The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-04
HAS ASSOCIATION
LAID DOWN ON JOB?
President Reed Quoted in Pubic
as Saying Citizens Have
Quit Him.
MEETING HELD IN FULTON
Folkes Answers Publication
Chasing Richmond as
S3,ooo,ooo Corporation.

President William T. Reed. OF tho
Citizens Association. was quoted last
night at the meeting OF the Fulton
Civic Improvement Association by
Alderman y. W. Bennett as saying
that the members of the association
have laid down on the job and left
him with the bag TO hold" AIR Ben
nett repeated this as Mr. Reeds lam
srasc.
opposition TO the citizens ticket was
even more prominent in the meeting
or last night which was held III the
auditorium of Nicholson School. than
II has been elsewhere in the campaign
Every criticism Of the association was
greeted with cheers \ good sized
crowd was in attendance. John =.
Morton presided
Size of City's Annir-.
senator + c. Folkes devoted his re-
marks to statement made for pubu-
cation hy the Citizens Association to
the effect that Richmond IS "a $4,000.
GOO corporations" The astounding part
OF H. said Senator Folkes. is that the
newspapers have circulated what he
termed the biggest knock this city has
ever mad. Richmond real estate is
assessed at SS&.oo0.Oo and personally
at S6oeoooQo In addition. he pointed
out the Auditor is suing tile CITY foi.
taxes ON $iQo0oo0o worth OF city prop
er'y' not including parks. schoolhouses
and such other Institutions
NO business man who bolonrq 70
tne Citizens Association would think
OF knocking his own business I'm This
Way asserted Senator Folkos "The
-rst Naiional Bank calls itself n
>l-'VOVYoe corporation and 1t ir. for IL
mistake was made by it, son,.boav.
would be likely to go to jail. Y.t tbe
great city Of Richmond is advertised
~ '"ese solomons as $4,000. GOO cor
poraton understand l got three
i'iin ives consideration from the asso
cation and am glad didn't got
What They Received
Charles T.. richards safd an ia
tot Tor his service to the civ v.ss
100 car tickets month Co,,a1,,
"aFles r. Taylor said be had recetvad
nothing at all. He contenG.d ira, ~
administrative Board Was but an en-
cement OF the Fro hoard.
'."'S - seek was FOR the improve
mont OF Lester Street So was cra,,,..
S Hobson, who said he raG '.iai y,
Tor the proposition I'M Tia C,'..,t, N'iH
William II. Zim,nermaun saId
''"Ia unlike council co,,,rI,tees
would finish up things II star,od
Neorg" y Davis said the voinr, -,
VINO were his hearers will live Ia co.
ne gay when there VIII 5e a proposl-
80" 20 annex Ashland. The Citizens.
~ so'lation he said. with all its wis
aom had put four of fits 0ve ca,,di-
dates In one ward. and he said 10
eastern section Should have fnstica
Nor was the possession OF none, Ia
'NouBnt' The best qualification OF a
candidate Woodrow Wilson had not
!9hs ago applied for n pension fror,
the arnegio Foundation.
Some CUT IL short.
F.dsar II Fcrsusson made hts usual
sl'l4iylns one-n!nute speech George
!aui was also fairly br..f. while Jobn.
w. Moore cur his remarks TO q crisn
minimum MarN Gunst repeated his
unwNlinsncss to make promises ln nd
vance ~ facing a situation. william
IT, Knowles said he had been tod If
al CITY departments were run as well
as inc gas works. there would be no
need Tor an Administrative Board.
=. vs. Bennett was asked bv man
In the crowd. What about the Rich
mond and Henrico frauch!se2" He
merely replied that all his votes s,cro
on record and he was willing to stand
on them
Graham p Hobson thought ali
boards should be under one mead. and
predicted that this would certainly
come. or else that the Administrative
Board would be IN time abolished
John Hirschherg said he was the
father OF the proposition to put all de-
partments under the Administrative
Board
For further particulars abou, him.
he referred his hearers to the news
papers. They tell Of my past he said
and YOU pay money every day to get
IT, II YOU would come TO me. l would
give IL to you without charge He
against a candidate that he Is young.
did not think it was an argument
so that he has brains
Mr. Davis presented a resolution OF
regret at the death OF John T. Don
Leavy. and piedsing the candidates FOR
the board To attend The funeral in a
body y was unanimously adopted by
tho candidates present