The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-08
Z Wrou Impression

Z Wrons Impression.
Interested parties are seeking to i'm
press upon Judge Ferrill the ordinary,
that the opposition % the proposed bill TO
take the registration out of the control Of
the county commissioners, and place it in
that of the ordinary, is directed against
him. There are no good reasons why any
one should entertain such an impression,
and it is doubtful if any intelligent per-
son, who is sufficiently interested to make
/ himself acquainted with the purpose Of
| the opposition, does entertain an impress
| sion of that kind. Judge Ferril IS not
| the zone man power that those who are
most deeply interested in the vel
| fare of this county have resisted
| for years. That potent political force
was in existence before the present ordi-
nary was in Office aud it will continue to
exist, probably, after his official life has
ended. II has succeeded often in defeat
ing the will of the taxpayers of this
county, and the time may come when it
will be exerted 20 put him out Of office.
This zone man power" created the
board of county commissioners to injure
the man who was at that time the ordi-
nary, and who was the present ordinary's
brother. 1t had its friends appointed
county commissioners, and it took
from the ordinary, the late John
o. Ferrill, part of the
honors and emoluments of his office, be-
cause he would not bend the plant
knee" This lone man power" will treat
the present ordinary the same way if it
finds it to its advantage to do so.
When the lone man power" dominated
the board of county commissioners every
thing was lovely in its estimation. Not
a word was said against the commission
ers. One of the commissioners carried
the registration list in his hat, and went
about the streets registering people. He
did this, he said, to save the expense of
clerk, and 50 no one would have reason to
complain of not having chance to reg
lister. This method of registration doubt
less worked well for some people.
Finally there was a change in the men,
bership of the county commissioners and
the zone man power found itself in the
minority. Hostilities were at once de-
clared against the board of county COM
missioners, and corner shops were the
points from which attacks on the com
missioners were made, and gradually
other attacking points were esta blished in
other quarters. The director of the at
tacks was unseen, but those who Were
familiar with the signs recognized the
lone man power"
Finally, the necessary amount of bogus
sentiment having been created, the county
commission law was so amended as to
make the commissioners elective instead
of appointive. After vigorous and ex-
pensive campaign, new board of COM
missioners was elected and the
the lone man power" was greatly
disappointed It had not succeeded
in electing a board it could control
This was an unexpected condition of af-
fairs. Further legislation became neces- |
sary to save the zone man power" from
innocuous desuetude. Hence the proposed
registration bill If that bill should be-
come a law, the effect of it would be to
strip the county commissioners of an i'm
portant part of their powers-a vital part,
so far as the people of this county are
concerned. If matters work out as they
are expected to, the next board of county
commissioners will be a creature of the
lone man power" and in the opinion of
that power and its adherents, everything
will be serene again. Those who will not
bow to this potent political power will be
made to feel the weight of its hidden hand.
Nobody accuses Judge Ferrill, the or
binary, of being the zone man power"
Everybody knows better.