The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-13
THE I'VE WIRE
IT SOLID SHOT
Membss Of the Club Applaud
Captain Mccarthy,
CoIls ABOUT "RoNEsT DICK
srsssr Say, il the Good People VIII Stand
y Him. the Mayor May Have the
Barkcepers, Gamblers and
the Lawbr>nkers
COILS ABOUT "RoNEsT DICK

;ptain Mccarthy spoke TO the men,
ads OF the Solid-Shot Club. seVei'tseii'i'
ali Sef,afsle streets, last nish'.
lis discussion was u modified folifi VI
,at which, he has given IN otiet ss s.',
thu city he took sevcfal siioLs o.
Honest Dick and the aasoi 80
hal r,s w.as the worl<inSrnan ir1ehn.
H. c-,fIaa for any friend of Mayor ray
s,,-,s Dt,:..fi,t Ia get up and tell what bis
hInnrt, had eyer. done or said Tor the
l,Z5riI,nclye1l of the city. None responded
.i,Ba audience WAS with the speaker, ap-
ntrently. throughout his speech. There
ras no sign of disorder or disrespectiui
conduct nj any stage of the meetns.
,y'ho men arplauded quite frequently
NOT AFRAID OF BAD PEOPLE.
Lsi5tail, Mccarthy ADAPTED his speech
to.ffs audiences, and discussed those mat
refs wlIicil 10 thought his hearers would
III particularly interested IN ltc YOU
who lie thought paid the taxes oil the
city. ii was not the owners of the blS
7lar;s. t,ut the men who did the work in
,heiI, II that was not so, that they woolo
clofe up in little or no time
Ttt,r discussing this and the equality
ofiili men and the rights of ali men, the
shaker said: Now, l am getting down
hi business They declare t1a: Taylor
vii be elected because he has all the
1jG people, the lawbreakinS people, with
lm-thc barkeepers, gamblers, and so
d. If they are all he has with him. II
i:at him all to pieces
The Captain made a plea for every
me 10 vote.
j want every man IN Richmond 10
F0tn. and ! shall be satisfied with the
result, ne said
Tnc Captain warned his hearers against
tGs7uI.tion in the CITY Hall. lie urged
hiaat tho people should not simply smile
8,len HE papers. and particularly one
jrf}7ar OF Richmond. charged that the
raea,tgers of the Council are bought ana
ppld hike cattle.
You should lock to it, lie said, that
10 man should be in the high places in
Richmond who has The slightest suspi-
eian attached to him OF evil doing.
~ is said" continued he, that the
present Myor is the friend of labor Will
orc Of you present get up here and tell
me what he has done for the laboring
;ople here? In his eight years as Mayor
Of Richmond, has he ever stood UP like
have tonight and told you men what
sglir GUY TO your families, 10 yourselves,
WAS, aid told You your rights?''
THE STEARNS BLOCK:
T.heHCHpt-'r referred 10 The inter
view ii one of the papers. in which Chies
Iui.e! N..s - ,Yr-.o. 80 .S-..u
las remarks about the destruction OF the
St,.arls Block We're not worthy of consid-
cratFn He declared that the Chief had
written n letter TO tie Mayor on the
2nl,ilf January. saying that it would be
tml.ssIble to toll what might be the loss
ii fire broke out in this block, 1t
,vaid lie very poor consistency Tor him
+ ky ona thing TO the Major IN lis let.
5arlnl to say that his own assertion 10
,h! effect was not worth considering.
10 speaker took the Mayor to task
"a not having something done to avoid
s,t, n calamity as the destruction OF
4, Stcatns Block would be. Yet he had
.6e absolutely nothing in response TO
!, Chief $ letter, so far as any one
few
President TAYLOR called for any pres
Int who wished to speak for Mayor ray
br. No one responded