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TFIE THU L'H. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1892. TO EVERYBODY. The causes which have given birth to this little paper may be briefly and frankly stated. We are upon the eve of an election of extraordinary impor tance and all absorbing interest Devested of the stuff and nonsense with which it has been obscured, it is an issue between established and time tried Democracy, and a clique of professional spoilsmen, who are posing before the public as political reformers. Colonel Waring Russell, Mr. Wal ter S. King and their associates upon the people’s ticket represent an ele ment that has served honest, Dem ocracy and good government times without number in Chatham County. They stand for principles that have stood the test of years, and are closely identified with the entire interests of the people. The opposition is the creation of a clique, composed in the main of sore-heads, defeated office seekers and aspiring wire-pullers, with a keen scent for spoils. In order to divert discussion from the real issue, they have raised the cry of “bossism” and “Russellism,” and have endeavored assiduously to convince the public thay they are seeking to overthrow a one'man power in Chatham County. What they are really trying to do is to seize the reins of government and establish a formidable machine. In no sense do they represent the people, or are they in sympathy with the masses. No better demonstration of this is needed than the fact that they have picked upon Major Ryals as the opponent of Mr. Russell. Major Ryals’ public career has proven beyond all doubt that he is the pliant tool of monopolists and rings, and he has at no time been influenced by the faintest consideration for public weal, in spite of his lame denials and com plicated explanations, the fact re mains that he was intimately con nected with the oyster and fence legislations, that he has proven a curse unmixed to the poor and hum ble. This is one of the men with whom they propose to reform politics. (’apt. John R. Dillon is a politician for revenue only. He holds five offices now, and if elected it is prob ably only a matter of time when he will absorb the balance of them. His hand has been plainly visible in the appointment of partisan boards for the management of elections, and he is in brief, a full blown flower of the ring government which recently received a crushing blow in the new County Commissioners’ law. Teese are the men who are plotting to throw the pilot overboard. Are they lit to sail the ship? Waring Russell has been a wheel horse of Chatham County Democracy from time out of mind. From the dark and direful days of reconstruc tion to the past election in this county, the party has turned to him invariably in its extremity, and has never turned in vain As a public officer he has been brave, staunch ami true, and the fact that he is to-day a poor man at the end of 40 years of conspicuous services, is one of the highest tributes that can be paid to his manhood. Walter 8. King is a gentleman who stands high in public respect and es teem. He is a typical American citi zen; quiet, modest and unassuming and able. He is not an office seeker, nor a chronic office holder, and it is unnecessary to state to those who know him, that if elected he would be at the back of no clique, and would wear the collar of no ring. In advancing the interests of the ticket which these candidates lead, and the balance of it is com posed of gentlemen whose standing is beyond the peradventure of a doubt, we believe we are advancing the in terests of the community. Further on we will have something to say about the municipal campaign, and our friends can rest assured that there will be no hesitancy in these columns in calling a spade a spade. All issues will be treated with fair ness, and a patient audience only is asked. REGISTRATION OFFICES. Where They Will be Opened Dur ing the Two Weeks in January, The following places have been des ignated as offices for the registration of voters for the city election, to be held on Tuesday, January 17. The offices will be open from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m., and from 4 p. in. to 8. p. m. The books will open Monday, January 2, and keep open two weeks: First District —No. 64 West Broad street. Second District—No. 47 Barnard street. Third District—No. 22 Bull street. Fourth District—No. 17 East Broad street. Fourth District, second Division — Liberty street, between Houston and Price, (swimming pool.) KING VS. DILLON. The workingmen of the county will be called upon next Wednesday to choose between Walter 8. King, who is one of them, who has been faithful to every trust reposed in him, and who resigned a lucrative position, rather than impose unjust burdens upon those under him, and John R. Dillon, who has never been in sym pathy with them, has tried to grab everything in sight, and who com pels other employes in the Court House to perform the work for which he is paid. Will they hesitate? Every man of them should rally to the support of King, and we believe they will. > —-- . ■ ■ ■■<■■■ Does Major Ryals Want the Earth ? An article in the Morning News some time ago stated that Maj. Ryals was making SIO,OOO a year out of his farm. If elected County Treasurer he will get $3,000 additional, or in other words will then be getting $13,000 a year. Don’t this strike the average man as being a bit too greedy? Who paid the expenses of Mayor Mc- Donough and Alderman Charlton to Atlanta to argue against the registration bill? Perhaps the incidental account. A«k “pure and clean politics.” THE FBEE LANCE. Everybody in Savannah knows Col. R. F. Harmon better known as “Fuller,” and everybody knows that he is to the “manor born ” His whole interests are centered in his native city, and what is tor the good and welfare of Savannah is what he will most naturally bend all of his energies to accomplish. His candidacy for Mayor was from the first, over and above board, and was not hedged round with the mis leading and Rich lieu like methods resorted to by others, and this alone should bring to his aid the assistance of those who really believe that “purity in politics” is something tangible, and not a myth. Col. Harmon has no barrel to be tapped ; has no committee of one hun dred to write school-boy compositions for publication; does not imagine he is the only alderman on the present board that possesses any brains; but he comes before the people in a modest manner and asks their sup port, and as he is a Sayan nah boy, we hope and believe that he will be elected; and we also feel confident that if this is the result the next ad ministration will be one that will reflect credit upon our Forest City. Capt. John R. Dillon’s friends say that “wrecks” will be plentiful after the election, as no one can possibly beat the greatest office holder in them all Now let us see: Can it be pos sible that Capt. Dillon’s friends are trying to pun! If so, we are willing to go on record as saying that the only “Rex” that will be around in a lively manner will be Walter King, and his address will be County Court House, Savannah, Ga. Major Ryals is a right clever gen tleman, and it is a pity that he should have allowed himself to be made a sacrifice of by his friends. No one that knows the inside of the Ryals movement has any idea that the Major expects to go through ; but des perate cases require desperate rem- Idies, and on the one chance out of one thousand his “friends” have put him up, and he will certainly make a grand offering on the altar of de feated ambition. Col. Waring Russell is saying noth ing, but is confident that his past record will not be forgotten, and on the day of election bigotry will be thrown aside and the people will with no uncertain voice teach the would-be bosses of Savannah a lesson that they will remember for years. It is safe to wager that Waring Russell will be the next County Treasurer. Major Ryals the day after election: “He who steals mu Purse, steals only trash.” The railroad boys are a unit for Walter King, and their vote is going to teli the tale. Mr. King is an old railroad man, and was the idol of his employes. He is universally recog nized as a courteous gentleman in every way, and his election seems to be assured. Is it not about time to publish the Charlton-Russell complimentary letters again? The publication would, no doubt, drive the anti-Russell faction into a hole.