The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-28
HOT FIGHT is ON
FOR CITY COUNCIL
Candidates Must Pay Assess
mcnts by April s for Pl-i-
mary April II.
CONTESTS IN LEE AND CLAY
A1dermanic Battles in West End
Attracting City-Widc
Attention.

Candidates for the Common Council
and the Board of Aldermen are mul-
tiplying so rapidly as the date of the
primary draws nearer that 1T Is wei
night imporrible to corral them all.
Cards ana posters are being displayeu
at every vantage point, and the ordi-
nary voter whose time is being taken
Up mostly with making living. be-
comes day by day a more important
parsonage. on his way from the shop
or the Office he loses many minutes
talking over the situation on the cor
rer. and finds his pockets full of liter
nture" when he reaches his abode. rs
n rule he is mildly Interested in get
ting the best man for the place.
but not half SO much so as the can
didate who would fain convince his
would-be constituency that he Is the
only proper man In the field.
just how many of the long list now
hustling for votes Will consider their
chances worth paying the price set
by tie City COMMITTEE Tor entering
the race Is the first question TO be
considered In picking the winners. In
some of the wards IL seems to be q
tuss-up between all the candidates
while in others II IS openly said that
there is not ghost of a show FOR
have announced themselves Tor the
honors
Must Pay isscssmcnt.
In naming the date OF the primary
as April q, the City Committee also
stipulated that each candidate shall
pay to the treasurer of the committee
and receive his receipt for the amount
of the assessment required 10 deiray
expenses OF the election BY the rul-
ing OF the committee tltis must be paid
-. fla, ,sa,V a Ia -,
forfeits the right 10 have his name
appear on the printed ballot. Those
wishing 10 become Aldermen must by
that time pay TO the treasurer SO
each, and asprants for the lower
branch. So each. Between now and
then there VIII doubtless be candidates
and rumors of candidates, hut then
and not until then Will the bona flde
running field be announced and the
fight begin In earnest.
In the Board Of Aldermen, tho hold
overs are, OF course, not bothering
themselves. and among tho others, the
fight is nothing like so animated as
In the lower branch, Former Council
man John X. Grimes is out against
A. c. Nielsen and j VI. Spence. Of Mar
shall Ward. SO far there is no oppo-
sition to W. H. Adams and II w
Melton of Jefferson Ward. or 10 F. H.
Donahoe and Joseph f.. Powers OF
Madison Ward, and Barton II. Gruniy
VI iI'A-t " 4I44GAlu IL <siIAilltlAikdIll M
of Monroe, has decided TO move from
that ward and viii not be a candidate
John b. Blilcy, now a member Of the
Common Council, has announced him
self as candidate for the office.
1t is generally expected that the
hottest lights for the upper branch
viii be pulled off in Lee and CLAY
Wards. In the former Marx Gunst
lately Alderman from Monroe Ward
is Offering against the present mem
aud
The contest here is undoubtedly be
tween Messrs. Elicit and Gunst and
as both are well known and strong.
II Is expected TO be close and inter-
esting. In Clay Ward Councilman
John I. Don I,eavy is a candidate for
the Board, against Samuel H. Cottrell
and John j. Mitchell. As In Lee. the
real contest is between two men Conn
Gilman Don Leavy ana Alderman
Mitchell.
For the Lower Branch.
The present list for tile Common
Council is one OF the largest known.
and very possibly there are several
more names to come. Five men are
TO be elected from each Ward. and
the present list is almost double that
humb.r ~ every one of then Jeffer-
son Ward alone has almost enough ~
make up a fun quota
Following is list of the Council
y - w. GENTRY,
George w. Rogers, jeff. c. Powers,
GnarIes T. Richards, Percy L. Smith
william Z. sullivan, Henry r. CARRIER
-, u Brown. w. b. Goode.
Jefferson Wnrd-John j. Lynch. Nor.
gan Il. Mills, John a. Selph. John iiirsh
berg, c. H. Wiltshire. John r. letter.
Walter II. Delaney. Thomas $. johnson.
7. j Moody. c. a. Weston, j. r. IIutcll-
inson, c. w Eaton w. II. Curry.
Lewis Want, Il. C. Montgomery, oliver
RYDER, w. C.. Atkinson Leslie l. Pow
ell. r. c. Davidson, Claude r. Lowry.
Lee Ward-C L. Batkins, John A.
CNtchins. H. r. Pollard, Jr., Edgar IT.
FERGUSON, G. II. Radcliffe, Charles r.
Cosby, Clifford Smith. w. D. Butler
John Krug, T. Francis Green.
Madison Ward-,I. ]. Burke. e.
Fuller. Julius y. lGobson. Gilbert X
Pollock, Barney Bowman. Oscar H.
Lehman, David Meade White
Henry Wnrd-EIarry Huber. George
p. Wise, Il. L. Peters. LarlSin w Glaze
brook, Jrp Fred RI. Powell, a. l.. Won
derlehr
Clay wnrd-C. r. Davis. w. Fred
Richardson. John T. Powers. Jacob
umlauf, Harry c. Glenn, c. W. Mont.
gomery, Clarence seaton, a. w. Smith
Monroe Ward-W. ". Boschen, Dr.
Frank NJ, Reade. ], Randolph Tucker
GeorSe Med. Blake, w. u. Turner, Geo
NJ Cease