The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-29
ATLANTA'S HOT CAMPAIGN.
MAJ. MINIS SEEMS To nv MAKING A
WINNING RACE.

sim, the sssuatIon a. so Complicated
That NO surprise WOULD he Oceas-
toned n Islther ~ His Opponents
Game iR Ahead-Festares of the
rour-Cornered COntest-rhe Fight
Against Marlin for Alderman.
Atlanta. Sept. 2A-The municipal cleo
ton here continues to absorb the public
interest. As the date for the primary.
Oct. s. approaches. the efforts OF each
candidate and his supporters TO down the
other fellows disclose increased hOstilities.
Personal arraignment Is now a feature OF
the lights being made by the mayoralty
candidates in the various wards
The four candidates. Minis Rice. Mitch
eli and Mccullough. hold ward meetings
every night These evidences OF activity
furnish ample means for the men TO speak
out against each other. and no opportun-
ity is lost BY either 90 wnack the other
three vigorously. A. each candidates
meeting a dozen or more supporters assist
in the speaking. while brass bands and
orchestras add TO the hurrah demonstra-
lions from The platforms A more lurid
campaign has never held the public eye
OF Atlanta.
Nfnss Boom Growing.
The Minis boom r. stu On and Is ap-
psrcntly growing larger. Ail classes of
politicians are row conccding the doughty
Majors election, though ffisnds Of the
other candidates laugh at the assertion
that Minis VIII be the next Mayor Of At
- "a. al ffa faf-
fee revealed the fact to-day that Minis
has a larger number OF supporters IN that
body than al the other three candidates
cnmbiued Alderman Fitzpatrick. Day.
johnson and Welch are known 10 favor
Minis. while Councilmen Maddox, Grady,
Terry. Adams. Rawson and Roy are lined
up for him. There are but eighteen votes
IN Council. and a number OF the re-
malndcr are said 20 favor Minis.
j, Is being charged by opponents 81
Nina that he Is the candidate Of joel
Hurt and the Consolidated Street Rail-
way Inside information. however. makes
this superstition extremely doubtful u n
said that meme Of the corporations seeking
public franc iscs viii tie TO Minis az
they are afraid or him. Ills high charac-
ter. prominence IN business circiessnd his
public declarations that he will hold up
corporations for the benefit Of Atlanta
seem 20 place him beyond the charge or
favorinR any private concern. This r. az
least the general sentiment OF the busi-
ness men Of Atlanta. among whom Minis
has a large following.
The Practical Politicians.
Rice, who D. acknowledged the shrewd-
est politician IN the four-eornered race.
IL also enjoying a g0od-sized boom which
promises TO increase IN the next few days.
His friends assert that the Minis boom
was started too early IN the game and viii
die out before the election. Rice. they
say. waited until the proper moment 20
throw his sails 20 the winds. which win
now continue favorable. IN their opinion.
until ne Is landed safely In the port 81
Mayors chair. II ~ openly charged ana
not denied ~ yet chat Rice has the
strength % ~. ~. Atkinson and the Col
Inns Park Street Railway behind him.
Mccullough has been indorsed by the
Knights Of the Royal Arch. the whisky
mems organization. There are 500 solid
votes In the ranks OF the Knights. and
Mccullough men are claiming victory
through shis Endorsement They say with
the other voters Mccullough has bound to
him he will rccelve az least z.so) ballots
In the primary. "A number conceded on all
sides as sufficient 70 win out IN the four
eoFnered fight.
Aiischelrs Tase 70 less noisy than the