.. Wright but because
| the politicians and spoilsmen who
stood back of them goaded them into
it. Am l right" Cheers answered his
| question.
Mr.. Wright referred to Alderman
Franks appointment to the head of the
! Police Committee and his subsequent
removal. Then he discussed the mem
bers of the last Legislature who were
elected from this county. Where are
they now he asked, then followed,
| Hitch and Wells are away back; Har-
den is on the present ticket because he
voted like Citizen Club men would be
expected to do; to Lut a dollar in his
pocket.
Il don't believe in pensioning a man
unless he has done something to entitle
him to it, and certainly l don't believe
| because he has belonged to 400 or
some similar organization that he
should be retired for life on his salary
l don't believe that public Office is
private snap, and 1 don't believe that
officeholders should be put at the polls
fAV 41,a s.,t- -.
voters in the interest of the admins
tration, or that, when they should be
doing the work for which they are paid
| they should be swarming the Court
House doors for partisan purposes, and
for partisan ends.''
Concluding, Mr.. Wright said: LET
every man vote according to his con-
science and the old city will be regen-
Grated and brought back to where she
ought to be-
MIR. Travis Predictions.
The next speaker, Mr.. R. J. Travis
spoke in humorous vein. II heard
day or two ago"' he said, that the
tigure-head up at the City Exchange
says the Union Club amuses him. He's
| tickled-wel l imagine If he were here
tonight he'd be tickled some more-in
fact he might get the mysteries and
laugh himself to death. Anyway, if
he and his followers don't look out they
may be tickled to death Thursday.
Il have number of friends in the
Citizens Club" said Mr. Travis land
l recognize the fact, and you know the
fact that some of the men in office are
clean men, but the powers that domi-
nate the policy of the Citizens Club
are the powers we shall put out of Of
flee.
Mr.. Travis said that the platform of
the Union Club is "a public office is a
public trust" That this, he said,
should be the case. has been recognized
by Che opposition as is shown in the
city ordinances under the head of
City officers and Employees while l
read" said Mr.. Travis, Il want you
to picture to yourselves how the city