The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-19

as I know all the present incumbents
viii be reelected"
II was reported last night that Mr.. Wal
ter s. Dayton would be a candidate for
tie Office Of city engineer against Col
VIM. but whether this is a fact could not
be learned. II rs probable that there will
be several applications for each Of the
minor Offices. The main Offices which are
TO De filed by council are those OF city
treasurer. CITY attorney, clerk Of council,
health officer, superintendent Of water
works. chief Of police, chief fireman, as
s.stant chief of police and four sergeants.
superintendent Of scayenger department
keeper Laurel Grove cemetery, clerk Of
the market. etc.
A bill has been prepared for introduc-
ton in the coming legislature to repeal
section Of the act creating the board Of
county commissioners. The section refers
to the selection Of polling places, and the
selection Of managers Of elections. BY re-
pealing this section the power viii be
taken from the commissioners, and the
elections will be thrown into the districts
under the general state law, according TO
which they win be supervised by the jus
tice Of the peace Of the district and two
freeholders. The law does not state def
nitely how the freeholders are 10 be Sc
lected.
A prominent member OF the Citizens
club, who is officially connected with St,
in speaking of the action Of Alderman
Charlton said:
1T won't do them any good for the rea-
son that there is a way in which those
officials in the exchange whom the Ciu-
zens Club desires to Gust, can be gotten rid
Of in spite of any election by council at
the present time. The Citizens Club does
not want to Gust all the officials. That is
q mistake. There are some good men in
the city exchange, and there are also
some offensive partisans, and there is no
ousted. For instance, the party who fur
nished two dozen ak handles to Tammany
men at the first district meeting might
be mentioned in this connection. There are
some officials in the city exchange who are
Indispensable. and there Is no desire to
turn out such men.
However. those that should be gotten
rid OF can easily be fixed. The incoming
council can abolish any office it desires,
and create similar office under new
name. The nomenclature Of the offices
ought to be revised anyhow. There is
a precedent for this in the changing of
the Office of lieutenant Of police to that
of assistant chief of police. One Office
can be abolished by ordinance, and an
Office with similar duties created under a
new name.
This is about the greatest political
blunder on the part Of the opposition to
the Citizens Club that has yet appeared.
II > a 6QuEdA on lHclI part ln6g leei
that they are beaten, and they are en-
deavoring TO take this course to fasten
these officials on the people for the next
two years. IL is a mistake to say we did
not hear of this plan on their part. We
knew of it four or FIVE days ago, and so
did Aldermen Myers and Screven. There
is nothing to be gained in endeavoring
to prevent or to defeat the passage of
the ordinance, and in TACT. there may not
be any way to do it, but after it is passed
1t win not do them any good, as there is
a way to get around everything"
The clerk Of the city court and the city
sheriff are elected every three years, and
so their election does not come off until
a year hence. The partisans of the city
court have looked forward with great
pleasure to the time when they should
hang the scalp of Mr. w. p. Bailey, the
present clerk of the city court, at their
belts. If the next council is named by the
Citizens Club Mr.. Bailey does not appear
to have any show unless the term for
which he is elected and the time of elect
ing can be changed by council. AS the act
of the legislature providing for the city
court of Savannah specifically leaves the
time and manner and length of term of
the clerk and sheriff to the discretion of
council, there appears to them to be no
reason why Mr.. Bailey and Sheriff Blois
should not be taken under the protecting
wing Of the present council.