The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-31

agegt Broad Street. EX-A!derman X j.
l1ayis viii preside and the little haIi VIII
10 dout4. be crowded as 1T mas never
been before
Captain Mccarthy said last night that
lis tf,ap.scd effort tonight could hardly
b. tcllnct u speech other candidates
would be present and he did not wish 10
consume much lime. Ills next engage
ncnt so far as he is now informed, VIII
be AZ Cocoran Hall, either on the "'h
or thc 18th OF February. Meanwhile ar
engagements arc making Tor meeting az
tJld Market Hall and then ut Monroe
llall in Clay Ward. His academy speech
VII t.. printed and distributed among t1e
voters Captain Mccarthy had hearo
llotaiuS last night of a movement WIilch
s. said 10 be on foot to have MN si'enh
al lhc Academy again shortly 1T LOOKS
as If he and Mayor Taylor might have
tho race all TO themselves. CoIonei ou-
ford has about determined not to be
candidate He said yesterday that TINS
Was his present idea, Int he would not
say irrcyocably that lie would not run
WANTED EXPLANATIONS.
Several members Of the Street Commit
IL I!lad upon Captain Mccarthy yester-
d.v and asked for explanations concerning
language alleged TO have been used by
him in one of his speeches in regard TO
fights before the Council and Street Com
ntiitee Tor street railway franchises lie
satisfied them all that his attack was not
Il on the present Street Committee, bnl
l,aan the Street and Finance Committees
.as constituted several years ago, when
ihs franchise fights were on. lie declined
10 dnny that he used the language I'M
ritcd to him. aud said later on he would
give ont the names of the men 10 whom
L." alluded
Mr. Harry Glenn. OF Madison Ward, a
], iY,hcr Of the street Committee, only
on Of
HE Grst to call on Captain Mccarthy.
~ Glenn felt that in attacking
tac street Committee the Captain had at
cled him In his request for an OK
pianation of the attack be said:
Neither you nor anyone else can call
Tnc Il coward without my rcsenting IT,
Farther Mr.. Glenn asked Captain Nc
Carthy if he could point to amy spot on
rs record TO which the words used could
l.. applied. Captain Mccarthy then told
Cir. Glenn that the committee referred TO
Mas the committee as II existed prior TO
his being a member of the city Council
;,fd added that he had never heard a
ord against or had the slightest sus-
ricion Of Mr.. Glenn.
MIR. PETERS CALLS.
Later Mir. Peters. of the present com
mittcc and who Was, by The way. a MEM
har OF The committee as it was constr
1,fed at the time Captain Mccarthy re-
ference applies. called on the Live
IS lIsn." lie was closcted with him for an |
llour or 50. and was presumably satisfied |
when he left. Captain Mccarthy, it is
understood told him that the attack was
not on individuals of t.>e committee, but
un the committee as a Whole.
Later in the afternoon Messrs. POLLOCK,
Gibson and N'hittet called upon Captain
Mccarthy in reference TO the statement.
a reporter who WAS present WAS not al
10 into
:,ftcrward il was learned that the inter
New WAS entirely satisfactory TO all con
ccrncd and the Counc"mcn departed with
smiles on their faces
Whcn asked to specify the gentle
man at whom the attack was di-
rcctod, captain McC"rthy made this state
ment:
Il think it best to say that this is not
an effort to correct =. statement of mine
or modify II statement Of mine or add
TO any sstatemest of mine. but TO correct
What arc probably unntcntional errors
iit the newspapers which quoted me
For instance one paper, in discussing
an incident of three or four years ago,
gives a list of the Street Committee as
constituted to-day, the necessary result
being that gentlemen who were not IN
Council during the agitation of the rail
road franchises but who arc now mem
bers of the Street Committee. feel az
fTEsfNrt. j ave lnlG al OF iii'tiii Wiz
approached me that their quarrel vas
with the paper and not with me.
NECESSARILY ERRONEOUS.
THE item concerning this subject pub
lished in a PAPER yesterday evening is
necessarily. erroneous, because Tie writer
attempted TO condense into space of
1--WE inches The impressions made by an
animated. rapid and vigorous statement
which consumed not less than twentJ
minutes The truth is that the criti-
cisms made concerning tho Street Com
nittoe arc based not simply on the inn
mediate actions - the committee on the
rubject under consideration. but also on
the conduct and votes Of tho individual
members of tic Street Committee and the
Finance Committee in the Council when
tho franchise was on It's passage.
Il shall seize The first opportunity to
publish a list of thc Street Committee
md the Finance Committee as constituted
al that time and a list of the members
OF those two committees as they voted on /
the final passage of the ordinance by |
Council. And by way of preparation
OF the public for the fun effect of the |
above described lists. ! viii state that
each committee. Finance and Streets. |
unanimously sustained the taxation plan
formulated by myself for the Finance
Committee. Tho result of the passage |
nj the general franchise was the defeat
NJ this taxation clause which had already
received unanimous endorsement of the |
Finance Committee which has always
been regarded as the most Influential
committee. and The Street Committee,
which is the largest committee in Coun- |
sil. tho TWO committees aggreSating twen- |
ty-onc out of total Of forty-cight men,
constituting both branches of Council"
THE VITAL POINT
Ono of the statements 10 which CAPTAIN |
Moo I,fi, f..lsH =!
which he Was quoted as saying:
What ] said about the companys CT |
forts before the Street Committee was |
rot an attack Oh the company, but an
attack on the Street Committee for in
competency, incapablity, and cowardice." |
The other statement was that in a
morning paper to this effect: 1T was
not an attack upon the railroad COM
sany. but upon the Street Committee for
lis incompetency and incapabAity, fol-
bowed. ii was. by the names of the
aentlemen composing the Street Com
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