The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-24
THE NEWS FROM ATLANTA.
SAVANNAHIANS TALKED OF LITTLE
ELSE FOR DAY.

The Senate Corporations Committee
and the Commission Repeal Bills
Furnish a Topic For Every Gath
ering-Private kilograms Raise the
Spirits of the Citizens Club Men
and Lower Those of the Liberals.
Citizens Claim They Are Sure Win
ners-LiberaIs Attribute Their
Trouble to Senator Geiger.
What's the news from Atlanta?" was
the constant and oft repeated question
yesterday. 1t met every zone supposed to
have any intimate connection with either
delegation in Atlanta, or any source of in
formation whatever, at every street cor
ner, and several times in the middle of the
block. Towards night the number of in
quiries doubled and trebled.
The bell of the Morning News telephone
kept up a constant Jingle, and to each in
curing hello" there was but one re-
Spouse:
Whats the nAvs from Atanta?''
The members of the opposing delega-
tions in Atlanta must have entirely for
gotten their friends here, or perhaps the
state in which the fight was left at the
close of the hearing before the. Senate
committee was so unsatisfactory that
they did not think it worth while to re-
ply to every inquiring friend who sent
them messages over the wire. The BUSH
ness of the telegraph companies must have
been considerably swelled by the number
of inquiries sent from this end of the line.
Whatever the final result Of the fight is,
there can be no question that the result
of the few messages received
about nightfall was to depress
the spirits of the Liberals and
correspondingly elate those of the Citi-
zens. While the messages gave no def
mite results, their tenor was that the Cit
liens had the winning hand and that the
prospect for the defeat of the commits
sions was very small. kilograms received
by leading Liberals from their friends
stated that there was a fighting chance
for the passage OF the repeal bills, but
that was all.
THE jig is up remarked a prominent
Liberal, after receiving such a telegram.
Citizenite, who was still in the dark
as to the state of affairs but was seek
ing bets, was taken back when a snort
ing Liberal offered so to 10 that the COM
mission repeal bills would not pass.
The Citizen thought his ears had fooled
him, and repeated the question several
times. Even then, he finally went away
with the impression that his friend was
guying him.
The Citizens people seemed very well
satisfied with the reports which they re-
| ceVed. Their information was to the eff
tect that the commission bills would he
| sustained and Ia h.
tory would be complete. Some of the
| Cltlzens claimed that they would have
| Iorty-one out of the forty-four senator's
| When the question came to a vote
Citizen, who was prominently con-
| nected with the last administration. said
| that his information from Atlanta was
| that the Senate committee would make
unanimous report against the repeating
! bills. Naturally there was no betting on
! such news as this. Some bets
could have been obtained the night
| before, but the Citizens, notWith-
standing their professions of confidence.
| dld not encourage offers to bet from their
| opponents. Some inquiries were made for
| Liberal money yesterday morning at the
usual posting place, but the inquiries were
! too late
Liberals, in discussing the state of ef
fairs, charged the situation chiefly to Sen
| ator Geiger, and many maledictions were
called down upon his head. They charged
| that he had violated his word to the read,
ers OF the Liberal Club, given before his
| election, when he assured them of his
| friendship and confidence, and asserted
positively that the expressed wishes of the
| people of Chatham would be regarded bv
him.
Mr.. George J. Baldwin, vice chairman of
the park and tree commission, who was
put down as a member of the Atlanta del
| egation to represent the commission be-
IOre the Senate, said Yesterday.
| Inc park and tree commission sent no
| representative to appear before the Sen
| ATE committee, for the reason that the
| commissioners all felt their interest in
the retention of this commission to be the
same as that of any private citizen and
no greater. They believed that if the Dub-
! lie of Savannah wished them to continue
| giving their time and thought TO the care
| or the parks and trees without other COM
pensation than public approval that the
citizens should so state, as they and not
the commissioners are the ones benefited
| by the work
THE park and tree commissioners have
always maintained an attitude of the
strictest n-partisanship and have de-
voted their attention solely to the work
Of caring for and beautifying our marks
in order that the city might have the best
| returns for its expenditure and that as
commissioners we might win the commen-
dalton of our fellow citizens We have
| tHelSIote' at all tlnes, acted in thorough
accord, as far as was possible, with what
ever administration of the city of Savan-
nah was in power and we propose to con-
tlnue so doing as long as we remain in
office"
Il dislike to be classed as a politician"
said Mr.. Baldwin, land regret therefore.
that my name should appear under thai
heading in your issue this morning, as in
local affairs I have always preserved n
| strictly Independent and impartial atH-
tude, reserving to myself the privilege of
voting as / saw fit"
Valuable Franchise Secured