The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-04-05
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ana tie Oats, DC, dc. Is the organiz
OF the Goftsersa party IN lai1ci hester s1s
TO be kept up IL VIII oe necessary TO eject q
nav city Central Committee before the
snrinr elections. This committed has here.
tofore been elected annually. Last year
the Fourth Ward was the only one which
elected in the other wards the old mem.
bers held on. The last committee was COM
posed as follows. First Ward, John w.
Caudle. B. Al. Gary, and John II. Mat
Shews: Secocd Ward, 4 NJ. Fendiey, Il.
FL. Owens, and S. NJ Purdue, Third Ward,
Brooks. John r.. Gogbill. and y. u.
Weisiger; Fourth Ward, a. j. Bradley,
James ID. Craig, and w lillian i. Kidd.
Last year the last gentlemen were
succeeded by Messrs. Henry O. Ferguson,
q. e. Owens, and E.sJ. Sampson, and these.
last are the only members OF the committee
who hold legal election, and Mr. Sampson
Z has removed from the ward. But u no new
election is held the following vacancies
from the First Ward; T.. E., Owens, re-
moved from the Second Ward; S. Brooks
and John IS. Cogbill, removed from the
Third Ward; and r. j. Sampson, re-
moved from the Fourth Ward. tt
is reported that about the last of
April or the first OF May City Superin-
tendent Henry A. Jordan will issue q call
for the Conservative voters OF the various
wards to assemble ut the usual or selected
places to elect ward officers and three mem.
bers Of the City Central Committee. This
committee, when elected, will assemble at
the caIl or Superintendent Jordan and elect
8 a new City Superintendent and decide
whether there shalt be convention or q
primary election. This convention or prl-
mary election, as the committee may decide,
will be held, it is supposed, between May
10th and May 18th. The election takes place
Thursday, May 23d.
The officers to be elected are Mayor--for
which there are several candidates. Com
nonwealth's Attorney--A. G.. Atkisson,
ESQ. the present incHmbent, is thus far the
only candidate announced, and very sure
!. OF Il reelection. City Sergeant-Capta1n
Henry FitzgeraId, it is useless to say, will
have no opposition to his reelection. In
addition to the above there will be elected
three conncilmen and one justice Of the
peace i'll the First Ward, one councilman
and one Justice in the Second Ward, two
councilmen and one justice in the Third
Ward, and one councilman and one Justice
in the Fourth Ward. Seven counciImen
are to be elected, and il MIR. Moody. of the
Third Ward, insists on his resignation,
there will be eight to be elected-two-thirds
and almost a clean sweep-and it would not
be surprising il before the election
the remaining four members resigned
and allowed the people to elect IAN
entirely new Council, or give them
an opportunity OF reendorsicg their pre-
sent Representatives, of whom it is but
lust to say that they have done all that could
have been done under the circumstances in
their in every way onerous and thankless
positions. The following are the council
men whose places will be vacated: First
Ward-Richard S. Whitehead, time ex-
PRED; John H. Matthews, elected Uice DR..
William Il. Weisiger, resigned; G. G. Nc
Rae, elected uice William II. Garnett, failed
to qualify. Second Ward-Nathan A. Eu-
bank, time expired. Third Ward-Dr. A,
Monteiro, time expired; S. r. Owens,
H. Patteson, elected Uice T.. j. Sampson, re-
moved from ward, elected Uice James D.
Craig. resigned, whose time would have ex-
pred July LIST. The justices who retire are !:
First Ward, James A. Gentry; Second
Ward, j. u. Perdue; Third Ward, Charles
M. Amos; Fourth Ward, P. A. Chalkley.
The clerk Of the Hastings Court, High
Constable, Commissioner Of the Revenue.
and City Treasurer are not to be elected
next May.
1t is presumed that all the candidates will
abide the decision Of the Conservative party,
and that If there is an independent candi-
date he will not be a Radical in disguise,
but Radical in truth. This applies to
councilmen and iusticesEas we'll as munich
pal officers. AS. there is plenty of time it
is not expected that the canvass will open
warmly until about May LIST. although can
didates and their friends will be quietly at
work from now until that time. That the
contest may be waged in spirit Of perfect
friendship and good humor, and the best
man in all cases win, should be the wish of
all good citizens.