The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-27

X sistontiy circulated the rimor that Mr..
Carthy was d prbhibitionlst and Noiio
\ at once upon his advent Into the ohce OF
Mpyor, order a local option election.
@ The lio,or people forced All issue, and
having etaBed all, against The best judg.
inert OF their friends. they lost, and were
81 driven from the field.
Other Obstacles.
4 But this was not I'LL. Captain Me-
Carthy had against him. n large per-
centaEc Of the working people and of
the municipal Officers and employees, He
had 10 meet and combat on every hand
the suggestion that he was wild ana
4 cratic and his enemies were active IN
acrentuating these objections. What Is
called IN common political parlance the
.'nachine," was almost solldly for Mayor
Taylor. and the betting Yas two ana
three 10 ono that way from tho start.
But on the Mccarthy side, swung the
strong, tlnswervlng business element IN
almost solid phalanx. supported ioSnlly
In their efforts for tncir game leader
by the great conservative middle classes,
who bow the knec}to no leader, ana VINO
know not OF the ms and outs OF political
organization.
"a, an a' fro,,, tha star, and he won prac-
tcally without an organization, by
stirring the unframed masses pS the
most brilliant stump canvass ever made
for public office in Ricliinond.
All day long in the dronching rain the
conlelu.,s ipness ,ho ctt,, tho Tayior
s pase BEING ne i largely managed by the LIQUOR
forces and local politicians Both the
candidates moved about from poll to
mil and cheered and encouraged their
s s,r,, ,.'e
p,4.1aJ :, +he S+orr,,
\ ,,.,,,,,,r r,,,,,
At nearly every precihct young army
OF volunteers $1,000 anu oa.Lieu ior nle
Carthy during the Gay ana e.l.. .lous s.l ele ,
less reports "ouiat come ipih ens.
theY never Wiseieu -, 49,, e ta,,, ~ IA ali.
tncir coilslahcs "hs 'i'o '> = : ~ -
tical ieaueIs. ,.o+oa o,r,,, ,,a a.
I'll business men nuteu eaiis ~, niiu
them were stIetellsu ,asi. t,,n ,,,i,ats
clncts' ANXIOUS ~ Vr,,i,a - ca,,,
Tor Captaih Mclh' t ~ nt H. a. 1s,ta1
pared VIII iofi Us 800 l., a.oa.s re thnt
was fos ia A.. ~ "' nersons # having
expected ny H'os ono p', ,r rbr, woe ,,roaf
lea.i,.u ~, c,+, min ,ftor nirht-
aeIiNi,s az Iu. ,,,,,sr ,on,at,,od onon m
~ . ciusN' ra4ro. 80 ~, ,,o,,.
one o., me ~ alse I'.as ~ 'fol,t 4 ~
rcmaIkaoie con'esl "s .n' oi"at... -
%.Nin me ,"'us =. ~ ~, - a. ,',,s ~
mhlnea oi ths ,l -, ~ ~ s,,tioi.ns oil dav
9,icen.eht o. .i,.s pese po'.a ,,a,a 1,,itI
mat me tesuit 49," sr'.a.,,. .''
chances laYotlhs Meeat .,'s,
KRIS Money Changed F1andS.
II & hard to estimate the amount of
y - ~,
snlt 'btt 1t is believed that it reaches
far, into the thousands, and that most
~ 1, 1ras raised and lost by the liquor
neonle
4 rherc we're no fights and few If any
~, Observation-Disclosures around the polls. and
while thoge interested on both sides we're
terribly in earnest, there was no dis
Naval of bitterness of feeling.
sianv interesting incidents occurred
/, rn,,nG ,he nollinc places. Over in Mar
shall Ward. when the Rev John Harmon
offared tn vote. he was asked what was
lie ,orcnration 1Jc made n chara cterictic 4
rer,1y which set ali in a fit OF merriment
n ,,se7 10 he a Confederate SOLDIER
,.,,1, Az, eminent divine. "but at present
: ~, -, -, 90. in flrhtinr the devil.
ail -. .s,ss.,,, incdent occurred at
!. IJal ,ast nirht when the result
W., 7, '.cnnoa l.nown. chairman Doherty
;',,,,,ed Mayor rraylor and CAPTAIN Nc
1.nst1,,, Sco,fer ;vitb him m tie stage.
M, ,.' +a,t n,nvod forward with apparent
,.tnnotsnca xhile the former came with
1,,a,, alastio' stan The chairman sug-
,,a.taI tbat oaoh ,,ame two friends TO
So, ~ t,n,nl. cnntninjnp the ballots
' mua.ti az, az ni,,,t front,in Mccarthy
wv ~. ,,I' tn5 - 49,, ra,,n in the names
ie e ts,onas ~, Wavo,. Taylor do
o. tWo ltieius' ,'ii ~ 10, 10 ~ ri, 70
ci'iiFu CIV ns'''' ~ ~ ,attor ordarel thnE
lhe c' nan u ,ii''.: ~ ~ cocond policoa
lIahk " pe tun ,sn - -
49, 49,
II VI had been previously aIFuiiSeu ~