The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26
ROW IN ATLANTA POLITICS.
MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN OPENS WITH
A ROUSING MEETING.

A Third MnyoraIty Candidate Posi-
BILE in the Event That the Plat
forms of Others DO Not Suit the
Third observation-disclosures Wood
ward and Lawyer Il. W. Martin An
nounccd Candidates for Mayor.
Alderman Woodwnrd's Friends
Out-Number All Others in the
Mecting-War Declared Against
the Burdcusome state Taxes.
Atlanta, Ca. Aug. 25.-The municipal
ampaign, which comes to a head on Oct.
when a city primary viii be held at
he same time as the state election, was
opened tonight by the lNeliest kind of
court house mass meeting. II was not
Joint debate or a meeting for speech-mak-
ing by candidates of any sort, but osten-
sibly a gathering of the citizens to force
the issue of lower taxes and more econom-
teal expenditure of the public money.
Up TO date there are only two announced
candidates for Mayor, Alderman G. ].
Woodward and E. W. Martin, a lawyer,
who Served as a representative in the leg
islature several years ago.
Alderman Woodward is a printer en-
ployed on the Journal, and is supposed TO
represent the working classes, while Mr.
Martin poses as the business mans can
didate.
1t has appeared for some little while,
however. that Mr.. Martin was not entirely
satisfactory to the element for which he
stands. and there has been good deal of
talk of a third candidate. With this end in
view, The mass meeting held tonight was
called, though the intention to bring out
new candidate was kept well in the
background. The friends of Messrs. Wood
ward and Martin, however, were alert.
and when the court house was full ana
the meeting was called to order it was
quickly found that Alderman Woodward's
friends We're in a large majority over both
the Martin people and those who want a
third man In the field When this became
apparent the new candidate was dropped
like hot potato. and for two hours and
half there was a monkey and parrot time
over the question of municipal burdens
and mai-administra ton
Speeches We're made by several promi-
nent citizens, including Judge John l..
Hopkins, who presided, Editor Clark How
ell ana Judge George Hillyer, arraigning
the authorities for extravaganza.
The key note of the situation was struck
by Capt j. c. Hendrix, however. who de-
clared that the trouble Is that Atlanta is
pufdehed with the taxes of the state gov
eminent out of all proportion to justice.
The thing for Atlanta TO do he and 9TH
ers argued was for assessments to be cut
GOWN so that state and county returns
might be reduced and Atlanta's part of
the states expenses correspondingly cut
down.
According to Editor Howell. Atlanta. or
Fulton county, is paying one-seventh of
the state taxes, while she has one-thir-
teenth OF the wealth and about thirtieth
OF the representation in the legislature
Judge Hopkins talked on the same line
saving that Atlanta had no friends out
side her corporate limits and she might
as well stand up for her rights The other
folks of the state, he said would put on
their best clothes and come 10 town to
enjoy themselves. but they didn't like us
and we might as well depend upon our
selves and adjust taxation upon this ba
sis.
The result of the meeting was the adop-
ton of resolution calling for revision
OF taxation, assessments and expenditures.
Unless the candidates now in the 6eld
ADOPT this as their platform, third can
didate for Mayor viii proably be brought
out. This was left for future considera-
ton.
While the regular committee resolutions
We're under consideration, a big row was
precipltated by the introduction of a set
OF new resolutions pledging the city 10
MUNICIPAL ownership of the public facili-
ties, including the street car lines. and
providing that the proposition to own The
electric light plant be submitted to the
people at the coming primary.
These resolutions, which were taken as
a direct blow at Joel Hurt, head of the
Consolidated Street Railway, who is a
candidate for Council were introduced by
W. E. Biggs, a local Populst. but his poli-
tics was not sprung until after the meet
ing had almost unanimously adopted them
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