The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-13
M'DONOUGH MEN PICKED
TEE ADMINISTRATION TICKET IN
NEXT TUESDAYS ELECTION.

III DONOOUu MIN IOhGO
TEE ADMINISTRATION TICKET IN
NEXT TUESDAYS ELECTION.
The Work of the Committee OF
twenty-five to be Ratified at Masonic
Temple To-night-The HarmonTicket
TO Be Announced at a Meeting at
Turner HslI-Dr. Duncan and T. II.
Mcmillan the Latest Of the McDon-
ough Men.
Tonight the voters Of Savannah will be
presented with the two municipal tickets
from which they are supposed to select the
city fathers at the polls Tuesday for the
next two years.
Mayor McDonough's friends will meet at
Masonic temple to rstify the work OF the
committee of twenty-five appointed several
weeks ago 10 pick out twelve men who
would be in accord and sympathy with the
mayors enforcement Of the law. Every
thing points to an enthusiastic gathering
and an unequivocal Endorsement Of the com
mittee's ticket.
Alderman Harmon's supporters will meet
at Turner hail and pick their own ticket out
of a large batch OF names which will be
submitted.
Here is the ticket which was furnished
Yesterday by a friend of Mayor McDOnough
as the one which the committee of twenty
five will present at the Masonic temple.
Il was shown 10 some Of those in
position to know Of its correctness, but they
declined TO either affirm or deny it:
FOR MAYOR.
JoHN J. MCDoNoUGH.
FOR ALDERMEN
Herman Myers, NJ w. Dixon,
r. B. Harris, David Wells.
George 8. haines, William Bohan,
W. |. O'Brien, 4. ID. MCMILLAN,
George j. Mills, w. Duncan.
IL will be seen by the above ticket that
the committee completed its work yester-
day by putting on DR.. Duncan as
the twelfth man and substituting MIR.
Mcmillan for Capt. Thomas Screven, Jr.,
who was practically decided upon night be-
fore last.
The reason for dropping Capt. Screven is
not known except to the committee, but
friends of Capt. Soreven feel quite
sore at the change. They say he will be
elected anyhow, as be will get the solid sup
port OF the Harmonites and the equally solid
support OF the Fourth district. the voters Of
which Endorsed him IS their choice night be-
fore last. There was a rumor current also
that Alderman Herman Myers had been
dropped from the McDonough ticket, but
this proved unfounded.
SURPRISED COMMITTEE.
The announcement in yesterdays MORN
ING NEWS Of the work OF the committee of
twenty-five was surprise 20 the gentlemen
comprising the committee. They were try
ing TO work the matter quietly and keep the
names of their selection secret until to-
nights nesting. Some Of them could not
understand how the information
leaked, and contented themselves
with the belief that it was
altogether newspaper guessing. In this,
however, they were mistaken. The informa-
tion was CLEANED from authoritative sources
and was anything but guesswork.
Alderman Harmon's friends busted them
selves yesterday in discussing the merits of
Mayor McDonough's ticket, and making
predictions as to the success and failure OF
the gentlemen who will run with the
mayor. OF course from their point of view
the ticket is weak one, while the friends
of the administration consider it an uu-
usually strong aud thoroughly representa-
tive array of men in whose hands the
affairs of the city would be admirably and
economically administered.
THE HARMON MEN.
Some OF the names to be presented to the
Harmon meeting for aldermen are as fol-
lows: Aldermen Myers and Haines, Capt.
W. j. Watson. Marcus S. Baker, George A
Hudson, John Lyons, J. S. Collins, W. II.
Ray, Thomas Bowden, John II. Lubs, H.
N. Conner. Jr., aud r. Cuyler Gordon.
The meeting is expected to last quite
awhile, as each name will be voted upon
separately. and of course an affair of
this character is bound to have
more or less speeohmaking interspersed in
the programme. A campaign committee
to arouse the voters and work at the polls is
also to be selected.
The committee of twenty-five. it is said,
at one time came near selecting Mr.. Watson
OF the De Soto as one of the candidates for
the administration ticket He was urged
by his friends and was the choice of a
number of the committee, but on the vote
he did not have sufficient following to carry
him through. IL he will accept it be can
have nomination on the Harmon ticket
~ e NOT A COMMITTEEMAN.
MIR. L. Putzel, who was mentioned in
yesterdays MORNING NEWS as one of the
committee of twenty-five, SAYS he was not
on the committee. lie takes no interest in
politics beyond casting his ballot, and would
not serve on a committee il he were APP
poluted. The MORNING NEWS only pub
lished the names as a rumor furnished bv
party who claimed to be on the "inside !"
lt did not give the names of the committee
as a positive fact.
The colored men have taken a hand in the
hight A meeting has been called for to-
night at Odd Fellows hall, on Harris street,
to name a candidate for alderman to repre>
sent the negro in the coming election.
THE CONVOCATION ENDED.
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