The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-01
Our Next Mayor.
I 1,he ,ri,,es-1 Dispatch:

Editor Of The Timcs-D Dispatch:
M s,ir.--Having been an enforced exllo
from my home in my native city OIL h'ci'.
,,,nnd. bv reason Of the nfrmltics or
aIo and disease, my interest IN her Wei-
fave and prosperity, has not, ana never
can flag. while life lasts. 1t was, lhere-
! fore. after long waiting. I received you,
Yesterdays issue, learned the resu'. W
fbr urinary election or the day bclorc,
With great satisfaction ! agree WIZ ' a',
you have said of the cleanliness n'lu
honesty of the present ineuiuupi' CIV.
j,,ypt never heard. from any one, Il WoTu
H., b,nt ,,eyorntors IN those most raluh-
HID no,nts In the character OF y pupnc
nfr,clnl ant may we not hope ana eH-
+. ,,,s.,t the snme characteristics VIII controi
Tho official life of the man selected 4 ues-
d,v nj tbe polls? May we not nope
for and expect much more FROM inc man
chosen this week, for our Guy ch l'cl
s ,xecltive in the near iuturcf NO oiie
doubts his love for and desire 70 w.
,,,ote The prosperity Of his home city,
s very few. il any, doubt his intelligence
and capacity to investigate ali the de-
t,ils of the records of every department
of the CITY governments; or his courage,
and resolution to require that they sh;lll
not be kept otherwise than correctly.
have heard citizens in the last cam
nafrn EXPRESS the fear that he was cr-
ratio and impulsivc, and thus not sui.cu
Ia iii such an office. He has llllcu oi ~
,r,,. ,nportant office thoroughly well,
Is 49, financial interests of the city have
/ materially prorited thereby. What propn-
+ o. ar son of n prophet can say, lln-ul-
Z .;,oness t?) will be developed by promo
I tIon thus earned?
About this time forty-thrce Sc''is h5o
n comparatively obscure anu uii I'M ~ ~ !"
T. nrofessor Mt the Virginia military II
/. stitutc was commissioned coiolie. ~
tho Army of Virginia, ana orderea "
, 1,,tv NJ and near lfarpcr's Ferry. On
40 ,.ro,nd and familiar with the situa-
zion and surroundings, he reconlrleliueu
and urged certain r'ans and movements
,rbifh ha thought necessary to be done
aud done quickly: but the Confederate au-
( thorities then in Richmond and III su,
,,,erno command), ignored his advice, ana
trav him other, orders. lie actually wrote
his resignation and was, with dlliiculls,
persuaded to withhold 1t. ~ niue lhuio
/. than two years from that aale' tiie
orc and only General Rooert " LeS'
wrote. on tho battlefield of Chancellors
,,,Iln "a the peerless ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
n, T fstonewnll) Jackson, IF IT had been
No viii of God, lie could wish himself
IN have been taken and he could hane
hccn spared to their country ana us
n a. not descending from the sublime
10 the ridiculous to IMPLY the prlhcipie
involved in the promotion of such a
man. who did superlatively well, IN every
position to which he was promoteu' ~ 10
the man selected this week. to be me
MAYOR of Richmond for the NEXT term m;
C,nytoin Carlton Mccarthy has done well
4 and heon faithful and efficient In his ser.
t,.icn or the city, SO far. Let US hope ana
,.,,,act he will measure up TO the standard
he has publicly set for himself. May
satisfied constituency be able 10 say, a.
the close Of his STERN, Well DONE gooe
and faithful servant. - p.
3 April IS, 1904.