The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-10
DREAMER OUT OF OFFICE.
M'DERMOTT SAID TO BE SLATED AS
INSPECTOR OF FERTILIZERS.

The Resignation of J. Robert Cream
or as Inspector for This District,
Accepted by COMMISSIONS
stevens-LOcaI supporters of Mr..
stevens Candidacy for omce Adj
vance and Urge McDermOtt's
CIaims-Creamer Is to BE CandI
date for n city ONCE AT the Next
Election by Council.
J. Robert Creamer. inspector of fertiiiz-
ers for this district, who resigned his
Office Feb. l. is no longer in the service
of the state. Mr.. Creamers resignation
has been accepted but as Yet his sue.
cessor has not been appointed. 1t Is ru-
mored, though. that Frank McDermott,
ex-chief of police, Will be chosen by Com
missioner Stevens TO succeed him.
Probably because no successor for Mr..
Dreamer had been appointed and because
it was desired to control, If possible, this
selection, the fact of his resignation has
been kept with exceeding great secrecy by
those on the inside who were acquainted
with il. Notwithstanding &ese precau-
tons and these efforts to keep the secret,
at least until Commissioner Stevens had
named the man who would succeed Mr..
Creamer, a rumor in regard to the resig
nation got out and Mr.. Dreamer himself
was asked by a representative of the
Morning News to affirm or deny it. After
some urging, he acknowledged that he had
rendered his resignation to Mr. Stevens
and that 1t had been accepted.
Mr.. Creamer stated that he forwarded
his resignation 10 Atlanta the first of the
month, with a request for immediate ac-
tion upon it. Some days ago Commissioner
Stevens largely on account of this resig-
nation, came 10 Savannah and endeavored
10 induce the inspector of fertilizers to
change his mind aud relinquish his in
tention of resigning. He was not success
full in so doing as Mr.. Creamer had come
to his final conclusion in the matter.
1t is almost certain that ex-Chief Nc
Dermott will be named TO succeed the re-
firing Inspector by Commissioner Stevens.
At any rate, his appointment is being urg-
ed by some of the most influential men
in the Citizens Club, its acknowledged
leaders in local and state politics, and as
the head of the agricultural department
feels that he owes his success in Chat
ham county largely 10 the efforts of these
gentlemen, it is felt that their influence
with him will be all sufficient in this mat
Ter, tndl concerns the administration Oi
one of the important functions Of the de-
partmeut in this congressional district.
There seems to be some hitch, however
in the selection of ex-Chief McDermott as
the successor of Mr.. Dreamer Whether
the hitch comes from Commissioner Stew
ems own inability to make up his mind
on the subject, or whether it springs from
some disagreement among the local poll
tcians TO whom he looks for advice has
not been made public. Under the circum-
stances, the peculiar circumstances, of the
case, the public will await his decision in
the matter with more of anxious interest
and apprehension than would usually he
produced by a prospective appointment To
an office like the one under discussion,
where the emoluments are not very large,
nor the commonly exhibited public in
terest very great.
Mr.. Creamer when asked what had been
the cause of his resignat ton, replied that
II had been produced by the fact that he
had other and larger axes to grind The
duties of the office necessarily oblige the
incumbent frequently to absent himself
from the city, and this. under the cir
cumstances, Mr.. Dreamer was not exactly
willing TO do. He gave the Morning News
reporter 10 understand that he preferred
20 stay in Savannah and look out. as
far as he was able, for the political in
terests of himself and his friends
MY plans are these said Mr. Dreamer
Al the HeNf election Tor city officers by
the present board Of aldermen, | shall be
candidate. l don't care at The present
time to say exactly for what office, but
certainly il is one more desirable than
that OF Inspector of Fertilizers. | hope TO
be elected 10 it, and to that end / am will
ing to sacrifice my former position. did
not feel that l ought to retain ii and at
the same time neglect my somewhat fire.
quent calls to the country-and | did not
care to be going 70 the country so often.
This explains the whole reason for my
resigna ton. "
MIR. Creamer has made an admirable in
spector, and in his letter accepting the
resignation, Commissioner Stevens auudes
In high terms 10 the diligence and care
with which the former inspector has per-
formed his duties. Upon the Citizens Club.
it would seem Mr. Creamer Also has certain
legitimate and possibly pressing claims
TO considera ton. He was one of the orig
inal twenty-five men who organized the
cub in 1898, and since that time he has
been a consistent worker and Jealous al
ways for its interests. 1t is very probable
that any reasonable ambition he may have
will be furthered by The faction to which
he owns and has paid unvarying alegi-
ance.
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