The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-02
NO MANAGERS APPOINTED YET.
COMMISSIONERS CAN'T COME TO AN
AGREEMENT.

One Side and Messrs. Carson and
Chaplin on the Other-BOth Sides
Want to DO What Is Fair. They
Say, But Their Ideas Differ Widely
as to How They should Do 1t.
Messrs Dale and kehOe Say the
Politics of the magistrates should
Not BE COnSidered-Messrs Carson
and Chaplin Think They should
The deadlock of the county commis-
sioners over the appointment of election
managers and clerks still continues. The
commissioners were in caucus yesterday
afternoon until O'Clock without accom-
plishing anything.
Chairman Dale and Mr.. Kehoe held one
end Of the argument and Messrs Carson
and Chaplin the other The board will
meet again at 4 o'clock this afternoon, to
renew it's consideration of the matter.
OF course, all the commissioners want
to do the fair thing, but they hold widely
divergent views of what is fair.
A Morning News reporter met Commits
sioner Carson as he was leaving the meet
ing and asked him for a statement of his
position in the matter
MY position is simply this" he said:
Il am not acting in the interest of either
faction. l am DESTROYS of seeing a fair
election and 1 believe that the only way
to insure fair election is for the two
factions to be represented as nearly
equal as possible in the management. l
do not believe this can be
done with considering the polit-
ical affiliations or inclinations of the
magistrates. The law requires that the
eight city magistrates shall be appointed
as managers of elections. Now if the two
magistrates in amy district are both allied
to the same faction the third manager
should be of the opposing faction. If the
Two magistrates are on opposite sides the
third man should be a populist or a prohi-
bltlonfst in order to preserve the balance
In the First and Fourth districts where
there will be two boxes, one magistrate
should be assigned to each box. If the
magistrate is Citizen Club man, a Lib
eral and a populist should be appointed
to sit with him. If he is a Liberal Club
man Citizen and a populist. 1t is only
by balancing the management as evenly
Is possible between the two factions that
fairness can be secured"
What position do Messrs. Dale and
Kehoe take?' Mr.. Carson was asked.
They hold that the magistrates are re-
their political inclination should not be
considered. Then they want to divide
the rest of the managers between the Lib
erals, Citizens and populists. They claim
not TO know even how any of the magfs-
trateS stand. By their plan the Citizens
club would get only one representative
for the two boxes in the Fourth district
That is too unfair to be considered for a
moment. Then they wish to appoint as
representatives of the populists we'll
known Liberal Club men, such as w. I.
Brien, J. H. KennickeH and others"
Mr.. Carson said he would never agree
to the management of the election on
such basis as this and Mr.. Chaplin Join
ed him in saying the same thing.
Mr.. Kehoe was found at the court house
and readily talked about the situation.
''The trouble with Mr.. Carson" said he.
lis that he has spent all the afternoon
trying to undo what he readily agreed to
the day before When we adjourned yes
terday afternoon we had nearly com
pleted a list of managers, to which Mr..
Carson had agreed 1t was his own sug-
gestion that the managers be apportioned
among the three parties, Liberal, Citizen
and pOpuliSt, and it was on this line that
the apportionment was made. Mr.. Car
sons attitude to-day was so totally dis-
ferent from yesterday that l INQUIRED if
he had only acted as a commissioner then
and was acting as a commissioner and
candidate to-day. 1t was simply iunpossi l.
BILE for us to come to an agreement What
the Citizens Club people want is to gain an
unfair advantage. They have recon-
mended to US as managers six men as
frecholders who are only man.
| ufactured for the occasion. They have
! been decided IS lots in Southover at the
nominal price of $50 and 800 mortgage
upon these lots recorded the next day in
order to prevent the creditors of these
| gentlemen from levying on the lots. That's
the sort of work they are trying to do If
Mr.. Osborne cannot find six legal free
| holders to represent his party in the whole
city they must be very weak We I'M
derstand a freebooter to mean a man
who is property owner with an interest
in the welfare and good government of
the city. We cannot accept these manu-
featured freeholdcrs and Mr.. Osborne has
been requested 10 present other names to-
morrow afternoon. This was not done
for political purposes. There was some
doubt to whether one of the managers
recommended by the Liberal Club was a
freeholder, and the club was promptly
notified to present another name"
What about the magistrates and their
poliucs?' Mr.. Kehoe was asked.
"The law requires the appointment of
the eight city magistrates" he replied.
1--WE have nothing to do with their poll
ties and are not supposed to know how
they stand
you are willing then to divide the rest
of the managers after the magistrates
| have been appointed, among the three fac
tions?"
Yes" replied Mr.. Kehoe. Some of
the magistrates are said to be with the
Citizens Club" he continued
In the election two years ago the Cit
liens Club represented that certain of the
managers, who were in their favor, were
opposed to them, and then secured an UNI
fair advantage. They will not play any
such trick this time. They do not want
anything fair but we will teach them to
be honest and square"
There is some discussion as to what
will be the result If the commissioners
should fail TO name managers, and the
law on the subject OF election is being
looked up by leaders on both sides
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