The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-03
TO PUT OUT ITS NOMINEES.
The Citizens Club Ticket TO Be Named
TONIGHT.

| RumorS of Changes In the Legislative
Ticket-Rockwell May Not Be on 1t.
II. NJ. Conner, Jr., May Be Substi-
| tuted-Tammany Men Put Up ST.
600 on the Result of the Primary.
Both Sides to Name Election Man
ayers Yet.
A caucus Of the leaders Of the Citizens
| Club was held az Odd Fellows hall last
| night to decide upon the legislative ticket
to be named at the meeting of the club
tonight, and also the tickets for the exc
cutive committee and for the guberna-
torial, congressional and senatorial dele
gates.
What the caucus did is not known, as
the members are supposed to have been
pledged to secrecy. Some interesting
rumors were in circdation. however, yes
terday as to what the leaders of the
club were doing in regard to their legis-
lative ticket. 1t is believed now that T. d.
Rockwell will not make the race for the
legislature on the Citizens Club ticket
and that Mr. II. NJ. Conner, Jr., will go
on the ticket in his stead. Mr.. Rockwell
has recently disclaimed any ambition in
this line, and it would occasion no sur
prise if his name should not be on the
clubs ticket as a legislative candidate
There is belief in some quarters that
Mr.. Rockwell was not overlooked in the
conference which Mr., Atkinson held with
his prominent supporters during his last
visit to Savannah and he is now said to
have his eye upon something more sub
stantial than a place in the legislature.
MIR. Rockwell was a very enthusiastic
g.vsF.
ming of the gubernatorial campaign and
was secretary of the Evans club. 1t was
said about the time of Mr. AtkinsOn's
speech at Waycross that he had gone over
TO Mr.. Atkinson.
AN ATKINSON CLUB.
The fact that the Citizens Club of
which MIR Rockwell is q prominent Nom
ber is practically an Atkinson club, was
believed TO have had considerable effect
in decreasing his ardor in behalf Of
Gen. Evans. These reports may do Mr.
Rockwell injustice, but they are in circu-
| lation, and the report of his detection
from Gen. Evans has been in circulation
for quite a while.
1t was reported last night on appar
! emily good authority that Capt. Thomas
Screven had stated he would not make
the race for the legislature on the Citi-
zens Club ticket, because he did not wish
TO oppose his friend. MIR Hartridge, who
has been nominated on the opposing tic
ket. prominent member of the Citi-
zens Club denied this report, however, and
said that Capt. Screven would certainly
be one of the nomiees tonight.
$1,000 WAITING TAKER.
One thousand dollars was placed in the
hands of Mr. J. B. Fernandez by
members Of the Tammany Clubat O'Clock
yesterday afternoon to be wagered against
a similar amount to be placed by the
members of the Citizens Club The bet
was arranged to be made last week, and
the Citizens Club men are said to
have had their money up. 1t was
proclaimed that the Tammany men had
backed down, and bets were offered that
| they would not come up with their s.. OOO
| The money is up now, however. The CON
ditions on which the bet is offered is 500
each on the candidates for the Senate and
the legislature and 5000 on the executive
committee. The amount will very prob
ably be covered by the Citizens Club men
to-day. Each side appears to be equally
confident of winning.
MANAGERS TO BE CHOSEN YET.
! The result of the meeting of tho Citi-
2ens Club to might IS awaited with con
siderable interest, as it is expected to
name its ticket for the primary. The
Tammany Club will also meet tonight
The attention Of the two factions is called
to the fact that neither side has vet
named its managers of the primary.
| Each side is to name twelve managers ac-
| cOrdlng to the agreement and they are to
| be men of such standing and reputation
for fairness that neither side can make
objection to those named by the opposite
side. This makes 1t necessary that the
managers should be named at once in or
| der that each side may have an opportun-
| ity of criticsing the men named by its
| opponents, and in order that there may
be no contention on this point on the day
of the primary.