The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-28
A RED HOT POLITICAL YEAR.
THE SOLICITORsRIP FIGHT AL
READY LOOMING UP.

ment of the Local Issues Mt the
state Primary. Including the Elec-
ton of an Executive Committee,
and VIII Carry the Matter Before
the state Committee If Their
Wishes Are Not Acceded 10.
All signs point to a warm political year
in Chatham. There are several interesting
contests ahead, all OF which are certain
TO be warmly fought. The most interest
ing fight of the year judging by the sur
face indications at present viii be that
for the solicitor seneralship.
According to the ,aw enacted two years
ago, judges and solicitors general will be
elected this year on the state ticket. This
means that they will be nominated at the
state convention. 1t is generally under
stood, however. that the delegates from
each district will be allowed TO name the
Judges and solicitors for their respective
districts This means that the fight for
judges and solicitors viii be determined
by the county primaries Chatham county
is a judicial district by itself and hence
the fight will be entirely local one
AS TO the nomination and election of
Judge Falligant there appears 10 be no
question The genial Judge of the east
ern judicial circuit seems to have no ene-
mics and many friends, and, as he is web
known and esteemed throughout the state,
his unanimous nomination by the state
convention may be safely looked forward
to- The reverse is the case with the So
llcitor generalship. Solicitor General Os-
borne, who is now completing his fourth
year as solicitor general, will be a candi-
date to succeed himself, and the bitter
lights which have been made upon him
In the general assembly will be repeated
in the home county. All the indications
are that the fight for the solicitor gem
eralship will be one of the hottest of the
many hot political fights in Chatham coun-
". Mr.. Waller c. Hartridge is generally
looked forward to as Mr.. Osborne's pros
pective opponent. There were indications
that this would be the case during the
campaign of 1885, and there has apparent
ly oeen no change IN the situation. Hon.
walter p LaRoche is spoken of, however.
as a possible candidate should Mr. Hart
ridge decide not 10 make the race
Mr. Osbornes friends are openly at work
In his behalf. Political affiliations are
being cemented and old enemies converted
into friends. The registration is being
actively looked after. Mr. Osbornes on
ponents are actively at work also, and
tHSeN NiAOAtS llOtu opposing SIDES account
largely Tor the rapid growth in the regis
tratlon since Jan. 1, the number of regis
tered voters now being over 1000
Next TO the solicitorship the fight for
representatives and senator is likely TO
arouse the most interest during the first
half OF the year. There are other mat
ters which viii engross attention during
the second half of the year. Indications
are cropping out that the first clash be-
tween the opposing factions will be upon
the questio of the primary. whether there
SNAIL be one primary for the solicitorshiD
and another for the election of senator
and representatives, and members of the
Gouhty Executive Committee, or whether
ne whole business shall be disposed of
10 one primary. This question is regarded
as quite important, especially as it relates
- the election of the County Executive
Committee which win have charge Of
Democratic affairs in the county for the
ensuing two years
The state primary, at which delegates to
the state convention viii be chosen. will
pc ordered by the State Executive Com
Hilttee, winch viii probably be called to-
gefher In March. Hon. Fleming G. duBig-
non is chairman of this committee The
state primary is usua. y held the latter
part OF May or the early part of June, and
June has been suggested as a suita bic
date. Each county will choose delegates
az this primary TO the state convention
winch VIII nominate a Governor and State
douse officers as wen as judges and So
hcitors. There is a warm fight on for
the prison commissfouership the term of
Hon Tom Eason of Telfair county, expir-
ing this year, and there is also a fight
for the state treasurership between Treas
urer Speer and Hon. r. L. NJ Park of
Macon, in both of which the local polfti-
clans are likely 90 take an interest. The
absorbing fight, however, win be upon the
solicitorship and the selection of delegates
favorable n or no Of of ho
testants.
The question is whether the senator.
representatives and the Executive Com
nittee shall be chosen at this primary or
whether subsequent primary shall be
called for this purpose The Citizens Club
leaders are announcing themselves as
strongly in favor of having the entire mat
ter disposed of at the state primary They
seem to anticipate opposition to this plan
on the part of their opponents and cain
to apprehend that they will not he given
fair deal should a subsequent and purely
local primary he held. Az he time of the
compromise between the two factions in
1898, when a Joint Executive Committee
was formed from the two rival committees
the Liberals outgenerahd their opponents
and got the best of hem on the commit
tee Although there have been some
changes in the political affiliations of the
committeeman since that time these
changes have been rather to the advantage
of the Liberals and they are said TO have
an easy majority of the committee
Hon. Walter G. Charlton is chairman
of the committee Mr.. Charlton was out
of the city yesterday and could not be
seen in reference to the committees pol
icy. Il is claimed by Citizens leaders
however, that leading members Of the
committee have minated their intention
of refusing TO permit the local fights to
be decided al the state primary and of
holding a second pr mary for tpe purpose
This is not what The Citizens leaders want
and they propose to take steps TO enforce
their ideas i'm the woy that they think will
secure them a fair deal
If the Executive Committee declines to
order a general pr mary for the purposes
stated 1t is said Gat the Citizens leaders
will appeal 10 the Slate Executive Com
mittee az its meeting IN March and en-
deavor TO have that body order an cleo
lion for a County Executive Committee
at the state primary The Citizens poO-