The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-12
LINING UP THE WORKERS.
soUTHsIDE CITIZESITEs TO DIS
CUsS ORGANIZATION THIS WEEK.

preliminary Movement on One Side
for the Coming Campaigns-A
Proposed Law to Make Chatham a
Separate Senatorial District-Lit-
tile Prospect of Success for II.
Meeting of the Executive Commit
tee Called to Arrange for the Com
ing Primary.
The first step toward organization for
the local political campaigns of the year
will be taken during the coming week
when the foundations for a South Side
Club viii be laid by several men who have
been active in the Citizen Club circles in
that section. A meeting will be held and
a plan outlined for organizing the terri
tory south of Anderson street.
1--WE think it well TO begin the move
ment now" said one of the interested par
ties yesterday. at Is hardly four months
before the fall election. While there may
be no fight then no one can yet tell wheth-
er the compromise movement win be effec-
tive If there is no contest then we will
be in good shape for the city campaign
later on. I think during the next few
weeks there will be several meetings in
different sections TO discuss the organiza-
ton of clubs. 1t is well to get voters in
terested and lined up, even at this early
date In the campaign of 1S94-95, when
Mr.. Myers was elected mayor, we were at
work fully six months before election.
That was the best organized and best
managed campaign Savannah has ever
had. The experience of that time Is not
forgotten"
The chief leaders of the old Citizen Club
are not moving toward organization yet.
The secondary leaders, who do most to-
ward effecting the preliminary organiza-
tons, are the ones who will be first in the
field. 1t Is the general impression that
the old club viii not be reorganized, that
the name, Citizen Club" is dead for
ever, and that any new organization will
have to have a christening. Investigation
shows that hardly any of the lead
ers of the Citizen Club of the
past four years are DESTROYS of reorganiz-
ang it. Some suggest an organization I'M
der the name of the Reform Club while
others favor calling themselves the PRO
gressives" The fact that the new general
organization will be made up of both Cit
izens and Liberals is regarded as making
II imperativeiy necessary to start off fresh
and with a name that win not tend to
awaken old hostilities.
The movement to organize the extended
limits on the part Of one faction win
doubtless lead to a similar effort on the
part of the opposition. A few weeks may
see considerable work being doing on this
line.
There was some talk among the local
politicians yesterday over the movement
inaugurated in Fulton county for the
breaking down of the rotation sys-
TEN in thet senatorial district. At
lanta, like Savannah, has reason, IL ap-
pears, to complain that under the rotation
system the representation she secures in
the state Senate is not at all common
surate with her population, or the magni-
tude of her interests. There has been talk
of Fulton breaking out of the trace, refus-
ing to give Cobb county the senator and
putting out a candidate of its own, effect
ually destroying the rotation system
compromise appears to have been effected,
under which Cobb will be allowed the
senator this time. provided the nominee
Mr.. Mosely, pledge himself 10 favor a bill
making Fulton, Chatham, Richmond and
Bibb counties separate districts by them
selves. The idea of the Atlanta politicians
appear to be to get Savannah, Macon and
Augusta to take similar steps and
thus secure four senator's pledged
to assist In putting the proposed bill
through.
1t does not seem to be the opinion Of pol
tticians an Savannah, though. that such a
measure could be put through the legisla-
ture. IL would force an entire redistrict-
ing Of the state The opposition of coun-
try politicians who have their pipes laid
and whose plans might be seriously inter-
fered with by the changes, would prob
ably be so strong as to kill the bnl In
this district, Chatham alone has popuIa-
ton enough for a senatorial district, but
Bryan and Effingham together have hardly
more than l2,0o0 inhabitants, hardly 10 per
cent. OF Chatham's population, and 1t
would be necessary to throw one or two
additional counties at least. with them.
The Atlanta movement, though, shows
that the feeling in the populous counties
with varied and great interests is getting
stronger against the inequalities of the TO-
tauon system. In Savannah some politi-
clans feel that the best way TO solve the
problem would be TO give Chatham, the
senator every other term instead of one
term out of three. This would double
SaYannah's proportionate representation.
The suggestion Is made that bingham be
given the senator next time, then Chatham.
then Bryan, then Chatham again, then
bingham followed by Chatham, and so
on. The country counties would thus get
two senatorial terms out of four instead
of two out of three as now.