The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-27
TIL MAYOR HOT
AFTER MCCARTHY t:
Continued from First PnRe.l IS
for civic administration, neither the
Mayor n or the city has been aware
of its fruits Ft ~
To Abuse and Hector
SOM inued rom Firat lPage2I

The Mayor holds thatfrom his OBJ
8servation 2of Z the 4 City. Accountants
behavior h is conception OF the du-t
ties @of his office Is to weep over
those caught by others in pecula-$
ton, to vilify and supplant those
who, int behalf of the city,sdare to
arraign him for his own dereliction.s
to abuse and b ector members of8the3
Council and others who presume to-
differ from him, to glorify himself.
for his scheme Of putting out fires
with Stwenty-inch guns and otherwise
lettering 1.-The city in prepo sterousf
fashion. Fl is III onor 4 su bmits that
such an office for which! A are pre-
scribed those duties; may well be
abolished :. L &
The Mayor asserts that his plan of
allowing the NJ ayor to select expert
accountants from time Il to time ass
they, In his Judgment mi be
needed, is by far the hest pl an
Insult cradle Conceit.
Closing, the Mayor says that the
only reason he has heard for the
reduction OF the salary of The II ac--.E
5conntant is the nnapproachables
merit Of him who gives the office
up Il o become Mayor. The r. Mayor
asserts that this opinion is shared
by the present accountant.
5a The Mayor charges the accOun
VIA insufferablef concelt, such that
he felt able to teach a Cocker to cast
up figures, could exponnd laW3atos
Blackstone. instruct Lee in the art,
OF war and school the Finance COM.
5mittee in finance as the chool
f2ma'am3 schools the little boys and
girls, 5l b !. !, !.
The Mayor says he Is not inclined
TO mistake the unbridled license sof.
a boastful and YitllperntiYe tongue.
and 81 an oyerbeartng insol ence5 s g Of
mann err for executive ability,s3and
that he is not stupid enough to adj
Imire Squixotic prof cts, the soffsprings
OF vanity and 7yentosity, as the COM 2 4.
5panions OF genius.
Ia But, adds the Mayor, II you gen
stlemen are determined TO keep IN
tho old rlit,, by all means keep the
salary sufficiently large as 3 to at
tract a capable man and not merely
a bookkee per. is5 S5 IA II 81
Overlooked R obbery.
tn. message Suspended; u, . !, I, i. & s.
ro tthe Honorable the Membere Of the Board
Of x. Xidsrren 81 the City Of Richmond 1. {.
4 C;entlemcn.--I return without my approval me
ordnance which proposes 70 rednce tne sa'arS
IN ny opinion the oflee % special aoeounta nj NJ
should be abolished and the duties when
its, occupant was expected to pert form should
revert to the dftor, to whom q eS properly
pertain Tho ONCE, as ~ has hitherto been
+ al respects, and In some respects hps been
damaging 10 It., 1T has been ottno assiatancs
swhntaver to tho Mayor, FOR such determination
10 authority as th e Incumbent has co descend
ed dgs he has claimed was =. dl e
re has ever actually made my tn1u int
tho conduct OF tho city departn,entE,l he has
carefully concealed the TACT from thf mayor:
a. lar as know, and Of .this Z have llsa
~ the acsoun tant 70 dscoyer something THIS
related 10 an alleged trrcgularlty in the office
of the clerk to the board Of liea It'll; hut when
Inc accountant'ss inyeat igat Ion WAS Itself ~,
,n1do manifest the efficiency Of the clerk and
Sjnstan nee of robbery Of the city y hieh. within
my ktiowledgc, has been brought TO light dur
Ing Tho term OF the tncainbent had been oyer,
IN thc xuditoPH Office and the only cnnnec-
lion tl,e ineumbcnl had with the csse wa
ira. by his sympathy for the thletB ana
. ..eaax. r'fasTf hs othes 9a eissum
sts sns"s OF his robbery has no far as !
know. ever been made by the Z, asc'unt9nti ],
s .,ili more %
which rendered such robbprlss pras tlcab 7, e
soptlnus. though no had; been. directed to modify
~ Asstd the general duties pf the once,
tisi incumbent and ny tr!!,nns.,sEs nave