The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-17
The CLUBS WILL RATIFY.
Tammany and the Citizens Club to
Meet Tomorrow Night.

Both Clubs Will Probably Ratify the
Conference Agreement-Some of the
Citizens Club Men Want Primary
by Districts Citizsns' Club to
Meet at the Theater and Tammany
viii Meet at Its Halifax OF the
Situation.
There was nothing new particularly in
the political situation yesterday. The
agreement Of the conference committee
of the two factions upon a general pri-
mary at the court house, was about the
only topic. The agreement was generally
accepted as a unsatisfactory solution of
the situation.
There were a few kickers, of course.
About the first man MORNING News re-
porter met yesterday morning Informed
him that the Citizens Club was trying to
kick out of the traces. He was Tam
many man. Two minutes later member
of the Citizens Club volunteered the in
formation that Tammany would not
swallow the agreement. A little investi-
CATION showed, however, that both re-
ports were wildly exaggerated.
TAMMANY WILL INDoRsE 1T.
Every member of the Tammany Club
who was met with stated in positive
manner that the agreement would be rat
fled by Tammany. If there are any of
an opposing way of thinking they were not
found. One or two acknowledged that
they would have preferred for the Third
district meeting to have elected its men,
bers of the committee, and for these men,
bers to have gone ahead and organized
the committee with the members from
the country districts, but now that the
agreement had been Endorsed by the
Third district meeting it was perfectly
satisfactory to them, and they were will
ing to have the whole matter settled by
general primary at the court house.
Several members of the Citizens Club
who were seen said that they had no
doubt that the agreement would be rati-
fed from their side Of the house Some
of them said they preferred primary by
districts and would like to have it yet if
the conference committee would agree to
it. They acknowledged, however, that
the general primary at the court house is
as fair for them as for their opponents
and said there was little doubt that the
club would stand by the agreement of its
representatives.
THE CLUBS 10 MEET.
A meeting of the Citizens Club will be
held at the theaJer tomorrow night to
consider the agreement. The meeting
will doubtless be largely attended, and
the effect of the measure upon the clubs
prospects discussed at length. Some OF
the leaders, who recognize that their
chances of getting places on the ticket
are very slim under the new arrange
ment, are expected to oppose the agree
n m a fapi a. ~ lan 4 IN and
of the rank and file as WELL arc believed
to be heartily in favor of it.
A meeting Of Tammany will probably
be called for to morrow night for the
same purpose. A hearty ratification of
the agreement is expected.
LOOKING FOR SCHEMES.
"The only trouble with the politicians,
said one of them yesterday, with regard
to that agreement is that they are now
cycling it closely and suspiciously to dis
cover what advantage il gives, eithcriside
and if there is any scheme in
it to obtain such an advantage L is
apparently so fair aud open in all its pro-
visions that they can hardly believe il is
what it appears to be, fairness not being
one of the characteristics of the average
politician When they have studied it
closely, however, and become satisfied
that it Is really as fair as it appears to be
they ywill declare in favor of it, that is
unless one side feels itself so weak that
1t is afraid TO enter into fair competition.
| The side that feels most assured of it's
| majority in the comfy will be the first to
indorse it ="
THE NEXT MOVE ON THE PROGRAMME.
Little talk was heard yesterday of any
other political matter than of the iudOrse-
ment of the agreement by the clubs AS
soon as it becomes certain that theagree-
ment is to be crrried out each side will
set to work to select it's candidates. The
greatest interest attaches, of course, to
the legislative candidates. 1t was the
fact that the executive committee was
expected TO have control of the primary
TO choose the candidates for the legisla-
ture that brought on the bitter light for
the control of the committee. If the pri-
mary is TO be managed by an equal num-
Der of managers from both sides the com
mittee is shorn of its power and its CON
! troll becomes a matter of secondary con-
slderation, The struggle for the execu-
tive committee had become so bitter that
| it is a hard matter for the partisans to
conceive of it as other than the chief issue
| still. Such will not be the case if the
! agreement is put in force.
CITY BREVITIES.