The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-03
CLUB PRESIDENTS TO SELECT.
MIR. DALE's PROPOSITION TO
BREAK THE DEADLOCK.

Submitted to the Board-The Prop
osition Agreed to and May Prove a
solution of the Difficulty.
President Meldrim of the Liberal Club.
President Osborne Of the Citizens Club
and President Wood of the Seab Wright
Club are to meet to-day and select list
of managers and clerks for Wednesdays
election. to be submitted to the county
commissioners this afternoon.
This is the solution of the deadlock in
the board, and appears to be the only
solution possible The county commits
sioners remained in session over an hour
yesterday without coming any nearer to
reaching a conclusion than they did the
day before. Finally, Commissioner Dale
made the proposition that the presidents
of the three political clubs of the city be
requested to prepare a list of managers
and clerks to be submitted to the COM
missioners at a meeting to be held this
afternoon. The proposition was accept
able to the other members of the board,
and was unanimously agreed to. 1t was
proposed that the commissioners should
pledge themselves to accept the list Sc
lected in this manner without question,
but Commissioners Carson and Chaplin
declined to agree to this.
The presidents Of the three clubs were
at once notified of this conclusion Of The
board. Owing to the fact that the letters
of notification were not sent until late yes
terday afternoon, no responses were re.
ceived last night, but ii can be stated au-
thoritatively that the proposition will be
accepted by ali three of the gentlemen,
and that an effort will be made this morn
ing to agree upon a similar test of man
ayers and clerks, which will be acceptable
TO all sides. If the plan does not mis-
carry the credit will be due to Chairman
Dale for the second happy solution Of
much VeXed question in this campaign,
the first being due to Judge Falligant for
his happy solution of the registrars mat
ters.
1t had begun to look very much as If
the county commissioners were not going
to agree upon a list of managers for the
election, in which case each faction
would have, in all probability, proceeded
10 hold an Independent election under its
own Interpretation of the law with the
result of a contest before the legislature
and in the courts, as to which was the
ed set of officers. This would have been
very serious state of affairs indeed, TO say
nothing of the possibility, in fact, almost
certainty, of serious trouble occurring
should the two factions have undertaken
TO hold separate elections at the court
house. Even the most bitter partisan
could hardly wish to precipitate such a
state of affairs.
Happily this prospect is averted tenn
porarily, and ii is to be hoped perma-
nently. The action of the leaders Of the
three clubs to-day will decide.
President Meldrim OF the Liberal Club,
when seen last night, said that he had re-
ceived a communication from the county
commissioners concerning election man
ayers, but being very busy at the time. he
had referred it to another gentleman who
was looking after such matters for his
party.
However" said he, 'if can render any
assistance in aiding the commissioners to
settle this matter and relieve the pleas
ant situation, l shall be happy to do so :"
Maj. Meldrim was asked if he thought
the proposed conference would be able to
reach an agreement.
Il see no reason why it should not" he
replied. Three fair minded gentlemen
should certainly be able to agree in a mat
ter of this kind, especially when it is Of
so much Importance that an agreement
should be reached"
President Osborne of the Citizens Club,
also stated his willingness to enter into a
conference of this kind.
THE notice should have been sent to
Mr.. duBignon as chairman of the demo-
cratic party said Mr.. Osborne. at was
Mr.. duBignon who submitted the list of
managers in behalf of the democratic
party. ] so stated when l received my no.
uee, and understand that a
notice TO the same effect was
then forwarded to Mr.. duBignon
However if 1t is desired that the presi-
dents of the three clubs should confer for
the purpose of submitting a list of man
ayers and clerks, l am perfectly willing
10 enter such conference We only ask
that we be given fair representation at
the ballot boxes. The county commission
ers have, so far, not shown a disposition
to do this"
Mr.. Osborne said that Commissioner
Carson. in his efforts to agree upon a
board OF managers, practically gave the
Liberal Club the earth
They asked for the fence" said he.
"and then, luckily for us, Mr.. Carson
kicked out of the traces. We would have
been nicely roasted If that ARRANGEMENT
had gone through. In the First district
we were given one manager at one box
and none at all at the other In the
Fourth district they wanted the same
thing"
The men who were named as
populist managers, Mr.. Osborne
said, were strong Liberal Club men.
whose names had been presented by the
populists on the suggestion Of a Liberal
Club leader. The result Of this would have
been to give the Liberals the entire man.
agement at two Of the most important
boxes.
President Wood of the Wright Club was
not seen, but Mr.. w. b. Smbbs, who is
taking an active interest in the campaign
IN behalf of Mr. Wright, was seen Mr.
Stubs said that he was heartily in favor
of the proposition and expressed the be-
lief that it would result in a satisfactory
settlement of the matter by the selection
of board Of managers and clerks, which
would be acceptable to the commissioners
Mr.. Stubbs should be credited with max
ing disinterested efforts to this end. II
IS fact Of interest just now that the
law requiring the appointment of the
eight city magistrates as managers
OF elections was enacted by the legislature
four years ago when Messrs. Osborne
Doolan and Guerard were the representa-
tives from Chatham. The majority Of the
city magistrates were then partsans of
the Russell faction, which was after
ward organized as the Citizens Club. The