The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-26
LIBERALS ARE CONFIDENT.
THEY BELIEVE THEY HAVE A
WINNING TICKET.

What the Citizens Club Men Have
to Say About It-A big Citizens
Club Rally in PrOspect-Regis-
trnrs to Begin Hearing Charges
of Illegal Registration Monday
worked Until Midnight Last Night
to Finish the Classification of
the First District List.
The Liberal Club ticket was the chief
topic Of discussion in political circles yes
terday The effect of the nomination
however. had been generally discounted by
its announcement the day before This
made no difference, however, to the LIB
erals, who are jubnant over the ticket mad
the successful meeting at which it was
launched.
There is a feeling Of strong confidence
among the rank and file of the Liberals.
OF course the leaders have always assert
ed their confidence of victory. There Is
no doubling its genuineness, and If main
tanned it will prove big factor in decid-
ing the contest next Wednesday week
The Citizen Club people admit that
their opponents have put out a strong
ticket. but they declare its character is
an evidence of the weakness of the club
They figure it out this way: The Liberals
could get nobody else to run and so had
to put out their leaders. Neither Mel
drim, McDonough or Duncan wanted to
run, they say, but they were forced to it
in the interest of their faction. All three
are strong men individually. but the is
sues in the campaign are well understood
and the voters have all aligned them
selves with one side or the other The
nominations, therefore, will change no
votes. This is a consensus Of the views of
the Citizens Club men.
The Citizens Club people see the policy
of having a meeting which will rival that
of their opponents at the theater. They
do not deny that the Liberals had large
meeting, but try to discount it by saying
that the full strength of the faction was
present and that in order TO win it must
have nearly twice that many votes.
1--WE will get up a meeting" said one
of the leaders. that will fill the theater
lust as full as it was last might and viii
hold an overflow meeting IN the square
besides"
will be steady. continuous work for the
leaders on both sides and their aides.
Politics have been reduced to a business
basis in this county and the men VINO I'M
dertake to conduct a political campaign
have time for little else until its close.
Meetings will be held almost every night
now until thee lose of the campaign, and
the leaders will be in hourly conference
with their leutenants.
The registrars continued their work a
the court house last night until midnight,
in order to finish up the First district
list This is probably the most difticult
of any of the lists, on account of the
number of challenges filed by both sides.
Two clerks have been secured, one Lib
eral and the other Citi-
zens Club man. They are chief
ly employed in writing out sub
poenas for principals and witnesses Mr..
L. p Masters is the Liberal clerk and
Mr. w W. Davis the Citizens.
The registrars have decided to begin
hearing charges against parties claimed
TO be illegally registered on Monday in
the city court room. over 100 subpoena
were placed in the hands of Sheriff Ro-
nan yesterday to be served on principals
and Witnesses. The cases will be taken
up alphabetically, so as to afford no adj
vantage to either side. The hearing win
be public and it is likely that there win
be a large attendance.
One of the latest moves in this matter
was the receipt yesterday Of a large num-
Der of postal cards by negroes, who are
on the registry list. The cards were sent
out by Col. Waring Russell, and read as
follows:
Savannah. Sept "a, 1S96.-Mr --.
The Citizens Club has objected to you
on the register list. Call at once and see
me. Waring Russell.
Registrars are now in session. Don't
delay"
Some of these cards fell into the hands
of Citizens Club men. They assert that
Col. Russell has done this for the pur-
pose of creating the impression that the
Citizens Club is attacking the registration
of every negro. and that those who re-
spond to his invitation to call viii have
this charge impressed upon them. The
Citizens Club men assert that negroes
were registered by Liberal Club workers
from vacant lots, and that in one instant
five negroes were registered from a
house in which not one lived Evidently
the hearing before the registrars is going
to be interesting.