The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-14
SALOON LAWS THE ISSUE.
ON THIS LINE TIE MAYoRAbTY
CAMPAIGN WILL RE FOUGHT.

All Sides Concede 10 - Major
Schwarz Still Coyly Postpones His
Final Decision-He Regards Warm
Weather Preiudic!al to ths Health of
Booms-What a Lieutanant of Col.
Harmon Has to Say.
| Ex-Mayor Schwarz Is still frequently
waited on by persons desirous Of having
him commit himself In favor Of the
mayoralty candidacy Of Alderman r. +.
Harmon.
IT'S really getting tiresoms," he said to
MORNING News reporter yesterday after
noon. 81 have said all that propose say
ing in that connection, at least for the
present. and l think 1t is about time people
understood that meant what 1 said soma
weeks ago when I told you that, as
viewed ii, it is too early for o man to say
what he may do In the latter part of the
year. One thing is certain. though, II
thought l would have TO buy the office l
would not want it."
No matter what any one interested IN
booming some other candidate may say, IL
is by no means definitely settled that Maj.
Sch war; may not be a candidate. Ha re-
CARDS Mayor McDonough as sure TO be
forced In the field for a reelection. "It
will never do for two men to oppose him."
said the major, in discussing his phase of
the probable situation. ITO do so would
simply mean the destruction Of both. II
Col Harmon and myself were to be caudi-
dates against Mayor McDonough, why, OF
course, he would be reelected. He Is a
strong candidate and it would be folly for
any one to expect q walkover, even il there
was only one man running against him."
KEEPING UP WITH THE SITUATION.
The major keeps well up on the move
ments Of all the politicians and in private
conversation expresses opinions that prove
that he has carefully studied the entire
situation. He and Col. Harmon's lisuten-
ants regard the temperance or liquor issue
as sure TO crop out early in the mayoralty
campaign, and 30 become the main feature
of the fight.
Maj SchwArz expresses himself as OPP
pose posed to ,o,," "free-and-eaSy" Sun
forcement Of the law rigidly enough
30 prevent disorder and annoyance without
going back TO purltanical days. His idea is
to be conservative In this respect and not
as radical as Mayor McDonough has been.
When liquor dealers were brought before
me for violating the Sunday law" he said
yesterday, II fined thouI heavily and COL
that. Sometimes, in preference to throw
ing men into prison and keeping them
there at the county's expense, l allowed
them TO settle their fines In several
payments. They suffered a financial
loss for disobeying the law just
as much as II It had all been
received by me at ono time, the city
was saved expense and they we're not SUBJ
jected to unnecessary imprisonment. Men
view these things in different lights, you
know, and acted according to what con-
sidered to be the best interests OF the city.
However, this Is a thing of the past l
merely wanted TO show you how l stood on
the Sunday question. | think thHt IL is fat
aud Improbable to discuss politics now.
The warm weather has a bad effect on such
things. The cool weather Of the fall is
better time to talk about such things as
candidates and policies"
THE MAJOR SMILES.
The major smiled and laughed and made
jocular remarks. but he only knows whether
he will be a candidate. Judging from some
of his chance expressions, he regards sum-
mer heat as decidedly dangerous 20 mayor
atty booms II he is nursing one it will not
be born until tits nearly time for frosts.
Col Harmon's aids continue hard at work
seeking recruits. s. L. Lazaron, ESQ, is
not the least interchangeable of them. He had
a talk with a MORNING NEWS reporter yes
terday "Some people have got the idea ,"said
Mr. Lazaron, "thRt have fallen out with
Maj. Schwarz. It Is not true. / think just
as much of the major now as / ever did.
We are just as good friends as we were a
year ago and will continue such. The reason
l am supporting Col. Harmon is because l
consider him the most available candidate
with whom to defeat Mayor ncDonough,
and because he stood aside last time In favor
of Mai. Schwarz. think his work for the
major entities him to the support of the
MAJORS friends
The Harmon men then believe that
Mayor McDonough will be a candidate for
enother termW
Eyes. We expect to pit Col. Harmon
| against the mayor. We expect the mayor
| TO want an indorsemept OF mis- administra-
ton by the people at the polls. He will be
asked to run by his friends and our advices
are that he will accede to their request and
do 80.
THE SUNDAY QUESTION.
"Ot course, we expect the Sunday ques-
| ton TO figure in the campaign. It's mis-
take, and does Col. Harmon q gross injus-
tice to believe, that he would tolerate flag
he were mayor. He would give the city a
| good administration, Sundays would be
| peaceful and free from disorder, but there
| would be none of the radical seventeenth
century ideas governing the city IN oppo-
sition to public sentiment. Col. Har-
mon Is the last man in the world
who would let the law be overridden while
he is mayor. His enemies injure themselves
more than they do him in endeavor ing to
| foster such an impression"
Mr.. LaZaron ana other Harmon men ex-
| press themselves as believing that 1t will be
easy to defeat Mayor McDon9ugh. They
are not resting on their oars, though, but
are working as though they were not quite
80 confident as they would have the public
| believe.
Tonight the Citizers' club has a private
meeting. This is the Harmon organization.
| Il Ia rumorad that the nearing Is called 70