The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17
ALL WILLING TO
STAND ON RECORD.
Clay Ward Actives Hear Candi-
dates Who Brave Wild
Elements.
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coTTRELL HAD "BAD FEET
Alderman, Unable to Attend,
Sends Champion to Bid
for Votes.
coTTaELL HAD "BAD FEET"

! Clay Ward candidates Cor aldermanic
/ and councilmnnic honors last night
! addressed quite a good-sized crowd of
I voters who had sbravcd the storm to
! learn why they should vote for the
I aspirants. The meeting was held un
| der the auspices of the Clay Ward
| Actives. President Henry Farmer prey
| siding.
| Alderman Samuel IL. Cottrell was
represented by Tony Morgan Mr.. Nor
| gan said Mr.. Cottrell was sick. having
bad feet" He did not say that his
| man was suffering from a chill in his
pedal eXtremities The candidate was
characterized as Clay Wards oldest
representative. Several years ago,
said Mr.. Morgan, he had tried to beat
Mr.. Cottrell. He had a good man and
didn't know it, The boys that are In.
he argued. are like horses which are
we'll broken. They know when to
pull Mr.. Morgan, for one, was glad
Washington Ward had been taken in.
1t was along the path of progress.
Councilman John L. Don Leavy said
that he had been fair to all candidates.
and that so far as he knew they had
knows his record as we'll as he knows
it himself. and upon that record he
was willing TO stand
Coming 10 the Candidates for the
Common Council, G. Z. Davis. who
had beer unable to be present on the
previous Saturday night, advised the
voters net 20 support any man because
he wnS a good fellow, but to look
carefully into the qualifications OF ev-
cry man who offered his name. He
promised to serve the ward. IL re-
elected to his best ability.
The absence of definite issues in this /
! campaign was commented upon by
| Harry c. Glenn. There was nothing
! special. he said at stake. There were
! no questions to answer because none
| had been asked. Reverting to his /
! record while member of the Council
from Madison Ward, Mr.. Glenn told
| how he had investigated a report that
the old high school building on Mar
shall Street was unsafe and unsanitary,
! had found It to be true, and had pre-
! pared a resolution providing for a new
| building. From that resolution, he
said, had sprung high school build
| ing which is second TO none in the
country II there had been nothing
| else in his record, he thought this was
monument enough.
! Clarence A Searon argued that it
was the duty of every voter ID lay
! aside personal feeling and vote for
| the men who would represent the
J ward honestly and inselligentlv.
Jacob Umlauf referring to Mr..
| Glenn,s attitude on the new high
school. told how he had prepared a
| somewhat similar resolution about the
| same time, The committee had de-
cided that Mr.. CLIENTS resolution
| would be best and he had Withdrawn
his. merely wanting results. He was
| perfectly willing. he said. to stand on
| his record. If 1t did not entitle him
| to re- election. he would not ask for
votes. On the other hand, If he had
faithfully performed his duties, he
| felt that he had a claim on his fellow
citizens. AR. Umlauf said he was as
free as when he first became a mem !
Der of the city's governing body. II
he could not go to the Council frea
and untrammeled. he would not re-
quest the support Of any one. No
man held a string on him. and he act
ed according to the dictates of HIST
conscience. Should he be defeated, he
would not retire from public life. He
had taken an interest in public mat
tiers since casting his first vote for
F'itzhugh Lee, and he expected to con-
tinue his participation in government
tai affairs.
This ended tho addresses OF candi-
dates. short talks being mads by 9TH
ers