The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-25
HE'LL SAVE MONEY
IF ELECTED TREASURER CARSON
MAKES TAXPAYERS THIS PROMISE.
TO DISPENSE WITH CLERK.
WILL GIVE PERSONAL ATTENTION
TO TREASURERSHIP.

Candidate of Union Club Wont En-
pIOy Clerk and Snys He'll Save
People 5000 a Year-Names of Cam
didates of Factions Filed at Omce
of Chairman of Parfy-SeIectiOn of
Managers and Clerks Remains 10
Be Considered-PrObab Will Not
Be Announced Until Morning of
Primary-FinaI Rallies to Be Held,
with TOrchIight Effects, Tuesday
and Wednesday Nights.
A new issue was injected into the
local political campaign on yesterday,
when Mr.. c. II. Carson, the Union
Club candidate for county treasurer,
announced that if elected he would
give personal attention to the duties
of the office and save the county $500
in clerk hire which is now being made.
It's a new political wrinkle. Polit-
cal factions in this county are accus-
toned to declare that they intend,
when they get into power, to save the
people money, but they are loath to
explain and they very rarely do ex-
plain just exactly how they propose to
achieve this result. Mr.. Carson has es-
tablished a precedent.
His friends made use of the money
saving argument on the streets of the
city yesterday, in the effort TO secure
votes for their candidate, and it was
received with favor. Mr.. Carson Teit-
crates his intention in this matter in
card published in the Morning News
to-day.
Tickets Handed in.
The names of the nominees of both
factions of the Democratic party in
this county, to be voted on at the coun-
ty primary. Thursday, were handed in
before noon Yesterday to Mr.. T. May
hew Cunningham, Jr., chairman of the
County Democratic Executive Com
mittee.
The names handed in. were those that
were ratified at the rallies of the fac
tons held on Friday evening. Each
faction handed in a complete ticket,
including the nominees for representa-
tives in the Legislature. county officers
and members of the new Executive
Committee. There was no nomination
for judge of the Superior Court for,
although both factions have virtually
nominated Judge Barrow there is to
be no consideration of the Democratic
nominee for this office until the state
primary on June 5. The nominations
for all the other offices were printed
in the Morning News yesterday.
For Managers and Clerks.
There is one other question that yet
has received no definite attention at
the hands of the rival factions. This
is an important one, for it relates TO
the choice of election managers and
clerks for the primary. Under the
rules of the party in this county each
faction is entitled to name two man
ayers and one clerk for each box.
1t seems, however, that there is no
provision in the primary rules as to
the time when these managers and
clerks shall be named, and if this be
the correct construction of the law, the
factions win not have to name their
representatives at the boxes until the
very morning of the election. All they
will have to do is to march up to the
chairman on Thursday, before the polls
open. present their managers and
clerks and have these officers sworn in.
Put on TIL Last Moment.
Under the circumstances it is not
probable that there will be any choice
until the last possible moment 1t is
always case of rivalry with the fac
tons when it comes to the choice of
managers, as each is anxious to select
men deemed PECULIARLY qualified to
outwit the representatives of the
other. The indications all are that
there will be no choice until the very
morning of the election.
The intermediate days will be pass
ed in warm fractional conflict Rallies
of the two factions will be held in
various parts of the city tomorrow
nights, respectively, the Union Club
nights. respectively the Union Club
and Citizens Club will rally finally at
the theater. Both promise that these
occasions will outstrip every other eff
fort of the campaign. The clans win
gather from every part of the city,
and there will be music and torches
and eloquence to add to the inspira-
ton.