The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-22
DON'T WANT ANY PRIMARY.
MIR. HARTRIDGE;s NOMINATION TO
DE RATIFIED BY A MASS
MEETING.

The Citizens Club Leaders Say a
Primary Is Necessary for n NOmi-
nation and IL VIII. BE Ordered as
Soon as the Governor Is Heard
From and the Ordinary Calls an
Election.
The nomination of Walter c. Hartridge.
Esq, as the anti-Citizens' candidate for
representative, to succeed the late J. J.
Doolan, has started the legislative cam
paign in earnest.
It is expected that an election win be
ordered within a short time, probably
within a few days. Besides the nOtihca-
ton by the county commissioners Of the
vacancy in the Chatham delegation,
Clerk Keibach of the court of ordinary,
at the request Of Senator Osborne, has
written the governor to the same effect.
His letter is as follows:
Hon. w. Y. Atkinson. Governor of
Georgia, Atlanta, Ca: Dear Sir-I beg to
notify you officially of the death of the
Hon. Joseph ]. Doolan, representative
from Chatham county in the general as
sembly. Please declare a vacancy, so that
the election may be ordered. Yours very
truly. Frank E. Keiibach,
Clerk Court of Ordinary, c. c., Ga.
It is expected that the governor will de-
clare the vacancy at once. The ordinary
will then order an election. Twenty days
notice is required, however, before it can
be held. As the legislatures convenes Nov.
9Th. there is not a great deal of time in
spare.
There is every assurance that the cam
paign will be a vigorous one. Just where
the line will be drawn is difficult TO deter
mine. The campaign will be fought how
ever, on pretty nearly the same lines as
was the last legislative campaign with a
few variations, the result Of the munich
pal election.
The question of primary is already up.
The Citizens Club people propose to make
their nomination in primaries the same as
the nominations were made for the pres
ent members of the legislature. The anti
Citizens club party Is opposed to pri-
mary and has announced that 1t will not go
into one. A mass meeting will be called in
a short time to ratify the nomination Of
Mr.. Hartridge and he will go into the race
as the candidate of the party. The demo-
cratic county executive committee is COM
posed largely Of Citizen club members. A
primary ordered by this committee and
engineered by Citizen club sympathisers,
the other side claims, would be farce. AS
the matter is in the hands of the executive
committee 1t is probable that a primary
will be ordered. Hon. #. @. duBignon,
chairman of the committee, is absent from
the city and no action can be taken until
his return. Judge Ferrill is also absent. AS
nothing can be done until the governor Is
heard FROM their presence can be secured
as soon as required.
The anti-Citzens Club people claim
there is nothing compulsory in the pri-
mary system. If the Citizens Club fac
ton wants a primary it can have it,
they say. Mr.. Hartridge, they claim, is
the candidate of a majority of the
party. Both sides are registering act
lively Upwards of 500 voters have reg
istered since the July erection. The Cit
liens Club people claim three-fourths of
this number, and a majority Of the en-
tire registration. They have been act
lively at work during the last week or
two, and are now satisfied that they
have a clear majority of the registered
voters, and are ready for an election.
1t is about settled that Mr.. duBignon
will not be a candidate, said a leading
member of the Citizens Club yesterday.
In fact, he could not very well be a can
didate under the circumstances. 1t is
not at all certain either that Mr.. CHS
holm will be candidate There is some
talk of Thomas 5. Morgan, Jr., and it
is not at all unlikely that he may figure
somewhere in the race. Mr.. A. L. Alex
anders friends also want him nominated.
AS soon as the governor is heard from
the campaign will take definite shape.