The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-20
Present Mayor Gives Out Cheer
full and Characteristic
Interview. S'
SAYS HE WILL RENAL n IN N
CONTEST IF \ g q lives IS
Feels Grateful for Five L,,tcrrli|s' "
and Says lie He: Isl. IS Willing 8ty7Iss to
Serve again If The PEG People
Want oilltccl is5s
i irl Some #pf$ Ills
Allusioils.

Tho contes for the Democratic noniii-SSssI
nation for SN1ayor$of the city MIA y = arro,Nlts
down between James 4. ordon, y hose
candidacy Was announced oll.4 yes tord q
through tho columns OF tho Tile 'rtinca-tgii
Dispatch and Captain Richard Al. 49,
lors he Incumbent and should Tho III
ter take this turn, there would n be Fl tleJsa
widespread surprise among those s,y lluS
arc watching tho situation closel Y. 2Sg: Il
When quest toned yesterd,ly rs StoS HISS
conse Inst lie matter, Captal Ga II tori
who has announced hts
didacy, said that io did mot care to s-ssss
cuss It at this time. " candl ldacy ll;is
been formally announced. he said I, but &
Z am not now prepared bto b sa Y hiilgsss
as to my position With cfercnce tois boz
culnpuig IN. 5sg
8l ] t. shall turn OH TO n 81 truight slit
between tho two gent temen llalnesl "a lo Ye.,ss
both of$whom$ arcs,io illll fled geu canti-fSS
dates the race will be III vel VI one, anu
vii grow In warm til as itS grows gc.ssst
Tho announcement 70 Gior ordor' 'sSS
IscandiIacy crca ted t@anf sit II fIcti yss-
terday, aud tho &popuai.s
or support Ill during thc day. IN PASS Il, lsSS
up NI,in9 Street, 10 was topped y lltl-sl
;dreds Of people who assured htmao Git heir
cheerful and loyal support and lc WIS
Receiving telephone MESA ges5 and en- llersSSS
III lis office ana ut nissres1cncsa .li,iiiiSS ri
much of tho duy.iFFii y 5 81 5SSS,
Mayor Is Vigor Gus. 5
while ali this was sol,g, OH, Mas gr55
civ t'Ci.lI1 hand
those who came tug cheer hiaiE Ills Sof-sSSl
flce in the city Hail. HIS Honor was IN
good spirits but 1T could be plainly seem
that his Fighting blood was up. IIs NJ
discussed his candidacy with much more &
freedom than TWO sears ago. when ca RI
tain Mccarthy was opposing linn lls N
greeted the eIlewspaper3 me II $Wlrml VI. ;as III
Elie al VS. does, and ma daS some 3
glnglya characteristics declarations.
You may say. for m e.''' he started out,
adjusting his blacklrimmel oyeglasseA% y
and looking straight ahead that Sil tl1sa@
Great plrltpermtsg me to- 1.-Two 6l VII sl,s q
n candidate for renomtnat lion, and That Vi
am FOR tile masses, and not for the sclass-#
5cs. Nobody has asked me to be q 3sfala-
didatc," he went on, and i have ask Cd
no ono to gel out Of m VI wa v. Z belieYdaF
in putting thcmsout of tile way " llellst lsss
people have spoken. III have beell lfiNa ~
times honol'ed with the poatlo OF M yoE,s
q llu aus DrltlOuiiNlS
constituents for their continued kindlfesslSs
gund confidence. u i3gs III
..They gave me the encouragement sstuissss
re- en- ter the race by the oycrW llelmil q a}
majority by Which i was chosen In Z ~
last primary, whenI ca arried every prte.5S
cinct In the city. In that ranpai iglls \ ~ tS I
stll In the boat and only said 'shoo Sflysss&}
once. ~ .g$7S x KS III I. III . f5sSE4 *. .Ss
any citizen has II right to aspire to any
position within their gift, n think .sal
tain Wise, N Nlr. caslSic. Mr.. CrerlsilitWs
Mr.. Mlnerand all the rest liayeSa rig
5to run and I'll never ask my one; y Yssi
them or any other MAJ, to stay out 70 m m
I me. S, @8 " a !. \ u I, .A., III
ri have no organization never ,tfl llu.l y
any and don't want any. All ! ask y &
fair fight and no favor, and ~ defeateIl.5 !.
III take my medicine like ~ man. st
And us the crowd dispersed ills tionos q
arose and wished all a happy good oye'ss5ss ave-
Ming, repeating that II lle should iiYss3
he would be In the field until the votes II
we're counted on tho night Of the pfrlt3a rls8