The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-29
TO DEFEND THE COMMISSIONS.
MAYOR MYERS BEFORE THE CITI-
ZENs CLUB RALLY.


LegIsIHture-The Liberals Pro-
gramme-A Request Made for
Registration LIst-The Congress
sIonnI Executive Committee 10
Meet To-day.
The Citizens Club people predict that
their rally at Odd Fellows hall tonight
viii be the biggest thing Of the campaign
so far.
There VIII be some new speakers and
some new themes discussed. II has been
some time since the club has had meet
ing. and there have been a good many
things said and done In that time which
the speakers are anxious to discuss.
The three principal speakers viii be
Mayor Myers, Maj. John Schwarz and
Maj. G.. N. Ryals. The subject Of Mayor
Myers remarks will be the commissions.
He viii reply to criticisms which have re-
Gently been made upon the commissions
by the opposition, and will give some ac-
count of their operations.
The special event of the meeting Is ex-
pected to be the speech by Maj. C. NJ
Ryals. Mai. Ryals' change Of front is one
OF the sensations Of the campaign. He
has been one OF the leaders Of the oppo-
sitlon to the Citizens Club ever since that
club was organized and a change of heart
on hts part Is one of the last things any
politician would have predicted a few
months ago. In fact, he attended the first
meeting Of the Liberal Club at the Ma
sonic Temple.
Maj. Ryals' pungent speeches have al
ways been a feature Of the meetings Of
the opposition, and naturally the crowd
called on him for a speech during the
but the meeting was adjourned, he says,
giving him an opportunity to do So
This made him sore and was the beginning
Of the estrangement which sent him into
the camp of his former enemies Mai. Ry-
ais, IN discussing the matter with Morn
ing News reporter, said that he did not
think he had been rightly treated by the
Liberal Club, considering the services he
had rendered that faction in the past
"Notwit hstandlng all the services l had
rendered" said he, Il was not consulted
nor conferred with nor asked to any of the
caucuses which arranged for the organ!-
zdtlon OF the Liberal Club. / had no lnvi-
tation to attend the meeting at the Ma
sonic temple beyond the call which l saw
in the paper and | went there of my own
accord / was well received by the crowd
and when the other speakers had finished
/ was called for. That was not on the pro-
gramme, however; The chairman, Maj
Aleiqrlm, ignored the call for me- and call
ed for motion to adjourn which was
carried. / felt hurt, but I went away and
said nothing. | was not asked into any Of
the subsequent conferences and was not
requested to make any speeches but Mr.
Russell, whom l had opposed as county
treasurer at the earnest request OF the
present leaders of the Liberal club, was
taken to their bosoms and l was left out
in the cold. l can stand a good many
things but am not prepared al this period
OF my life 10 lie down and let myself be
kicked by anybody who feels in the HUI
NOR to do So"
Mai Ryals, in his speech tonight, will
lnf full d O.
hands with the Citizens Club in this fight,
and VIII give some very interesting polit-
ical history Among other things he will
for county treasurer.
President Osborne will doubtless make
some remarks on the primary question
and speeches will be made by Mr. A. N
Manucy, w. w. Gordon, Jr., Esq, Mai
ers.
The matter of nominating candidates
for the legislature and for the senatorial,
congressional and gubernatorial conven-
tons VIII doubtless come up, and the com
mittee OF 100 VIII probably be instructed to
take the matter under consideration and
report nominations to a subsequent meet
ing of the club to be held previous to the
primary.
The statement that a meeting of the
committee Of 100, or the leaders of the
club, was held last night for this purpose -
said a Citizens Club leader yesterday, lis
absolutely untrue. There was no such
meeting or any political meeting of Citi-
zens Club members held last night. The
matter will not be referred to any new
committee, but will probably be referred
TO the present committee of 100 at the
meeting tonight
Maj. Ryals is stated on very good author
1ty to be slated for one of the places on
the legislative ticket. For the other two
places half a dozen names are mentioned
1t is not unlikely that w. W. Gordon, Jr.,
Will be on the ticket.
Mai. p. w. Meldrim returned to the
city yesterday from the Mcintosh supe-
rior court at Darien. An early meeting
of the committee of five appointed at
the meeting of the Liberal Club and its
friends is looked for.
Nothing has been decided yet as to
when there will be another meeting of
the Liberal Club, and this will not be
settled until this committee has made up
its report, and decided on what recon-
mendations 1t Will make, In the mean
time, there is plenty of discussion as to
what will probably be done. Few men,
bers of the Liberal Club seem favorable
to going into the primary unless they are
allowed the absolute right to appoint their
own managers. This is the point that
appears to worry them most.
Whether they will have a separate pri-
mary or wait for the general election re-
mains to be seen, though the opinion in
favor of the former course now seems
strengthened by the fact that the Lib
eral Club faction made request of Capt
j. J. MCGOWAN yesterday for a copy of
the registration llst The request was
1 made by Messrs. w. 2. LaROche and Il.
/ c. Gleason, who wrote as members of the
purging committee appointed from the
| executive committee, and representing the
Liberal Club. The other request for the
/ COPY of the registration made some time
| ago, came from Mr.. Harry Willink as
/ vice chairman of the party, the lists be-
| ing desired for use in the primary. Capt
/ MCGOWAN has agreed TO furnish both of
/ these lists and certified copies are now
/ being made These lists include a COM
/ plete copy of the registration, with the
/ exception of the remarks noted by the
/ registry clerk, Mr., J. G. Sullivan, with re-
/ gard to certain parties registered.
/ There seems to be little doubt now that
| a strong effort is being made by the LIB
/ eral Club to force the nominations for
! county officers a the primary of June TO-
/ To do this il may be necessary for the
| Liberal Club people to hold a separate
| primary. The situation is becoming more
and more interesting, and every day now
/ may develop some new ana interesting
| features. Citizens Club leaders say this is
| not giving them any anxiety, and that
| they are ready to show their hand on
/ the matter of county officers at any time
The democratic executive committee OF
| the First congressional district Will meet
to-day at noon in the office of Chairman
| c. b. Whatley in the Provident building