The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-13
WILL NOMINATE TO- MORROW
after Two and a Half Hours Warning
Citizens Club Reached a Conclusion.

BIS Pcsitionr-nIr. Osborne Explain ed
the situation-Mr. Manucy Moved TO
Reconsider, Which Was Done-Mr.
Collins Novel TO Nominate To-day,
and Mr.. lIauucy's Substitute to Nom
mate Tomorrow Was Carried-The
Two Factions had a nigh cld Time Of
IL Before an Agrssm eut Was Reached.
a prominent member Of the Republican
party in Savannah remarked after the
election OF Nov. and its attendant land
side. I'VE are NOT taking in any more now.
Tie things getting top heavy, and the
party's books have been closed
For the first two hours OF the meeting
If the Citizens Club last night things
looked about the same way, with the eX-
ceptiou that there was a lack OF harmony.
The club seemed to De top-heavy. and for
while hung over the precipice of disruption
and discord until Mr.. a. n. Manucy came
10 the rescue with a motion 20 reconsider
the former action of the club in putting
the nomination on Dec. 8 and followed il
with a motion to make the nomination by
primary Wednesday, Nov. Il between the
hours and and o'clock p. m. Both OF
these motions were carried, and with the
exception OF few indictments the MEM
bers seemed willing to let matters take this
course.
The Citizens Club to all appearances met
for politics, and business wasn't In it.
There was no rllstal4ug the fact that there
was a rousing meeting at Odd Fellows hall.
Any man with the use Of all his faculties
within three blocks OF the meeting would
have known that there was a political dis
cussion going on somewhere IN the neigh
borhoOd and most people quarter OF
mile away could have told from the fire.
quent cheering and the attempts to howl
down some speaker or other that some
thing unusual was going on.
The hall was crowded beyond its capacity
and estimates on its size put 1t all the
way from 100 10 800. 1t Is safe TO say
the number present was somewhere be
tween those figures, and as viii be seen
they were not all members Of the club.
Whether the Sahwarz or the anti-Schwarz
crowd had the majority IS another ques-
ton. A conservative member of the club
told a Morning News reporter after the
meeting that in hts opinion Maj Schwarz S
friends were in the majority. He was not
one Of the majors supporters by the way,
and on that account his opinion may be
worth something. Others however, were
Of different opinions. and believed that Mr.
Myers friends were IL the largest num-
hers. Then, too, the fact that Maj.
Schwarz's friends were in favor of a NOM
nation at the meeting, while others wanted
it postponed, ana the additional fact that
II was postponed, were cited as evidences
that Mr.. Myers friends had the largest
crowd.
The meeting was called to order by Presi-
dent Osborne about $50 o'clock. 1t was
sometime, however, before the minutes of
rsrE.srfr.71e ruaesflDtr rr,4f1H he vpaE
one started the cry thai there were 200 or
800 present who were not members Of the
club. Somebody else moved that the club
be polled and those who were not members
be put out. Mr.. Collins took a more con-
sentative view OF the matter and urged that
they be allowed 10 remain. After consid-
cradle discussion his motion was finally
carried and the nou-members were unmO-
Tested. The minutes of the meeting were
then read
AIaj. John sohwarz. the only announced
candidate for the clubs nomination for
the mayoralty, was then called on to de-
dDe his position. This he did, and he
stated that he was a candidate for the
nomination. Among other things one of
the members of the club reported him as
saying that he had been given to under
stand that if he did not put up $1,000 to
5000 TO $1,000 for campaign expenses he
would be bounced. He said most en-
phaticauy that he did not intend to be
bounced. He referred to "a letter written
by somebody to somebody else in which
some such statement had been made. He
asked if It was supposed that he was go
ing down into his pocket and take out
$4,000 for campaign expenses, and Illus
tFated his remark fOrcibly by putting his
hand in his pocket. Somebody remarked
that they wanted il to build a brick
house with, and the major replied, it is
said. that he supposed they did. Some
charges were made, against which Prcsi-
dent Osborne felt called on TO defend him
self, which he did in a strong speech, that
was well received.
President Osborne stated what had been
done by the campaign committee in a
clear and unmistakable manner, and his
speech seemed TO be approved by the MEM
bsrs Of the club During the meeting of the
campaign committee he said 1t had been
stated that ii would take from 5000 TO
SIC 600 for legitimate campaign expenses,
that the only avowed candidate then had
been informed Of this fact, and that he
had stated he would not be able to raise
the funds. He made a strong appeal for
harmony and urged that the factions in
the club come together
There were all kinds of remarks made
from different quarters Of the hall dur
ing Mr.. Osborne's speech with regard 10
certain statements that he made, but he
vas given fairly good attention. perhaps
BtALEL IMAM lA4dl IFNGlNEu ny any OlneI
speaker during the evening. After his
speech there followed considerable con.
fusion. Some others tried TO speak and
solve the problem that the situation pre-.
scented. but it seemed a hard matter a
great many left the hall, having come Il
the conclusion that the club could do moth,
ing that night and some of them re-
marked that they were disgusted with the
proceedings. They believed II would enc
in 4 general row. One Of the mem bers told
Morning News reporter that there
were several fsucuhs on the floor during
rhe progress Of the meeting, but a gen
tleman VINO gave much Of the information
on which this report lis based stated tina
this was not the case, and that the ONLY
disturbance of this nature was the at
Tempt TO put out q non-uaember who wa,
overbearing In his endeavors to shut of
one Of the speakers.
lr &anucy finally obtained a hearing
and he stated that he had been one O
The committee which reported n favo
Of putting TIE nomination On Dec 3. bu
be wished 70 nuke @ motion ia the Inter
est % harmony and that was that th
CLUB reconsider IT'S action taken at tina
meeting. The motion was received witt
frCerg and several hundred ..rropIe