The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-30
P OLITIC AL CLUB
HAS EXCITING TIME
Many Things Conspirc to Dis
turb Administrative Board
Candidates.
BAND PLAYS ITS COMMENTS
Fire, Fight Screams and Music
Enlivcn Gathering in
East End.

! - - -''' '.N'S 'tlitS anu VI uSlS
Enllvcn Gathering in
East End.
quite the most exciting. and alto
gether the most enjoyable. OF tho many
meetings incident To the Administers
tive Board campaign was that held
lest night at Eighteenth and Grace
streets. under the auspices Of the East
End Progressive League. Events trod
On each others heels
While Captain Charles f. ravlor
was holding forth, two OF the young
or men in the crowd. unmindful OF the
e4oQuence they were missing, started
a night. The entire audience of 800
.urSod to the spot. and II was only
with the utmost difficulty that the
speaker got their attention. The beli-
serent parties were led away.
y IRE alarm many times repeated,
from nearby engine house. broke in
TO the remarks OF d W Bennett. and
ho had to stop until it was over. Those
who had signal books called out that
the fire was First and Broad and
william II. Zimm ermann, one OF the
candidates who has property in that
locality, hastily departed the stand
and tho crowd. lie had made his
speech.
While John HIrschberg was having
his say, the screams OF woman, az
ii in mortal agony. came from house
/ on seventeenth street. hard by The
audience wanted to Investigates and
part Of it did So
The nnnd Played ON.
But the crownins feature Of the
meeting was the band. This agsreea-
ton. composed or a cornet and bass
drum was stationed on the lot at
some little distance from the stand
and the crowd. rs each man took his
seat. more or less appropriate Sc
lection was played Sometimes the re-
suit was startling sometimes funny.
But this astonishing band was forever
on the job and always produced the
goods
President Dick Brophy. of the club.
presided lie first presented Henry =.
Beck. The Building Inspector said he
had not sough; the support Of the
the band played Il Can't Tell Why
Love You. but do.
II only 5000 men are qualified for
board membership, ne was not the
man. said George r. Davis lie be-
lieved a man from the East End
Board and Council. in MS opinion.
Asleep In the Deer" commented the
band
Edgar II Ferguson advocated
free viaduct. His own employees. he
said. had always been union men He
asked for tho votes OF his hearers.
Replied the band. Id Like TO. but
Mother Won't Let Nc"
Not All business Mntter.
The issues OF the campaign have
an been well aired hy the papers and
the candidates. said Z. c. folkes. The
time has now arrived. he continued
when the men who think they know
can tell just who VIII be elected. But
the candidates do not Know.
Proceeding. senator Folkes said
that oonductlne a citys Affairs Is not
altogether on the same plane with the
business OF CORPORATION The OBJ
Jet of the corporation is TO make a
donar-of city. TO add to tho con-
Vcniencc, prosperity and happiness OF
Its people Just the same rule might
no, always hold good. Meet Me
When the Roses Bloom Again" was
his musical send of
The Board VIII mean that no more
can those in power dodge response
lbnitv.r said vs. IT, Knowles "iias
Anyhody Here seen kelly? inquired
John " Moore spoke OF the interests
of the North and Southsidcs. lie pre-
dic,cd that the new Mayo Bridge viii
he finished some day And the band
played "Thcrcl be not Time
George Paul save his record "Tur-
kev in the straw" said the band.
{. f. Richards assorted there vas
nothing new to be said lie said it in
twenty minutes. ana the band played
taps.
Not An Experiment
III the mids, of a fist hght and fol-
lowed by the strains Of "Suwannee
River" Captain Charles +. Taylor said
the board was no experiment. at all,
but a mere following out Of the lines
on which the Fire Board has been
run for twenty-four years. It has
been so successful. he added that the
Council would not put it under the Ad-
ministrative Board.
William II. Zimmerman outlined his
ideas OF what the board should DO In
sunny Tennessee" was all he got.
But when ~ W. Bennett had surviv-
ed the fire alarm and had at last con-
oluded his speech, the band inquired
What the Hell DO We Care?"
John HirschberS thought the fac,
that he has watched the labor inter
es,s in officials positions shows he
has executive ability Everybody
Doin It," was his portion.
! IT was getting so late when Graham
b iIobson got through that the orches-
ira suggested. 1--WE won't so home till
morning" and Marx Gunst produced
Home. sweet Home" Captain Charles
NJ Wallace said few words in clos
ing.