The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-19
ELECTION TWO DAYS AWAY.
Managers and Clerks Selected and
Named by Chairman Dale.


The special election for sheriff Of Chat
ham county, caused by the death Of the
! late Sheriff John 7. Roman before the cx-
pirauon Of his term. will be held at the
/ Court House on Thursday. Because of the
| difference between sun time and city time
| the election viii begin at 7:24 o clock in
| the morning and viii close at 6:24 o'clock
at night.
The odd minutes are necessitated by the
conjunction of the operation of the election
law of the state and the difference in sun
and city time. The law says that cleo
tons for state and county officers shall
begin at O'Clock and close at 6. and it
is presumed that the Legislators meant by
this that of the sun, oft referred to in
the speeches of some of them as THE ra-
diant orb of day" should determine the
hour As the people of Savannah ventur-
ed upon more arbitrary system by which
TO regulate the performance of their every
day duties, their representatives, must pay
the penalty of an abstruse mathematical
calculation, the result of which is the
proper hour to begin an election for the
purpose Of making ii legal
The only candidate for he short term
now In the fed, and he only one likely 10
appear is Sheriff Thomas J. Sweeny
whom the County Commissioners
appointed to the Office 10 I'LL the
ad interim term intervening be-
tween the death of Sheriff Roman
and the time of the election of his success
sor. As both factions OF the PAR y In Sa-
Nannah are united on Mr.. Sweeny, and as
the candidates of both have announced
that they would not oppose his election
for the short term, 1t almost passes belief
that he will have a competitor for the
El le aFrsFa- o
the duties Of the Office has been thorough
~ satisfactory to the court, the members
OF Inc tar and the people generally, and
IL is as unlikely that any opponent could
defeat him, as il is that such a venture
some individual could he found
Chairman Dale, of the Eoard of County
commissioners, completed yesterday the
list OF managers of the election and the
clerks Tor the various voting places. There
vol ng places VIII he situated in the sew
efal Offices in the Court House, there be-
ing one for each militia district in the city
and one for ala the militia districts in the
county OUTSIDE the city limits. The boxes
with their situation, their managers and
clerks, have been arranged, and are an
nounced as follows:
First District-County attorneys Office.
Bun and President streets Managers. +.
Wickham and G. E. Bevans, Justices of
the peace, and John p. Hanley, freehold
D. H. y j..
w. j. Fitzpatrick
Second District-Tax receivers office
President street. Managers, I. r. Nath-
ans and G Noble Jones, justices Of the
peace, and Charles Garfunkel, freehold
er. Clerks. Joseph f. Molina, G. Reuben
Butler and Thomas Russell
Third District-Ordinary's office Presi
dent street. Managers, Nj. Naughtin and
c. d. Kline, justices of the peace, and ]
w. Mcintyre, freebooter. Clerks, w. J.
Bryan, John F. Walsh and e. ]. Costello.
Fourth District-Clerk Superior Courts
office, York street. Managers, ]. r. Saus-
sy, Jr., and Samuel Reynolds. justices of
the peace and C. B. Westcott, freehold
err. Clerks, T. P. Marshall, r. NJ Nor
rissey and John ]. Halligan.
Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Dis
tricts-County treasurer's office, York
street Managers, w. ]. Cleary, Justice
of the peace and John J. Stafford and
Fred s. Butler, freeholders. Clerks, c.
A. Gradot, Arnold Seyden and William
J. Hayes
There are two freeholders APP
pointed as managers for the vot-
ing place for the country districts This
is because the law requires that two of
the managers a the voting places for the
city shall be the justices of the peace bur
does not SO require in the cases of the
districts In the county beyond the corpor-
ate limits. In this instance, therefore. the
County Commissioners have been enabled
90 exercise a somewhat wider discretion.
The managers and clerks appointed are
instructed to meet in the office of the
County Commissioners promptly at 6:45
O'Clock, city time, on the morning of the
election, to be sworn in, qualified and re-
ceive final instructions. As the large ma
tority have served in similar capacities be-
FORE extensive instructions win not be
necessary.