The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-03
THEY MUST COME IN
DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMIT
TEE DECLARES FOR PRIMARY.
CANDIDATES MUST ENTER.
UNLESS THEY WISH THEIR PARTY
LOYALTY TO BE IMPEACHED.

Date mt Which IL VIII he Heiu'
This Will Depend Upon the Action
of the County Commissioners In
Calling the EIectiOn-SOme of the
Committee wanted to Know the
RuIes Before They Voted for n
Primary at An-Chnirman Cum
ningham's Resignation Not Ac-
cePted.
There will be a Democratic primary
to settle the question of who shall be
the Democratic nominee for the office
of Ordinary of the county. So at least
the Executive Committee of the party
has decided, and a committee will be
appointed to confer with the County
Commissioners on the subject.
The object of the conference with
the commissioners is to learn from
them when the special election to fill
the office, which the commissioners are
to call, win be held. Upon this con-
ference and its results will depend in
some degree the date the committee
will select to hold the primary.
The committee met at the Court
House, in the City Court room, at $50
o'clock yesterday Afternoon. and was
called to order by the secretary, MI
A. L. Alexander. There were present
in addition to the secretary and act
ing chairman the following members of
the committee: Messrs. Harry Willink,
w. p. LaRoche, John !. Morrissey,
George Petronovitch, A. A. Lawrence,
f. A M. Schroeder, John ]. Horrigan,
w. T. Leopold, w. T. Hussey, f. c.
Gleason, Henry Teynac, B. S. Wells,
John Juchter, C. A. Lamotte, Richard
Wickham Edward ]. Whelan.
Four of the candidates for Ordinary,
Messrs. w. C. Hartridge, j. S. Col
Inns, W. P. Bailey and S. l.. Lazaron,
occupied chairs together at one end of
the court room and engaged each 9th
er in pleasant and interested converse
while the meeting of the committee
was in progress. They were not asked.
however, for any expression of their
opinion on the subject of primaries
and the manner in which they should
pe held, and in consequence no such
expression came from any one OF them.
The Chairmnn's Resignation.
Mr.. Alexander said that he had
called the meeting of the committee
for the purpose of placing before 1t
the resignation of its chairman, Mr..
II M Cunningham, Jr. The letter of
resignation, dated July 25, and adj
dressed to Mr.. Alexander, as secretary
of the committee, was read by him as
follows:
Dear Sir: My health requires me to
take a vacation and 1 shall be absent
from the city until fall. The Execu-
tive Committee may determine in the
meantime to hold a primary election
for Ordinary, and If it does there will
be many questions of Importance to be
determined, as to which the chairman
of the committee should be in touch
with the committee.
ssI therefore feel constrained to ten
der my resignation as chairman of the
committee and beg that you will call
a meeting of the committee as soon as
may be convenient and present this as
my resignation. / beg that you VIII
express to the committee my apprecia-
ton of their uniform courtesy and my
regrets at the severance of our rela-
lions. Yours very truly, 7. M. Cum
bingham, Jr.'
The reading of the resignation con-
cluded, Mr.. b. S. Wells moved that
committee of three be appointed by the
chair to call upon Mr.. Cunningham and
request llS WI AiN-0ohA
der stated, however, that he had talked
with Mr.. Cunningham exhaustively on
this subject and felt convinced that the
chairman had rendered his resignation
only after mature consideration and
from the conviction that ii was the one
thing for him to do. He expected to
leave the city in the course of the next
few days and the condition of his
health was such that he would not be
able to look after the duties of the Of
flee, even should he retain IL.
On this showing Mr.. Wells consent
ed to withdraw his motion, and Mr..
Lawrence moved that the resignation
be laid on the table and that during
the absence of Mr.. Cunningham from
the city the duties of chairman be per-
formed by the secretary. Mr.. Alexan-
der stated that he would be willing to
assume the duties of the craftsmanship
pending Mr.. Cunningham's return to
the city. only in the event that he was
asked to do so by the unanimous vote
of the committee. Mr.. LaRoche amend
ed Mr.. Lawrence's motion by moving
that a committee be appointed to wait
on Mr.. Cunningham and request the
withdrawal of his resignation. on his
return, and the motion, as thus amend
ed. was passed by unanimous vote.
The Primary Suggested.
business for which the committee had
been expressly called together had beer
concluded and the chairman asked II
there was anything else to be consid-
cred. Somebody moved to adjourn, but
there was no second to the motion
Then Mr. Horrigan arose and suggested
that ii might be as well to consider
the matter of calling a Democratic pri-
mary to select the candidate of the
party for the office of ordinary.
This started the ball rolling. Mr.
Lawrence moved that the COMMITTEES
call a primary for the purpose of nom
mating such a candidate, to be held
on Tuesday, Sept. 10, and Mr.. Petron-
oyitch seconded the motion.
The usual air of hopeless and help
less detection, that broods over meet.
ing of the executive committee OF
Chatham county whenever there IL
anything to he done, settled upon the
meeting of yesterday when this motion
was made. Each member of the COM
nittee looked at his neighbor and none
of them seemed to know just what he
favored or what he wanted to do
Everybody who had not been warned
beforehand that such a motion was Il
be made began to look around and see
il there was not concealed behind il
some deep-laid plan of political trick
cry.
Mr.. LaRoche wanted to know of Mr.
Lawrence If he had any idea when the
regular election was TO be held. which