The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-20
REGISTRARS AGAIN AT WORK.
CHECKING UP THE THIRD DIS
TRICT DISQUALIFIED LIST.

tOr-EleCt &. III. Mann OF the Second
spends the Day fn Savannah.
Judge Geiger's Letter-TvvO Conn
missions Out of Gear-Mr. Clifton
in the Race.
The newly appointed registrars began
their work yesterday. The first thing
they had to do was to take the oath Of
Office. They appeared before Judge Falli-
CANT about 9 O'Clock in the morning and
were duly and officially sworn in
Mr.. William Pease was made chairman
of the board, and the three, the chairman
and Messrs. r. J. Warrick and A. s. Way,
at once proceeded to their labors in their
official capacities. The registration books
and all the necessary papers, disqualified
lists and other data, were turned over to
them by Tax Collector ]. j. MCGOWAN.
They will conduct their Investigations in
the grand jury room of the superior court,
which they will have free from Interrupt
ton, as no term of that court will be held
until December.
The registrars do not appear to know
yet just what they are going to do with
the lists They are satisfied, however, that
they are going to get over just as much
ground as possible, and they are going
through with the entire list, if it can be
done between now and the November cleo
ton.
They began yesterday with the third
militia district The former registrars
only purged the list in the First militia
district, but they checked over the Second
militia district with the disqualified lists,
and this is what the present registrars
are doing with the Third district. They
may check over ali of the districts not yet
checked, by comparisons with the dis
qualified lists, and then send out their
notifications as to those who appear 10
be disqualified. That is they will do this
il they find they have time. If they find
that it is going to take longer than they
anticipate, they will stop checking when
they get through with the Third district
and begin Summoning for the Second and
Third districts at once. They are giving
especial attention to alleged tax de-
faulters, and will doubtless hold them
strictly to the law.
They had not finished checking the Third
district last night and the. chances are
| they will not begin TO summon those
claimed to be disqualified for a day or two
They say, however, they are going to sive
the lists careful going over, and In addi-
ton to checking up the DISQUALIFIED lists
they are now making notes opposite the
names of those against whom complaints
are made by the different factions inter
/ eSted. These notes will also be used in
ascertaining the status of those voters
said to be disqualified, by reason of non.
payment OF taxes, false registration, and
for other reasons.
The registrars began their work yester-
day morning shortly after o'clock, and
continued until nearly o'clock in the
| afternoon. They then took it up again
shortly after o'clock and worked until
nearly dark. These will probably he
their hours every day, as they say they
are going to accomplish all they possibly
can with the lists before election day
| They have three clerks employed and
the work appears to be moving along
| pleasantly, smoothly and rapidly The
task, however, is a severe one. as they
have just about 5000 names to handle,
and with a prospect of only 50 a day, as
compensation.
As there is less interest in the coming
election than there was in the recent
local election, the work OF the registrars
IS hardly commanding so much interest
as did that of those who preceded them
in Office.
Senator-elect c. Fl. Mann of the Second
senatorial district from Tattnan county,
! spent yesterday in the city. Senator Mann
will represent in the Senate the counties of
Mcintosh Liberty and Tattnall, democrat
ic. republican and populisrt counties, re-
Spectively.
Though popuEst representative, c. S.
| Grice, was elected in Tattnall Senator
! Mann, the democratic candidate. was
given there a majority of Sc votes while
in Liberty, where Law, the colored re-
publican representative, was elected, there
was a majority of lis votes against him.
The democrats of Mcintosh. however,
stood nobly by him, and he secured a ma
jorlty there which was sufficient to have
wiped out the few votes against him four
or five times over.
Senator Mann has endorsed Solicitor
General w. w. Fraser for reelection to
that office, and so stated to representa-
tive of the Morning News yesterday. He
says the people in his section desire the
reelection of Mr.. Fraser and he expects to
do what he can to help elect him.
Mr. Mann said that the crops in Tattnau
and the surrounding section were in a
very bad condition. He attributed the
falling off entirely to the severe drought
they have had in that section during the
greater part of the summer. The sea
island cotton crop, which is one of the
largest in the county he said, was off at
least one-third, If not one-half. The corn
is very little better, and the cane crop is
practically entirely destroyed The pota-
to crop, too, he says, is a very poor one
The year with the farmer in that section,
he says, has not been a prosperous one
by any means.
An effort was made yesterday by a rep
resentative of the Morning News to secure
for publication the letter written by Sena-
tor-elect W. w. Geiger, indorslng for cleo
ton to the Office of solicitor general Hon.
W. w. Osborne. 1t was learned, however,
that the letter will not be given out for
publication in toto perhaps for several
days yet. Mr. Osborne is still In At
lanta, but friends of his who have seen
It, assert that there is such a letter in ex-
istenee and that 1t is a full and unequiVo-
cal Endorsement Of the candidacy of Mr..
Osborne. Judge Geiger takes the position
that one man should not hold the Office
longer than eight years. and it is under
stood he also says he has found as many
people in the country counties Of the cir
cult who favor Mr.. Osborne's election as
there are those who favor Mr.. Fraser's. 1t
will probably be known within a few days
just what Judge Geiger did say.
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