The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-13
CITIZENS CLUB
INDORSED LESTER
NOMINATED ALL OFFICERS.
CHIEF JUSTICE SIMMONS AND PRI-
son COMMISSIONER TURNER
WE'RE ALSO NAMED.

LegisIatOrs. state and County OIL
GERS and Executive Committee All
Nominated.
At an enthusiastic meeting of the
Citizens Club last night at the Sa-
vannah Athletic Clubs Hall, nominal
lions We're made for state and county
officers, members of the Legislature
and the County Executive Commit
tee.
In the only three cases where there
are contests. the meeting unanimously
Endorsed and nominated Chief Justice
I. ]. Simmons of the Supreme Court;
Joseph S. Turner, for Prison Commits
sioner, and Col. Rufus E. Lester. for
Congress.
The resolution in regard to the state
senatorial fight. which was mentioned
in yesterdays Morning News. was in
PRODUCED and passed without a dissent
ing vote. bingham county was put
on notice that Chatham will not agree
to a senator who is not in harmony
with the interests of this county.
The meeting was called to order by
Hon. w W. Osborne, and Mr. Thomas
Halligan acted as secretary. Mr.. Os-
borne explained that the meeting was
necessarily more or less perfunctory.
the old ticket being renominated, with
some slight changes made necessary
by the mutation of time"
At the conclusion of his remarks, Mr..
Osborne introduced Col. Warning Rus
sell, who was TO nominate the candi-
dates for the Legislature. Before do
ing so, however, Col. Russell put in
nomination Solicitor Osborne This
was greeted with tremendous APP
plause. Col. Russell then nominated
Mr.. p A. Stovall. Mr. A. A. Lawrence
and Mr.. j. Randolph Anderson for the
Legislature. All of these nominations
were unanimously carried, as were
those subsequently made. Applause
greeted each name as it was called.
Making the Nominations.
Col. Robert L. Colding then made
the remaining nominations. He first
spoke of the places where there are
contests. For prison commissioner, he
placed in nomination Joseph S. Tur-
ner, who was tried, pleasing, affable
and courteous. He was the friend,
Col. Colding stated, of every Savan-
nathan who had ever had occasion
to call on him on business. Chief
Justice T. J. Simmons was character
ized as brilliant and in every way
fitted for the high position he holds.
Congressman Lester was next placed
in nomination. Col. Colding dwelt for
some time upon the work Col Lester
has done for Savannah. He has work
ed hard, the speaker said, for deeper
water. He thought it bad idea to
swap horses while getting a deeper
stream as well as crossing a stream.
Col. Lester, Judge Simmons and Judge
Turner were all loudly applauded as
they were put in nomination.
Naming Same Officers.
The county ticket was then read,
there being no changes from the pres
ent office holders. Judge George T.
Cam was promptly Endorsed as judge
of the Superior Court. When the
name of the solicitor general was
reached on the list, Col. Colding said
he regretted that the pleasure of MAX
ing that nomination had been taken
from him.
The Executive Committee was next
nominated. the only changes from the
RtNoCIlN IIAECulANG &OllIllllGG DelnR
those indicated in yesterdays Morn
ing News. The name of Col Colding
appeared last on the Executive Com
mittee, but he nominated himself along
with the others and saved what might
have been a rather embarrassing sit
uation in a neat way. He had al
ways been told that last of all came
Satan, he said, but he would never
believe it any more.
Resolution for Emngham.
j. Robert Dreamer then introduced
the following resolution in regard to
the state senatorial fight:
Whereas under the rotation system,
at present in force, bingham county
has the privilege of naming the can
didate of the Democratic party for
state senator, and though the inter-
ests of Chatham county, by reason OF
Its greater population and varied in
terests affected by state legislation,
are paramount, there is no disposition
TO deprive Eftingham county of the
concession heretofore made in this re-
spect; but
Whereas the Democratic voters of
Chatham county are willing to con-
tinue the rotation system, yet we be-
lieve II to be the duty of the voters
of that county to present for the NOM
ination some Democrat who is ac-
eeptable to the Democracy of Chat
ham, and whose record is such as to
assure to the parties in this county
q senator who is not hostile to the
wishes of the majority of the voters
of the district.
Therefore, be 1t resolved by the Citi-
Gems Club, in caucus assembled, that
the Democratic Executive Committee
of Chatham county be requested to
instruct the delegates selected by it
for the state senatorial convention to
continue in force the rotation system
as heretofore observed, but at the
same time to refuse to assent to the
nomination of any person from Eff
bingham county who Is personally OBJ
Jectionable to the party in Chatham,
leaving to the delegates in that county
the selection of some Democrat for
the nomination who is acceptable to
the party here.
When asked about the resolution aft
er the meeting, Mr.. Creamer said there
was no use beating about the bush,
that the Citizen Club leaders were op-
posed to Col. Rawls.
Mr.. Osborne. before the meeting was
over, called the attention Of the MEM
bers to the rally that will be held at
the theater Tuesday night.