The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-16
THE STRUGGLE FOR VOTES.
THE TWO FACTIONS TRYING TO
MAKE EVERY ONE COUNT.

Another Session of the Commission
For Ordering Voters Put on the
List to BE Held This Afternoon.
Both sides Have Cases TO Come Up.
What the Liberal Club People Are
Saying About the senate Commit
tees Action ON the CommissiOner
of Public Works Bill.
The registration commission departed
from the custom that has prevailed for a
week or ten days and failed TO hold meet
ing yesterday, in spite Of the fact that
there were several cases to be brought be-
fore it.
Judge Norwood was busy with a case
in the city court, which necessitated his
absence from the meeting of the commits
sion, and as Judge Falligant was in Eff
bingham county attending the term of the
superior court there, Judge Ferril did not
like to go 1t alone, so the meeting Of the
commission was called off until this after
noon.
Only Judges Norwood and Ferrill will be
present this afternoon, nut they constitute
a majority, and all the business necessary
will be transacted by them. 1t is under
stood that both sides have a number OF
cases in which parties were refused regis
tration by the other registrars that they
want to bring before the commission and
the session will no doubt be made as in
1eresting as others have been.
1t appears very much as if the two fac
lions were going to make every vote count
in the coming city election. Ihey are
working night and day to get the registra-
lion commission to award them a rev
spare votes, and the chances are that the
two sides will come out about even IN the
struggle for them. But even II the result
of the hearing before the commission
should give one side five or six votes more
than il did the other, they could haroly
amount to much in the election, though II
has often been said that one vote might
carry an election. Neither one nor n1ty
votes have been known to carry an
election in Chatham county, however and
the chances are that the difference one
way or the other will be considerably
greater than that
1t is hardly probable that on next Satur-
day, the last registration day, the regis
trars will, any of them, disregard the
directions of the commission given at
these hearings. But the question has
arisen as to what resource man has
who is refused registration by some reg.
istrar at that time. He could not Wen
carry his case before the commission, be"
cause there is no other day for registra-
ton, and any direction that the commits
sion might give in the matter would hard
~ amount to anything. The only re-
course therefore, that party has who
is turned down on the last day of the
registration is by mandamuS through
the superior court, and il takes fifteen
days to bring up such an application.
tration and thinks he is entitled TO II, ne
has this recourse, and he will have plenty
of time to have his name put on the reg
istraton list by order of the court before
the election takes place.
Politicians and heelers on both sides are
busy discussing the outlook in the coming
election, and of yore, both sides are
claiming it for all they are worth. Both
sides claim that the action of the Senate
committee in reporting unfavorably the
bill for the abolition of the commissioner
of public works will work in their favor.
The Citizens Club people say it will still
further weaken the chances of the Liberal
Club people to put through their ticket in
January, and the Liberal Club people say
1t will only spur their leaders and the
rank and file on to harder work, and they
are confident of victory.
well. we will have to whip them now
in January said a well known Liberal
Club man, speaking of the action of the
Senate committee on the commissioner of
public works bill. From all / hear, /
have no doubt that we can do it, and then
the new board of aldermen can pass an
ordinance which viii take away from the
commissioner of public works all of his
power The people will soon be tired of
seeing a man who is doing nothing paid
$500 a year, and l do not think it will be
a hard matter to repeal the bill at the
next session of the legislature.
Il do not understand the action of the
Senate in this matter. The bill was a
local bin applicable only to Chatham
county, and 1 cannot see why Senator
Geiger should have gone into the fight
against it, coming as he does from another
county, and especially after his state
ment that he did not intend to interfere
in our local affairs. But he has done 1t,
and l am of the opinion that he went
somewhat beyond the bounds of the so
called senatorial courtesy
Another Liberal Club politician, speak
ing of the matter, who has somewhat
stronger views, said in his opinion the
action of Senator Geiger would do away
with the system of rotation in the matter
of naming the senator in this district. He
stated positively that he would never vote
for anyone for senator again who came
from county outside of Chatham.
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