The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-24
POLITICAL COMPLICATIONS.
SOME DISCUSSION OF THE STATE
AND LOCAL SITUATIONS.

| proves Some of 1t, But Is Opposed
to Repeating the Commissions.
Gov. Atkinson Regarded the
Strongest Possibility For the Sem
atorship-Crisp's Death Liable to
Disnrrange States and Cause Some
Complications in the soIicitOrship
Fight.
The legislature meets next Wednesday
for q fifty day session. The doings of this
session will be watched with special in
terest by Savannahians for several rea-
sons. Besides the election of a senator,
there is the solicitor generalship fight in
which almost everybody in Savannah, and
a great many outside are interested Then
comes the local legislation which it has
| been announced will be attempted, and
the progress of which will be watched with
great deal of interest here.
| AS the election for senator and for So
| licitors general and judges will take up
considerable time, Chathams representa-
| tives viii have to hustle to get their legis-
| lation through, especially as opposition to
| some of the bills may be regarded as GER
| tain. A Morning News reporter brought
up the subject of local legislation in con-
! versation with Mayor Myers yesterday,
thinking his views might be of interest.
1T is mistake" said Mayor Myers,
ito suppose that 1 am opposed to all the
legislation which Is mentioned as likely
to be introduced by our representatives.
Some Of the changes, which they will
make, think. WIFI meet with my hearty
|
proposed amendment to the park and
tree commission act, extending the au-
| thority of that commission and giving it
| the right to employ and control it's own
| labor. The entire responsibility for the
work would then be placed with the park
and tree commission.
1.-THE bill to increase the powers of the
| police court also meets with my hearty
| approval. 1t may require the recorder
! to give more of his time to the court, in
| which case his salary should be in
creased. 1t would have a tendency to
diminish law breaking by making the
| punishment of minor offenders follow
swiftly upon their arrest.
THE bill to transfer the entire burden
| of the city court to the county is an
! other move In the right direction. This
would be placing the burden where it
properly belongs. At the same time, I
disapprove any attempt to legislate the
| isiation of this kind for partisan purposes
| is wrong.
LAS to the commissions 1 do not thing
| that the representative will find it such
an easy matter to repeal the bills creating
| the commissions They must bear in mind
| the fact that while these bills were before
| the legislature not a single objection was
made to them, and they were passed with
/ out a protest from this county. 1t should
! further be taken into consideration that
| the commissions have been in effect for
| less than year and that they have hard
~ been in effect long enough to give them
| a fair test.
THE effort to repeal the commissions
| before they have been fairly tested shows
/ that the effort is made in partisan spirit.
| There are doubtless some amendments
| which could be made to the commission
| bills, which would improve their efficiency,
| but believe that the value of the COM
missions has been fully demonstrated, and
that the people will not willingly see them
| repealed"
The effect upon the political situation
in Georgia of the death of Hon. Charles
| f. Crisp, who was to have been Georgia's
next United States senator, was widely
discussed yesterday afternoon.
While Judge Crisp has been sick
for some time, his death at the
though deep regret everywhere will be
general all over the state, it is believed
H. all quarters that it is going to make
all the difference in the world in politi-
cal circles.
The general belief is that it means the
smashing of all the political states that
have been made in the state up to this
time, as it is generally known that Gov
Atkinson has senatorial aspirations
though, of course, the number of candi-
dates is not going to be limited to one.
| OF special interest is the effect that
may be had upon the situation in this
section, say the politicians. 1t is be-
lieyed that the necessary making of new
states and combinations will have some
important effect upon the race for the So
licitor generaiship in this circuit as well
as all others. The making of new COM
binations on account of SENSATIONAL cam
didates of course, undoes all that may
have been done up to the present time
and leaves everything practically in an
indefinite state. The efforts of coming
candidates to get votes, they say, is likely
to interfere seriously with the pull which
candidates for other positions are sup
posed to hold.
Just how it may affect the race be-
tween Solicitor General Fraser and Hon.
w. w. Osborne remains as yet to be SEEN
The friends of both here are satisfied
the new situation is going to make a
change, but which way they find it hard
to say
Gossip as to the probable candidacy of
Hon. f. G.. duBignon, who was in the
race against Mr.. Crisp, has been INDUCED
in to some extent, but there is no one
here who can say anything authoritative
on the subject and Mr.. duBignon has not
been heard from.
} In Savannah Gov Atkinson is gener-
| ally regarded as the strongest candidate
for senator. The impression prevailins
among many, that a governor cannot be
a candidate for senator, Is said to be an
, error. If the governor has senatorial as,
, pirations it is not believed that he viii
: neglect the opportunity. Should he be
J successful this would, of course, neces-
, state another election for governor, but
y as there is an election for judges of tho
, supreme court in December, the election
for governor might be held at the same
time and the vacancy filled with but
slight inconvenience. The democra tic
party would be put to the necessity how.
ever Of selecting successor for Gov. At
knson