The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-14
WHO WILL BE MAYOR?
THE QUESTION THAT THE LOCAL
POLITICIANS ARE ASKING.


and Candidates on the Move-Th
Election to Take Place Jan. IS
Plenty of Names to Choose from foi
the Mayoralty-AL Lively AldermaniC
Canvass in Prospect.
Who will be mayors is the question
which is exciting the public, now that the
national election is out of the way.
The municipal election will take place OF
Tuesday. Jan IS. There is already grea
deal of quiet work going on. Caucuses ar,
being held. clubs are being formed, and very
little else is talked of politically but whC
will be elected mayor and aldermen.
At present no one appears to be able tc
forecast the result of the mayoralty election.
1t is not yet known whether it will be an
open race for any candidate to enter. or
whether the democratic party will hold a
mass meeting and unite on one man to sup
port. If the latter plan is not adopted it is
said that the republicans will put their
strongest man in the field and make vigo-
rous and systematic campaign, and they
have every reason to believe, they say, that
between two or more democratic candidates
they can secure for the republican candidate
plurality.
REPUBLICANS ON THE WATCH.
1t is pretty well known that the republi-
cans have a thorough and complete organi
xation, and are waiting for the first gap to
break between the divided lines of the de-
mocracy and get in their candidate. 1t is
suspected that they are playing shrewd
game. One of the speakers at the republi-
can meeting at the theater on the eve of
the presidential election made a compli-
mentary allusion to Mai John SchwarZ
.,,,l he fdaae ana 70 hau tod
by them to go abroad that they are not I'M
friendly to his candidacy; but it is believed
in many quarters that they will register
heavily with view to massing their vote
solidly for a candidate of their own, and
possibly for full board of aldermen.
IN THE RACE TO STAY.
Friends of Maj. John Schwarz say that
he is in the race to stay, and that his claims
are not to be submitted to a party conven-
ton. As there are other candidates talked
of, they are thus confronted with the
alternative of stepping aside and giving
Maj. Schwarz free field, or running the
risk of imperiling the party by the election
of a republican mayor.
A democrat, in reviewing the situation
yesterday, said that If Maj. Schwarz takes
the course outlined oy his friends, it will
doubtless leave him without an aldermanic
ticket to strengthen his candidacy, for as
the aldermanic ticket will, no doubt, be
agreed upon in separate councils, or in a
joint meeting of the democracy, it is not
unlikely that If Maj. Schwarz does not sub
init his claims to the party gathering some
one will be placed in nomination at the
head of the aldermanic ticket.
IN A PREDICAMENT.
The candidates for aldermen could not do
otherwise than work for the head of their
ticket. and therefore it would weaken the
I'D hot h.
would lie between the democratic candidate
and the republican candidate.
There appears to 0e quite a strong list of
available candidates to be drawn from,
aud while all the gentlemen named may
not have given their consent to the use of
their names, it is a matter of fact that they
are being canvaSSed by their friends as DOS
sible candidates. The expression among
democrats generally is that the party lines
should be kept unbroken, and more espec-
tally SO as the secret but effective organiza-
zion of the republicans indicates that they
are getting ready to avail themselves
of the first opportunity to slip in man if
they can.
SOME OF THE CANDIDATES.
Among the democrats mentioned in con-
nection with the candidacy for mayor by
the party sanction, is Alderman D. R.
Thomas, chairman of the the street and
lane committee of council. Alderman
Thomas it is said, is not unwilling to make
the race for mayor, but it is believed that
he does not desire to make the race for
alderman again. Alderman Thomas
friends claim that he has long and faith
fully served the city in an Office
attached, at a loss of his time,
the greater part of which has necessarily
been given to the city, and the good results
of which are to be seen in the improved
condition of the parks, public squares and
streets, and that he has well-earned promo
ton. They say that he is willing to submit
his claims to a convention or mass-meeting
of the party and abide by the result cheer
fully, whether it be for or against him.
NOT GIVEN HIS CONSENT.
The friends of Alderman j. J. Melon
ough say that if his consent can be secured.
he would make formidable candidate and
an excellent mayor; that he is ear-headed
and one Of the most efficient members of
the board of aldermen.
The name of Alderman William Duncan
is also mentioned in connection with the
mayoralty, and his friends claim that with
the prospect of the city entering upon a
system Of house drainage, he would be inst
The man for the place, and if consentinR TO
stand, would be strong competitor for the
nomination.
POSSIBLE CANDIDATE.
The name Of Col William Garrard has
also been spoken Of, and 1t is stated that if
pressed be would not refuse the nomination.
"A story is going the rounds that the matter
was preached TO him and that he expressed
himself In words something like this: That
TO be mayor of such city as Savannah is
an honor that any man should be proud of,
but that 1t would be time enough for him
TO say whether he would accept a nomina-
ton when it was rendered
The friends of w. G.. Charlton, ESQ, are
advocating his nomination, and they claim
for him large personal and party follow
ing. Mr.. Charlton is understood TO be in
the race. Among other names mentioned
are those of Col. George A Mercer, j. j.
Dale, Esq, and Capt J. F. Wheaton.
READY TO CUT LOOSE.
It is noticeable that Of all the names
mentioned but one appears to have cut loose
from party councils and declared himself
an independent candidate, and that is Mai.
Schwarz Whether this action will shape
the canvass so that the democracy will not
make a nomination remains to be seen.
Ii is said that the liquor dealers are be-
hind Maj. Schwarz in his candidacy,
although as yet they have not held any
meetings and formally Endorsed it. That
they expect to have a great deal TO do with
the election of mayor and aldermen is an
open secret, and at the proper time, 1t is
said, they viii get together and make up