The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-21
THE TWO TICKETS FILED.
The Work of Preparing the Election
Booths to Begin To-day.

The city election is only five days off
now. and the politicians are not letting
any grass grow under their feet while
they hustle for votes.
The two tickets nominated by the two
clubs Tuesday night were, of course. all
the talk yesterday. What opinion a man
expressed OF the two tickets depended to
large extent upon his political affilia.
tons. If Citizens Club man. he dilat-
ed on the strength of the ticket Of that
club and the weak material to be found
upon the ticket of the other side, and il
Liberal Club man just the reverse.
The Citizens Club men were evidently
well pleased with the manner in which
the two tickets compare or they would
not have ordered an advertisement in the
Morning News publishing the tickets side
by side until the close of the campaign.
The Liberals dwelt especially upon the
showing they made in the attendance at
their meeting a Masonic temple, which,
they declared. far outnumbered that Of
their opponents. None of their estimates
of the attendance are under 1900, and from
that they run all the way to 1000 and
over. Their opponents declare this to be
an exaggeration and assert that when they
reached Mai. Meldrm's house on their
ton the Liberal crowd there did not num-
Der over 1000.
1t was reported, among other rumors of
the day, that the friends Of Alderman f.
c. Gleason, who was left off the Liberal
Club ticket, would present a petition to the
clerk Of council for the purpose of having
his name placed upon the official ballot as
an Independent candidate, as provided for
by law A prominent member Of the Cit
izen's Club, who approached Mr.. Gleason
on the subject was informed tnat this was
a mistake. Mr. Gleason acknowledged
that he felt somewhat sore, but said that
he intended to support the straight Lib
eral Club ticket
The two tickets have been officially filed
with the clerk of council as required by
law. President Cam presented the Citi-
zens Club ticket while the Liberal Club
ticket was filed by Messrs. J. J. Sullivan
and Thomas Cooley.
City Marshal John Power has received
an official communication from Mayor
Myers, informing him of the places Sc
lected by council as voting places in the
twenty precincts. and notifying him to pro-
coed, as required by the act, to make the
necessary arrangements for the election.
The city marshal is required not only to
see to the erection of booths and the ar
rangement of places selected, but to see
that they are properly equipped with ia
necessary for the proper conduct of the
election.
Marshal Power has only five days now,
including Sunday, in which to make these
preparations. He proceeded at once to
consult with contractors in regard to the
erection of booths and the arrangement
of compartments In buildings. Contractor
Killorin, who did this work for the city
two years ago, will probably be given
the contract. The open air booths, of
which there are to be eight, will be con-
structed of rough board lumber, hastily
put together. The law requires that there
must be a separate compartment for
each fifty voters registered in a precinct.
In some of the smaller precincts only
three compartments will be required.
while the larger precincts will require
six to nine. The compartments must be
so arranged that a voter in one compart-
ment cannot see a voter who is making
up his ticket in another compartment,
and at the same time all the compart-
ments must be in full view of the man.
ayers. Each compartment must be sup
piled with pen and ink for marking bal