The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-25

Naming Tuesday, April 14th. as the
city 5er shs muafPa sot awhs s
I ior moment last night from the
influence OF Clyde w. Saunders and w.
Z. Leaman. heretofore regarded as the
dominant factors in local politics. and
refused to order the election for March
18th, because 1t is hoped that a more
extended campaign may induce a bet
ter class of candidates to enter the
race for. City Council. There We're
| more motions and speeches than votes,
put when everybody. had spoken Po-
| ice Commissioner ". G. Dukes sub
stitute for the Leaman motion was
adopted by vote of . to 13.
-. The proceedings were not exciting.
The calendar was not consulted with
mary on April 26th. MIR. Saunders. adj
vocating the early date. Knocked that
proposition in the head with the state
ment that April 26th was Sunday.
Candidates Wanted 1t In March.
Fresh from the candidates Mr.. Lea
man announced that Mayor Mccarthy
favor Of a short and swift campaign,
ending In March.
In the same way II was made plain
that practically all the candidates-tha
warmed up to the March idea. but
gen of which was that the Democrat
| ic masses should be consulted and not
1 "a
Mr. ID. w. Evans. whose father in-
law is member of the Common Coun-
eli, was getting along fairly well with
a speech when he was Interrupted by
MIR. Jeffrey Montague. who wanted to
know IL he was in favor of an early
primary
Org" Mr.. Montague asked. Mr.. Evans
was about to declare that the ques-
ton was not in order when Cfairna n
Doherty said it with the aid of a
gany,el;;
said i'm NE tel s yoq why wanted to know"
AT the City Hall the other day some
one asked me how I stood on the pri-
that 1 wanted it early. YOU must be u for
Mccarthy then?' he said. and told
% BIN no; that was going to vote for
Tor II you delay the election that will
give Mccarthy more time to talk and
the Inc, longer ,nt !, he talks the less votes he
Saunders Could Not Control.
Mr.. Saunders thought that inasmuch
as the expense fell upon the candi-
dates their wishes should carry weight.
until near the end. We want cam
paign that is short and swift, and an
early election will do no harm,'' he
said.
Mr.. Evans and Mr. Duke believed
that by giving tine citizens ample time
TO prepare for the fight at the polls
tne committee might induce a better
class to come forth as candidates. The
question was discussed at some length.
Then, when nearly all had spoken. the
Duke substitute fixing April 18th was
adopted by a narrow margin of two
or three votes.
The meeting was held in NIurphy's
Annex. Downstairs. the politicians We're
waiting for the returns. On the street
corners the ward heelers heard the
result 1t was peaches and cream to
them. for they did not want to stihe
the demand for their valuable services
by choking off the campaign while the
ice Is in the air.
Committees Appointed.
Chairman Doherty announced the
following committee appointments:
Executive Committee. b. Thomson. A.
V. Shea, Clyde Fl. Rat cliffe. A w. Browning,
T. Kemper Rector. E. j. Fagen, John B..
Welsh.
Finance Committce-Dr. C. v. Darlington,
II. w stone Samuel S. Rosendorf Or. Cliff
ten NJ. Miller. S. C. Shield. Samuel Steiner,
w. a. Sharp
Committee on Plans-clyde w. Saunders.
w e Taylor. p, w. Evans. Stanley B.
Tyler, Jeffrey Montague, Z. c. Hicks, ". p.
Leanan.
Auditing Commlttee-w II. w. Mason, E..
IS. Thonason Frank Ferrandini. "A. T. Grif-
18th. Augustus Bernler, James II. Bowen, j..
j. Campodonico.
Committee on Rules-J. NJ. N. Allen.
Charles IS. Brooks. r. Shelton Tiller, e. B.
Luck Jeffrey Montague. P. Kemper Rector.