The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-18
WANT SAM JONES
PREACHERS AFTER HIM TO TAKE
A HAND IN POLITICS.
BIG MEETING NEXT FALL.
WHAT REV. BASCOM ANTHONY
AND REV. j. A. SMITH SAY.

Some Evangelist, Probably Rev. G.
A. Dixon of Boston, Will Be Here
in the SprinE-Mr. Anthony and
Mr. smith say They Want to Get
Rev. Sam Jones in the Fall-They
Want Him for His Influence Upon
the Municipal EIectiOn-Mr. An
thOny says He Knows Where
Policy wheels Are still Merrily
TurninE-COuId Point Them Ont, if
the Authorities Wanted Him to
Do Ii.
The next campaign for the munich
pal offices of Savannah promises to
be interesting. Rev. Sam Jones is
expected to take a hand in it, and that
means that. to speak of it as he might,
the fur viii fly, and the hide with
it,"
Rev. Bascom Anthony, pastor of
Trinity Church, and Rev. ]. A.
Smith. pastor of Epworth Methodist
Church, were together yesterday
when asked about the prospective I'M
ion meeting to be held during the
spring. when it is expected that some
celebrated evangelist will conduct the
services. Rev. c. A. Dixon of Bos-
ton will, in all probability, be the
man. though he has not been def
nitely decided upon.
But I'll tell you one thing" said
Rev. Mr.. Anthony, dropping into the
phraseology that his friends know so
well, they can get whoever they
want to preach for 'em in the spring.
but Jim and me are goin' to have
Sam Jones in the fall. L don't believe
in shootin up into the air just to
make a hole in it. / want to hit
somethin' when 1 let loose. Sam can
help us hit ii. too, and he's goin to
be here next fall to do it.
What do we want him for?" said
Mr.. Anthony to a further query.
why, we want him to turn loose
against the crowd that's in now. We
want to get 'em out We are tired
of having things go sailn' along here
in any old way, everything wide open
and nobody TO shut it up"
You want to get one evangelist here
to look after the religious side of the
town and another to look after the po-
litical side?"
Not by a good DEAL" Mr.. Anthony
replied. Both of EN- are religious
sides. If l could get the gang that's
in out, | would think that l had done
the finest religious act of my life
would like to send them into political
outer darkness where the lion roareth
and the whangdoodle moaneth-er-er
err That was a touch of the old
fashioned country style of preaching
that Mr.. Anthony introduced to en-
nh aeiyn he
the state to which he wanted the Tins"
consigned.
Yes" said Rev. Mr.. Smith, 1--WE want
to upbuild the city morally, and we
find that we have to got to go about il
politically. Il can't be done the way
Mr.. Jones tried to do il the last time
he was here. For a while that worked
all right, but the crowd wouldn't keep
things straight very long. Now they
are as bad as ever. We will have a
man here in the spring for the aid of
the church, but we will do our best to
get Sam Jones here in the haH to help
the city out"
Have you got any candidate in
training for the race for Mayor"
No" said Mr.. Anthony, 1--WE are
lettin' the other fellow look after that
part of it, We will let him put his
man in the field. and then Wen see
what we can do about it. Whoever he
may be, we are agin him. We are not
for any man who wants to have
things go on as they are goin' now.
Policy shops are wide open. The
Mayor and the detectives have been
having their conferences, but what
have they amounted to? They pulled
one place not long ago, but l really
believe that was intended for a joke.
They didn't do anything with the men
they caught. The policy wheels are
turnin' as blithely as ever. and IT'S no
trouble to anybody to find that out.
Il can show them where they are
running. | am not i'm the detective
business, but / can show those that
are something that it seems they can't
find out. Down on West Broad street
! know where there are two shops. If
they will just give me thirty minutes
notice at any time I'll guarantee to
show them where there are others.
THAT State Fair we had here made
things break loose again. The bottom
seemed to fall out then, and there's
been no putting it back. That room
underneath the grandstand where
every game was going at fierce rate,
was too much. Gambling broke out
again, and it's been rank ever since"