The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-15
NOW FOR THE BALLOT.
THE MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN WINDS
UP WITH q FLOURISH.

Thomas Side Confident and Ready to
Meet the Citizens' Candidate
Colored Vote Not All 50 Designated
on the Registration Lists.
The municipal campaign closed last aight
and the count Of the ballots which will be
cast to-day will end one Of the mos. zsal-
ously contested elections that Savannah has
ever known. Yesterday one heard nothing
but "Thomss" and "Schwarz" We'll.
who's gong to be elected mayor" was tie
talk Of the street everywhere in the city.
Last night committee were caucusing,
tickets were being distributed and cir
culars issued by the Thomas men
followed swift footed upon the
heels Of the Schwarz circulars. In
some instances men Quarreled and came b
blows Betting was lively, the Thomas
men being unable 70 place all their money.
A petition was circulated last night
among the grocer liquor dealers by the
Schwarz men asking them 70 close their
places Of business, the object being 20 get
Big force at tue polls. Many declined 70
sign the petition.
The Citizens Club had its final round MP,
and ii is understood that Waring Russell
was present and announced himself for the
SchTarz ticket
THE COLORED VOTE.
About 100 c0lored men held meeting at
Chatham hall, but there were some differ
ences arising about the aldermanIc ticket,
and the meeting was not as harmonious as
it was expected 70 be The Citizens Union
Club also held meeting and declared for
Schwarz
The Schwarz men were trying to get up
a boom yesterday, but last night they were
not as confident as they we're the day be-
fore. Having registered a heavy colored
vote, which they defended upon to pull
their candidate through, they were not
prepared for the mutterings which we're
going about among them yesterday
group Of colored men at York street lane
and Price street was discussing the
vantage point they have, and the chief
spokesman voiced the situation when ho
said: IF we will only stand out an hour or
two, we viii scare him to def" The
Schwaz men viii bend every energy 70 get
the colored vote in early in the morning
The registration has already cost a heavy
sum Of money. 90 tells you dey amt totin
FAM said a colOred man in the market
VINO had his tax receipt for 1883 in one
hand AMI package Of citizens tickets in
the other, which latter he crumpled in his
hand and thrust into his coat pocket saw
agely.
AT THE POLLS.
The polls will open at O'Clock this morn
ing and viii close at 6 o'clock this evening
The arrangement If the boxes will be as
follows:
First District-President street. Man
ayers Thomas A. Folliard, K. G. Fetzer
and L. ". O'Connor, tue latter tally sheet
keeper.
Second District-York street Managers:
NJ. 5. Baker, l.. j. Kietfer and w. Ii.
Preudergast. E. J. Kieffer tally sheet
keeper.
Third District-BuI street Managers:
J.. &. Strong, j. W. Mcintyre aud f. j.
Ruckert and j. w. Mcintyre tally sheet
keeper.
Fourth Decentralization street. Mana
gers $. Elsinger, president Of the city reg
istratiOn board; Lawrence Dunn and
Thomas Clarke, the latter tally-sbeet
keeper.
There was general complaint Yesterday
when the official list Of registered voters,
as published over the signatures Of the reg
istration managers was examined. While
the list, as published, disclosed but Cos col
ored voters, e colored people claimed, in
quiet way, that they had succeeded in
getting the names Of no less than 1000 col
ored voters on the registration books. There
is some color for the claim.
THE sc" WAS LEFT OFF.
The registration board OF the Fourth dis
trict, in furnishing the official list for pub
LEGATION, designated but 222 colored voters
A MORNING NEWS reporter went over the
registration book Of the Fourth district with
Justice Elsinger yerterday afternoon, and
found that there are 302 designated on the
registration book as "colored." so that by
the book the registration stands 50 less
whites and 50 more colored than appeared
on the list furnished for publication, the
books showing LOOP whites and 302 colorcd,
total of l,394. 1t Is not known, however
that all the colored are SO marked on the
books.
The lists furnished from the First and
Second districts are also defective in desig-
mating the color, and one gentleman counted
thirty names in the published list which are
enormously down Ak whites. A fair revi-
sion will no doubt show that there arc fully
as many coloTed voters improperly desig-
mated as whites IN the other districts as a
whole as were found In the Fourth district
by actual count. IL this be true. there are
not less than 1913 coored voters registered
or 500 more than il is believed there are
legal co!ored voters in the city This, 1t is
claimed, accounts for tho fact that the city
registration ia 6A greater than the entire
registration for tho city and county last
fall.
TRICKS TO GET REGISTERED.
Mr.. Elsinger said yesterday that not less
than 800 % 400 colored men were refused
registration IN the Fourth district All
sorts Of suoterfuges wore resorted TO by the
negroes q get their names on the book, ana
one trick Was discovered on Saturday night
which was shrewd enough. Two OF the
managers had slips Of paper marked ~"
which were handed to the successful apph-
cants, who crossed over where MIR. Clarke
was entering the names on the registration
book, the ''E" on the slip being the check to
enter. The negroes got onto the check
business aud managed 10 steal some Of the
checks and were registering on them when
discovered. The checks were taken from
those who had not registered and the check
system " as at once discontinued. Mr.. FL
singer relates an incident where Cesar War
burg applied ~ reg ster after the book was
closed. W0rburg, 1t appears, owed Mr.
Elsinger 50 cents, and the latter declined to
register WSrburg without he would pay
the debt. The negro went OIL and returned
with the money, aud did not want to pay
the 90 cents until be saw the name entered
on the book. Mr.. Elsinger propolnded
questions, cllcltlng answers TO the fact that
Cesar IS % years Of age, has had three
wives and a multiplicity of children, be-
longed 70 the church aud bad never invaded
a neighbors hen roost, but the sly old fel-
low still held bacs the coin, wanting 10 see
his name 60 down "un de book" Mr. El-
singer was iuflexible and finally Cesar sur
rendered the 90 cents. His name, however,
does not appear In the list OF registered
voters