The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-26
ALL HANDS SANGUINE
CANDIDATES FOR POLICE CHIEF
SEEM SATISFIED.
MAY DISRUPT FACTION.
THAT Is WHAT A CITIZEN PoLITI-
CLAN PREDICTS.

Bound 10 BE Trouble no Matter Who
Is EIected-A Feeble Effort Made to
Renew Negotiations for a Party
Caucus Candidate Naughfin's
Friends Refused to Hear of the
Scheme and Insist That the Candi-
dates Go Before Council on Their
Merits-Talk of a Dark Horse Has
Been siIenced-Said That the Win
ner Must Be Picked From Those
Now In the Race-The Dreeson-
Dreamer Deal Discussed and There
VIII Probably BE nm Announce
ment From That side To-day.
Myers Would Have famed Reilly.
The politicians interested in the hgnt
10 command Mayor Myers attention for
any length Of time yesterday. They will
get at him to-day. though
In the meantime the candidates and
their friends are active. To the man
up a tree" there was no change in the
situation yesterday, and none Of the can
dsdates appears to have lost any strength.
will be but two candidates before Council
at the snow down"
The campaign. although short, is a
warm and bitter one. and the supporters
of the several candidates are taking ad-
vantage Of every point. It Is said that ali
hope OF a settlement OF differences has
been abandoned and that the fight will
continue in the open.
rather weak effort or more properly. a
suggestion, was made yesterday to bring
up the caucus plan again. The party who
desired to harmonic matters In this way
found that ne had made a mistake. and
none of Magistrate Naughtin's friends
would listen TO the scheme. They stated
that they would prefer TO have their
candidate go before the Council on his
merits.
rnere were frequent rurnors as to the
probable withdrawal OF certain candidates.
hut all of those seeking the ONCE have
announced their determinatio to remain
in the field TO the finish To a representa-
tive Of the Morning News. Magistrate
Naughtn said that he will ask Council
to elect him to the Office, no matter VINO
enters the race. ne HCueu AAhL ne
thought his chances very bright, and his
friends are even more enthusiastic.
Sergt Walter Fleming, who Is an avow-
ed candidate, Is Of the opinion that he "a
a sure winner. His friends are keeping
in close touch with the members of coun-
ell and hope to pull him under the wire
a winner.
The dark horse talk seems TO have died
natural death, and one politician said
yesterday that, IN mis- opinion, Maj. Screw
ems successor win be picked from those
nov IN the field. Col. Merritt Dixon IS
no longer looked upon as q candidate,
and while he has never made a pubic
announcement, ME friends say that he
win not be a candidate.
There are many Of the opinion that no
matter who Is chosen the administration
party will fall after the election. These
prophets say that no power can hold the
forces together. and that the election of
@ candidate for the purpose Of keeping
the faction in place Is not to be consid-
cred. They think that the most compe-
tent man should be elected, under such
a condition Of affairs. Such predictions,
however, have been made before, and
there are some who have confidence
enough in the leaders to believe that no
matter what happens the heelers can be
satisfied with little soothing talk and
a few promises.
The Dreeson-Creamer combination, men
ton OF which was made in Sundays
News. was discussed yesterday, and II
is said that something else on this line
viii transpire to-day after Mayor Myers
has been talked to.
Mayor Myers was called upon at the
De Soto last night by several OF the poll
ticians. They had been waiting for his
return from Cuba. Each keen for his own
OF friends election to the position OF
superintendent Of police. they sought the
Mayors influence.
The Mayor said later that he had not
fully grasped the situation In the short
time since his return. He intimated,
however that he thought II not improb-
able that other candidates for the posi-
ton would appear before the election on
April Q.
Asked about the appointment OF Senior
Sergt. owen Reilly to be superintendent
until after the election, the Mayor said
that, had he been here, he would have
had the senior sergeant, by virtut 5f his
rank, il the position until Mai II ,even's
successor was elected. An ordeF giving
notice that he would so act would have
been issued by the Mayor