The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-30
WHAT THE POLITICIANS SAY.
4 GREAT DEAL THAT Is NOT TRUE,
NO DOUBT.

The Registration san Climbing Up.
One Man Whose Taxes Were Paid
and His Name Registered without
His KnONIedEe-Libera Club Dis
trict Rallies Thursday Night-The
WOrkinEmen Have Lined Up With
One Side or the Other-The A. r.
a. Issue to Cut "a Figure in the
Campaign.
Political skirmishing will continue this
week. The Liberal club will hold meet
ings in the First, Second and Fourth
districts Thursday night for the pur-
pose of stirring up the enthusiasm of the
members and increasing the membership
of the clubs.
The Third district has not been organ
lied yet. The voters of this district are
not so much inclined toward turning out
to political rallies as those of the other
districts. The Third has always been re-
garded as a Liberal stronghold, but it
is now claimed by both sides. The Citi-
zens Club people point to the fact that
they carried the district easily in the
Wnink election.
The registration is now nearly 1900, in
GLIDING several hundred colored voters.
BY the date of the primary, the white
registration will, at the present rate of
increase, be in the neighborhood of 1900.
If the interest keeps up after the pri-
mary, as it no doubt will, the total reg
istration by the time of the october cleo
lions will exceed 5000.
The number Of new people who are reg
istering this year exceeds that of any
previous registration, and will cut quite
a figure in the election. Both sides, of
course, claim the advantage in the regis
tration. A Morning News reporter was in
formed yesterday of rather peculiar in
cident of the registration. a party who
had not paid his taxes in several years,
and of course had not registered, decid-
ed last week that he would pay up his
taxes and register. When he went TO
Capt. McGowan's Office for the purpose
he found that his taxes had already been
paid and that he had been registered, and
that this had been done during several
previous years. Somebody had evidently
been 1mpersonatlng him and voting IN his
name and intended doing the same thing
this year. 1t seems that while he had been
neglectng his duty as citizen, some
body else had been kindly performing it
for him. H intends doing his own voting
this year, however and will not have to
pay any taxes to do so, either.
1t is difficult to size up the two crowds
yet. Both are making the usual eXtraVa-
giant claims. The Liberals declare that
the result will be candidate in their ia
assert their belief that they will win by the
largest majority they have yet received.
OF course, this is all 99-100ths wind. Each
side made a strong showing at the first
meeting. The Liberals had all they could
crowd in the Masonic hail. while the Citi-
zens had all that get into the odd
Fellows hall. Each side claimed to have
turned away large number.
1t is fact of considerable interest that
the meetings were very similar in one re-
spect. The Liberal Club meeting was
largely composed of working men. The
business men were in a small minority.
The Citizens Club meeting was almost
entirely composed of working men ana
small shop keepers, with sprinkling OF
business men and most of the city Off
Gals. Ex-employes of the city were large
ly in evidence at the Liberal Club meet
ing. City employees were out in force at
the Citizens Club meeting The tendency
of the business element was not brought
out to any extent by the two meetings.
The A. p. A. issue has been carefully
avoided in the discussions so far by both
sides Nevertheless, it is bound to play a
prominent part in the campaign, if not the
leading part. While very little is being
said publicly on this subject, there is a
good deal Of thinking being done on both
sides. The Liberals charge that the adj
ministratiOn is secretly in sympathy with
the American Protective Association and
| that it will have the solid support of that
| element. The administration leaders deny
this and retort that the Liberal Club is
| only Tammany revived, with the purpose
of controlling the patronage of the city
exclusively for the benefit of its members.
The situation is likely to become exceed
ingly interesting, as the campaign pro-
crosses.
The next meeting of the Citizens Club
will be held next Monday night. The date
| Of the second meeting of the Liberal Club
| has not yet been announced.