The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-09

Savannah, Ca, July Z, 1s94-We de-
sire to impress upon every thoughtful
citizen the Importance of attending the
general primary to be held at the court
house on Tuesday, July TO- The interest
OF The people, the good name of Chatham
county demand that you participate in
this election.
tempt TO disguise the fact, the issues are
sharply defined. 1t is the masses against
the classes. 1t is the friends of popular
government against clique Of
monled and INSCRIPTIONS men, who
have for years, through the
shameless use of money con-
trolled the ballot boxes and bossed the
anairs OF the county to their own gain
ana In defiance of popular will it is an
irrepressible conflict between those who
desire to retain upon the statute books
laws that provide for registrations and
elections free from manipulation, on the
one hand, and those who oppose such
wholesome laws and would bring about
their repeal, on the other
Iammany and its allies (under what
ever name masquerading) have never
represented the people. Two-thirds of
the voters are against them. Their wise
like grip upon the county was never OBJ
tanned nor continued with the consent of
the people, but in defiance of them. I'm
far registration laws that placed the
books Of registration, unmatched
ana ungarded, in the hands
OF shrewd and INSCRIPTIONS partisans;
unfair election laws that consigned the
management of elections INTO the hands
of Tammany's most notorious and auda-
clous ballot box manipulators has enabled
an oath bound organization to retain it's
hold upon public Offices despite the pro
tests of the people.
An illustration of their bold political
trickery was given the people at the re
cent mass meetings. Despite their boast
full claim, they were defeated in every
district by majorities ranging from 200 to
5OO. Instead of acquiescing in this popu-
lar expression, they deliberately set
about to secure by trickery what
they could not get from the peo-
pie They up got himsy contests in
every district The chairman of the
party was quoted in the public prints as
recognizing the rump meetings in prefer
ence to those regularly and properly held
by the people. The object was clearly to
have the chairman of the party to con
struct the new executive committee so
That the rump meeting members would
control 1t, and to force the candidates
of the people, either to submit
their cause to Tammany's members,
or TO run independent and outside of the
democratic organization. Bold and as
shameless as was the scheme, if the
chairman of the party was correctly
quoted, it would have succeeded. In
order to get a fair expression, the people
were compelled by force of these circum-
stances to forego their hard fought vic
tory, and to give to the tricksters another
Chance to win in an election, that which
they failed to secure in the mass meet
ings.
The Citizens Club is now ready for the
verdict of the people. 1t will be repre-
sented at each box by two Of its chosen
members. We intend to have fair play.
All that we need now is that every anti
Tammanyite, and all who are in sym
pathy with the principles enunciated by
the Citizens Club, will come to the polls
on the 10th and vote
THE CITIZENS CLUB.