The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-27
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VIII Re DfspIaced-sir- Manucy
slated for aIr. Rebarer's Place-A
Hard Fight Against Assistant
Chief Fireman Mouro-Thc Conn
cfI-EIecf Divided on the subject
of omees-The Radical side Aztec
the spoiis OF Once for All They
Are Worth.
The free-for-all running race for city
ofices grows hotter as the time Of elee-
ton by the new board draws near. II IS
estimated thar az least nifty candidates
for onaces Of all grades are making every
effort 10 reach tho goals Of their amhi-
ton. and fully a hundred more are watch
ing the situation closely ana hoping for
chance to put in.
Judging by the best information obtain
able the new board has not vet succeeded
in making up its slate. There are two sets
of members with differing views among
the new board. il is said. who may be
properly described as conservatives ana
radicals The conservatives, who are in
the minority. are willing to put in new
men in the majority of the ofnces. but
they favor retaining a few Of the most
experienced and capable Of the old Of
fieials on account of the assistance they
may be to the new board. The radicals. on
the other hand. are said TO favor clean
sweep of everything with the possible eX-
oeption of the city treasurer's office.
The conservative membsrs are headed
nv f4s 81 "a TV
Watson and Mr. Tiedeman At least six
Of the others may be put down as radicals
with the remainder doubtful. The hope
of the conservatives is that Mayor-elect
Myers viii use his influence in their IA
vor and thus enable them to effect
compromise. They do not ask much the
only two officers whose retention they
seek being 1t is understood City Attor-
ney Adams and City Treasurer Hardee.
The city attorneyship is liable to af-
ford a very pretty fight. Mr. W. r
LealSen has the assurances CT the major
ity Of the aldermen-elect that they viii
give him their support. MIR. Leaken said
10 Morning News reporter last night
that he did not become a candidate for the
office until he had been requested to 90
so by several OF the aldermen elect, that
he had no desire 10 become d candidate
against Mr. Adams, but was informed
II he would not agree 10 the use Of bis
name some ether attorney would be Sc
lecteds as the majority Of the new board
was opposed to Mr.. Adams. These were
the only conditions upon which he agreed
70 the use of his name. he said.
The other attorney who would have re-
n
is believed so be Mr.. T. S. Morgan, Jr.
Hon. Pope Barrow was first requested q
allow the use Of his name, but declined
for personal reasons. Mr.. Barrow's rea-
sons for declining are said to be because
he expects his partner, Mr. W. w. Os-
borne to succeed Mr.. W. W. Fraser as
solicitor general and he did net think it
proper that both members of the firm
should be in office at the same time. This
report may be unfounded, however. Those
who have kept up with the situation are
wondering whether Mr.. Adams will apply
for election by the new board Monday
night, and If so what effect his application
will have upon the fight Of the old city
officers TO retain their positions to which
they We're elected in October under the
Charlton ordinance. AS Mr. Adams was
elected under that ordinance his applica,
ton for election by the present board
would be construed as an admission
that his previous election was not legal
and would be used as an argument agains,
the old officers in the fight. Should Mr.
Adams be elected by the new board he
would be in the position of having to
fight for the Rockwell bill in the courts
after having previously opposed 1t. Those
on the inside do not think there is much
probability OF Mr.. Adams election, how
ever. Hon. T. NJ. Norwood is also under
stood TO be in the race, but will not op-
pse Mr.. Adams.
Col. Clifford w. Anderson has announced
himself as a candidate for chief of police
Col Anderson is well known as the former
commander of the First Regiment Of In
fantry and also as secretary of the sesqui-
centennial celebration of the settlement CT
Georgia.
]. F. Cullum, foreman Of No. . engine
company, is q candidate for chief fire.
man. Mr. Cullum, 1t will be remembered,
was a candidate for chief fireman before
the present board and his claims were
pushed BY the Tammany Club. of which
he was q prominent member When the
claims OF Tammany were disregarded by
the board Mr.. cuIlum quit the club and
joined the Citizens Club of which he
has since been an active member II is
said that he has several friends on the
new board who VIII use their influence in
his behalf, Assistant Chief Fireman
George Mouro's place is being eagerly
sought BY Mr.. ]. f. Mcguire. The state
ment that Mr., Mcguire has acted as
Chief Puder's secretary was incorrect
The clerical work of the department has
all been done by Mr.. Mouro, and those in
position to judge know that it has been
well done. Mr.. Mcguire has assisted
Chief Puder unofficially in the pgepara-
lion of his annual reports. The relations
between the two are very close Mr. Ma
guire having been secretary Of the old
Waivers for several years during the time
that Chief Puder was engineer of that
famous company. and has since kent up
closely with the affairs of the fire depart
ment- Mr.. Mouro is one of the best ex-
ecutive officers the department has ever
had. His management of fires has al
ways been successful and he is beyond
question the man for the place. Mr.. A
=. LaRoche is a candidate for keeper OF
laurel Grove cemetery, with very good
chances OF success, it is said. He has
been u very active member OF the Citi-
Gems Club and was a manager both of the
registration and tAe election in the
Twentieth precinct. He was a candidate
at the election in October but was de-
feated by Mr.. Haupt. Mr.. 6. w Alley
VINO was also q candidate in October for
the same pesition, IS also 8 candidate
now.