The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-04
TICKET WILL BE OPPOSED.
HARRIS AND BAUGHN SAY THEY
ARE IN THE RACE TO THE END.


hammed out of Place or Places
on the TicLet-WiII Ask Represent
tatiOn Among Managers of Elec-
tions-MayOr Myers and MIR. w. w.
Osborne Say the administration
Ticket Is an Excellent One-Can-
didates for City Jobs
In case there should be political cata-
clysm on or before the day of the munich
nal election. two of the candidates FOR
Aldermen, nominated by the administra-
ton, may wake up the next morning to
find themselves defeated.
There are two opposition candidates in
the field, who have been there since last
Saturday. They are William S. Harris
and Richard w. Baughn, who were nomi-
mated by the organized labor element OF
the city. They notified Clerk of Council
Bailey last Saturday that they were can
didates for election as Aldermen, and
have since consistently refused to retire
from the race unless they or some other
representatives of their interests were
placed on the administration ticket.
Mr. Harris stated dast night that both
ne and Mr.. Baughn would be in the race
10 the end and that they entertained good
and what seemed to them quite reason
able hopes of being successful.
I'VE shall go before the judges of the
courts in the morning." he said, "and
ask for representation at the ballot boxes.
We understand that under ordinary cir
cumstances this would be denied u.s. I'M
der the new law. as this law says that
managers must be appointed five days
before the election.
I'VE shall represent, however, that when
the Citizens Club people assured Judge
Falligant and Judge Norwood that there
were no opposition candidates in the he'd,
and thus secured the selection of all the
managers named by them, they wilfully
misstated the facts Mr.. Baughn and
myself notified the clerk of Council last
Saturday that we would be candidates
for Aldermen, and we have never with
drawn from the race. We were candidates
when the managers of the election were
appointed. We have been advised that
the showing we will make is legally sufii-
cient to secure us representation at the
ballot box, and we hope to get it.
The Citizens Club people have not
treated us fairly. For one reason or an
other. they stated to us, when we APP
preached them on the subject of secur-
ing places on their ticket, that neither
MIR. Baughn nor myself was acceptable TO
their faction, but assured us that if we
would submit six names to them the
Committee of One Hundred would select
from it one or two candidates for alder
men and place them on their ticket
Il told them we would be glad to get
out of the race If it would help us to Sc
lfatf an h 81, .
/ would be just as well satisfied with the
election of any other man whom deemed
representative Of our interests as I would
with my own. After giving them this list
OF names. which they requested and re-
ceiving their assurance that one of the
six at least would be on the ticket for
aldermen, We found out, after their We'd
nesday night meeting. that they had given
us no representation at ALL
They wanted Mr.. Baughn and myself -
said Mr.. Harris, Ito withdraw our can
ddacy We retained shrewdness enough
however, not to do this until they car
ried out their promise to place one or two
men from our ranks on their ticket. AS
they did not carry out their promise we
did not retire from the race We are
still in 1t, and are going to stay in until
the end.
We are not fighting any person or
: class of persons" said Mr. Harris. "aud
are making the race without ill-will
against any man. We want to represent
labor on the board of aldermen. and seek
10 have some ordinances adopted that will
oeneht the laboring classes. We believe
the business interests of the city are rep
resented well enough already"
Mr.. Harris said that the Trades Union
ist Club, by which he and Mr.. Baughn
were nominated. will cast 600 votes in the
election of next Tuesday. He expected
TO pull enough votes away from some OF
the other candidates for aldermen to Sc
cure the election of himself and his col
league on the labor ticket
There were any number of opinions and
OF varied sorts and conditions, expressed
on the aldermanic ticket as published in
the Morning News. The comments were
as unlike as they were frequent and
showed how differently people look al
such matters.
Mayor Myers was seen by a represen-
tative of the Morning News and asked
what he thought of the ticket that the
Administration Club had put in the field
4 consider 1t a strong ticket in every
sense of the word" said the Mayor
and am very well pleased with it, The
proposed new board is made up of repre-
sentative men and hard workers. too
Each and every one on the ticket will
make a good alderman and will work
1aithfully, am sure, for the best inter.
ests OF the city. l am, indeed pleased
with the selections made by the commit.
tee appointed at the mass meeting and
feel that ! win have capable men to as.
sist me in handling the affairs of the city
for two years more. 1t is true that there
is an absence of professional men on the
ticket, but experience has shown tina
the professional man does not make M
ideal alderman for the reason that hi.
time Is occupied in another direction"
Mr.. W. w. Osborne expressed himself
greatly pleased with the ticket that has
been nominated by the administration
party, with which he is identified
1T is not only a good board" he said
but 1t is representative OF every section
and every class of Savannah and its citi-
zens. The ticket has been selected with
just as much care as IL there was to be
strong opposition, and II would be elected
believe. no matter by whom opposed
No political flaws can be p-l.ed Ia It. -
Now that the Aldermanic ticket has
been placed before the public the atten.
ton of the administratio followers and
supporter is being directed towards the
plums that are to be distributed by the
present Board OF Aldermen. In those cases
where there is opposition to the present
incumbents, the fights win be warm and
Spirited until the results are known. The
election of city officers will take place
on the 18th, the first Saturday after the
municipal election. The officers who thus
far have no opposition and who will serve