The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-07
NO DIFFERENCE TO HIM.
Bailey willing to Have Any GoOr
Men ms Managers of Primary.

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Men ms Managers of Primary.
Most of the candidates in the race
for ordinary are proceeding with their
campaigns on the theory that a Demo
| cratic primary will virtually determine
who shall have the office. That a pri-
mary will be held they seem to take
as an established fact, and that the
nominee of the party will be the next
incumbent of the Office as beyond dis
pute.
They expressed themselves after this
fashion yesterday They are showing
their faith by their works, too, for the
efforts they are making to get in the
race and keep in it are aimed at sue
cess in a primary; their missionary
work is being done among the Demo-
cratic voters of the county.
Il don't think there should be the
slightest difficulty" said Mr.. w. p.
Bailey, 'in arranging rules for a pri-
mary that would be acceptable to all
the candidates, or that should be ac-
ceptable to them at any rate. For my
self, l do not insist upon the privilege
of naming my own representatives at
every box. | will be quite content if
the selection of managers and clerks is
made by the Executive Committee, If
the committee will choose election Of
ficials known not to be partisans and
of such character and standing as en-
title them to the respect and conf
dence of both the candidates and the
public. The right men can be secured,
and If they are of the class that will
give all of US a fair show, that's all
/ want"
1t is expected that the race for the
office will be considerably enlivened
next week, when the friends of the
several candidates will begin to or
ganize clubs and hold meetings in their
respective interests following in this
the example set them by the friends
of Mr.. Collins. Two meetings of the
Collins supporters have already been
held and others are expected in the
near future. 1t is probable that most
of the candidates will hold their meet
ing in the several wards, thus endeav
oring to enlist the voters OF each in
their campaigns, rather than to have
general mass meetings.
The indications point to the conclu
sion that the primary will not be held
before the middle or even the latter
part of next month. The drift of senti
ment at the last meeting of the execu
tive committee was towards holding
the primary not many weeks ahead of
the regular election, and the latter the
County Commissioners have announc-
ed informally it is not their intention
to call for much earlier than the mid
die of October The candidates seem to
acquiesce at least willingly in this plan
and to be satisfied with the date that
the executive committee appears to
have fixed its collective mind upon as
the proper one upon which to hold the
primary. At any rate none of them is
making an audible kick.
AT the meeting of the County Com
missioners, which will be held to-mor-
row, the committee of the executive
committee will probably appear before
the commissioners, and ask to be given
some definite idea of the time when
the regular election is likely to be held.
The appointment of this committee
was authorized at the executive COM
mittee's last meeting, and it consists of
Messrs. A. A. Lawrence, f. c. Gleason
and w. Z. LaRoche. 1t has been in
structed to report back to the executive
committee the results of it's conference
with the commissioners