The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-02
THERE IS a KICK ON HAND.
The Fence People Say They Were
shut Out of Managers.

| The registrars have been hard at work
/ on the lists night and day Tor the last
week. and will be ready 10 deliver TO the
managers at the different election pre-
cinets to-day official copies OF the lists
Of voters. together with the tally sheets
for the use Of the clerks.
The managers Of the polling places for
the country districts can get their ISIS
by calling on the registrars at the Office
Of M T. F. johnson at Bull and State
streets this morning at o'clock. and
those for the city districts viii be ready
shortly after that time. All OF the lists
and all the tally sheets necessary win be
delivered during the day.
So far as the registrars have gone, % Is
estimated in round numbers that out of the
Z,SoJ registered something over 20 viii be
thrown out, leaving about 800 voters, or
whom about 400 are negroes. OF these
exactly 505 are registered from the coun-
try districts, while all the balance are in
the city.
Mr.. Dave L. Christian, who was secre-
tary Of the meeting OF the fence people
held last week. and who is chairman OF
the fence committee for the Eighth dis
trict. says his contingent is making a
big kick on the appointments of mana
gers and clerks Of the election by the
county commissioners. The meeting men
toned, he said, drew up a list OF free
holders, some ten OF twelve in number.
representing their faction, and asked that
they be given representation at each Of
the polling places. In spite of this re-
quest for representation, they claim that
not one Of their men was appointed, and
they are particularly sore over the fact
that in the Eighth district. which they
say is practically solid for fence, the com
sfa-.-
Justice BeVans Messrs. Derby and Col
Inns, whom they claim are about the only
no fence men in the district. The regis
tration also has been another feature
with which they are dissatisfied, on ac-
count of the fact, as well as 1t can be
learned, that its stringency has disfran-
chised a good many OF their men.
THE commissioners presented us with
1900 tickets upon which was printed
Fence" Mr.. Christian said. land we
understand that the no fence people were
presented with 1900 tickets. We take this
to mean that We are TO be showed under
by about 1000 votes"
1t is understood that when list Of man
ayers and clerks for the election was sub
mitted to the county commissioners for
consideration, almost every name upon Ii
was that of a member Of the Citizens
Club. Against this a protest was made
by the opposition. which said II would not
SUBMIT 10 DeluB eutItly smut outs Auose
who presented the list did not take kindly
to this positive stand by the other side,
but finally had to give in, and the result
is the managers and clerks of the election
are about equally divided between the two
factions.
There seems to be more politics in the
matter of the conduct of the election than
there is In the election itself The two
factions are badly split on the question
of fence and no fence, and both are work
ing tooth and toe nail for the victory. 1t
is practically admitted. however and that
too, by some Of the fence people, that no
fence viii win the day.