The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-01
UNDER A NEW REGIME TO-DAY.
THE MELDRIM ADMINISTER ALTON TO
STEP IN AT NOON.

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After the Council OrGanizes-1lie
Election of City Officers to Take
place To-night-GOssip of the Cam
didates.
Maj. Meldrm becomes Mayor Medium,
and Mayor Myers becomes an eX-mayor at
noon to-day Mayor Myers and the MEM
bers Of the old board viii meet at the may
or's office at 11:45 o'clock to receive the
incoming board. The members of the
new board will doubtless be on hand
promptly
After the oath has been Administered
by Judge FalEgant of the superior court
the members OF the old board will retire
and the members Of the new board viii
take their seats at the council table. The
preliminary meeting Of the new board
will be brief, no doubt, as another meet
ing is TO be held at night for the election
of city officers.
The night meeting will be an inter-
, esting one, and it is likely that a large
number OF the adherents Of the new ad-
ministration will be on hand. The audi
ence space of the council room is limited,
and IL is doubtful if all who Will desire
to be present can be accommodated The
candidates for the various offices Snd
their friends would doubtless make very
comfortable audience without any add
tional spectators.
The new administration will not have
all the patronage to dispense which teuf
to the lot of the old board two years aRog
The positions of chief and assistant chief
of police, chief and assistant chief hre>
man, superintendent of water workS SUI
perintendent OF the scavenger department
are now under the commissions. Hhsre is
still a good deal of patronage % the dis
posal of council, but as 1t is probable that
about half the old officers viii be re-elect-
ed. there is not so much LEFT to fight over.
The members of the keyboard have real
lied by this time, however, that there are
enough offices to he disposed of to give
considerable trouble.
Mr. A. n. Mahucy clerk of council, will
have the pleasant duty of presiding at the
meeting and seeing the job, which he now
holds conferred upon another. 1t is a sweet
revenge for the Liberals to be able to wit
ness Hot Stuff" officiating at his own Of
fetal funeral. Mr.. Manucy has nerved him
self for the ordeal, however. He will not
put in his application for reelection, as
he realizes that he would not have the
ghost of a show. This leaves a clear field
TO Mr. w. z. Bailey.
The position of city engineer. for which
1t was at first thought Col. w. J. Winn
would have no opposition, promises to be
hotly contested Mr. Percy Sugden, the
well known civil engineer, has announced
his candidacy Tor the position, and is said
to have considerable backing. Mr.. Sug
den has followed his profession in Savan-
nah for ten years, and previous to coming
to this country was for six years an assist
ant in the city engineers office in Liver
pool having in that time charge of drain
age paving and other municipal work.
lie has also taken considerable interest in
the house drainage question, and has made
several reports to the commission on the
subject of an outlet. He is naturalized
citizen of this country and has been ten
years a resident of Savannah.
The friends of Mr.. John S. Bowen claim
that he has been assured enough votes 10
elect him city engineer. MIR. Bowen is a
popular young gentleman, and his cleo
tion would give pleasure to many friends,
1t is very doubtful, however, if council
viii dispense with the services of an eX-
perienced and competent official like Col.
Winn, who has held the office for the last
eight years, and is thoroughly familiar
with every detail of the city's work which
comes under his supervision. His office
was called upon for a very large amount
of work last year. a quantity of work be-
ing done for the house drainage commits
sion alone, in addition TO large amount
of new work in the way of estimates and
surveys for paving streets and opening
new streets. Col. Winn has never taken
any part in politics and. consequently,
nothing can be brought against him on
this score.
In the calculations upon the recorder
ship, 1t should not be overlooked that
Justice Sam Reynolds is in the fight, and
that he expects to win. Justice Reynolds
has the reputation Of being one of the
squarest magistrates that ever sat upon
the bench, and if elected, there is no
doubt that he would maintain this repu-
tation, Friends of MIR. Walter Hartridge
and Mr.. II. e. Wilson. each claim that
their election is assured.
No new applicants for clerk of the
market were heard from yesterday. The
list of applicants for this position will
have to be classified alphabetically in
order to give council fair chance to
consider it.
Is22c S. Cohen, better known as Mike
Cohen, - said to be slated for messenger
of council Mr.. John Harrison. the pres
ent incumbent, has many friends among
the supporters of the new administration,
however, who are standing by him in this,
the fight of his life. When the McDon-
ough administration was succeeded by the
Myers administration, and a sweep from
cellar 10 cupola" was predicted, the
opinion generally expressed by adherents
OF the retiring administration was that il
would be a shame to turn out old man
Harrison. Mr.. Harrison was retained by
the Myers administration. and IL remains
20 he seen if his former friends will turn
him out.
II is said that the policy OF the new adj
ministration with regard to the selection
of the chairman and vice-chairman of the
city council, will not be determined until
At meets IN caucus tonight.
The precedent has been established and
is one Of long standing, that these honors
should go to the aldermen who receive the
highest and the next highest vote respec-
lively and il may be that the new council
will not depart from the custom OF its pre-
decessors. Mr.. S. =. Hamilton led the Lib
eral Club ticket and next TO him came
DIR. W. w. owens, so II the precedent be
adhered to these gentlemen viii be chosen
chairman and vice chairman Of council
respectively
While speaking in the highest terms Of
both of these gentlemen, there appears to
be tendency among scme members Of
the newly elected board not to regard all
Of the presidents that have been cstab-
lished. should reasons suggest themselves
why such precedents might sometimes
prove unfortunate In this instance, how
fc al Il.