The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-13
CAP I.IN'CAI(T
FINE MEETING
He Was Justify cheered at Old
Market Hall Last Night.
.soLARp 20 R THEMAY0R
"Llye Wire" Burns His Houor's Speech Up.
Arraigus Council aud Attacks Owners
Of the Street Car Lines.
The Norfolk Strike.

Captain Mccarthy had ona Of the bese
meetings OF his campaign last MS ht.sAl
deserved to rank nearer tne first meetlAe
at the ACADEMY or Muse than any otner.
This gathering was held at the Old Maj
ket Hall. and wnlle it was a SOMEWHAT
shifting crowd, nearly all the seats Hete
occupied at all times. Many also stoou.
The attendance was representative.
Among those present were Ponce COM
missioner Chris Manning, Superlntenu-
ent Of Street Cleaning Henry conn,
,Councilmen Pollock, Glenn, Mi1ls anu
Adams Captain Whillock, Of the flrs.
Police District, was also present, ana
Officers Kuhn, Robinson and others were
in the hall during parts of the evening.
Captain Whitlock was asked ii he had
received a request. to have the hall well
policed for the evening. He replied that
no more officers were there than We're
usually at political meeting, and all
the officers in the hall were on duty on
that beat.
The speaking began about $50. Cap
tain Mccarthy began by Offering the
privileges OF the hall to any candidate for
office who was present and wished to
speak. No one came forward. and so he
turned the current on the "live wire
The subjects chiefly discussed were the
Mayor, the Council, City Hall officials
and the street railways. None Of these
were spared. These do not, OF course,
represent all the themes touched upon,
but what We're probably most interesting
to the people of the city. The address
was literally applauded throughout.
THE MAYORS SPEECH
Captain Mccarthy began by referring
70 ho inf of N in
his speech at Belvidere Hail that Mr..
c. V. Meredith was responsible for the
Improvement of tho Sinking Fund stat
us The speaker declared that Mr.. Mere
dith had. since that speech, authorized
him to state that he had nothing to do
with the Sinking Fund, but that the
credit was due to Captain Mccarthy
himself. The Mayor referred to the bond
ed debt of the city and of the prosperity
of the city. The speaker declared that
there had been fire and floods in Rich
mond, murders in the streets. small
poN and other calamties. but that the
Mayor had as much influence over these
things as he did over the prosperity of
the city.
Again he talked of the Mayor and his
connection with the Council. He said
the Mayor and no influence with the
Council. He could not argue. could not
oppose. could not encourage and was not
fit for Mayor nor was any man who could
not do these things.
All these hits at the Mayor were ap-
plauded heartily.
Captain Mccarthy took up the Mayor
in another light. He said he had heard
men say:
ooh Dick isn't much good, but he is
safe
'.Why not get an idiot or a, paralytic
t., be Mayor, so he will be perfectly safe:
asked the speaker.
This question was greeted with laugh
ter and applause.
HOW TO GET RICH.
The speaker dwelt considerably on the
street railways. He said: Brother Be
Mss declares that he has saved the peo-
PC of Richmond thousands of dollars oy
riding on his cars at half price. If that
is So why don't people do nothing out
ride on the cars and get rich.
s.You try it, continued the speaker,
for a week.
Here is nnother question which was
applauded: "Does any one doubt that
the two street railway companies have
done more to debauch tho people of
Richmond in the last two years than
politics have done in the hast twenty?
If you do 1 don't said the speaker.
SPICY STRIKE TALK.
The ronainder of the speech was
and strike talk. The speaker referred
10 the presence of the military in Nor
folk; said it had been carried there to
= fight down labor. He declared that the
same people who owned the street rail-
way lines in Norfolk and were calling
on the military to fight down there, and
were depressing the people, We're the
same who were fighting him here They
say, he declared, that Dick Taylor is the
friend of the working man. Then, he
asked why it was that the people run
who were fighting him here. and the
working man in Norfolk. hiring news
PAPERS here to defeat him, and calling
out military in Norfolk to shoot down
the working man, were the friends of
the Mayor.
When he had concluded. n number of
persons came to him and shook his
hand and expressed their friendships for i
him and his cause. One young man said
a small band of his friends were on his
side.
Mccarthy and these We're given. Three
other cheers were called for by a friend
Of Honest Dick" and these were also |
given.
Candidates to Fulton Democrats.
The Fulton Democra tic Club met last
night at Nelson's Hall. The attendance
was unusually large. number of can
lidates were present. Mr.. Epps candi-
date for sheriff. and Mr.. Smith, can
didate for the city sergeantcy, made
speeches, as did Candidates Mosby, Sat
terfield and Washer, for the Board of
Aldermen, and candidates for the Com
mon Council.
The club decided to endorse a petition |
TO the Council for the removal of the |
.nolls of First Marshall from the present /
location to Lester Street to a place in
.Fulon where the high water would not
reach it.
CITY COMMITTEE NETTING