The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-26
CONSOLIDATION THE TALK.
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himself as very strongly in favor of the
continuance of this board by ordinance
after it's expiration April l. ut is very
plain that the board is a necessity to
the city" he said. THE work done by
it cannot be satisfactorily performed by
a committee of Council. The salaries of
the members of the board can be altered,
however and the cost to the city reduc-
ed"
The question of Maj. Schwartz eligibil-
ity to become a member of Council, he
being now a member of the board of tax
assessors, was brought to Mr.. Myers at
tention. Il am uncertain as to what the
law is in the case" he said "but Maj.
Schwarz has plenty of time in which to
resign before Monday, if he finds himself
ineligible to hold both offices"
The sanitary board is another important
body, of which the Mayor has the APP
pointment. The board consists of the
Mayor, two members of Council and three
citizens. It is usual to appoint members
of the medical profession who are mem
bers of Council to this board and Drs.
Graham and FARRELL Will doubtless be as
signed 10 it, DR.. Grahams experience as
quarantine officer should prove of value
In this connection. The citizen members
of the board appointed by Mayor Meldrim
were DR.. Duncan, P. j. OConnor, Esq.
and Mr. w. B. Stillwell. AS the aldermen
now members of the board will retire al
the expiration of their terms, the next
sanitary board will be composed of en-.
tirely new material. Mr.. Myers has serv-
ed as a member of the board before, how
| ever.
While the betting on the election was not
as lively as in others of recent years,
| considerable money changed hands yester-
day on the result, a few large bettors get
ting the greater amount A well-knoWn
| business man took down $1,000 which had
| been deposited with a firm on Broughton
street. in place of the $1,000 which he
had put up two days before. A we'll
| known saloon keeper is said to have clear
| ed over $3.50 in bets on the winning can
didate, and a prominent supporter of Mr..
| Myers told Morning News reporter yes
| terday that he was already over 5000
| ahead as the result of his bets. AS a rule,
| however, there were few bets which rang
ed as high as $50. and the majority were
| for S25 and under 1t is estimated that
somewhere between $500 and $4,000
| changed hands on the election.
There were many stories anent the cleo
ton in circulation during the day. One
| is that a well-known candidate on the
! Liberal ticket might account for the fact
| that the number of votes received by him
| was much less than he had reason to ex-
| pect by the fact that he had been the vic
| tim of clique who had
knitted him for all they were
worth, throwing their strength to
a candidate on the opposition ticket. Mr..
E. c. Gleason was the victim in this case,
| and he doubtless knows where TO look for
the rival who organized the combine to
reduce his vote. Mr.. George W. Tiede-
man was the candidate on the other ticket
| who received the benefit from the scratch
ing of Mr.. Gleason.
While the discovery that Capt NJ. J.
Doyle had not been elected as was an
| nounced, caused many regrets to his
| friends, who had supported him in the
| election, it seemed to give particular salts
| faction TO ardent supporters of the Liberal
ticket Capt. Doyles friends said that if
he had not been reported TO have been one
| of the successful candidates, his defeat
would not have been of any moment, and
| would have been taken merely as one of
| the fortunes of war, but to be announced
| al a successful candidate and receive the
congratulations of his friends as such, and
then 70 have the props knocked from I'M
| der him was rather rough.
Among the political rumors on the streets
was one to the effect that Mr.. Henry
| Dreeson was likely to return to the city's
employ shorty after the advent of the
| new administration to power. Mr.. Dree-
son was for nearly four years superin-
tendent Of the scavenger department, but
| resigned a short time ago at the request
| of Superintendent Willink in whose de
partment he was, in order that a place
might be provided for Mr.. Thomas Cooley.
! As under the recent action of Council the
appointments in the departments are con-
trolled by the aldermanic committees hav-
| ing the. supervision of those departments,
| it will be a comparatively easy matter for
| the new committee on streets and lanes
| TO replace Mr.. Cooley with Mr.. Dreeson,
should it see fit to do so.
Another rumor has il that ex-Fire
J Chief Mcguire is to be provided
for by the administration. Mr.. Ma
guire is mighty popular just now
with the Myers forces for the reason
that he was the only one of the old officials
put IN by the Citizens Club four years
ago, who remained true TO his first love,
and lost his job It is not thought that
| any attempt will be made to GUST Fire
| Chief Hanley in favor of Mr.. Mcguire.
Some of the partisans are remarking that
| the CITY rnarshaPs Office is about Mr.. Ma
CURES size but nothing has been settled
| on this score as yet. In the meantime, Mr..
Mcguire is not as much set upon going to
! cuba as he was a short time ago.
The managers at Tuesdays election were
| very much pleased at the neat and cleri-
furnished by the tax collectors office, were
prepared. All the lists were alphabetical
| Nv arranged TO the second letter of each
name. the report that the lists furnished
for the Fourth district were not so ar
ranged being an error. The names were all
plainly and distinctly written in a large,
| clear hand A manager, who served In
the election said yesterday that II would
have been impossible to prepare the lists
in a more satisfactory manner.
william H. Peck, the former superin-
| tendent of the city stables, IS another man
| who was put out OF Office by Supern-
tendent Willink in the process Of making
his peace with the Meldrim administra-
ton Mr. Peck, it IS reported, has been
| assured a position under the new adnlnis-
tratou. There were others who were re-
| Gently discharged from the city's employ
or political ground, It is claimed, who ex-
pect to be restored to their old position.
y. -Those pies Of your wife's speak
for themselves.
C.-Yes; they would II she gave them a