The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-07
WITH THE POLITICIANS.
THE CITIZENS CLUBS SECOND
RALLY TONIGHT.

The Fourth District Liberal Club
VIII Also Hold a Meeting. and the
Second District Liberals Will Meet
Tomorrow Night-IllegnI Regis
tratiOn Talk Does Not Appear to
BE Causing Much Excitement-The
Question of Purging the Lists for
the PrimarIes-The a. p. a. Issue.
The second general meeting of the Citi-
zens Club. and those allied with the pres
ent administration, VIII be held tonight
at $50 O'clock at odd Fellows hall. Pres
ident w. w. Osborne will be in the chair.
Arrangements for speakers had not been
made yesterday. but they will probably
be secured this morning. The Citizens
Club always has ringing speeches, and
some of the old line political takers, who
always work up enthusiasm and evoke
applause. whenever they take the stage,
will probably be on the programme.
1t seems unusually early for the To-
cal political campaign to be so we'll un-
der way, but the Citizens Club say the
Liberals began it, and now that it is
started, they intend to keep 1t up.
In the mean time. the Liberal Club
seems to be devoting its energy almost
wholly to district meetings The Fourth
District Liberal Club meeting is adver-
tised for tonight, and will be held at
$50 o'clock in the Harris street hall The
Liberals appear pretty well organized in
the Fourth, and will no doubt have a
good meeting. Thursday night is the reg
ular meeting night for the Liberal Club
in all the districts in which it is organ
lied, but for some reason the meeting
IL, to - icrlaf
The other side says it is because it is
going to hold its meeting tonight. Each
side always has representatives at the
meetings of the other, and they usually
keep well posted with regard to each
others movements.
The Second District Liberal Club will
hold a meeting at Chatham Artillery hall
prominent speakers will be secured for the
occasion, and some interesting political
discussions will be INDUCED in.
There has been little talk of candidates
yet. The June primary will not deal
with any but convention delegates, and
the primary for the nomination of county
officers Will come later in the year, prob
ably August or September. The executive
committee has not even decided so far
when 1t will hold a meeting to take action
with regard to the June primary. Two or
three names have been mentioned as legis-
lative probabilities, and among the most
recent is that Of Mr.. w. w. Gordon, Jr.,
and who made speech at its last meet
ing.
The registration has gone up to about
400. Probably between 800 and 800 more
names will be added before the June pri-
mary. Whether the executive committee
will order the lists purged before they are
used in the primaries remains to be seen.
The Liberal Club people say they brought
the matter of Illegal registration to the
attention of the grand jury for the pur-
pose OF creating sentiment in favor of
the purging of the lists which the execll-
tive committee will be bound to heed A
large number of names have been pre-
been taken.
Prominent members of the Citizens Club
assert that they have a little list also
and that IT contains the names of quite
number of Illegally registered voters whose
sympathieS are with the Liberal Club. 1t
is such difficult matter, however, to Sc
cure evidence in such cases. that is evil
dence which is sufficient from a legal
standpoint, to convict, that the Citizens
club people say they will hardly bother
with taking the matter before the grand
determined upon.
Representatives of the club believe
about as many votes would be thrown
out on the Liberal Club side as on theirs
and they say they do not see any partic-
ular advantage to be gained, though they
do not in any way object to the purging
Of the lists before the primary
1t seems that politics Is creeping into
e1Ahio9o ~ q tAfit9 III the city ana county.
Few civil and religious societies are free
from some touch of it, and whenever there
Is a little row of any kind, no matter
how remote from politics 1t should be or
dinarily, tne first cry raised is "polltics."
Everybody, Utmost is agreed that the mat
ter has been carried too far, but there APP
pears to be little chance for a change
during the present year at least every
day of which makes things warmer and
warmer
An effort is being made to keep the Amer
lean Protective Association issue in the
background, and with but little success,
for, though 1t is very little discussed at
present, except on the street corners. and
in private councils, 1T Is there and is
continually seeking to bob its head above
the surface. 1t is said there are four
their enemies claim to be fully posted as
to their extent and movements but OBJ
tainable information with regard to their
workings is mea ger