The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-27
M'DOyOUGH WILL NOT RUN.
His Determination Means the NOmila-
ton Of DR.. Duncan.

Presented-Au Sorts of Rumors of
Aldermanio Dickers-The Makeup Of
the Ticket to Be Decided by the Meet
ing-Alderman Myers Letter of Ac-
ceptanoe TO the Citizens Club.
Mayor McDonough announced yesterday
that he will not be a candidate for re-
election
The announcement was made to the
committee appointed at the meeting Of
the supporters of the admins
tration at Armory hall Satur-
day night, and which was appointed
for the purpose of making arrangements
for mass meeting of the supporters Of
the administration to place Mayor Nc
Donough in nomination.
The meeting was to have been held to-
night There viii be no meeting, however,
but a mass meeting of the citizens gener-
ally will be called at the theatcr to-mor-
row night for the purpose Of placing
candidate in nomination in opposition
to the nominee of the Citizens Club. The
result of this meeting is easily predicted.
IT is expected there viii be but one can
didate mentioned, and that will be DR..
Duncan. His nomination by the meeting
and his acceptance seem to be foregoue
conclusions.
This announcement may be a surprise to
many people, but it is no surprise to
those who have been on the inside during
the last few days. 1t is well known that
Il large element of what is known as the
administration faction has been in favor
of consolidating all opposition to the Citi-
zens Club with DR.. Duncan at the head Of
the ticket. When the leaders came to-
gcther, however all the sentiment seemed
TO be in favor of strictly administration
candidate. Mayor McDonough, as the
principal figure Of the present administra-
ton, was judged to be the best man to
make the race, and it was decided to ten
der him the nomination.
"As stated in Sundays Morning News,
committee was appointed to arrange for
meeting to carry this purpose into eff
feet. The committee met yesterday at noon
and prepared a call for the meeting. 1t
was deemed best, however to consult with
Mayor McDonough before issuing this
Gail he thlilIitlbltt fdlltu upon lllt
mayor at the city exchange and laid the
matter before him. He informed the COM
mittee that he did not desire to stand for
reelection; that he had strong personal
and business reasons for not doing 50, and
that he much preferred that some one
else should make the race. He told the
committee that the only thing which
;, 10,
would be the fact that no one else would
make the race.
My idea is that we should go into this
fight to win, he said, land I am for the
man that can win"
Mayor McDonough agreed, at the re-
quest of the committee, to give it final
answer at o'clock. He was met by the
members of the committee at that time
aad told them that he had finally and posi-
lively made up his mind not to enter the
race. This ended the business so far as the
committee was concerned. AS it had been
appointed to arrange for a meeting to-
night however. which fact had been pub
licly announced it considered that il was
in duty bound to make announcement OF
the fact that there would be no meeting
and the reason therefor. The following
card was prepared by the committee and
handed to the Morning News:
For reasons which he has already given
to the public and which are personal and
imperative, Mayor McDonough positively
declines to again allow the use of his
name in connection with the mayoralty
In view Of this fact, which was communi
Gated 70 the committee to-day the meet
ing which was TO have been held this
evening has been called off. This doe
not. by any means, imply that there will
not be opposition to Mr.. Myers and it il
probable that a general mass meeting o
the citizens of Savannah Will be Gale,
for Wednesday night, for the purpose o
selecting a candidate for mayor, irrespec
tive Of clubs or factions. The meetin
viii probably be held at the theater.'
The report that Mayor McDonoug
would not accept a nomination becam
noised about and caused considerable gos
sip. Admnistra ton leaders met in knot
on street corners and discussed the stu
alton. The fact that the administratio
men seemed to be comforting togethe
gave rise to reports to the effect tina
there were dickers and deals on foot, an
there were rumoIs as TO all sorts of propC
sitons which were said to be passing
and fro between the McDonough men an
the Duncan men. The most common III
NOR was that the McDonough men ha
offered to place DR.. Duncan in nomini
ton on condition that they were above
TO name eight out Of the twelve alderme
thus insuring a majority of the sympi
thzers OF the present administration {
the next board in case of the success Of Il
ticket. one Of the seceders from the CT
liens Club who had probably heard
these rumors. handed the following cal
10 a Morning News reporter which
said was the sense OF a meeting
Schwarz men held in a downtown bus
ness office:
THE Schwarz people cannot accept q
Endorsement of the McDonough admin
traton. but viii accept "a Duncan compr
mise. but no dictation as TO alderm
and VIII throw their strength in oppo
tion TO being forced into anything Of G
kind"
The author OF the card will probat
conclude when be- reads this moruu.
paper that he was "a little quick on {
trigger Tho members of the commit
which called upon Mayor McDouou
were seen by "A Morning News roporu