The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-04
CANDIDATES WARM
IN CLOSING DAYS
CONTINUE SHOTS Ar CITIZENS As
ISOLATION AND THE NEWS
PAPERS.
FULTON HEARS THEM
FOLkEs. BENNETT AND HIRsCH-
BERG STIR THINGS AND ALL
SHOW CONSIDERABLY
MORE INTEREST.
FULTON HEARS THEM

perature OF the school room, or II
may have been due to the fact thai
the campaign Is drawing rapidly To
a close. but whatever il was. some.
thing inspired some of the admins.
trative board candidates to warm up
last night Even those who confined
themselves to the same, stereotyped
dignihed statements they. have been
presenting to the voters since the
campaign opened, injected a little
more fire into their remarks and
those who have not been accustomed
TO following beaten paths in their
talks threw some hot shot, the Citi-
zens' association and the newspapers
being the targets.
The talks were made to the Fulton
Civic Improvement league, the meet
ing was held in Nicholson school
house. and all the candidates were
present. The chairman varied the
program by calling on the candidates
at random instead of alphabetically.
the audience was inclined to be noisy
at times and occasionally Interrupted
the speakers with cat-calls and loud
voiced instructions. two or three of
the evident favoTites receiving voeiYer-
GUS ovations. There were proba bly,
200 present
Foikes After Association.
Z. c. Folkes was the first to warm
up. He scathingly denounced the Cit
liens association for a circular reia-
tive to the administrative board cam
paign, which he said had been scat
tered broadcast, that touted Rich
mond as a 3s.000,000 corporation,
which he declared was the FUNNIEST
advertising Richmond ever received.
He had taken the trouble to investt-
gate. he said, and he found that Rich
mond could boast Of nearly $20e, Co.,
coo in taxable values, and yet the Git
liens association was advertising 1t
to the world az a $4,000, 900 town.
He demanded to know If any sane
business man who knew his business
would underestimate it In his adver-
tisements, and yet, he declared.
That's the class of people who ar
rogate to themselves ali the sense
there is In the community; who make
recommendations to you as to how
you should vote. l understand / re-
eeired three second considerations
when they were engaged in picking
out the Ave best-fitted men, and I'm
glad ! didn't get any more. TIL tell
you one thing-1m not the man to
lay down $3.50 to enter this primary
without making fight for it,
Hits Papers and Association.
AS A. w. Bennett began his talk a
voice in the audience shouted. How
about vote on the Richmond and
Henrico railway" Mr.. Bennett re-
sponded in a quiet manner, that his
votes were on record In the records
of council, and that he had always
voted according to what he thought
the best interests of the people. Then
he turned his attention to the news
papers and the Citizens association
Some of the newspape he said, had
been neutral while others had been
very dictatorial; he advanced the be-
lief that every citizen was capable
of thinking for himself.
He then stated that he was not
afraid to call names and didn't carry
any six-shooters for protection either.
He had a talk, he said, with w. T.
Reed, Of the Citizens association,
about thirty days ago. and Mr. Reed
had told him that the gentlemen who
had framed the citizens' ticket had
laid down on the job, departing for
the mountains and seashore, leaving
a few with the bag to hold.
up to BE Shot At
John Hirschberg, expressing the
hope that he would not be as far down
on the list on the night Of September
10th as he was last night, was in
formed by Il voice in the audience that
1.-The last shall be first" He jumped
into the Richmond and Henrico rail-
way ordinance matter at once, declar-
ing that he had worked and voted
for 1t because he did not believe in
monopoly. IF we had only one bar
Der shop" he said. we'd all have to
get shaved in that one shop; II we
have only one street railroad we'll
all have to get shaved by that one
railroad"
He said, along the line of the mat
ter of expenditure Of money by the
executive board. that Fulton had
gotten the short end of the ward
graft" and II he was elected he would
promise to see that the city's money
was spent where il was needed most,
whether II was east. west, north or
south end, and would play no favor
ties. LIZ He had never been fortunate
enough, he said to be at the head
Of large business II he did have
large business, or was drawing a
lucrative salary. he would not be q
candidate for the administrative
board. ''If there is anything else you
want to know about John Hirsch-
berg he said, consult the newspa-
pers. / am before the people to be
shot at: all I ask Is that you will
aim high and shoot me into ONCE on
September 10th"
Hohson's First Promise.
Graham b. Hobson said the FIRST and
only promise he had made, during the
campaign he would make to Fulton
vuters-that was the improvement of
Lester street. If he was elected He
made the point as did Mr.. Hirsehherg.
that all of the city departments
should be under the control OF the
administrative board, and that there
was no earthly reason for exempting
the fire. police and health department.
Both stated that they fought for this
position and believed that it would be
eventually contaminated II the COM
mission form OF government survives.
Mr.. Hobson stated that he was one Of
the few fortunate ones who reported
an income for taxation. but Ii elec'ed
to the board he proposed to give up all
sources of income and do his best TO
earn the $1,000 he would receive as O
member of that board.
George b. Davis declared that he
had never made 5000 a year In his
life. and IL that was a requirement of
the position he was out OF the race.
His idea was that 1t was not a ques-
ton Of what income the candidate re-
eeived, but the Intrinsic value Of the
man.
Tribute to Don Lsavy.
Charles +. Taylor was the FIRST anil
the only candidate to pay a tribute
to the candidate whom death called
]. r. Don Leavy--and did it with grace