The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-30
ALL THE DELEGATION HERE.
PRESIDENT MELDRTM TO PRESIDE
AT TO-NIGHT'S MEETING.


The Liberal Clubs Opening Rally
and Mass Meeting at the Thenter.
No MayoraIty Candidate Yet Talk
ed of Among the Leaders - The
Commission Bills to BE Introduced
I'm the House This Week-The Com
uromise Talk. Mai. MeIdrim Says,
Has Been Very Greatly ExaEgerh-
ted-TnIIS of the Military ADpro-
priation.
All of Chatham county's representatives
were in the city yesterday. This Is the
first time they have all been at home TO-
eatber since the general assembly began
Its work Mr.. McDonough returned to At
lanta last night via the Central whlle
Mai Meldrim and DIT. Duncan remained
In the city and will attend the seneroI
mass meeting and rally Of the Liberal Cieo
at the theater tonight.
The meeting will no doubt be an inter-
esting one. 1t will be called to order by
President Meldrim at $50 o'clock ana sew
eral interesting speeches will be made with
regard TO the coming city campaign, and
the line to be pursued by the club win re-
gard to 1t. Besides President Meldrlm
rpeeches will be made by Hon. Walter u
charlton. Messrs. Walter c. Hartridge' l.
S. Morgan, Jr., and others.
There has been no suggestion as yet as
m whom the Liberal Club viii run 1or
,,avor Whoever he is, he win in all prob
abuitv have to make the race against
Mayor Myers as the representative ol ene
otber faction. Leaders Of the Liberal Clup
saw they intend to pursue in the city cam
naipn exactly the same course with regaru
- candidates. that was pursued IN the
legislative campaign. at will do no man
,vbo wants the Office any good to court H.
ls the wav one of the leaders expressed IT,
u is said the Liberal Club will seek 10
select a man who is not partisan poiiti-
c,an and who If elected will represent Tue
whole people Who he will be- they say
tbsv have no knowledge at present anu
nave never entered into any discussion az
- the availability of any indiYidual. ne
s.Soetine will no doubt be an interesting
one and il is expected it will be largely at
tended. IT, ,,,,s he.
ing done with reference to the local pi4io
IN which everyone appears TO pc 80 ueepiS
interested He said that the olll 10 r.
neal the act creating COMMISSIONS ~
nublic works for the city Would prooAoiS
he introduced Monday or TUESDAY OF this
,-aoir and that the other commission pills
would follow in day or two. me 1l@Al.
hers of the delegation he SAID ud uol
care to appear to be pushing forward any
distinctly partisan measures lhes w..
satisfied. he said, that the acts creathS
certain of the commissions should be re-
nealed but if any one could snow any
good reason why they should not, ne salu
the delegation would be more thah reduy
to listen to them, and hear the argument
While Senator Geiger's position Win re-
gard to the local measures is not denhte>
" known. II does not appear to be giving
the delegation any particular worry
"This talk about a compromise, ne
said when asked about this matter, "ap-
pears to have been greatly exaggerated
on all sides. There was no agreement
on ANYTHING. except with reference to seat
ing half of each delegation in the state
convention, which nominated the supreme
court Judges There was a suggestion
made that the present chairman of the
two executive committees resign that
twelve members be appointed from each
side. and that some well-known gentle-
man, who was not partisan on either
side. be selected as chairman The obs
ject of this, as l understand 1t, was TO
do away with the fractional difficulties IN
state matters, but 1t will be long time
vet before the executive committee Will
have anything to do in that line, so there
is no immediate necessity of giving 1t at
tention Probably nothing more will be
done in the matter until some time after
the city election"
Mai. Meldrim did not appear to think
that the present session Of the legislature
would do anything in the way of temper
ance legislation. So far, he SAID, there
have been no temperance or prohibition
bills introduced in the House, but there
have been one or two such measures in
troduced in the Senate. One of the bills
he said had already been before the tenn
perance committee of the Senate, and he
was informed that the committee was
about evenly divided on 1t. IT is stated,
however. that the bill Will likely be de-
feated in the Senate.
Another subject which is Of considerable
interest i'm this section is the military APP
preparation Mai. Meldrim said he could
not say what the House might or might
not do with regard to this, but the general
assembly as a whole, he said, was one OF
the most fair-minded bodies he had ever
seen. The effort will be made this year
TO secure an appropriation for the mill
tary sufficient to purchase overcoats and
some other small equipment as well as to
pay the expenses Of the en-
campment lie thought the NIL
itary committee would be thoroughly in
favor of a more liberal appropriation, but
what the House may do with regard tC
it, remains to be seen after 1t is reported
TO that body.
Chatham's representatives. are keeping
we'll up with the work before the legisla
ture They have all been in almost con
slant attendance upon its sessions, and
they are devoting their attention particu
Tor of int
lance to the entire state. 1t is said the!
are all taking a most prominent stanC
among the members of the general assem-
bly,. and some of the most important com
mittee work is being done by them.