The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-18

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Sixth District ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 8
Seventh District ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Eighth District .......................... "A
Total .............................
The total registered vote is nearly 1890
while the total white registered vote is
something over $500. 1t will be seen by
these figures that Mr.. Willnk received
about 30 per cent. of the registered white
vote. His friends who were present when
the votes We're received and added up
expressed their satisfaction at the result
The vote was fully as great as they had
expected, they said. There being no con-
test and very little interest in the cleo
ton, many Citizens Club people, they
said, did not take the trouble 10 go to the
polls, and there being no workers in the
field, there was no inducement to them 70
do so. Some predicted that the Willnk vote
in the election next Wednesday will run
up to 1000
The Hartridge committee had watchers
at each of the city districts with instruc-
tons of keep an exact tally of every vote
and q careful watch upon the managers
and their manner Of conducting the cleo
ton. These watchers were instructed to
names. which they did. One of the com
mittee of watchers, accompanied by
Chairman Dixon, had the watch
ing to the figure of the watchers.
they claim, the managers Judged TO the
extent Of exactly 300 votes. The watchers
in the First district reported the actual
number of votes received to be 239, as
against 504 reported by the managers.
The watchers at the Second district
made lengthy report. They charged that
Justice Sheftall, in whose office the cleo
ton was held, but who was not mama
ger, ran the election all day. People living
in other districts voted there, they said,
and policemen in citizens dress were on
hand assisting in bringing in voters The
watchers reported POI votes cast here, as
against 243, reported by the managers.
The watchers also complained of the
treatment accorded them in the Third
he hrz snfae d
from the door and they were not allowed to
come inside. The watchers reported THAI
tney counted t5a oeo every man n who
and that the total number was
2J2. The managers returned PA votes for
the third district. In the fourth the watch
ers were equipped with an automatic in
dicator in addition to a tally book Ac-
cording 10 the record Of the indicator and
the tally book there were just POS votes
cast in the district as compared with 400
reported by the managers. The watchers
make some serious charges against the
managers Their names are signed to
their report and besides the managers
know who the watchers We're
President Osborne's attention was called
10 the TACT that the watchers were on
duty: He replied that he was aware of
the fact
Knowing in advance that such charge
would be made" said he. Il have person
any urged upon the managers to be es-
peclally clrcumspect in all their actions.
The vote is coming in slowly and will not
dred votes, but there will not be a vote
counted that is not cast. There are no
WORKERS out, and we are making no spec
Ia e1ort 10 get out our vote -
Ihis point viii doubtless be discussed
by both sides in the mass meetings be
tween now and the day of election A
Morning News reporter was informed
last night that the man who cast the
nrst ballot at Pooler stated that he cast
II Tor Hartridge. The report from Pooler
however, made no mention of this fact
if such was the case
There We're not many incidents to the
election Leader James Mcbride and a
delegation of the 400 remained around
Justice Elsingers office in the Fourt
district all day and seemed very much
disguised at the quiet way in which
things We're going on. 1t made the bows
sick, Mcbride said, to think how differ.
ent it might have been if the other can.
didates had only been in the field. Nc.
Bride and his followers seeded from
the Citizens Club during the last munic.
ipal campaign, but have all been re.
ceived back into good fellowship again
They viii show their mettle again OF
the side OF the Citizens Club at tbs
court house next Wednesday.
There was very little political tall
worth repeating, most of the interes
centering in the primary. Justice Sam
uel Reynolds requests the Morning New,
to state that he has not resigned from
the democratic executive committee
I merely stated to the chairman tina
! could not participate in the further de
alterations of the committee and asket
his permission to retire. said Mr. Reyn
OlQH w 4L9l RlOpOSt TO resign
membership. 1 was elected by the Dem
ocratic party and cannot be expelled b,
the majority of the committee. The mar
ty is without rules of any kind, the rule,
adopted at the recent meeting being onl1
for the government of the district pri
mary"
Chief McDermott doesn't take the criti
cism which he received at the Hartrido,
meeting Monday night very much 4
heart.
If they. can make any capital out o
me-, said he, they are perfectly WELDON,
TO do so. so long as they do not max
it personal. Mr.. HarTidge said thai
was successful politician and he told tn,
truth. When he says the police depa IF
ment ought to be divorced from poiftic
I agree with him. That is why am i,
favor Of a commission. As il is now
man who has job and wants to keel
IT has to stay in politics. / have nothfni
70 say against eX-Chief Green, but 1 vii
say this much. When / took charge q
thls police force il needed a Lexow com
mlttee. l found two men here who paiC