The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-08
TWO HAVE NOT YET REPLIED.
MAY NOT TELL THEIR SENTIMENTS
ON THE A. p. A.


Them Especially the Committee
Desired to Hear From-The Sheriff
and Tax Collector Have Not SO Far
Noticed the Committee's Letters.
Both Factions said to Desire Two
Polling Places For the First and
Fourth Districts.
The letters addressed to the county Of
fcers by the committee from the Liberal
Club. an account OF which was given in
the Morning News Of Sunday, are still
the talk Of the politicians.
The letters and answers, as was stated,
were addressed to every county officer
with one exception. County Surveyor John
r. Tebeau, who has held that office for
years without opposition. Replies have
been received by the committee from all
but TWO Of them, Sheriff John T. Roman
and Tax Collector j. J. MCGOWAN. Sheriff
Roman is not in the city. though he was
here at the time the letters were sent out
and received.
Just why these officers have made no
replies is not definitely known. They
have ignored the letters, one of them at
least and it is believed both. by the ad-
vice of counsel. There is no doubt as to
their having received them along with
the others.
The committee, however, did receive re-
plies from Judge H. l. Ferrill, ordinary;
Tax Receiver John r. Dillon, County
Treasurer Waring Russell and Clerk Of
the Superior Court J. X. p. Carr. The
committee declines to divulge the con-
tents Of the letters or to give out copy
of the original letters.
Judge A. H. MacDonell chairman Of the
committee, stated that replies from
all Of the county officers had not
as yet been received. Until they are
received, or until a sufficient time has
elapsed 1t was stated nothing will be
said about them. 1t appears that for the
present, at least, the committee has de-
cided TO give no further information with
regard to the letters.
There was a rumor around the streets
that the letters had been with
drawn, and that the county officers had
been told to consider them as never hav-
ing been written Both the county officers
themselves and members OF the commit
tee, whose names were signed to the let
ter, emphatically denied these reports,
and say that the situation so far as the
letters are concerned has not been
changed In the slightest. The rumor APP
pears to have grown out OF the fact that
a member of the committee was in con-
sultation with two OF the county Oncers
on business during the day.
A well-known member OF the Liberal
Club, who, however, Is not a member Of
the committee, nor one of the clubs offl-
GERS, made a rather interesting statement
with regard to the letters He said they
were designed TO bring out two Of the
county officers whose position has been
somewhat yelled in doubt. They are the
sheriff and the tax collector, and especial
iy the former he stated, that offlcial new
er having taken any active part in local
politics or having shown any marked in
clinatIon toward either faction.
Neither OF these officers have yet an
swered the communication, and, ii is
stated, will not do so. Neither the county
officers nor the members Of the commit
tee by which the communication was adj
dressed will discuss the matter any furth-
er. The officers themselves are persist
entity dumb about the matter, and while
the officials of the Liberal Club have
spoken and stated their position, they de-
cline to give out the letter or any of the
replies. AS a consequence the matter is
left largely to surmise, and there has been
a good deal OF surmsing about it. The
surmising has turned largely upon what
may grow out OF it, The belief has been
expressed that at the proper time the
whole matter win be submitted to the Lib
eral Club.
There is considerable talk of opposition
TO certain of the county officials, as the
Morning News has already stated, but so
far as the Citizens Club is concerned,
there has been no talk of opposition to
any but the treasurer, tax
Y
club leaders say they are de-
sirous of seeing all the present county
officials reelected, but they do not want
any doubt on the stand of any OF them
so far as the A. p. A. is concerned.
The county officers, on the other hand,
stand on the ground that they go before
the people and ask for election, and not
before a club or faction. While they may
have their own individual opinions and
ideas with regard to the questions before
them, and ii is stated these are pretty
well known, they say they do not feel call
ed on to come out openly and anita gonize
any citizen or class OF citizens.
II is understood that both sides are
DESTROYS OF having two polling places each.
for the First and Fourth districts. In
each OF these districts there will be some
where between 1900 and 1000 votes. II
the polls remain open eleven hours and
there should be polled a vote a minute
only bO0 votes could De polleO at one poll
ing place within that time. 1t might be
an easy matter for one side or the other
to waste time by getting in line number
of it's men. Under the circumstances it
is considered necessary, therefore. that
there should be two polling places for
each of these districts, in order that all
those desiring to vote may do so.
II is pretty certain that the vote polled
will be larger percentage of the regis
tratiofi than usual, and it would be pretty
near impossible to get in all the votes in
either district with only one box. This APP
pears to be one point upon which the two
factions will agree, and so far II seems to
be about the only one.
The matter will be brought before the
county commissioners probably at their
next regular meeting tomorrow after
noon. The commissioners have charge of
the matter of making arrangements for
the election, and it will be left to them to
decide about two polling places for the
districts named, If this arrangement is to
be made.
TO COST 100000.