The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-13
Tho City Election.

/ cay. 10 all the people OF this city IealiZe
! how i'm ortant an election It 81 II there
are any who do not they should inform
! themselves with respec- TO il at once. On-
/ c ais are to lie chosen who, for the uext Two
/ years viii have the direction Of the city's
affairs. They will exert an immense 10.
fuence uron the citys welfare. II they are
qualified for their respective positions they
! VII promote her prosperity. If they are
/ o. they will retard IT,
! There is not a citizan, whether he has
/ property or business i1tere t. in the city or
/ not, who does not want 70 see her prosper
! ons. Every one feels pride in her growth
and he steadily Increasing commercial
/ grcat" ess. No one doubts that h continued
advancement depends largely upon having
| honest aud competent men ia control Of her
municipal affairs
The selection OF mayor ana counclme1
| should be a matter OF business, not senti-
ment, aud the business view should not he
from q selfish standpoint, but from the
standpoint Of the public good. The question
| that should be asked is this. Who of the
candidates 10 best qualified to serve the city
oflcieutlyl Every voter should not only
| ash Himself this question, but If he doubts
h,s ability to answer II correctly, no should
seek information from the most reliable
sources His vote should be in accorda1ce
with his convictions.
| There is no question as to which Of the
two candidates FIR mayor ought 10 be
| CHI ser. Mr.. Thomas is a man Of education
aud fine business qualifications. He has
proven himself to be one Of the most com.
| petent and progressive councilmen the city
has ever had The greater part of the i'm
| provemerts that have been made within the
last few years IS the result OF his earnest
| persistent, conscientious work. He may
not have pleased everybody, bat
he has done So much better than
the most Of those who preceded him in his
| present position that those who have been
disposed to find FAM, with him have not
found many willing listeners. He is eco
| nomical and careful, and 1t is certain that
if he is electe the city's fl 7ancial condition
will be better at the close of his all ni1issra-
ton than at the beginning Of it. He is The
nominee Of the democratic pa ty, and the
nomination came to him by a very large
| majority.
1 AfAJs 9ShWdIE ~ All luuFDSIdtlL tdi3tll'
date. 1t is true that he ha been nominated
by a political club of his admirers, bat it is
not too m ch to say tina. ne is a candidate
more bscaEso no IS ambitious to be mayor
then because any considerable number
of those who are prominent as prop
erty holders or business men desire
him to ill the mayors Office. The
MORNING News has not word to say
against Maj. Schwarz as a citz,a. II does
not question his honesty, and it believes
that as mayor he would do what ne thought
to be right. II does not, however, believe
that he is ouadli to be- the heal of the city
government Thai he is not, is not,
perhaps, his fault, bit his misfortune. He
has been twelve years in the city council,
and in that time he has done nothing to dis
tinguish himself. 1t is doubtful if his
friends can point to a single thing in his puo-
lie career that indicates a special lit ess for
the place be now seeks. The MORNING NEWS
would willingly support him for any public
position which it believed he could fill wi
credit to himself. 1t has no prejud ce
against him because he is not native OF
the city Indeed, it would slp9 1T him in
| DTtltItuCN ~ VI IOtklhS II a. luJukub Gllli
the better qualified. 1t opposes him for one
reason only, and that is that he lacks the
most important qualifications that it is
abso utely necessary n successful mayor
should have Doubtless some of Maj.
Schwarz's admirers arc supporting him be-
cause they like him personally. 1t is a
mista-ie t . support a man for an important
pubic office because he happens TO have
popular qualities, and 1t IS probable that
Mai Schwarz's admirers, If they should
succeed in electing him mayor, would
thinl, they had made the greatest kind of a
mistake before he had been in office three
months.
There is some little d dissatisfaction with tbs
democratic ticket for councilmea. 1t would
be strange if there were not. There is more
or 'ess dis abstraction with every political
ticket, but it will hardly be denied
that the democratic aliermanic ticket
is good one, and preferable to the
Schwarz ticket beca so those who compose
it were regularly nominated bv Il conven-
ton which represented the Democratic
party and every material interest of the
city. The Schwarz ticket was made up by
a few of Mr.. Schwarz's supper ers, who Sc
lee ed the most available men they could
gel, some Of whom, it is understood, have
not yet consented to the use of their names
on that ticket. The aim was not so much
to make good ticket rs 10 get an opposi-
ton ticket that would aid Maj. SchwRr2 in
his candidacy for mayor.
The entire democratic 'icket should e
supported earnestly because the best in
teres;s Of the city demand its election.
Shsrman's Returning Board Bill.
Senator Sherman is one Of those public
men who apparently never forget anything
II Louisiana in 1879 he learned something
about the operations Of returning boards
He saw how by means OF them that state
was counted for HAYES for President, and
he has concluded that no better means could
be devised for carrying congressional dis
tricts in the south for the Republican party
The bill, which he introduced Into the SEN
ate the other day for conducting cougre,-
sional elections, provides for state canvass
| ing and conversational die riot bourdS thu