The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-15
ALL THE TALK IN POLITICS.
Will THERE BE A MEETING OF
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

80 the City TO-day-NumerOus Cau-
cuses Being Held, nut Everything
Is Being Done on the Quiet-PrOg-
ress of the RegistratiOn-It VIII
Close at O'Clock Tomorrow.
There May he Many Surprises.
Rev. Love Says He Cannot SwaI-
low BuckIsm.
Though the time for the state and coun-
| ty elections is drawing nearer every day,
| to all appearances neither faction is very
| active. II is well known how
ever. that nightly caucuses are
being held by both factions,
and it seems that each is waiting to find
out what the other is going to do.
It is not hard matter to stumble
! across a meeting of the leaders of one
side or the other either day or night
Every detail Is being closely watched, and
the campaign is being worked from the
ground up on both sides.
Hon. f G. duBignon, chairman of the
county executive committee, will return
to the city this morning, and It remains
10 be seen then whether or not he will call
a meeting of the committee to hear a re-
port from the subcommittee appointed
to find out how all the legislative candi-
dates, nominated at the primary, stood
with regard to the Chicago nominees and
platform. So far as can be learned, there
appears to be no desire on the part of
the Citizens Club leaders to go any furth-
er in the matter. So it win be of interest
to know whether a meeting will be called
If there is none 1t may be taken for grant
ed that Mr.. Tiedeman's outspoken stand
for Mckinley and sound money as against
the Chicago nominees and platform will
give those who nominated him no further
trouble, and that they are content to let
matters rest where they are. Even though
another meeting should be held, it is
doubtful If there would be anything done
as the time has been allowed to slip by I'M
til the election has drawn almost too near
to permit of another primary being held.
There has been very little talk about
candidates of late. 1t seems to be pretty
near time that some more were put in the
field, If there Is going to be any more, but
no meetings have been called, and so far
as can be learned even the caucuses have
not reached definite conclusions as to any
candidates, except, perhaps, Capt. Thorn
as Screven, who is to stand for receiver of
tax returns. Mr. George A. Hudson states
emphatically that he does not intend to
be a candidate for county treasurer The
report to that effect, he says, was started
by himself as a joke.
Capt. j. J. MCGOWAN has decided that
the registration must close on Wednesday,
Sept. 16, in order to comply with the law,
and leave twenty days for the registrars to
work on the lists before the election Some
time ago, however, it was thought Sept
II would be the last day The registra-
ton has increased over 1900 votes since
the primary in June. When the books
closed for that election there We're regis
tered just las names. At the close of yes
terday's business at 4 o. clock the total was
6.372 and the number for the day was 81.
1t is believed that a heavy registration
to-day and tomorrow Will carry the num-
Der UP to $780, which will be the largest
registration Chatham county has known
in many years. No word has been receiv-
ed as yet from the Office of the attorney
general as to whether the registration
should close Sept. 16 or IT, but Capt. Nc
Gowan thinks it should be the 10th, and
in the absence of any Instructions he will
shut up the list at the close of that days
| business.
| Local politicians, however, are expect
ing all kinds of surprises before the cleo
| ton, even though it is almost at hand.
! Many of them say they would not be
surprised to see opposition anywhere.
| There is no telling, they state, just where
! from at any moment. Opposition is the
| one great fear that besets the candidate
! for Office and they are all wearing crowns
until after the election.
Little has been heard of late of the ne
! gro element in this section, at least so far
as state politics is concerned. A great
| many negroes are being registered in the
| county now, and in fact the great major
! ity of those whose names are going on the
books daily are negroes. The claim is
! made on the one hand that this registra-
| ton is being looked after and even paid
| for in many cases by the Liberal Club,
and there is just as strong a denial from
! that side of the charge.
Rev. f.. X. Love and his faction appear
! to have quieted somewhat They have
not been heard from on the state political
| issues In some time. Rev. Love left the
city last night for St. Louis to attend a
big convention of colored Baptlsts, and
will be gone several days. Before going
he was asked if he and his committee
intended to do anything.
II can't say anything just al present"
he replied. Il am afraid l talked too
much when the matter came up before.
and l know that 1t did not do us any too
much good. There is one thing certain.
however, we do not intend to swallow
! Buckism, and don't you forget it. What
ever we may do will be done in due sea-
son."
A call for the state sound money con-
| vention at Atlanta, Wednesday, Sept 23
| appears in the Morning News to-day. It
| reads as follows:
"Au democrats throughout this state
who believe that the action taken and
platform adopted at Indianapolis more
truly represent the long established and
| recognized principles of the party are
| earnestly urged to proceed at once to or
ganize in their several counties, and to
send representatives to the convention at
Atlanta, provided for in this call"
The call is signed by w. NJ. Hammond.
chairman, of Thomas county; b. =. Jones'
of Lowndes county; II. II. Perry, of Hall
county; Eben Hillyer, of Floyd county; ].
| Randolph Anderson, of Chatham county:
Thomas +. Corrigan. of Fulton county,
member national executive committee
from Georgia.
BRYAN BOOMING IN THE WEST.
|