The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-16
HEAVY WEEK IN
LOCAL POLITICS
Candidates to Enter the
CityPrimary Must M, IS Pay
Up Tomorrow
OTHER MATTERS
OF INTEREST
~
City Committee to Choose Of
ficcrs and Precincts and Vote
on Question Of Shutting
Out Press Clay Ward
Actives to Have
Meeting


OF strcnuosty for the local politicians.
Beyond the activities which w'll-bctca
ried on by tho candidates for the Two
branches of tho Council, there arc nt
least three meetings in which the general
public appear to have as much as pass
Ing interest
One IS that Of the officers OF the Cily
Democratic Committee IN Chairman
Iooherty's Office at the Capitol Tomorrow
from 1929 q. NJ 10 12 NJ. to receive en-
tries ana fees for the primary; another
the meeting of the full committee Err
day night, 10 select officers and voting
places for tic primary Of April 18Th. ana
10 determine tho question OF cxclunlIE
Newspaper reporters from the meetings OF
tic body, and the third. the gathering
o. the Clay Ward Actives TO hear the
candidates next Saturday night
The meeting In Chairman Dolicftys s
pif,cc tomorrow will be formal in a way,
and yet its results viii be earnestly
awaited. as nearly every Democratic
voter as well as candidates. desire to
know who will finally be In the contests
it. the various wards for Common Coun-
Gil and Board Of Aldermen.
Pay Up Tomorrow
1t seams we'll settled that Treasurer
James Il. Pace will have no opposition.
The wild run he made during the Christ
mas holidays to succeed the late Mr.
Phillips appears to have settled this
matter once for all.
The fees to be paid for entries arc as
follows:
4 For councIlmcn, $40 each; for aldermen.
SIS each: for city treasurer. Sis each.
THE meeting Of the City Committee
Friday night will beSrathcr interesting
The various ward superinteNGnts VII.
recommend tic, primary Officials. ana Q I
the same time the places where the VOTING
rs to take place. n NJ
Beyond this tho question q closed seq Sc
Eions will come up again. and an amend
ncnt providing that newspaper men be
excluded from llc deliberations OF the
body will likely be adopted.
rho mnttcr was voted upon several
weeks ago. and the proposition TO excl ude
the press was lost by a vote OF 10 to y
on q motion to reconsider. IT came UP
again last Friday night. and thoueh u
was finally laid over, the motion 70 re-
consider was adopted by something like.
ayes, II; noes. s.
May Show Tendency.
Truc. ths was a rather slim attendance
,ut of n total OF thirty-five members OF
tho committee, yet 1t Is contendcd that
A. shows a strong tendency toward. closed
chajrman Dohcrty. WHO is not only the
ranking member. but the head or tlc Or,
ranizatlon by virtue OF the 0t-rcpca'tcuu y
votes OF his colleagues IS inc recos ~.
1o,1cr or the opposition TO closed sessions,
and hc has behind him strong follow
~, IN Ncssrs. Rector, Carrington, Shleld,
,rvler. Thonlason and others or rccoshlzcu
|orce in local political circles.
There have been few changes IN tne
,ol,tical situation so far as councllhsin'c
entries arc concerned In the last le"
days. .,,a, ,,.,. .,,o
t-,s.,t an ndidate from Madison Ward to
INV his fec to tile treasurer OF the COM
;nittcn Mr.. EPollock's friends are hard at
,,nrL for him and seem confident thnt
nc will be returned.
lDr. Thomas D. Merrck has entered the
raco for the lower branch III Monroe
ward. lie is a prominent oculst, iorn'cr
member Of tho City Democratic Com
mittce.
Opposition Disappearing.
Much of the talk Of n fight on Coun-
Gilman Harry Huber in Henry Ward has
mo to naught already, and some OF
those who we're said to be opposing the
Councilman, nre saying they never had
any such Intentions.
Nlr. Huber has several times neen q
member of tho lower branch, and feels
+hat his constituents will again honor
him with their votes
The friends OF Alderman i, II. Donnhtle,
from Madison Ward, are Tlhs'hs strons
pressure to hear upon him 10 stand 1or
re-clection in tho coming primary, ana
arc satisfied he will yield to their wishes.
After eight years of service III thal
body he bears a most creuilaple recolu'
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