The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-12-28
FINAL BATTLE
FOR Or TREASURER / |.S || |. |.
Great Contest Will End
To-Day With Cast
ing Of Ballots,
MUCH INTEREST
BEING DlSPLAYEDE
Mr.. Charles L. Todd Retires IN
Graceful Card, and There
is Much Speculation
AS to Where His ;
Vote Will
Go. S5,:aI: 600

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Candidates for Treasurersllip.
NJ w. Davis, Z. c. Garrison,
IL. B. Hancock. A. c. Harman. 5s,3 3
John krausse, James B. Pace. HI }s
Chas. ]. Philips. James B. Wood. jjsa..
William RI. Zimmermanr.
with tho battle OF the ballots for city. ;
treasurer. to-day will end ono of the most
unique aud interesting campaigns ever
fought in Richmond for a local Office, and
one OF the eleven aspiranta will get 8 n
handsome New Years gift from the peo-
ple
Mr. Charles l.. Todd retired from this /
contest yesterday in a graceful and manly
card, which reads as follows:
"The contest for the trensurership has A
assumed such peculiar and unexpected Il
conditions that feel assured 4 cannot
win at this time. n; 3S35
.I therefore announce my withdrawal
from the race. $ X IT 34
ITO my many friends in ali sections sof
the city i return my heartfelt thanks forR
their good will and Jealous su1,por t. a
Where the strength Of Mr.. Todd viii n;
80 is a question, but all OF the votea he &s
would have gotten will not be cast: for
any one candidate by any manner Of
means. fs33s
The fight Is terribly mixed and there
was never a time when those active 81 81
local politics were more divided in their
choice. s5i33 a HI II
Deep Personal Interest.
Tho polls Will be opened at the usual
voting precincts at :25 this morning.,
and will l@close at i4:57 p. NJ. It is feared
that these short hours will deprive many
working people Of the privilege Of voting
and yet 1t is argued, OH the other hard ,5St
number, will8not be at work. Not ~ llSs
many years has so much Of personal in
terest been displayed in n local contest,
and this is accounted for because all the
candidates have strong friends, who aTeSi
actively at work for them n IL FIN Hi ss55s
This will mean a heavy vote, and it sAs
expected that the total Will not fall below
5000. l5 M ri iSsss sssfss5
1t will be n general election In con-
tradlstinction with q party primary. and
all persons who We're qualified to par
tlcipate In sthe recent November contest
will be admitted to vote. This will u ir45Ssa
sclude Republicans and colorod citizens
as We'll as white Democrats. In addi-As3
ztlon to those referred to above, all male II
citizens who have become OF age since a
the November election may pay their
taxes: register and vote to-day. 8
Tho official ballots have been printed
and the necessary paraphernalia for. con-
Quoting the election delivered to the
Judges and clerks named by the Elec-B
toral Board. s
Will Know Early.
Owing to the early closing OF the polls. N
the result Will bellsnown possibly by $780,
and certainly by s o'clock p. NJ. Tele-
phones will DO kept busy making known b
the returns to tile various clubs, news
papers and hotels, and many personal
Inquiries may be anticipated III
There has been a good deal Of bettins,sg
and the money has been laid in many
different ways. In sporting circles Pace 4
and Wood are easy fnvorites, but by no b
means all the money has been placed on
them 5345 4 5f,s Z
There have been some oven bets on
both OF these gentlemen and u good many
on pluralities, but the sporting people
have laid wngers on the size OF the total
vote and that OF the winner. 1t Is not at
nll unlikely that large sum OF New
Year money will change hands on to-SS
days results, though it Is not known tha
wngers. s5s.sa
Most of the candidates seem to have
fairly good organizations and dozens g 81
strong precinct leaders Will be at WORE
all day. Carriages and buggies VIII pc
pressed into service and there VIII % Z.
runners scattered throughout the CITY
All Bars Closed.
Tho bars all closed at sundown yester-7 1
day evening and will not open unti susf- suss Z
rise Tomorrow morning unoer y. Wy ,,,,,ss; ~
Major Werner has mace the usuf..i8; usuue.sS;
police arrangements and one htrolmah
will be at each precinct during the day.
The final determination of Mr. u.
Garrison to remain In tho contest nuns
complications to an already conaplex slt
uation, and this fact was OFTEN retefreu
to by tho supporters of various othet
candidates yesterday. I, . .
q The friends of Alessrs Il ttailnhn
philips, Zimmermann ana otflers OF ~ ~ !
rema,nInr nsplrants ara equally as ac-5
live and enthusiastic as those OF Messrs.ss
Wood and Pace. and on all SIDES tner4 4
are prospects for a merry flnai strugels'59
The contest has been clean ana high Ssp8
far a, is known, and while no bitterness
Mas anpeared there has been. and Ia
now, tho greatest amount OF interest," ahu
earnestness. q .
,rhe ONCE is considered one OF thaS
best in tho CITY Hall, and the man WHO
lands it will have q most des!rahhiaH
berth e4 5ss3sg
Officers Named @ fsa
Following ara tho judges and clerks
chosen to conduct the election;
Clay Ward. sss55
E'irst--II. y. b. Moore Thomas Roudasss
c. b, Carey. judges; clerks, !. ., 'Tylsr8
and Roger Gilbert. ,s Sss8,
second--P, n. Howle. G.. r. Davis.
Charles rriplett. judges; g, e.. Frenoi,.
III EIalSljp, clerks. p f6g tstsa ~ H M Sss
Thlrd--H. Il, Hulco, G. w. Carter,
NJ, Wi.liams. judges: John 7, Carter.
clerk,
Lee Ward.
Flrat--J. Il. Winston. A. ~. Goddin. =.