The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-23
IA. LAWRENCE is REGISTRAR.
APPOINTED As REPREsENTATIvE
OF THE CITIZENS CLUB

In Place OF John I. Morrissey, Re
sfgned-Both Clubs Have Pat Men
Back in Capt. McGowan's ONCE 10
see How the Registration Is Co
fng-They Find IL Very slow, How
ever-Nefther of Them Has Any
Authority 40 Pay Taxes Of PrOsDec-
tive VOters-Chatham the Only
Large County That VIII send a
Solid sound Money Delegation.
Judge FaIiigant signed an order yester-
day as chairman Of the registration COM
mission Of the county accepting the resig-
nation as registrar Of Mr.. John I. Morris
sey. and appointing Mr.. Alexander A.
Lawrence as the representative Of the Cit
liens Club faction to serve in his place.
Mr.. Morrissey, who was on thhe board
of registrars as. the representative Of that
faction. rendered his resignation at the
time he left the Citizens Club. The other
registrars are Mr.. w. p. Bailey, repre-
senting the Liberal Club, and Mr.. L. f.
Johnson, representing the republicaa
party. The registrars take the registra>
ton books twenty days before the cleo
ton, go over them, thoroughly take Off all
the disqualified voters whose names may
have crept in. and make up the lists to be
used on election day by the election man
ayers.
The two factions have begun figuring
on the registration now for the October
election. They have begun to watch the
registration books again, this work hav-
ing been suspended for some time prior to
the primary election. Mr. r. j. Warwick
ct
the office of Capt. J. J. McGowan, the tax
collector, yesterday morning at 9 O'clock
when the registration books opened Tor
the day, and said he had been sent there
by that club to remain there during tho
hours for registration. He took the place
Of Mr.. c. A. Gradot in that capacity just
before the primary.
Shortly afterward Mr. John Dinon enter
ed the office as the representative in the
same capacity of the Liberal Club, and
both remained there during the day. 1t
is understood that neither one of them
has any authority to pay back taxes for
voters and their mission there Is simply
to keep an eye on the lists, and md out
who is getting ready TO vote. IL there Is
any necessity for paying a voters taxes,
however, that, no doubt, can be arranged
through the heads Of either faction, &C
cording to the inclinatiOns of the voter.
Neither these representatives OF the fac
tiOns nor the registry clerk, Mr. W. F..
Sullivan, are having much work TO DO
now in that connection. Only four voters
We're registered yesterday, and the num-
Der remains about that figure from day
90 day. The registration Is exceedingly
quiet and Is likely 10 remain so until the
election approaches, or until about Sept. J..
There is some likelihood of its becoming
quite brisk at that time, as the Citizens
Club members say they have about 1000
more crackers they can register and the
members of the other faction assert that
their entire strength is by no means on
the registration books yet.
Chatham county is the only large county
in the state that will send a solid sound
money delegation TO the state convention.
There are one or two counties in the
southern part of the state, and isolated
instances of counties in other sections
that will send two sound money delegates,
but they are few and far between. All of
the large counties, Chatham excepted,
will either send a divided delegation or
one that favors silver There are no new
developments with regard to the contest
between the sets OF delegates represent
ing the two factions here. Both are de-
termned, and both are equally confident
that their view of the case will be accept
ed by the convention.