The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-03
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
TURNER WILL NOT DEBATE.
DECLINES THE CHALLENGE Of
FERED BY STRICKLAND.

chairman of the Prison Commission
says He Is Too Busy With States
work to Give Time to "A Political
Debate 80 Personalities Could Not
BE Avofded-Judge Miller SCOTS at
the Idea OF the Parker Club Being
NominaIly for Parker and Really
for Some other for President.
Atlanta, April 2.-Chairman ]. S.
Turner of the Prison Commission to-
day replied TO the letter of Judson NJ.
him in the race for reelection, and
who challenged him to a joint debate.
In his letter Mr.. Strickland said it was
not his purpose or desire to make such
a debate an opportunity for personali-
ties or mud-slinging.
Judge Turner declines to meet Mr..
Strickland, giving among other rea-
sons the fact that the change in the
convict system now being made is TAX
ing up practically all of his time and
that he has none to spare for the pur-
pose of debate. In closing his reply,
10 discredit your statements it is not
my desire to make such debate an OPP
portunity for personalities or mud
singing, the Endorsement which you
have hitherto given certain attacks
made upon me by your friends, nota-
bly, the partisan Executive Committee
of your home county, and certain I'M
fair newspaper clippings, which you
have used as campaign circulars, 1 do
not see how it would be possible to
avoid such personalities. For these
reasons 1 do not think it becoming or
proper that l should accept your chal-
lenge."
For Parker, as Declared.
Judge A. L. Miller of Macon, presi-
dent of the Parker Democratic Club
of Georgia, was in the city to-day and
spent most of his time at headquar
tiers in the Kimball House. The rivalry
between the two Parker clubs is still
intense, though efforts at compromise
and harmony have not ceased. Judge
Miller, In discussing the situation to-
day, said: 1T has been just one week
since the organization of the Parker
Democratic Club of Georgia. I have
never known any organization to grow
so rapidly in so short a time, but
this might have been expected AT
the conference held in the Piedmont
Hall there were representative men
from every part of the state. Every
congressional district was represented
by a number of most active Demo-
Gratis.
1t has not been surprising that
the advocates of Hearst should en-
deavor to fight our organization. The
character OF the men who were in
this meeting is too well known to the
people OF the state to make any one
believe that they are nominally sup
porting one man and are really for
somebody else. The action in favor
Of Judge Parker meant what it pur-
ported, and we will in good faith urge
The election of delegates from Georgia.
who will give Judge Parker their
earnest and loyal support
People to Vote for Senator.
The Fulton County Executive Com
mittee held a meeting to-day for the
purpose of taking further action re-
garding the race for the senatorshlp
in the Thirty-fifth district The COM
mittee rescinded it's former action,
which was an Endorsement of the cam
didacy of A. G. Blalock of Clayton
county, and passed. a resolution, the
effect of which will be to submit to
the voters of the whole district, Cobb,
Fulton and Clayton counties, the mer-
its of the questions as to whether
Cobb or Clayton is entitled to the
senatorship. 1t is provided by the
resolution that the people shall vote
as between the two candidates, Bla-
lock of Clayton and Blair of Cobb,
thus deciding who shall be the nomi-
nee.
During the meeting of the commit
tee it came out that the two elements
which have aligned themselves with
the two antagonistic Parker clubs had
come prepared for battle royal over
naming delegates to the State Con-
vention. Harmony was also brought
about on this matter, it being decided
that the committee should meet on
April 81 to name state delegates, which
is In accordance with the rules of the
States Executive Committee.
Union Station Returns.
The Savannah Union Station Com
pany is the first corporation in the
state to make its tax returns to Con-
troller General w. A. Wright, and
these were sent in a month earlier than
is required by law, as they are not
demanded before May l. The returns
Of the Savannah Station Company are
SS25,000 on physical property and S4,-
900 on franchise, the same figures as
were fixed by the arbitration board
last year.
The Controller General expects prac-
tically all of the corporations to make
Just about the same returns as were
fixed by last years arbitrattons. He
has not decided what he win do with
regard to assessing them.