The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-07
FACTIONS JOLLY EACH OTHER.
street Railway Deal and Commits
siOns Fight Make Political Talk.

StEeet hai1W0Y Deal ana COmmis-
siOns Fight Make Political Talk.
The popular outburst against the city
council on account of the street railway
deal is being discussed with great gusto
by the Citizens Club people.
Coming just at the time with the adverse
decision Of Judge Falligant in the matter
of the fire commissioners, and the city, the
situation Of their opponents simply causes
the hearts of the Citizens to overflow with
glee. They freely declare that if an cleo
ton were held tomorrow their opponents
would not get 500 votes. Such matters are
discussed freely by the adherents of the
two factions without i'll feelings and the
Citizens are taking great pleasure in rub
bling it in on the Liberals.
All sorts of stories in circulation
to the effect that the legislature
viii be called upon to appoint
commission to take charge of the city's
affairs and dispense with the services of
council altogether. A Citiz&ls Club man
showed a Morning News reporter a bill
he had had prepared, which he said he
intended to send to one of Chathams rep
resentatives, providing for the appoint
ment of a guardian for the city council
terminating the terms of office of the al
hSlhASn Lee. 10, ana pTONAQlHS lOT d new
election in January to fill the vacancies.
When are you fellows going to At
lantaP' a Liberalite inquired of one of
the aldermen, a member Of the committee
appointed to appear before the Legislature
in advocacy of the repeal of the commits
sions yesterday.
Atlanta" the alderman exclaimed,
what do we want to go to Atlanta for
now"
The street railway grant will undoubted-
ly be cited before the legislature by the
supporters of the commissions as evidence
of the fact that the interests Of the city
are much safer in the hands of the COM
missions than in those of the city coun-
ell.
'"rhe thing that puzzles me-" said a city
official, 'fs that the street and lane COM
mittee should have let Col Garrard,
Pope Barrow and Herman Myers three
of the recognized leaders of the Citizens
Club pull the wool over their eyes and
get the biggest concession the city has
ever made to a corporation"
This seems 10 be one of ttN sorest points
with many of those who discuss the mat
ter The effect which the street railway
deal may have upon the legislature in the
fight on the commissions seems to entirely
outweigh that of Judge Falligant's decs-
ion in favor of the fire commission, judg-
ing from the general talk. The decision
in favor of the fire commission might be
cited to advantage before the legislature
as showing very clearly that the desired
authority should be conferred upon coun-
Gil, but If the legislature should be made
to see the street railway deal in the same
light in which the Savannah public now
sees, the effect would be entirely out
| weighed, and it might prove an argument
against restoring the power now exercised
by the commissions to council.
That an effort to create this effect will
be made need not be doubted. The street
railway deal is condemned, however, by
citizens of all classes without regard to
faction, and it is not regarded as a politi-
| cal matter.