The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-04
THERE is A STRING
TIED TO LAZARON's AGREEMENT
TO ABIDE BY PRIMARY.
ELECTION MUST BE FAIR.
OTHERWISE HE WILL NOT FEEL
THAT HE Is BOUND.

Ocnt ana UNCONDITIONAL PROMISES
to Abide by Its Result-Mr. AIexan-
der, Acting Chairman of the Exec
utive Committee, Says He Feels
MIR. Lazaron Has Made No COndi-
ton, as the Election Is Certain to
BE Fair-The Arrangements of the
Boxes ut the Primary--An Abund-
ance of Managers and Clerks.
Mr.. A. A Alexander, acting chair
man of the Democratic Executive
Committee of the county, returned to
the city yesterday morning and began
Immediately to give his attention to
the details of the primary election for
ordinary that is to be held next Thurs
day.
There were many things for Mr..
Alexander to do. In the first place his
official mail had accumulated in his
absence, and to this he gave imme'
diate attention. Prominent among the
letters that awaited his consideration
was those from the four candidates for
ordinary, Capt. Henry. McAlpin, Mr..
Walter C. Hartridge, Mr.. j. S. Collins,
and Mr.. S. L. Lazaron, in which they
announced their intention of entering
the primary. These were filed in Mr..
Alexander's Office on Sept. "a, during
his absence from the city.
He found that all of them were in
proper shape, and complied with the re-
quirements of the rules formulated by
the Executive Committee for the con-
duct of the primary. The candidates
all said they would agree to be gov
erned by these rules, that they would
submit their candidacy to the arbitra-
ment of the primary, and that they
would support that one of their num-
Der who should be shown to be the
choice of the Democrats of the county
for the office.
Mr.. Lazaron, however, had a small
string tied to his agreement. He said
he would only agree to abide by the
result of the primary in the event that
ii was an honest election, and he was
given fair show Mr.. Alexander said
that he regarded this as an unequivocal
acceptance of the terms imposed by
the committee. as he had no doubt
that the election would be honest,
and the show given Mr.. Lazaron as
fair as he could possibly ask.
The deposit of SIS required of each
of the candidates was all on hand, and
the acting chairman counted the cash
and Inspected the checks and found the
amount correct in each instance.
1t is the duty of the acting chairman.
as laid down in the rules, to fix the
places where the boxes for each dis
trict shall be located. The rules pro-
vide for eleven boxes, the same num-
Der used at the special election which
resulted in a victory for the late Maj.
Screven. Mr.. Alexander said last
night that the arrangement would
probably be the same as 1t was in
March. Then the boxes were located
and the names of the voters of each
district divided as follows:
First District.
Box No l, A to G, inclusive. tax coll
lector's office.
Box No 2. H to N. inclusive. coun-
ty attorneys Office.
Box No 3. n to q, inclusive, receiver
OF tax returns office.
second District.
Box No. /, A to L. inclusive, County
Commissioners office.
Box No. 2. NJ TO 2, inclusive, County
Commissioners office.
Third District.
Box No l. A to L. inclusive, clerk of
Superior Courts office.
Box No. 2, NJ TO 2, inclusive, clerk
of Superior Courts office.
Fourth District.
Box No. l, A to G, inclusive. ordi-
nary's office.
Box No. 2. H. to N. inclusive, ordi-
nary's office.
Box No. 8. o to z. inclusive, ordi-
nary's Office.
Fifth, sixth. seventh and Eighth
Districts.
Box, county treasurers office.
This arrangement was found to be
satisfactory at the last special election.
and ii is not likely that it will be
changed by Mr.. Alexander. The mana
gers and clerks are to be named by the
candidates, the rules providing that
each candidate shall be entitled to rep
resentation by one manager and one
clerk at each box. This will give a to-
tai OF fourty-four managers and a like
number of clerks, rather more than the
necessities of any election demand. 1t
is feared that on account of the num-
Der of managers there will be some
crowding in the boxes and some delay
in ballotting. The politicians are lit
tie annoyed by the actual conditions
with which they are confronted, but
they are so relieved by the fact that
some of the candidates have withdrawn
and the resulting reduction in the
number of managers and clerks at each
box from fourteen to eight that they
are not permitting themselves to
worry.
1t is freely predicted that the prim-
airy will be one of the warmest cleo
tons that has been held at the Court
House in many years, rivalling the
celebrated May primary of two years
ago in bitterness and the number of
personal combats.
One candidate has announced, or
some of his supporters have announced
for him. that he will have a thousand
workers" at the polls. In more or
binary and better understood parlance.
the term workers means sluggers.
Incidentally, the workers" try to get
votes for their candidate, but their
principal duty is to prevent votes be-
ing cast for any other. Their value is
determined by their success in the lat
ter direction, and their proudest boast
is that they have furnished the ambu-
lance with plenty Of work during the
day.
1t is rather improbable that the can
didate in question will have as many
workers as have been announced would
be at the polls, but he will have a
goodly number certainly. The other
candidates win also be represented by
some Of the Drawn and sinew, as well
as the brains, of the city, and when the
ballotting is in progress, there will be
about as warm a time as Savannah
has seen for many moons. So the
workers themselves predict, and they
ought to know.
AT THE COLORED COLLEGE.