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THE SEARCHLIGHT.;j Published —by the — SEARCHLIGHT PUBLISHING CO. 110 St. Julian, W. ‘ - - 11 To insure attention, all communica- ‘ tions must be accompanied by the j, real name of the writer, not necessary : for publication, but as a guarantee of j good faith. All communications should be plain- j ly addressed: The Searchlight, Savan- i nah, Ga. We will not be responsible for the j views expressed by correspondents. RATES OF ADVERTISING MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION. Notice to Subscribers and j 1 Advertisers: Subscribers to THE SEARCHLIGHT . are hereby notified not to pay for l their subscriptions, or for any adver- j tising, unless the receipt for same is oountersigned by the editor. <T^ADES»]cOUNcjL> The issue to be decided Tuesday, January Bth, is not a question of your individual preference for men, but of principle. Good men forfeit their right to your support when they lend their names to an organization that stands for the things that the Citizens’ Club stands for in this community. These men of good character on the Citizens’ Club ticket were put there by the machine for the purpose of self-preservation. Their election will not mean their individual success, but a triumph for the machine, with all its baleful influences. No matter how you feel in regard to the inidividuals on our ticket, it is your duty to vote a straight ticket and ad minister a crushing defeat to the machine. Why were the Mcßrides permitted to perambulate the streets for hours after the shooting affray in front of the city exchange? Where was the | police force? In 1899 when the Citizens Club ticket! won, James Mcßride was a candidate j for Harbor Master. Mr. Geo. W. Tiede- j man was chairman of council. The party bosses attempted to get him to vote for Mcßride, but he flatly refused to do so. Mcßride was elected over j his protest. John J. Garrity, at that time Super intendent of the Scavenger Depart ment, and Wm. H. Peck, Clerk of the Water Works Department, were used by Mr. Osborne to dig his artesian well at his Summer Home at White Bluff, and Mr. T. E. Penton, Inspector of Sewers, assisted in the plumbing. The following receipts appear of record in the City Treasurer’s office: “June 16, 1905, Received from W. W. Osborne one hundred and twenty-five dollars, being amount of John J. Garrity’s sal- ■ ary for the month of April, 1905, while engaged in digging artesian well at White Bluff.” Another one on July 11, 1905, almost a month later: “Received from W. W. Osborne one hundred dol lars, being amount of W. H. Peck’s salary for the month of July, 1905, while engaged in digging artesian well of W. W. Osborne at White Bluff.” The work was done in April and was paid for nearly two months later. It has been publicly charged that Mr. O'sborne did not return the money to the City Treasurer until he learned that these facts would be used for campaign purposes, but, even if this \ be not the cause of Mr. Osborne re- 1 turning the money, it was highly im proper to use public officials to do the j private work of the Boss. If the city did not need their services, their offices ' should be abolished and the tax pay ers saved the money. No one but the Boss could have secured their services. The City of Savannah paid would-be j I Alderman Granger almost as much for j 1 the land necessary to purchase streets j 1 through his property as Mr. Granger! ] paid for the entire tract It pays to 1 be a Citizens Club supporter. 1 —i 1 Mcßride was paid by the city S4O j a month for the use of one room in his home. The Boss would call this t thrift What do the people of Savan- 1 nah think of this form of thrift. f LEST WE FORGET Colonel Garrard is the nominee of the Citizens Club faction. He repre sents that organization as fully and as completely as would Mr. Myers or Mr. Osborne. He has always been an in tense Citizens’ Club partisan. In the June primary he voted the entire Citi zens’ Club ticket, and by his vote en dorsed the evils that the Citizens Club stood for. The same forces are behind Colonel Garrard today that have been in con trol of our city for a number of years, and under whom such terrible abuses have arisen. Colonel Garrard is the nominee of Osborne, Myers, the Garfunkles, the Mcßrides, Garrity, Creamer, Gad Bry an and Collins. His election means the continuation of their control of the city. The present administration is un deniably a Citizens Club administra tion. This administration has within the last four days discharged nine city employes, whom they admit did their duty faithfully, because these nine em ployes are supporting Mr. Tiedeman against Colonel Garrard. Can you doubt that Colonel Garrard is the nominee of the Citizens Club? A vote for Colonel Garrard means a vote to keep Mcßride in office. Can you afford by your vote to en ! dorse the evils the Citizens Club ad ministration has stood for? A disgraceful shooting affray, in which two men were killed and an other wounded, occurred in front of the City Hall at three o’clock in the afternoon. James Mcßride, Harbor Master, Tim Mcßride, Assistant Har bor Master, his son, and Jim Lane, Keeper of City Stables, Mcßride’s brother-in-law, were engaged in the shooting, and one of the Mcßrides fired the fatal shot. These men walk ed the public streets of Savannah for hours after the tragedy and were not arrested. The Chief of Police, the members of the police force and the deputy sheriffs of this county did not dare to arrest them. The Boss used Garrity, Peck and Penton to dig his artesian well and paint his house at White Bluff. Do you think the Boss should have the right to command the services of offi cials paid by the tax payers? Could you do it? In response to the invitation to sub mit plans for the City Hall, in May, 1903, fourteen architects submitted drawings. The plans the City liked best, were those of Mr. G. L. Norrman, of Atlanta, but he had no pull with the machine. Therefore, a resolution was passed rejecting all of the plans. In December, 1903, Mr. Norrman learned, although he had been notified that his plans had been rejected, that his plans were being used by the City. The architect to whom Mr. Norrman’s plans were turned over was a friend of the administration, and was paid over SIO,OOO for these same plans. Mr. H. E. Wilson made this charge in a pub lic speech on March 9th and proved it absolutely. He produced an affidavit from Mr. Norrman setting up the above facts and also exhibited to an i audience of several hundred people the original drawings of Mr. Norrman, which were almost identical with the present City Hall. Mayor Myers re- j fused to deny the truth of this charge.. With Garrard we find Osborne on his right, Collins on his left, Myers, j Garfunkle, Mcßride, Garrity and Crea mer behind him pushing. They say that if the Citizens Club wins this fight Garrity and Creamer will again feed at the public crib. James Mcßride, Harbor Master, and j John J. Garrity, at that time Superin tendent of the Scavenger Department, were caught red-handed in the fraudu lent naturalization of foreigners. They plead guilty in the United States Court to this serious crime and were suf fered by the Mayor and Aldermen to hold offices of honor and trust Remember, Colonel Garrard’s elec tion means the triumph of Osborne, Myers, Garfunkle, Mcßride, Garrity and Creamer. FAITHFUL ACCOUNT OF MEETING AT WHICH GARRARD WAS NOMINATED. Four Citizens Club Speakers and Indian Jake.— Garrard Said He Would Wear No Man’s Col lar—“ We’ll Run it Over Col. Garrard,” Said Jake to the Pie-Eaters—Mr. Robert Creamer Spoke—Among Those Present Were Creamer, Osborne, Mcßride, Garrity, Garfunkels, Wylding, Campos and Gad Bryan—The Buz zard Dance. Accounts of political meetings, like obituaries, are always glowing. We never see a plain, literal exposition of what really happens at the meetings. But to the knowing ones there is more humor in a political metting than anything else. The recent meeting of i the People’s League at the Benedic- I tine Hall was one which was pregnant with humor. The following faithful account of the meeting has been furn ished us by a gentleman who went to the meeting under misapprehension as to the personnel of the so-called League. The hall was half filled with chairs, which were arranged by some one old at the game, for while the front and rear rows reached across the hall, the intermediate rows were of varying length, the middle rows containing some twelve or fifteen chairs. The object in this arrangement was mani fest. A la area ■ of the middle ; portion was filled with boys, ranging jin age from ten to fifteen years. By actual count there were 363 people at j the meeting, and yet the Morning News, on the following morning said that the hall was crowded and fully 200 stood. Some twenty or thirty did stand around the door, but there were empty chairs. They preferred to stand, in order to give the appearance of a | crowd to those who came to the door. Mr. Collins arrived early, accom -1 panied by lieutenants Tedder, Clarke, Herriott, Purvis, Campos and an offi cer from one of the ships in harbor. : The officer was quite a nice looking fellow and seemed ill at ease in his surroundings. Gen. Peter W. Meldrim, Mr. W. W. | Osborne and Judge Twiggs had not | arrived. The first and last mentioned never did arrive. In place of Gen. Meldrim came a long letter reviewing the history of the Savannah harbor, ! with which the General grew very in timate during the recent Greene-Gay i nor trial. The General, after explain ing that he would not be present at any of the meetings, and discoursing at some length on the beautiful city which we live in, incidentally endorsed Col. Garrard, his law partner for mayor. Os course the crowd received this letter as the neralded “active support.” Judge Twiggs being elsewhere, it be hooved Mr. Collins to find other speak ers. Accordingly messengers were despatched through the audience to corral any respectable people who could talk. Mr. W. W. Sheppard and Mr. Dan. J. Charlton were the People’s League orators who were brought forward. Meanwhile Col. Garrard had arrived. Mr. Tedder and Dr. Herriott were en- j lightening Colonel Garrard by exhibit ing to him the paraphernalia for the scheduled buzzard dance. There were numerous placards. On one was writ ten “Crasamum Bob.” Qol. Garrard, naturally, was nonplussed. Mr. Ted der explained that the crasamum was a flower. Then Mr. Tedder exhibited a placard bearing the slogan “Down with Tzar Cunningham.” Col. Gar rard was highly edified and doubtless agreed fully with Mr. Tedder that “This Cunningham has something coming to him. Just wait until I ge^ through with him.” Os course Col. Garrard recognized that Mr. Cunning ham was no match for Mr. Tedder and he was glad to have Mr. Tedder’s sup port instead of Mr. Cunningham’s. Col. Garrard vouchsafed the informa tion that the inclement weather doubt less interferred with the attendance. It was a typical Citizens Club meet ing. The beaming countenances and familiar whoops of J. Robert Creamer, Gad. D. Bryan, Jr., Charlie Garfunkel. Abe Garfunkel, Louis Garfunkel, the Mcßrides, McKenas, Britt Rogers, J. J. Garrity, Lovie Pitts, Neil Gildea, Jasper Wylding and others equally as prominent in the councils of the Citi zens Club were right there There was one familiar face missing and en quiry developed the fact that Doc Rosenthal was in jail. Fortunately the glare of the foot lights prevented Col. Garrard’s getting a good square look at this assemblage. Prominent in one of the front benches (and they were nearly all at the front) was Mr. Frank F. Jones with hair, as usual neatly parted down the back of his rosy head and leading dignity to the occasion by his superior respectability. After Col. Garrard had recited his statistics which were readily and en thusiastically grasped by the intelli gent audience. Mr. W. W. Sheppard read Gen. Meldrim’s letter Mr. Shep pard then told of the proud history of Savannah. The meeting was fast asleep and Mr. Collins thought he would have Boss Billy turn the hose on them, which he did. Now Jake, in introducing Billy had referred to his high charac ter and wonderful mentality. Mr. Os | tome said he was embarassed but he ! appeared nauseated. He knew that Jake meant it though, because Jake had said so many nice things about him in the June fight. Mr. Osborne went backward forty years and discussed Col. Garrard’s war record. He tripped lightly over more recent events. He neglected to i say that the only reason Mr. Tiedeman | wasn’t in the Civil war was because | he wasn’t old enough to handle a rattle much less face the rattle of musketry. The peace de resistance of the even ing was Jake’s speech. As chairman of the meeting he proceeded on the theory that the best orator should be retained for the last. He said he would talk a few minutes and he talk ed an hour. Mr. Collins told the office holders and hangers on that Col. Garrard would have appointive power and not elective power. He added that he j would look after them and every man who worked would get a job. He said nothing about qualifications and, for getting for the moment that he was not yet nominated, promised, as an alderman, to “run it over Col. Gar rard.” Col. Garrard, who had but a short while before stated that he would wear no man’s collar, smiled approvingly as the crowd awoke like a volcano from long sleep and spon taneously exploded with shouts of ap proval of this policy. Mr. Collins started to say something about Mr. J. I. Killorin but someone in the rear wispered to him: “Look out, Joe is with us, Jake.” Jake duck ed and referred to Mr. Schwarz. He started to say something characterist ically dirty, when he noticed two clergymen in the wings. The polished clergymen. Col. Gar rard and the one or two other gentle men who were present were particu larly impressed with Mr. Collins’ chaste English. Collins is bad enough on English without effecting bum grammar, and when he essayed the | Sam Jones style the combination was ! horrible. The speech should have | been reproduced in the language in j which it was delivered. Jake got a cold reception from the crowd but it didn’t feaze him. They didn’t seem j to care how long the Jack ass’ ears grew, for the whole crowd of Citizens Club grafters wanted to hide behind them until the present campaign was over. Mr. D. J. Charlton, another Citizens Club orator, made a speech. He studiously avoided any reference to Seventy-five cents Jake, nor did he praise J. Robert Creamer as he used to in the last campaign. Mr. Creamer was not only present but he too got up and let off a little wind. The buzzard dance was dispensed with. The reason was given that the stage was too small —to accommodate so many buzzards, it is presumed. “What’s all this hollering about?” the curious stranger cried: "For Tiedeman, our future mayor,” tfc* citizen replied. “What makes ’em shout and wave their hats?” the curious stranger cried; “Cause they know he’ll be elected,” the citizen replied. “Fat its down and out for Osborne and Collins and the rest; They’ll never win this battle thoagh they try their level best, We’ve got ’em skinned, as all will see when comes the final test, And we vote for Tiedeman on Tues day morning.” ! “Why should you vote for Tiedeman?” the curious stranger cried; “Cause he’s the man that’s clean and straight," the citzen replied. "And when he’s in what will he do?” the curious stranger cried. "He’ll give this town good govern ment,” the citizen replied. "For Savannahians are tired of Bos sism, graft and greed. The People’s Democratic League will answer to their need, And we ll rally round their banner, t* the rescue come with speed, And we’ll vote for Tiedeman on Tues day morning.” j “And how about the Aldermen?" the curious stranger cried, “O! they’re the best you ever saw!” the citizen replied, "And will they all be just and fair?” the curious stranger cried Just read the list, their names will tell,' the citizen replied. For we've got a man for every class, who’ll do his duty sure; They’ll open all the windows, and let in air that’s pure; And what is more, they’ll keep it so, and make a lasting cure; 'So we’ll vote our ticket straight o* Tuesday morning.” “What day you say will see the fun?” the curious stranger cried; "Next Tuesday, January Eighth," the citizen replied; And you don’t think there’s any doubt?” the curious stranger cried, Whay man alive, I know there ain’t,” the citizen replied. “For the other side’s nowhere in sight, we’re gone so far ahead, We”ll beat ’em by two thousand votes, they’ll have to go to bed. Just, wait, and watch, and listen to the League’s resounding tread, As we vote our ticket straight o* Tuesday morning!” Do you want Garfunkle to remain at the head of the police force? Do you wish the evils that have flourished under the Citizens Club ad ministration to continue? If you do not, your duty is clear. City employees feel that, in order to retain their positions, they must pur chase their supplies from Garfunkle & Sons. One of the Garfunkles is on hand every pay day at the City Treas urer’s office to collect the bills of the firemen before the men themselves get their pay. Can you vote to have the same old crowd to control.