The age-herald., 1899-03-23
A BUSY DAY IN
 CITY POLITICS The Official Ballot to Be Used
 April 4. MUDDLE OVER MANAGERS Smith Men Claim They Are Anxious to Bet on Their Man, But Gan Find No Takers-The Regis
 ters Paid Off
MUDDLE OVER MANAGERS

Yesterday was a busy day in city poli-
 ties The ticket has been made out and all
 the candidates have gone actively to work.
 The numerous aspirants for police eom-
 missionerships especially active, and
 button-hole speeches are becoming fre-
 quent. For the next ten days the poor
 voters will have to do some expert lodging
 to escape the many candidates who are
 energetically at work All of the names having been filed with
 Committeeman J. J. Moore arrangements
 are being made to have the official ballot
 printed
 The following are the list of names as
 they will appear on the official ballot For Mayor: Ross c. Smith. w. M. Drennen. For Aldermen: First Ward-W. c. Madden, T. Byron. Thomas Wheeler. Second Ward-J. D. Collins, M. P. Mes
 scr, George B. Ward, Lew Lazarus Third Ward-R. H. Kerr. Fourth Ward-Charles M. Lunsford Wal ter Moore.
 Fifth ward-James A. Going, R. P. Me- Marry, Frank +. SncdecOr. Sixth Ward-J. F. Graham. Seventh Ward-C. c. Heidt, J. H. Ham, ilton.
 Eighth Ward-Harry Jones, T. T. Ash
 ford.
 Ninth Ward-Mike McGovern, Syl Daly,
 G. E. Brown.
 For Police Commissioner: Henry Barnard D. c. Behrens, Sinclair Bennie, E. l.. Bridges Thos. E. Cason, c. C. Childs, c. F. Douthit David J. Fox, P.
 l.. Houppert, Emil Lesser, J. H. McCary, T. B. Merriwether, Dr. R. V. Mobley, S. H. Norton, T. F. Parker, Jr, James H. Patton, James E. Scott, P. H. Smith, Rob- ert I. Stone, Albert Stradford, w. A. Wright.
 Muddle Over Managers The election managers have not yet been selected, but will be given out some time this week.
 MT. Moore stated this morning that Dren-
 nen would not give the names that he
 desired his managers selected from. "Un-
 der the rules,' said Mir. Moore "one hum
 dred names ought to have been given at the same time application was made for a place on the tcket.' | These names were given to the commit teeman but have not yet reached either MT. ! Moore or MT. Crawford who have the
 matter in charge. MT. Moore states as reason for this that the Drennen people
 did not want the Smith men to see the list. The registrars were all paid off today, re- ceiving $50 each. There were nine of them
 and the total amount paid out was $27O. At Smiths Headquarters On call at Smith headquarters Daniel A. Greene, an ex-Parker man, was found
 closeted with the leaders, advising on mat
 ters concerning the campaign. MT. Greene
 will devote his time for the next two weeks
 in assisting the Smith forces and will stay at the headquarters. thorough plan for the campaign has
 been mapped out and all the men are &C., lively at work. We made a canvass of a portion of one ward today said MT. Pearce, and out of fifteen men who had formerly been for Parker we found fourteen of them for | Smith,"
 MT. Pearce seemed thoroughly satisfied | and confident regarding the situation I've 1 expect to beat Drennen two to one, and I | think the circumstances will bear out my | statement"
 One of MT. Smiths supporters said yes- | terday afternoon that he had $1 O50 to put | up on Smith and claims that as yet he has | had no takers. There seems to be very little betting on the result, which is an evidence that either
 one side or the other Is uncertain With the Drennen Forces The Drennen workers were very busy yes terday. They all seemed to be iubiIent over something when the reporter called and discussed the campaign without hesitancy
 "Our ranks are being swelled every day by the Parker forces and others" remarked one of the committeeman. "We have kept canvassers at work in all the wards and are very much gratified and encouraged by the reports being brought in. With a fair count we can carry every ward in the city and have 1000 majority in the election" What do you think of the statement that your 100 names for managers were not given to MT. Moore because you didn't want the Smith men to see it? "Oh, well," spoke up another of the con- | mittee, i've think the requirements of the | plan has been compiled with, as we con | strue 1t, and further than that we do not | care to say.
 I've expect to receive just treatment. however. and will be perfectly satisfied If the committee will allow us two managers | to MT. Smiths one in four of the wards and | give Mir. Smith two to our one in the other | five. We are willing to give Mir. Smith | first choice. and of course this will give | him last Out of thirty-seven managers l this will allow him nineteen and us eigh- | teen."
 l Confidence seems to reign In the Drennen
 headquarters. Notwithstanding the fact | that we expect to win, we are going to con- | tinue the fight to the last minute" said one
 of the gentlemen as the crowd dispersed.