The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-02
FIGURING Up THE VOTE.
Both Sides Counting Noses for the
Coming Primary.

Each Claims Safe Majority for It's
Ticket-Committees From Tammany
and the Citizens Club Make Their
Estimates of the Result-The Fig
ures as They Find Them.
A great deal Of good natured discussion
is being carried on between the adher-
ents Of the two political factions in the
city as to the strength of the tickets
which will be offered to the democratic
voters at the primary on July 10
While the discussion frequently grows
warm, ii is very seldom that it is
other than P0od-natured The partisans
show their good sense hy not losing their
tempers in these discussions, and il is TO
be hoped by the leaders that this state of
affairs viii continue until after the
primary. Bad blood now will not help to
bring about peace in the family after the
primary, and this seems to be the judg
ment of both sides,
EACH SIDE CLAIMING 1T.
While each side claims greater strength
for its ticket, it is evident that the issue
at the primary will not be the
personal merit of the respective
candidates, but the same issue
which it was attempted to fight out
in the mass meetings, which is neither
more nor less than The question
Of which side shall control in the politics
Of the city and county. While there
will no doubt be great many scratched
tickets voted the result win be accord
ing to which faction is in the majority,
and the ticket of that faction, or the ma
1ority Of its candidates at least, will be
the winning ticket Taking this view
of the situation it is interesting to
Il e
as to the strength of their respective
sides.
thorough examination of the regis
tration list was completed last week by
committee OF the Tammany Club. AS the
result Of its labOrs it was announced that
after thorough sitting of the list and
crediting their opponents with every
vote to which they could lay any claim,
they found something over 800 Citizens
Club men on the list, nearly 1000 anti
Citizens Club and about 800 doubtful.
Calculating upon an even division of the
doubtful vote and making allowances for
the usual percentage of votes that will
not be cast, the final conclusion of the
committee was that safe majority Of $50
vote could be counted upon for the ticket
named by the conference at Armory hall
Friday night.
THE CITIZENS ESTIMATE.
A similar work has been in progress by
a committee of the Citizens Club, and
strange to say, the estimate of the
strength of the club, it is said, is very
nearly the same as that with which il is
credited by the Tammany committee
a prominent member of the Citizens
Club informed MORNING News reporter
that as the result of the committees
work, it wss found that 800 members of
the club are registered voters. While the
club claims a much larger member
ship only this number is said to be
registered. The committee calculated
that over 1000 voters are not connected
with any club, of which number they
calculate at least half will vote the Citi-
zens ticket, which would give them safe
majority after allowing for a deduction
for non-voters at the primary.
Shrewd and cOnserva tive politicians on
both sides estimate that 600 votes will
elect any candidate receiving that num-
Der. If the Citizens Club can poll four
tifths of its registered strength as
claimed and get an even division
of the voters not connected with
any club, it will have no trouble
in electing its ticket. However, the op-
ponents Of the Citizens Club claim that
practically every body who isnot with il is
against it, and if this is the case, its can
didates might as well prepare to haul in
their horns. 1t will take the primary to
decide however, whose claims are the
hest FOnndad