The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-20
ATLENTA'S MAYoRALTY RACE.
WARM FOUR CORNERED FIGHT -
NOW ~ PROGRESS.

sports Are netting on Minis, whose
Plan of Campaign Il Pecuiinr-he
Does Not solicit Notes-nitchell
aud Rice Are Brothers-in-Law.
Mccullough Game IRto Prominence
on Account OF the Dewey Farce.
Atlanta. Sept. is-Auanta's four-corner-
ed race Tor Mayor Is beginning 20 warm
Up the political field here as it has never
before been heatei Alni. Livingston Minis
president OF the Capital city club and
an Insurance man. l. :. Mitchell. a retir-
81 Erocer. Nym Mccullough. commits
sion merchant. aud Frank r Rice. cap
italist and professional politician, are can
didates FOR the Office. The primary oc-
ours Oct s.
The race Is the principal top.c on the
streets and bets are being freely made
on the probable result. Al present each
candidate has az, arently the same
strength. though the gamblers are betting
on Maj. Minis against the nvld. one prom
inent m,mter OF the sport ~ fraternity
has 500 rostcd IN a local liveryman's
hands TO cover any sum within that limit
against Minis Another sum nearly a.
large lies In a bank ready TO be staked
on Mlmss chances 10 win.
All four candidates have puo.icy an
nounced their platforms The declara-
/ tons were an OF a similar character eacn
I favoring competition in public utilities.
Increased school facilities. more hospitals
and less taNes Minis and Mitchell de-
/ ciarcd their platforms IN puolic address,
/ while Mccullough and Rice. neither 81
/ whom are gifted with the power OF ora
/ tory. printed 'Le.rs Do the local papers
I The friends o. each candidate are claim
/ Ing victory on the strength Of the partc-
u.ar platform 10 which they are interesie ..
! Two OF the candidates Rice ami Mitch
/ ell, are brothers-in.law. Their bitter
+ light against each o,her forms one Of the
/ picturesque features OF the lurid cam
palgn
Minis Queer Campaign.
1 Atlanta has never experienced such a
I campaign as that now being waged. Al
I the elements 81 ante-bellum policies were
I injected mo che race when Maj Minis an
nounced as candidate lie was a promi-
nent politician Of Mississippi before the
war and scorns the modern tricks OF the
art. lie Is using campaign methods which
were In vogue when Toombs Prentiss
I Lamar and Hil were candidates before
the people He will ask no man for his
/ vote personally and has pitched his fight
on "a high plane The character OF his
race has won for him the admiration OF
I all the cluhmen and society people. in
7 GLIDING many ladies who are on the
+ streets working Tor him. He wears a fun
evening dress suit when making his pub
/ lic speeches
on the other hand Rice who Is con-
/ sidered "a winner by a large element %
voters. is using an the up-to-date meth
I DDS Of the shrcwd politician 20 advance
/ his candidacy. lie personally soiicits
votes on the street and In the stores. he
/ has been actively az work on his cam
/ paign for more than a year. and claims
| 20 have a complete knowledge Of how eve
cry voter in town will cast his ballot 20
the primary. ne Is claiming the race boy
/ a large majority. Rice has had more ex-
/ perience with city affairs than any q
/ the others
MHchelrs campaign. In a measure. f.
I conducted very much on the order OF his
/ brother-in-law's Rice He Is constantly
on the street soliciting votes. He and
I Rice were both aldermen when they an
/ nouuced last year Both were playing IN
/ Council for the mayornlty Job. when one
made public his ambitions IN published
interview the other followed next day.
Since that time they have kept neck and
neck IN a highly exciting race.
McCuIIouEh's Prominence.
Mccullough was also ia Council last
year He introduced the resolution which
/ invited Admiral Dewey 20 Atlanta. and
which resulted In The subsequent compn-
| cations caused by the hero's acceptance
I ana fral refusal OF the Invitation This
Official act brought Mccullough proni-
nently 10 the public eve here and. IL Is
I believed. bred the executive bee in his
bonnet He a. a very young man ana is
outclassed IN the race by his three oppo-
ntnts ia points OF age and experience.
| Sotwithstanding these handicap. how
1 ever. he Is making a splendid fight for
/ the place ana Is mentioned prominently as
/ the winner. lie has nearly the entire la
I bor vote back Of him. G. G. Houston. a
/ labor leader recently elected 20 the Leg
/ stature Is ono OF McCullough's chief lieu
tenants.
/ Personalities are beginning 20 loom up
! IN the hot race. Mccullough Is making %
/ particularly warm for Rice. Rice makes
4 the point that the others are noyices IN
I politics. Rice. Mitchell Mccullough ana
all their friends are cutting al Minis for
+ his social 'proclivities and his well-known
aesthetic tendencies
II Is predicted that IN another week the
race win me hotter than any other sim
] liar occasion la the history OF Georgia.
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