The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-25
ON THE EVE OF THE FIGHT.
LIBERALS TO PAINT THE TOWN
RED TONIGHT.

RED lU-NlGHl.
Their Denomination to BE the
Event of the Comprehensive PA
rade viii start From Butl nnh
BroughHon Streets at 500 O'Clock
and VIII End at the De Soto
where the Speeches VIII lie Made
The Situation From Both sides.
liberals and Citizens viii have chilly
election eve if the cold wave gets here on
time, as there is every prospect that Il
will. Both sides put in fun time yester-
day. and last nisht there were meetings
in nearly every precinct. The leaders
are determined not 10 be caught mapping.
Each faction is on the watch ana is de-
termined that the other shall not steal
any of its vantage ground
The Liberal Club mas made arrange
ments to bring or It's soechlisht process
sion and big rally In apple-pte order to-
night, ana fer few h5Urs ic VIII keep
the city in d lively SIR pretty near from
center to ctccunferenee.
The members AMI supporters OF the Lib
eral Cluos can&- dates viii ueeg In -four
different places ma sacn DIVISION Will be
in command OF - clIeE The hour z
meeting Eil 1e 8 fipck. ana the places
selected are is fliluws
Voters cf lle t0rsL EAlra. tltth. seventh
and Nlath precincts Az Eroushtcu and
West Sroad stree, william Gibbons,
chief Of dvsiun
Voters 81 t1e Eleven OBJ. Thirteenth. FIT
teenth. Seven -seut1 and Nineteenth pre-
cinCts w1I assemble 31 lse Duffy street
hail. o. D11F srree-. 1cCwseu Cuyler and
Burroughs E. Va OCoCuor. chief Of IL
vision
Voters Of -he second. Fourth. Sixth.
Eighth aud Teath precincts will assem-
bic al Libsr-y and East Broad streets. b.
a Leonard. chief Of division.
Voters OF ghe Twelfth Fourteenth, Six
teenth- Eighteeuth and Twentieth pre-
cincts Will assemble at Bolton and East
Broad streets. Charles Carroll, chief Of
division.
The parade will be in charge Of Col. NJ.
W Dixon as marshal He and his aides
will meet a the De Soto at 1880 O'Clock
The various divisions, as stated, will
march. headed by their brass bands. in
time to arrive at Bull and BroughtOn
streets at $50 o'clock. where the chief Of
each division will report to Marshal Dixon
Immediately upon arrival
The western precincts will halt on
Broughton street, with the head of the
procession facing east, while the eastern
precincts will halt on Broughton, with
the head facing west. The business men $
division viii halt on Bull street. with the
head OF the procession at Broughton fac
ing north.
As soon as all OF the divisions have ar
rived, the line will begin its march, head
ed by the business mems division. and fol-
lowed by the western and then by the cas-
tern precincts. The line of march will be
Bull street to Congress, around Johnson
square, Congress to West Broad. to
Broughton, to East Broad, to Jones' to
Bull to CASTOR to jefferson, to Liberty 10
the De Soto, where the speakers will adj
dress the meeting.
The members of the club have issued an
invitation to all the friends and sympa-
thizers, white and colored, of their side,
to join with them in the demonstration
The Liberaites say this is going to sur
pass any political demonstration Savan-
nah has seen in years, and yet they as
sert none but regularly qualified voters
will be allowed in the line. The line of
march is a long one, and it is probable,
If the parade starts promptly at $50
O'Clock, the crowd will arrive at the De
Soto hotel in time for the speaking to be-
gin at $3.50 o'clock.
The weather bureau has promised some
interesting weather for to-day, and among.
other predictions snow is mentioned. The
AcpOIls however, ulu not say winch TICKET
would be responsible for the avalanche.
1t remains to be seen whether the fan IN
temperature, if there come one will freeze
up the ardor of any of the voters, who ex-
pect to take part in to-night's procession.
The Liberal leaders are confident of a
clear victory tomorrow. They base
their confidence on thorough knowledge
of the strength of their side.
The managers for the election appointed
by the registration commission must call
upon the clerk of ordinary this afternoon
TO secure the registration books for use in
to-morrow's election. The managers are
required to take oath to produce the books
with seals unbroken at the voting place in
their respective precincts at the time for
opening the election.
Mr.. F. E. Keilbach, clerk OF the ordina-
ry's court, requests the Morning News 10
state that he will be ready to issue the reg
tstration books to the managers at 4
O'Clock this afternoon. He requests that
the two managers for each precinct pre-
sent themselves together. as he will not
deliver a book to one manager. The man.
ayers will have 20 decide among them
selves as to who shall have the custody of
the book until the time for opening the
polls.
The managers must also Apply this after
noon to Mr.. A. n. Manucy. clerk of coun-
ell, for the ballots to be used in the cleo
ton A package containing 1000 ballots
will be furnished to each pair of managers.
The packages will be sealed and the man.
ayers must take oath to present the pack
ages at the voting places tomorrow morn
with seals unbroken.