The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-29
BOTH SIDES SURE
TODAY WILL DECIDE THE FATE
OF THE WARNING FACTIONS.
NO SLEEP FOR THE FAITHFUL.
ENTIRE POLICE FORCE WILL DE
ON DUTY AT THE POLLS.


Years-PolIS viii Open at 7i24
O'Clock and Close at 6;24 O'Clock,
City Time-Chairman Cunningham
Will Be in Absolute Charge of the
EIectiOB-The Managers and Clerks
of the Factions at Each BOx-Adhe-
rents Gathered in Halls and Wait
ed for Break of Day.
The battle of the factions for the con-
trol of the county's delegation to the
next General Assembly and of those
county offices in which there are con-
tests will be waged at the polls to-day.
1t bids fair to be one of the hottest
and most fiercely and bitterly contest
ed that has taken place in Savannah
in years.
1t will be after a night of almost
ceaseless diligence and but little sleep
that the more enthusiastic DICTIONARIES
of the factions will approach the polls
this morning. The windows of the poll
ing places will be opened and the vot-
ing begin at 1924 O'Clock this morning,
city time. At 6:24 o'clock in the after
noon the polls will close. When they
close there will be plenty of political
corpses from one side or the other in
evidence and, in the light of the bitter
ness that has been engendered and the
hard things that have been said, it will
be lucky if there are not some others
of a different kind.
The managers and clerks of election
will reach the polls and be sworn in
before the hour the election is fixed
TO begin. The oath will be admins
tered by Chairman T. M. Cunningham,
Jr., of the County Executive Commit
tee who by virtue of his office and the
consent of the representatives of the
factions, will be in entire charge of the
election. What Mr.. Cunningham says
will go and he will decide just what
must be done in order best to facilitate
voting and prevent disorder. If neces-
sary, he will direct that the voters of
tine factions line up at the curb and
vote alternately from each line.
Police at the Polls.
The entire police force will be on duty
to-day and bluecoats will swarm
around the polls. With the exception
of the stationary force, or the men on
duty in the various precincts. every
available man will be sent to the Court
House. Besides Supt. Reilly four ser
geants will be on duty.
If 1t is found necessary Supt. Reilly
will order the small patrol wagon kept
at the Court House, and no time will
be lost in transferring disorderly heel
ers and scrappers from the polls to the
station house. The first detail of men
will be sent to the Court House about
4 o'clock to keep down disorder when
the formation of the lines begins. If
there is any trouble it is expected that
it will occur during the morning hours
and Immediately after the polls close
at night. The patrolmen will be given
breakfast at Levans, and will eat din
ner at Schwarz's at the expense of the
city.
UnioI Clubs Managers.
The managers and clerks for each
box We're named by both factions yes
terday Each faction is entitled under
the rules to two managers and one
clerk at each box. The Representative
of the Union Club at the boxes will be
as follows:
First District. Box No. MANA gers.
John E. schwarz, T. B. Gracen; clerk,
James Humphries.
John Power, w. f. Slater; clerk, j.
G. Dufour.
Second District. Box No. Mana
gers, t. F. Durham, G. S. Van Horn;
clerk, j. c. Shaw.
Second District, Box No. MAMA
gers. Morris Lepinski, e. j. Whelan.
clerk. d. f. McEwen.
Third District, Box No. Managers,
James w. Mcintyre, G. Mobile Jones;
Z. b. Marshall, clerk
Third District. Box No. MAMA
gers, c. V. Hohenstein, Hugo Frank;
clerk. ]. S. Coburn.
Fourth District. Box No. John H.
Willink, George Petrinovich; Clerk.
Allen Crawford
Fourth District, Box No. 2-Man-
ayers, William B. Puder, Joseph Mo
lima; clerk Robert Beytagh.
Fourth District, Box No. S-Mana-
gers, Charles A. Vetter, D. T. Elliott;
clerk Louis Constantine.
Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth
District-Manager Dave L. Christian
Hugh Grady; clerk, Mason D. Bridges.
Citizens Managers.
The managers and clerks for the Cit
liens Club will be as follows:
First District, Box No. John f.
Mcguire and R. H. Clements, man
ayers, and George A. Nell, clerk. Box
Canty. managers, and George Reager,
clerk.
Second District, Box No. Frank
VanGiesen and E. j. Kieffer, ST., man
ayers, and Abe Brown, clerk. Box No.
IT. ]. Sheftall and L. NJ. Norwood,
managers, and 1. L. Michaels. clerk.
Third District Box No. Robert L.
Colding and NJ. Naughtin, managers,
and Abe Byck. clerk. Box No. 2
Max Hirsch and o. G.. Ryan, managers,
and Harry L. Wilensky, clerk.
Fourth District, Box No. ii. J.
Stafford and Tom Halligan, managers,
ana John Halligan. clerk. Box No. .
]. NJ. Dixon and Arnold Seyden, man
ayers, and Jerry Connors, clerk. Box
No. 3-A. A. Lawrence and ]. NJ
Thomas, managers, and c. A. Gradot
clerk.
Country Districts-George w. Wylly,
Jr., and Joseph B. Newton, managers,
and Joe Desverges, clerk.
Ready for the Fray.
Around the Court House everything
is ready for the election. Yesterday
the steps upon which the voters will
approach the windows to hand in their
ballots were dug out of the cellar, dust
ed, ornamented with the appropriate
descriptive placards and placed in po-
sition. The voting lists are ready for
the use Of the managers, the oath they
will sign has been prepared-even the
blanks upon which they will consolidate
their returns are in shape for use.
There was no sleep for the faithful
last night. In halls in every part of
the city they fought over the battle