The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-09
WHAT ARE THEIR PLATFORMS?
THE LEGISLATIVE FIGHT LIKELY
TO BE ALONG THE OLD LINES.

Something May BE Heard of the Pol
ley OF the Citizens Club Candi-
date, at T0-nfghrs Meeting-For-
mer Members Of the Club Who DO
Not Think Mr.. yViiIInk "A Strong
Cnndidnte-BOth sides Anxious to
Know whether There VIII BE a
Third Candfdate-TaIk of some
/ Coming Legislation.
! 1t viii be interesting to know on what
sort Of platforms the candidates for the
/ vacant seat in the legislature are 60
ing to run. So far the race looks alto
/ gether like a case of politics. and very
I little has been said about a platform on
/ either side
The Citizens Club, however, viii for
\ mally put its candidate into tie field at
I to-nights meeting, and IL may be at that
/ time the principles to be advocated IN the
race viii be announced or mentioned. as
/ it is hardly probable that the policy viii
| differ materially from that pursued by the
/ club all along. When the friends Of Mr..
Hsrtridge will hold a meeting or make
any public announcement of what his pol
| icy is to be has not yet been decided on.
1 There is every indication, however, that
the campaign is to be fought along the
same old lines. with perhaps very few
/ changes.
There will be considerable anxiety now
to know whether third candidate is go
| ing to enter the field. The friends of both
candidates. Mr.. Hartridge, and Mr.. Will
! link, who is considered 10 be already in the
! field, are watching the developments with
"a great deal of interest. Mr. Hartridge's
| friends claim that It will benefit his race
and strengthen him materially, while
those of Mr.. Willink say that any opposi-
ton from such a source would not ma
terially affect him.
A representative of organized labor sta
ted to a Morning News reporter that the
labor organizations, in view of what has
practically been done by the Citizens
Club. would certainly have a candidate in
the field.
I'VE are not opposed to Mr.. WilInk
personally, he said, but we do not con-
slider him a representative Of our inter
ests, and we feel that we are entitled 10
one representative from this county AS
soon as the Citizens Club formally puts
him In the field we shall arrange for a
meeting and put our candidate in the
field. We are going to work hard for
| success, Of course, but even if we do not
win we shall fight for our principles and
our rights"
There has been considerable talk along
this line INDUCED in. The organized la
Dor element relies on the fence vote, as
that side Of that question viii enter into
It's platform. A prominent politician who
claims 10 be a representative Of the old
! Fort faction, said:
The people down here will not be alto
gether satisfied with the nomination of Mr.
| Willink by the Citizens club, and unless
some other candidate is put in the field
Mr.. Hartridge will get a strong support
from this district I have talked with a
good many of the laboring people and
they say as rule that they do not con-
slider Mr. Willink representative of their
interests and that they would support the
other candidate in preference.
1t is also asserted by some of the vot-
ers down here, that the A. p. A. question
will enter into the campaign and that the
Citizens club candidate will lose some
strength on that account. l myself have
been member of the Citizens club and a
supporter of their principles, but from
what l have learned down here by quiet
| observation l do not think Mr.. Willink
can be elected"
The speaker has been and is prominent
in politics in a quiet way. There will be
many however. who will be inclined to
disagree with what he says Those who
stand high in the circles of the Citi-
zens club can figure it out
on paper by just what majority they
expect to win. None Of them express any
doubt that the election will so their way.
1t is figured that about 900 to $500 votes
will be cast at the primary, which will
require something like 1900 to 1900 votes
to nominate The race, of course, would
be considerably complicated by the en-
trance of a third candidate
A a. a.
| Club people have been talking of prOmi-
nently is legislation which will put the
/ fire and police departments and perhaps
/ those of water and parks and squares, in
/ the hands of commissioners. This mat
/ ter was mentioned and advocated by the
/ speakers at the last meeting Of the club,
4 and they also advocated making the po-
| sitions of commissioners unsalaried. The
| general feeling is that such commission
| ers should be unsalaried.
There is another feature in this contem-
| plated legislation, however, which has
been very little talked of That
/ is the proposition to create the office OF
/ commissioner of public works, a position
! similar to that now existing in many
/ cities The officer holding il has charge
| of all the details in connection with the
| public works and departments of the city
| except those departments which are in
/ charge of special and separate commits
/ oApAAcs VI NDuloSf SuNu an ONCE WOULD
! be a salaried one. The incumbent would
have charge of the greater portion of the
work now done by the charmen Of the
different committees of council, and would
also, to a certain extent, relieve the may
or of some of the detail work of his
Office. So far the talk of such an officer
for Savannah has not been brought prom
| inently to the front, but it is looked on
by those who talk of proposing it as a
step in the direction of progress, and one
which might result in great benefit ana
economy of expenditure to the city
This weeks meetings, to be held by the
| different factions, are expected to sim
plify the situation very much, and per-
haps by the end of the week, something
a little more definite may be known.
SEPTEMBER TREES.