The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-02
new MAYOR !. |
in. OFFICE i:
Music, Flowers and Congratu-.
lations for Captain
Mccarthy.
WAS NOT PRESENT L: ) \ /
Large Crowd Cheer and Well
come New Executive and
Wish Him Well. 8s.

~ In Qtuo presence OIL perhaps more TeplS.
sentative citizens than have gathered III
the reception room Of the Mayors office
at any one time since the City Hall was
built. Captain Carlton Mccarthy assumed
his duties as Richmond g chief executive
at noon on yesterday. and was kept busy
receiving business men, city officials and
citizens generally. for several hours there
after. 5s5T3 81 55733fi;. E 5S 5s
And all this was Ii, the face Of repeated
statements that there would be no formal
ceremonies attending the Induction Of the
new Mayor into Office. 1t Is altogether
been arranged the hall would not have
held those who would have come to shake
the hand Of the new Mayor and to wish
him well In his broader field Of civic
usefulness. N II.
II Following in the footsteps OF Mayor
Moss. Of, Newport News, Mayor Taylor
did not come down, but simply left the
key in his desk for his successor I'll
Was. a Surprise. v, II,
The ovation given Mayor Mccarthy.
by his Il felloW-citizens was a complete
surprise to him, and the apparent genu-.
ineness5 of the tulauons offered be-
spoke the hearty esteem in which he rs
held by the community. 5s$S
Some men who fought him hardest in
the primary were among the first to
these was Alderman w. HI. Zimmermann,
who gave the new executive @ y hearty;
hand grasp and wished him successful
administrat ion. 81 s III III & iSSs5ss
q Said prominent lawyer and lifelong
friend: Carlton, this is some thing for
which I have hardly dared to hope, but 7
means a great deal for Sour dear old
city, ls ri S85 rs aail Is ss54
Forced to Speak. Il.
Il Captain AIcCarthy bore .it all with his
accustomed dignity, and was deeply
touched at the splendid Informal ovation,
which came with such q degree Of spon--33
staneousness as to indicate its thorough
}genuinenesS. 2sstifi q, tiSs 81
He had prepared no speech, but was
practically forced to make one. and dur
ing the course OF Its delivery he was ften
loudly cheered. He had not ticipated
that there would DO any musi c, blu Z Pro
5fessor Iardella sprung a happy surprise
by having his band on hand "A and rcn-
dering Hail to the Chief Dixie, ''8 and
other popular and inspiring airs. 81
Council committees, placed a. large vase
OF American Beauties on Captain Nc
,Carthy's desk, and this remembrance was
greatly apprecia ted l 3s..5 rs. 3i
& 5Then new Mayor said !: rs Al 555
THE first duty Of every man In his
private and in his official relatisSs IS to
prepare his heart to endure VIII teHer
may come to8him of reproach or of COM
He should undertake the cool
and fearless performance of his du ~ wi 3
out reference to the results looking all
ways to the strict impartial 6 discharge
of that duty, and leaving 1t with his fell
low-cittzens to9reward or punish him IS
he may d eserye. d RI ~ 3tiA55
M "a new condition Of fairs has begun
in Richmond j. Things heretofore regarded
with indif florence or amusemcn IL should
now be considered from another point
of view. The people Of Il Richmond are
now awake to the possibilities Of city gov
ernment, and they Will wa tch for results
from the recent change In rsonnel 53 II
Not a Mere Machine.
'"rhe city government shall no longer
be a mere machine for assessing. ~ ollect-j
ing and spending taxes, u or "a useful cons
venience supplying easy berths "A for la zyi
holders, but 1t must be made useful
for> the advancement Of the SAT ETY.. COM
fort, prosperity and happiness of the peo-
ple who pay for Its Elaint ena1 nee. II
can make 1t so, and ]. am going to try
/ shall be a BILE to meet my end VII cons
posure as a man going to his reward
This Is an agakened and Intelligent
community, and It Is going to turn & It's
back on poverty. humiliation and distress
and press forward to evcr-incre e
greatness and blessedness under God $