The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-17
MAYOR WILL
DRESS WELL,
His Honor Declares What He
Will Do With Additional
Salary.
ORDINANCE RECOMMENDED
Compensation Fixed at $1,000
and Given a Clerk and
Stenographcr.

The ordinances fixing the salary OF tho
Mayor OF Richmond at $500 per year and
allowing him clerk who shall be q. ste
npgraphcr were favorably$ reported from
tho charter ordinance last night, after
a most interesting speech by His Honor.
Mayor Mccarthy.
The committee seemed deeply inter-
.estcd in all the Mayor said. and 1t took
only a few moments IN executive seq
sion to act favorahly upon the ordinances noes
In addressing tho committee. Captain Nc
Carthy, among other things. said:
matter for Inc to come before you TO
ask an increase In the salary OF ne
pos ton hold. but want to say IN
the outset. that nm going g., to d, deal
4 rcr5with tho Council a. all times. THIS
/ Is my first contact With tn s. commit.
tee, and j propose TO stand out on
this line submit that no 9nn ma Ma ea
without the spending Of money. ana
I am going to spend II out OF my sal
airy, If you will perm me to 90 SO.
Should Dress Neatly.
II propose to spend from $50 to 81; =
ooo a year in lines which think VII
tenemt the city Tae yaSee 9 at his
disposal. The head OF nearly every
department has one, and expect 10
buy one out OF my salary. ana use We
city y as d real estate agent uses his
buggy In his business y.
The Mayor ought, at all times.
to wear clean, decent. respectable
trimmed: Ills shoes shlned his linen
clean. and his clothes generally should
be Of proper. appea rance. Like an
army officer. he should ever be ready
and make proper showing. expect
& to keep this matter In mind. and
challenge any man to say that IN B
( 20 years he has ever known me to make
any attempt at dressing. AS to tho
necess ty FOR clerk in tho Mayors
office, who shall be q btenographer,tl
will say thatI want him that may
rid myself Of any details, and attend
Y city's interest.
Remain All Day.
active and business-lke than it has 1
been In the past. Il will not come
there at II o'clock and leave at 2 I
have been on duty all each day since
the first OF september.
I am going to strive to do my duty
unrescrvedly, and l will accept no
other honor. employment or enrolment
WINE IL NOIQ tine place.
II am going to strive to do my duty
hopes and keep busy In the interest
Of the great corporation. over which
have been called to preside. shall
s. have the sou! satisfying consciousness
Of having done my duty.
42'"Tlie communications from the
3 Mayors office should be nicely type
written, as are those from all well-
4 conducted business concerns, as we'll
as from the executive Offices of much +
smaller cit es. It reminds one of q
back county toasee papers from the
7 Mayor ~ to 81 the Council Is written on s
shabby paper. and In a poor hand.
Will Attend to Business.
When communications come to mo
as Mayor, shall not reply that tho
city don't pay me to give other people
information; you had better apply to Z
some mercantile agency. =
II prom Sc you gentlemen that IL a
don'tl!econvlnces you 81 in ninety days
that I sam saving the additional con-
I,ensation am asking, Ill leave 1T In
the treasury. 8. rs ttt.3$ h
You can't reduce tho salary during
my term. but ! can fail to draw It,.
and I will so fail IL you are not sure
l lam deservng It, and making a prop
& sertrcturn with my labors.