The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-23
Candidate Shouts at
Hirschberg, Telling
Him Where to Stop.
THROWS GINGER
INTO CAMPAIGN
Former Mayor Raps Council,
Calling Members by Name,
While Audience Gasped.
Certain New Board and
Council Will Lock Horns.
Income Tax Talk.

After seven candidates FOR the Al
min!s,ratiYe Board mad addressed the
members Of the Clay Ward AnneN
League last night At an open air meet
Ing at Grove Avenue ana Shepard
street. and had left behind them d gen
oral afr Of peace on Garth and good
viii toward men. Carlton Mccarthy
vent on tho ~arpath and scattered the
feathers Of tho dove OF peace right and
left.
When the dove or peace lag mu-
iilated and dying. after Captain Nc
Carthy had finished talking. Candidate
John Hirschberg inalgurated an in
surrcction OF his own with wha; Cap
tain Mccarthy CONSTITUTES as an OBJ
uoXious aliusion 10 himself, and for d
short time the air bristled with sui
pnur and repartee. An audience OF
more tnan q hundred persons sat by
ana gasped at what was really the
hrst spirited Administrative Board
meeting OF the campaign
How 1t Started.
Candidate Mccarthy laid the :ounda-
ton FOR the excitement with a vigorous
exposition OF MS views touching the
duties and limitations Of the new board.
There was scant courtesy in his speech
towards the membership Of the Council
which rave the Administrative Board
uirtA. and Captain Mccarthy took no
apparent pains to conceal H.
I'll. Administrative Board. ne said,
FAR from being the panacea for all nu-
n!cipa ills which 4 dellded public and
press seemed to believe It TO be. was
really designed 10 be the subservient
creature of the Council which relin-
pushed not one iota % its former
power and delegated 70 tic board only
the mental task OF executing its whims
and mandates. Otherwise. nc said. il
WAS shorn OF practically all power
From this characterization OF the
board Captain Mccarthy proceeded 10
inquire into tho causes which brought
the board into being. arriving at the
conclusion that ~ was tho half-hearted
attempt OF = Council conscious OF its
own incniciency, and cumbersomsne
TO relieve in measure condition OF
affairs which was becoming urbear-
able
lie had foreseen such Thing years
before. said Nj Mccarthy. and was one
Of the first men In the city TO advocate
change from the old system. The
fact that so many members OF the
Cornc who are now candidates for the
board are declaring publicly that the
present government is antiquated. he
said. noro witness to the innate inefi-
cheney OF this form Of municipal gov
ernmeat
HirschberE Called Down.
Captain Mccarthy spoke thirty min
utes in the course Of which he found
time To lay an accusing finger upon
practically every Council activity.
long rs Captain Mccarthy" began Mr.
what Is more. am no, going to say
that am the only man in Virginia
fitted for q position on the Administered
tive Board but"
Hold on Mr. Iirschberg" shouted
Captain Mccarthy leaping TO his feet
HOLD on. sir That is an unwarranted
statement. and I want to contradict 1t
right now. made no such statement.
and YOU krow il. You will oolige me.
sir If YOU VIII stick TO facts
1t was the exciting moment OF tho
evening. and things looked ominous.
AIR Hirschberg hesitated Il full minute
and replied with heat:
Captain NJ -Carthy. when make an
attack upon you will call YOU by
name have been taught all my life
's'ff'Nt 10 HAAls anu nave Deefl
taught TO respect old age"
You may dispense with the last"
interiected Captain Mccarthy
When make a statement about n
man am ready to substantiats it
continued Mr.. Hirschber.y. and m
prepared 10 give him an explanation
anywhere and in any manner he
chooses"
Mr. Hirschberr spoke With sirnia-
cance and was encouraged ny lone
supporter in the audience. who cried.
Talk 10 him. boy. I'm with you but
the incident Was permitted to die
without further complication
Mccarthy Would Abolish Council.
Aside from the near-duel between
Candidates IIirschberg and Mccarthy.
ne interest Of the audience centred in
nc unsparinS arraignment 10 which
me former Mayor subjected tn, Coun.
The Council has for the past twor.
'E-hNe wears been the curse of the cir,
government" he said 1T has hum
IKE milestone about its neck ant
dragged it down. No better proof OF
this fact is needed than the spectacl.
OF IT'S own members. now candidate.
Tor the Administrative Board. denounc.
ing 1t as incompetent and antiuuated
This very board. Of which 50 muct
is expected. has been carefully devised
TO perpetuate the old system as IA,
as possible. II is an administrativ,
board. but what will 1t administer. II,
tell YOU. Unless the statute crea tins
means something far different from
what interpret 1t to mean. It will ad
minister the whims and the caprice.
and the orders OF the Council defS
any lawyer or laymen to prove the con.
trary IT Will take war with the Coun-
ell. not harmony. as some of tho can
didates preach. to make i, serve n good
purpose.
Act fngcnioualy Drawn.
DO you think that Gilbert Pollock
and H. n. Pollard these and other
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