The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-28
People, He Said, Did Not Doubt
Street-car Co.'S Would Do 1t.
HIS STARTLING STATEMENTS
Fakes Grave Charges as TO the Use Of Money
ia Municipal Campaign, and Pays His
Respects Anew TO Mayor Taylor.
Other Candidates Speak.
Local Political
Gossip.

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Captain Mccarthy apparently won VOTES
for himself by his speech at Monticello
Hall last night.
It shall vote fo- him: he won me OYER"
.ad man as he " ent his way humeward
from the meeting.
The speaker was heartily applarded
throughout Hs made one of the most
vigorous and pointed addresses of mis-
remarkable campaign. He was fearless
rnd called names throughout He said
-, one in the City Hall, he thought.
doubted that Council,nen had been de-
yauched by street railway companies.
They were just afraid to say SO, he
Thought
He t1ld of one man who. he was as
Sured, had received in this campaign SOD.
an1 that man said he was going TO keep
it and then vote the way he pleased. lie
went further even than this. He made
:.n exceedingly grave charge about the
conduct of street railway matters. He
was called upon by a gentleman in the
audience to repeat his statement and
did SD vigorously
He denounced two newspapers Of the
city, declaring that one was suppressing
what he said. and that the other was
employed by its owners to distort his
addresses and prejudice the people of
his native city against him.
HALL WAS PACKED.
This was by far the best attended meet
ing OF Madison Ward voters held this
campaign, Monticello Hall was flied
TO overflowing. Scores of people stood.
President Walsh was in the chair. The
~ fS,x>e- f,
Justice of the peace, Council and Board
of Aldermen. Then came the general
candidates, among whom were Messrs.
j. c. Smith and Claiborne Epps. for
city sergeant; Sheriff Hughes and Can
didate Epps. for that Office, and finally
Captain Mccarthy.
This gentleman began by reading
paper in which he outlined .the charac-
ter of the man whom he thought was
qualified for Mayor of a great city. He
said he had furnished it TO the papers, but
none of them would print it.
THE LOWEST STIiATA-
Leaving that he devoted his ability III
he use of sarcasm and inyectire to
Mayor Taylor. He said quite a number OF
new things about His Honor. He said, in
another connection. that his enemy Of
one OF the afternoon papers had taken
up a column of his paper to describe a
clared that later the man who gave the
dinner and some who were present were
fined 5000 in the Police Court for violations
OF the city and State laws, and that one
the presiding genius of the occasion, had
been sent on 10 the Hastings Court. He
said he went down to the Police Court
to see about the records of these men.
and one of the officials said: You need
not look at the records, Mac; they We're
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denounce lawlessness like do" he said.
TT WAS FALSE,
Captain Mccarthy said Mayor Tavlor
did not have the Iieht to the name Hon
est Dick He made statement. the
speaker said, in his set speech which he.
himself. knew to be false at tho time.
and that he, the speaker, had told him Of
it since. with absolute proof. and the
Mayor had not had the coura sc to make
a correction
Captain Mccarthy said he expected a
tidal wave in his favor before the pri-
mary. He closed with the statements
given in the Introduction. He said the
burden Of his remarks in this ward-the
ward in which he was born and ALWAYS
felt at home-was to denounce the mis-
representation OF him before the people
Of Richmond lie said he was glad that
there We're two paners yet in Richmond
which We're not sold. and that if the peo-
pie wanted to read clean truthful and
fearless papers published hc-a thev must
ret The Times and Leader. They had not
favored him. he said more than they had
favored any other candidate, but they
had dared to print the truth.
The City Central Committee will meet
at 6 o'clock tonight at Nurphy's Hotel.
The only business to be done will be the
SA1fS St,N
candidates. which, it is said. will be.
larger than ever before.
Lee Democratic Club will meet at No
1olo West BROAD Street tonight at s
o'clock.
The Pen and Pencil Club will meet at.
$50 o'clock at No. so2 North Fifth Street.
Mr.. Edrar FERGUSON. who IS candidate
Tor Council from Jefferson Ward said
yesterday morning that the report that he
favored the sale of the Gas-Worlss was
not true.
..T am in favor Of municipal ownership
OF many public institutions. = he said.
and would like to see the city have It's
own electric plant and its own railways.
] have always favored this. and ff 4
ret into Council I shall do all can
to the end that the city get its own
clcctric-light plant at least.
Mr. J. "A. Pnrdie has announced himself
candidate for Justice OF the Peace In
Lee Ward.
Tammany Club held q largely attended
: meeting last nfpl,t. at which a ,,,,.-,s,e-3
OF ward candidates and several of those
{ for general OFFICES made speeches.
Weller rssrt Martial.
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