The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-18
THE CHOICE OF THE FOURTH.
The Men the District is Likely TO Sur
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The Men the District is Likely TO Sup
port for representatives.
| Politics were a common topic Of talk yes
terday. well known young politician
from the Fourth district gave some pointers
on the situation there.
"Gearon will be in the race" he said,
''you can put that down for certain. And
what is more, he is going TO be elected
He has power OF friends
in the Fourth and they will
use their inhusnce for him outside the dis
trict as we'll. He is not put in the field In
opposition to Doolan, as some have thought
The Fourth will support both Dooisn and
Gearon and they will both be elected
Who else will the Fourth supportp
well, Guerard will get the third largest
vote in the district, I think. He has a num-
Der OF friends in that section. l think his
chances Of election are good. Schley will
get good vote In the Fourth, too. He Is
very popular among those who know him
and will be strongly supported Gearon,
Doolan and Schley, or Gearon. Doolau and
Guerard will be the winning ticket at the
Fourth district primary"
Chow about Maj. RyalsF'
81 don't think the major will be in IL in
the Fourth. He will get q number Of votes
here and there, but no great general sup
port"
'How about Osborne ~
81 DONE think Osborne is very popular In
the Fourth, though this Is only personal
opinion. think the other candidates will
outweigh him there Doolan and Gearon
first and Guerard and Schley next is the
way the Fourth stands.n
How near this expresses the true situation
In the Fourth remains 70 be seen.
The youth of the candidates offering, or
OF the aJority of them, is general subject
OF comment. The young men appear TO be
coming 20 the front in Chatham county.
Some wonder Is expressed that older men
with records behind them do not come out
for representative. In almost every in
stance men of this class whose names have
been mentioned have declined to allow them
to be used. They do not want 1t, they say.
The fact is that almost without exception
the professional and business men of Savan-
nah Of prominence In their pursuits are too
busy TO enter politics TO the extent of spend
ing term in the legislature.
There is hardly lawyer in Savannah OF
prominence whose time Is not so fully
occupied with his professional duties that he
does not feel that the loss involved in tax
ing the time from his business
necessary to give TO legislative
duties, IL elected, would be more than the
honor is worth. With bankers, merchants
and other business men 1t is pretty much the
same. They are too fully occupied with
their business affairs to give any time to
politics. ss
The result Is that the legislative repre-
sentAtives are not chosen for their ability
but for their general popularity. The
honor Of q term in the legislature is re-
garded as popular compliment to
q popular young man. In the country
the compliment is usually given to
the most successful farmer That some Of
the young men and some OF the farmers are
men of ability goes without saying.
Chatham county will have a large list OF
aspirants for legislative honors to choose
from, and there should be no difficulty in
securing three good men from the number.