The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-19
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IS 70 $40 Up Tho situation about. az most
3 Taylorl people put 1t, the language OF d
councilman oil The subject, might be
quoted aptly here. l;t,
Why They Believe #1t.
When asked last night how the fight
would 70 III his section, no said.
MCCARTHY seems to nave right
mitch strength. but I do not think he cali
win. Mayor Taylor has y strong pull.
8Ihe lis and tho #S llduor deal-
ers wifi over. bnlnnce the otllei'sside and
elect. him. .i5 y, 81
" rho relative merits Of the candidates.,
az we'll rs their relative strength. are
discussed iii nearly every group and al Y
most any advocate or ofls will undertakes
on slight provocntion to point out the
alleged shortcomings OF the other. \,
A Taylor man. for instance, VIII say
TINT he fears Captain Mccarthy might
prove erratic II elected, and immediately
ID friend Of the latter Will point TO MS r q
winning fight for the debt settlement on
q business basis and his battle which
resulted lii securing largely increased 3.
5tnxes from the railroads, together with
Ills tsatchful record as city accountnnt,
3jls evidences, OF sound business prlncl:N
3rles ;ngrained In the official life OF his
.tavoilte. a 5.5 5t535
say He's Conservatives XII
,rhe Taylor people bank on the consen'rt-i
vntive record OF their candidate, and de-
clare that he has refrained ntthll times
from doing anything which might tend TO
stir up matters around the city 1laallI l.l
They delight to refer to this as : Honest
Dick" and TO the wonderful hold ne n, has
hitherto had on what he terms the HI1in
Bucket Brigade 55 &
5s Ana no the fight goes on. each Side ap-
narcntly hopeful yet neither absolutely
confident of7victory In the end when the
silent ballots shall have been pollcd, from
whose nrbltrament there can DO no q p
peal. =. IN /. !. 4. y,
when 1t became 80 generally .tai it''
around yesterday that the IL uor l esalt.
would be largely for Mayor 'Taylor IN n q, tne
primary, there was an apparen t53{tt Cl lls5s
inosition on the part OF the sporting ira tl I.
.ternity 10 offer odds on his renomlna.
ton though so far as could be learned sal i
little or no money was actuallySputt ! up p.
Hard to Foretell.
what developments will take place In
the limited time between noWsiand the
26tf OF April when the votes will be case
no living man can foretell, for 1t ts. IN
deed, astruggle in which there have been
and may be yet new developments at all
most every turn, but It Is certain that
tho stump canvass which Captain NC NC
Carthy is making is arouslng the voters
to q deeper interest in their municipal at
fairs, and will have the effect Of bringing
a very large percentage of those quail lifted
10 participate in the primary to the polls
on election day.
IN the account Of the Sanger Hall meet
Ing in Sundays Times-Dispatch,C Captain
Mccarthy was by a Typographical error.
made 10 say that offices were created
as /, reward for services, when, as a
matter OF fact. he reiterated hiss oft-re-5
peated declaration that offices were not"
created for such purpose. In the same
connection he was made to say he did
not desire the faded votes OF the
mlayoralty, when he said faded robes. sSl.
The meeting in Fulton tonight prom
ises to be well attended. and the re-
nainder Of the campaign will likely be
full OF interesting Incidents. 54