The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-04
BOTH SIDES DISAPPOINTED.
Putting OF the Mass Meetings Gives
the Politicians Time to Breath.

the meetings ne &AoVdAAGkE6 u
Some Places and the Disadvantages
of Others Being Considered The
Registration to Close To-day-Bring
Up the Delinauents.
The naming Of June y as the date for
the mass meetings in the districts to Sc
lect the new democratic executive com
mittee will give the politicians a chance
to breathe this week. There is no doubt
that Mr.. Charlton decision was a disap-
pointment to both sides in one respect
Both sides had made up their minds to
the idea that the mass meetings would be
held Wednesday night, and had made
their preparations accordingly.
All the latter part of last week the
politicians were busy laying wires, plan
ming schemes of one kind or another to
get ahead of their opponents, and fixing
states. Having nerved themselves up for
the fray, it was natural that they should
feel somewhat let down when they found
that so much energy had been accum-
ulated all for nothing. Having gotten
their hands well in, however, the leaders
on each side will continue their prepare
tions Of the meeting.
Each side recognized the fact that the
control of the executive committee is OF
the utmost Importance as it is generally
conceded that the side that secures the
committee will be victorious throughout
Job on HAND.
Chairman Charlton has got job on
his hands III selecting the places at which
the meetings are to be held. He told a
MORNING News reporter, who asked him
for information on this point, that he had
not yet decided upon any of the places.
eff all the meetings were to be held in
the Third district 1 could arrange the
matter easily enough, he said. Il could
place the Fourth district at the Catholic
Library hall, the Third district at the
Guards hall, the Second district at the
Masonic temple. The First would hardly
be willing to come down as far as the
theater or the Metropolitan hall,
however. It is not likely that
either side will be willing
to go outside the limits of the districts,
and that is where my trouble lies. In
the Fourth the only two places suggested
are the police barracks and the Colored
Odd Fellows han on Harris street.
There are objections to both places, but /
do not see how l am TO avoid calling it at
one or the other, unless both sides agree
TO accept the Catholic Library hall.
PLENTY OF FLOOR IN THE THIRD.
The Third district has an abundance of
suitable places. The Guards hall is per-
haps the most central. In the Second dis
trict Turner hall is objected to as being
the headquarters of the Citizens Club.
Odd Fellows hall, near by, is the only
other suitable place in the dis
trict to which my attention has been
called, and the meeting may be ordered
there. In the First district l am com
pletely at sea. Hendy's hall, at Bryan
and West Broad streets, is objected to as
b cling too small, and besides being too far
away from the center of the district.
There are no other halls in the district
except the colored Odd Fellows
hall on Duffy street, which is
open to the same objections.
] shall visit the district this week in
search of a suitable place for holding the
meetings. The city districts are not
marker, however, to the trouble | expect
In locating the meetings in the country
districts. In the Eighth district Pooler
is, of course, the most central location.
The other three districts are posers,
believe the meeting in the Fifth district
was held at IhunderUolt at the last cleo
ton Isle of Hope and Tybee are both in
this district and so is part of the south
eastern suburbs of the city 1t will be
impossible TO satisfy all. ] forget whether
the Sixth and Seventh districts held any
meetings at all two years ago"
This win give the public some idea of
the work the chairman of the party has
TO do. He gets no pay for it, but he gets a
lot OF abuse from the people who are not
satisfied with his decisions. He win get
lots of advice this xVpalr from both eidas
III advocacy of places for the meetings
which they think would prove favorable
TO their particular interests.
TIRE LAST DAY TO REGISTER.
To-day is the last day for the registra-
ton OF voters, and some lively scenes are
looked for in the court house corridors
Hundreds who have procrastnated and
yet want to qualify themselves to vote
will probably besiege the window of the
registrars, and if they have back
taxes TO pay, the tax collectors Office
also.
Saturday was bad enough when the
delinquents lined up before Capt. Nc
Gowan's window TO have their taxes paid
and their names checked. Saturdays
registration broke the record, but if there
is possibility of il within the five hours
that are allowed to-day it is expected
that the registration will be even heavier
B0lS
year is the different composition of the
registration from what it was two wears
ago. The white registration so far is
3,72 and the colOred l,0l6. while two
years ago the negroes registered out
numbered the present list by nearly 800
and the whites We're almost as many
short. The number added to the whites,
however, Will not quite make up for the
loss In the colored registration, as the
registration two years ago reached about
1920. The trouble seems to be that the
negroes many of them are unable to pay
their taxes, and those who are interested
In the payments of taxes for the voters
from political standpoint prefer to reg
lster whites where they can do so.
A BONANZA FOR THE SCHOOLS.
Funds have been raised for the pay
ment of the back taxes of a large number
of voters, and this is proving a bonanza to
the cause Of education in the state The
poll taxes collected go to the educational
fund, and from all accounts that fund. 50
far as Chatham county is concerned. has
been increased by several thousand dol.
lars in the last four or five weeks Ithas
kept the tax collector busy finding out
how much poll taxes from some people
were due, and the poor man who has not
been able to pay his tax and vote for a
year or two perhaps has mad it paid for
him.
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