The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-07
MUST HAVE CERTIFICATES.
FIREMEN REQUIRED To SHOW
THEY ARE REGISTERED
FOR 1896.

Requirement Under the New Rules
Governing the Fire Department.
Mr. Charles A. GradOt Looking
After the Registration for the Citi-
Eens CIab-AII Parties Watching
the Registration, and IL Is Moving
Along With some Rapidly.
The requirement placed upon all the
members Of the fire department to present
a certificate to the effect that they are
registered voters has occasioned some lit
tie comment. especially among those who
are opposed to the administration now in
power.
Members Of the department were reg
istering very freely yesterday, and each
one OF them presented blank certificate,
a copy OF which reads as follows:
Savannah, Ga, -. 1S9 This is to certi-
fy that - has registered for the
year 1886. -"
The first blank is for the name of the
fireman registering and the last one for
the signature of Mr.. J. G. Sullivan. regis
try clerk. These certificates were distrib-
uted TO the firemen day before yesterday
by their fOremen, with the injunction
that they were to register and return the
consequence was a good many of the fire.
men registered yesterday. and the rest OF
them will probably get their names on
the books to-day.
This it is understood, is one of the re-
quirements Of the hremen under the new
rules recently adopted. They must be
registered qualified voters. and they must
all hand in their certificates to that ef-
feet.
Mr.. Charles A. Gradot, until recently
one of the city sanitary inspectors, called
at the office of Tax Collector j. j. Nc
Gowan yesterday and asked to be allowed
to remain In the Office between 8 o'clock
in the morning and o'clock in the after
noon, during which time the registration
Is carried on. Mr.. Gradot stated that he
represented the Citizens Club. and was
looking after the registration in its inter-
ests.
Capt. MCGOWAN told him that he had
no objec tons, believing that the law con-
templated that the registration should be
publicly conducted. He told him, how
ever, that he would make no distinctions
and that representatives of any other
party or faction would be allowed the
same privilege, If they chose to ask for il.
Mr.. Gradot remained in the office during
the registration hours, and II is probable
he Will look after the registration in be-
half OF his club for the present.
The registration is climbing up now at
the rate of fifty to seventy-five a day The
number registered yesterday was nifty
two, and the total registration up to the
closing hour yesterday was 1.2l4 This
represents the work of just one month,
and there are nearly five more in which
voters for the elections this year can
be registered. Those who put the matter
off too long, however, may find them
selves hampered when they find toward
the close that they have to get In with
the crowd or do without registering
All of the clans. II is understood, are
Keeping pretty close watch on the reg
istration, and are trying to push it for all
they are worth. The Citizens Club, how
ever, Is the only faction that is a s yet rep
resented by an individual at the books.
Talk Of the organization of new parties
or new clans is still heard on all sides,
and II seems to have been generally agreed
upon that II is about time for all hands to
get down to good hard work.
The A. p. A issue, IL such an issue de-
velops, Is going to be a queer one to deal
with. 1t Is a hard matter to tell vet
however, where it will break out first.
II Is said the organization is very strong
in Savannah. and that its Idea is to carry
out in so far as Is possible the principles
on which 1t is founded. How 1T is likely
TO be met or what may be the result
remains yet to be seen.