The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-24
WIND-UP OF THE CAMPAIGN.
THE FINAL RALLIES OF ALL THE
FACTIONS TONIGHT.

safd-The Effort to Capture the
CoIored Vote Causing Unpleasant
nesS-ConsiderabIc Political Liter
allure in Circulation.
Just one more day BEFORE
the battle opens. and II ths
skirmishing yesterday was any in
dication to-day viii be lively There must
have been half a dozen scraps yesterday,
with rumors Of more. The shouters have
now got their courage up to the fighting
point, and they viii now attempt to prove
their devotion to their candidates by bat
tering each others heads. There will evil
IDENTIFY be considerable scrapping around
the court house tomorrow.
The politicians were working in a very
foxy manner last night. There We're no
public gatherings. nor large caucuses, and
it was seldom that more than two were
10 be seen together. Evidently the time
20 do the fine work had arrived, and the
old hands were doing it, A Morning News
reporter found both candidates in the
neighborhood of the police barracks about
il o'clock. Mr.. Hartridge had walked
down with a friend to see about bailing
out a partisan. Mr.. Willink, who hal
probably been having word with Chief
McDermott, walked down the street alone.
He was in good spirits apparently, and
not worrying about anything.
To-nights meetings will make the town
seem entirely given over to politics. The
regular democrats, as, they call them
selves those who stood by the executive
committee in the district primary Will /
hold a rally at the odd Fellows hail in
response to a call Of the chairman. Ad- /
dresses will be made by Mr. duBignon, MT:
Barrow and others The supporters OF |
Mr.. Hartridge will rally at the Masonic |
temple. Speeches Will be made by Chair- |
man Dixon, Mr.. Charlton, Mr.. O'Connor, /
Mr.. Hartridge and others. Some spicy /
things are promised and charges Wnlch |
have been made by the other slue VIII pc
considered and some counter charges en-
The Travis people will rally at the Cath !
Ole Library hall. Mr. Travis will make his |
last speech before the election and other |
labor advocates will address the meeting |
A caucus of the Travis leaders was held
at the longshoremens hall last night,
which was attended by representatives of |
of the different trades unions. Some OF
those present who were seen after the
meeting expressed themselves as highly |
pleased with the outlook.
1T is very strange" said one of them, |
'that the opposition, at least the friends
Of one Of the candidates, do not think that
Mr.. Travis will cut much of figure in
the race, when at the same time commit
tees were waiting on Mr.. Travis and his
friends endeavOring to get him to retire
from the race. There Is no question that
Mr.. Travis Will draw a great many votes
from both the other candidates. He is in
the fight to stay and with good chance
of winning"
One Of the features Of the campaign yes
terday was the literature put in circula-
ton by both sides The Hartridge com
mittee sent out circular originally ad-
dressed TO the voters of the Third district,
but afterward put in general circulation.
The circular is well written and makes
a good presentation of Mr.. Hartridge's po-
sition and those acting with him.
The Willink committee sent out two
circulars, both reprints OF communtca-
tons which had been previously published,
one being the articles contrasting the po-
sition taken by the Hartridge leaders
now with that taken by them in the cam
paign Of 1852, and the other an account OF
the Hartridge meeting at the colored
Odd Fellows hall Friday night A card,
gotten out by the Wilink people, of
course, and hitting at the Hartridge lead
ers. was generally circulated in the after
noon. The front of the card was an exact
Imitation OF keno ticket. The back was
headed Original Anu-DemOcratic Tick
ct, and had the appearance Of an ordi-
nary ticket. The candidates named were
Mr.. Hartridge for member Of the legisla-
ture, Mr.. Charlton for Dictator" Col.
Dixon for ''Woud-be Mayor" and Mr.. p.
J. OConnor, "Would-be Leader of the
The charges and counter charges that
are being made on the subject of the eff
fort to capture the negro vote are caus-
ing some unpleasantness. Superintendent
Lotion of the water works called at the
Morning News Office last night for the pur-
pose OF making a statement.
GAHNtAAitIA 4iWNl4autl III NGHief-
days Morning News. " said he, that / had
charge Of the colofed Odd Fellows hall
for two months prior to the last election
Is untrue. Your informant has either been
ptsnformed or else made a wilful mis-
statement. The report that l in company
with Mr.. Osborne ATTENDED a meeting of
republican leaders at the house of George
Harris. colcred, is also untrue"
There was a little scrap on Broughton
street last night on the subject Of politics,
as the result OF which ex-Policeman Hem
~ Mcguire and j. w. Joyce were arrested
by Policeman BrazzeI.
There were rumors OF a number Of scraps
In the air during the day ana possibilities
OF as many Others. II was reported all
over the city before noon that Candidate
N1hink and Mr.. T. a. FOlliard had come
10 blows as a result of a heated argument
over the election II happened that Mr.
Eoiliard was out in the country at the
time the report was being talked about
most, and he met one of his friends as
he was coming in.
Hello, Tom, how did you get out here
so quick?'' was the greeting he received.
What do You mean? I've been out here
all the morning, =" Mr.. Folliard replied,
why, heard that you and Harry VIII
link tried to do each other up a while
ago, was the explanation.
All this was related on the corner as
the alderman ana the ex-alderman shook
hands and had a hearty laugh over the
false report that some mischief-maker
But there came near being quite an in
tereSung little bout between a Unknown
German citizen and another VINO has
former was talking about the election
rather warmly, and in the course of his
remarks alluded to a well-known Justice
of the peace, whom he characterized as a
- liar. The other man was no in a
hurry, put down his umbrella with an air
of determination and said: You shan't
call him a - liar" And there promised
TO be a good scrap right there II friends
Of both parties had not interfered and
kept them apart.
Several members of the Hartridge fac
ton were inquiring yesterday as to wheth-
er the returns of the managers of the
recent primary election, together with
the tally sheets or poll list, and all papers
connected with the primary had been
filed in the office of the clerk Of the
superior court, as is required by law, with
in four days after the declaration of the
final result. They said they wanted TO
know just how many votes were cast for
Mr.. Willink in the primary, and whether
there were any cast for any one else An
inquiry at the office. of the clerk of the
superior court developed the fact that
they had not been placed there up to c
O'Clock last night, the closing hour As
the Anal result was declared on FRIDAY
however, it Is not necessary that the pa
pers be filed before to-day. Instructions
We're given, Mr.. duBignon says. to file
them yesterday, but, as through some
oversight they did not get in thew will