The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-05
WILL WORK TO GET OUT VOTES
CHATHAM HOPES TO GIVE A GOOD
MAJORITY TO GAMBLER TODAY.

Guilty VIII BE TO Get the Voters TO
the Court HOuse-HOw the Guber-
material Vote Has Run Here in the
Past Ten YeaFs-The Polling
Places and the Managers-The Full
Democratic Ticket The Amend
mems the Only Thing at Issue In
Chatham.
AT 1924 O'Clock this morning the polls
will open for the state and county cleo
ton. At 6:24 p. m. they will close. This
will give eleven hours for voters to ex-
press their preferences in.
As there are five boxes and but 1920
registered voters, there will be no trouble
in all getting their ballots deposited and
counted. The chief difficulty viii be in
getting the voters out in the absence Of
any local fight to lend a stimulus to the
contest. While the county, as everybody
knows, Is almost unanimously Democratic
in this election, there is possibility that
the majority given the state ticket will
fail below what it has been in either Of
the past three elections for Governor and
state officers. The vote is here all right,
but 1t remains to be seen whether 1t can
be induced TO come out.
1t is the hope of the political leaders in
the state that Chatham will come up with
a majority approaching 5000; nothing less
than $500 will be at all satisfactory 10
them. This would be hardly more than
30 per cent. of the majority given Gov.
Atkinson two years ago. Conditions then
were so different, with two factions en-
gagged in the bitterest fight of years that
the state tickets majority was phenome-
mai and something that may not be dupil-
Gated again in many years Atkinson's
vote then was 8 165, against 423 for Sea
born Wright a Democratic majority of
4,742. Wrights vote was made up mainly
of Democrats who believed in Wright as
an individual and not In his brand of poll
tics.
It is probable that to-days majority for
Col. Gambler will be between what il was
in 1894 and in 1892 In 1894 Atkinson made
his first race, Judge Hines being his Pop
ulistic opponent Atkinson got 1880 votes
in Chatham, against Hines, 14, a Demo-
cratic majority of 2,749. In 1892 Gov
Northen was a candidate for reelection,
and got 1881 votes, against 1872 for Peek,
a majority OF 1883. Although the registra-
ton this year is much smaller, 1t is the
feeling that Chatham would be recreant
to her old reputation if she did not at
least equal this, especially as the Popu-
list votes will hardly go beyond counting
on ones fingers.
roll up great ajorities, everything being
Democratic In the state and voters not
feeling any vital necessity of turning out
TO the polls In 1890, for instance, when
Northen made his first race, he got but
Las votes. His majority was but 1,241,
the Republicans, without any preliminary
notice, printing some tickets with the
name of John H Deveaux on them for
Governor, and he was given 5W votes. In
that year the registration was over 1000,
and yet the highest vote was but 2256 This
shows how hard 1t ordinarily is to get
voters TO the polls when local issues have
not thoroughly aroused them. In 1888 Gen
John b. Gordon received 1861 votes in
Chatham for Governor, and there were
but l,75S vote polled out of 1894 registered.
While there is no danger of falling down
this year to the level of 1883 and 1890. there
Is some concern felt that Democrats may
not feel It incumbent on them to vote for
an already assured result. Every effort
Will be made, though, to get out a large
vote. Workers will be sent out and IL
the vote does not get in the boxes IL will
be because the voters would not respond
10 urgent requests.
AS matter of interest, IL may be stated
that the total Democratic vote of the state
In 1895 was 120,S27 and the Populist vote
$3.50, Atkinson's majority being "a 1885, In
1894 the Democratic vote was 121 049 the
Populist 96SSS, the Democratic majority
A,16l The Populist vote is expected by
the politicians to show a decided falling
off this election, while the Democratic
vote is hoped to show some Increase
Many thousands of tickets are on hand
the slip being fifteen inches long There
are two kinds, the only difference being
that on some the word before the pro-
posed constitutional amendments is For"
while on others 1t is "Against' The Dem
ocrauc party in Chatham will not vote
nnanfmnllg1W he i,
though 1t is expected that the county will
give heavy majority in their favor. The
tull ticket is as follows:
Governor.
ALLEN ID. GAMBLER.
Secretary of State,
PHILIP COOK.
Comptroller General
WILLIAM A. WRIGHT.
State Treasurer,
WILLIAM j. sPEER.
Attorney General
JOSEPH NJ. TERRELL.
Commissioner of Agriculture
o. b. STEVENS.
State School Commissioner.
G. r.. GLENN.
Prison Commissioner.
JOSEPH S. TURNER.
Chief Justice of Supreme Court,
THOMAS j. SIMMONS.
Associate Justice Of Supreme Court for
Full Term of Six Years,
WILLIAM Ii. FISH.
Associate Justice Of Supreme Court for
Unexpired Term of Two Years.
HENRY t. LEWIS.
Senator for the First Senatorial District
A. N. GROVENsTEIN.
Representatives in the House of Repre-
sentatives,
j. j. M'DONOUGH.
II. II. MCMILLAN.
w. II. LAROCHE.
For Tor against the Ratification OF
amendment of Paragraph of Section s.
Article of the Constitution against cleo
ton of Judges of Superior Courts by the
people,.
For (Or apofpefN I2at{fcaffor