The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-10
TO-DAY WILL END IT
ONE OF THE INTEREST LOCAL
CAMPAIGNS ON RECORD.
CANDIDATES ARE READY.
A NIGHT OF FINAL PREPARATION
FOR THE BATTLE.

The Down Town Halls Crowded All
Night With Followers of the Can
cdidates Waiting for the First Rush
on the POIIs-Everythingi i'm Read
iness for the VOtfng-The Police
ON Duty at $3.50 O'Clock, and the
Factions Lined Up Ready for the
Rush-Au sorts of Predictions MS
10 the Results.
w. C. PARTRIDGE,
HENRY McALPIN,
j. :. COLLINS,
5. L. LAZARON.
These are the candidates from which
the $500 registered voters of Chatham
county are called upon to-day to elect
a judge of the Court of Ordinary. The
day will settle one of the bitterest To-
cal political campaigns that the county
has ever experienced.
At daylight the lieutenants Of the
four candidates will appear at the
Court House, and from the opening of
the polls at o'clock until the closing
at there will be a storm of ballots.
An entire relief of the police force has
been ordered to be at the Court House
at $50 o'clock, and the heelers will not
be permitted to block the streets.
All of the candidates appeared con-
fldent last night. and the plan for the
days work was gone over with the
lieutenants. The downtown halls were
crowded with those heelers and work
ers who cared not to take chance or
oversleeping themselves at home, and
whose services are considered neces-
sary early in the game. Very nearly
all of the halls were in use, and when
the opposing forces first march to the
polls it is expected that the police will
have their hands full. 1t appears that
neither of the candidates is without
some followers of Drawn and sinew,
and that there will at least be as many
fights as is customary, there appears
to be not the slightest doubt.
The voting stands were placed in po-
sition yesterday by Chairman Alexan-
der of the Democratic Executive Com
mittee, and Will be numbered and
marked this morning before the polls
open. The ballot boxes were also haul
ed out of their resting place in the
Court House, and will be turned over
to the managers by the chairman this
morning The managers and clerks
will be sworn in at 81 80 o'clock in the
City Court room. The count of bal
lots will begin Immediately after the
polls close. and a friend of each can
didate will be permitted to be present.
AS each box is counted the figures will
be taken to Chairman Alexander. who
win receive and make them public in
the City Court room.
If the weather is clear it is expected
that the early morning vote viii be
heavier than is usual. The bulk of the
business vote is usually polled after
dinner, but the increase in the size of
the registration will mean a larger
breakfast vote. Strange as 1t may APP
lear, not a few voters intend to hold
off until the afternoon, and cast their
ballots for the man in the lead. Those
who have announced their determine
ton to follow this course, and there
appears to be quite number of them,
have two favorites. and want to put
their votes where they will count fol-
something.
rs is customary, the bars will be
closed. or at least the front doors will
not be open. At midnight some of the
workers who remained down town ep-
peaIed to have already taken aboard
all the alcoholic drinks that they could
very well look after, and several ar
rests for drunkenness were made Ey
the police.