The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-19
WANT A Big RALLY
DEMOCRATS THINK 1T WOULD
HELP ELECTION MAJORITY.
NEED FOR 1T NOT OBVIOUS.
POPULIsTS, NOMINATIONS FOR
STATE HOUSE ARE HAY.

Nominee for Governor Has Declined
to Run, and Names of other Gandi-
dates Not to Appear on Official
BnIIOt-But Some Members of the
Executive Committee Think liolly
Would Be Good Thing and Chair
man Lawrence May Be Asked to
Call Meeting to Consider IL.
PreDurntions for Oct. L Are Now
being Made, and All Will BE
Rcady an the Election Morn.
Some of the members of the Demo-
cratic Executive Committee of the
county have expressed themselves as
favoring a general rally of the party
in Chatham, to be held on some even
ing just before the day of the state
and county election, on Oct. l. 1t is
possible this will be held.
So far, while the Populists of the
state have made nominations for State
House officers, all of whom, with the
exception of Judge Hines, the nominee
for Governor, have professed will
ingness to make the race, they have
done nothing further. The names of
the candidates have never been certi-
fed to the Secretary of the State to
be placed on the official ballot, and as
sent out from Atlanta, the ballot will
bear the names of Democratic candi-
dates only.
From present indications, the only
excitement the election will offer in
Savannah will be afforded by the con-
test for justice of the Supreme Court,
to serve out the term of Justice Lewis.
For this the only sign of activity yet
displayed has been by the friends and
adherents of Judge John S. Gambler,
who are already confidently claiming
Chatham county for their candidate.
Committeeman Want n Rally.
Under the circumstances the need for
a Democratic rally is not Immediately
apparent, as the county and state will
roll up all the Democratic majority
that could possibly be needed without
any trouble and without any doubt.
Some of the executive committeeman
think it would offer a good opportuni-
ty to arouse ard store up Democratic
enthusiasm, and the chairman of the
committee, A. A. Lawrence, may he
asked to call u meeting to consider the
plan. Mr.. Lawrence said yesterday
the matter had not been preached to
him yet.
Whatever may be done as to this, a
meeting of the committee will probably
be called before the election to ar
range such matters of detail as proper
ly require its attention. The commit
tee will be expected to see that the
ballots are properly printed, that they
follow in Ill respects the requirements
of the law. and that they bear the
name of every Democratic candidate
now offering for office. This will he
done through conferences with the
County Commissioners, upon whom, Of
ficially, rests the full duty of arrang-
ing for the election.
The Election Arrangements.
The Board of Registrars of the
county is actively at work, as it has
been for some time, purging the regis
tration lists of the names of those
not legally qualified to vote. This work
will be finished and the complete lists
of voters will be in the hands of the
managers in ample time for the cleo
ton.
Commissioner A. Vetsburg will have
the arrangement of the boxes, the d.
vision of the voters to be assigned
each box and the selection of man
ayers and clerks in his hands. If any
opposition to the Democratic nominees
develops. it will be given representa-
ton in each of the boxes, as far as
circumstances will permit. If none,
the effort at common representation
will probably. be confined to the cam
didates for Justice of the Supreme
Court.