The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-07
WHO IS COMMITTEE,
ASK CANDIDATES.
THOSE NOT MENTIONED ON SLATE
WANT TO KNOW WHO
CITIZENS" ARE.
FIVE AGAIN ST 7 E \
FIFTEEN CANDIDATES. AND TEN
ASK THE NAMING OF THOSE
WHO OPPOSE THEM IN THE
COMING PRIMARY.

There are fifteen candidates for
the administrative board. Out Of
these fifteen a committee of citizens
has picked five.
This five embrace Messrs Henry +.
Beck, building Inspector. William II.
Zimmerman, rtired merchant; Marx
Gunst. general manufacturers agent;
Edgar H. Ferguson. printer; Carl
ton Mccarthy, former mayor. pre-
viously business man, now special
accountant for the State.
Other Candidates.
There are ten other candidates for
the position:
John Hirschberg. clerk and presi-
dent Of the trades and labor council,
e G. Folkes, senator for this district,
Charles r, Taylor. fire commissioner
and former member OF the Legislature
and common council; e. G. Richards.
members OF tho Common Council,
former member OF the police force.
and now retired capitalist: J. F. Don
Leavy, member of the board OF alder
men. clerk. Robert Whittet. presl-
dent OF the board of aldermen. mem
Der OF council for many years, pros
porous man In large printing plant;
Graham B. Hobson, member of the
board of aldermen, associated with
the Tredegar Iron Works. a leading
industry here; A. w. Bennett. mem
Der OF the board of aldermen, pros
porous business man; George b.
Davis. former member Of council
superintendent of the City Home. the
Laurel Reformatory, and leading
secret order man; w. p. Knowles,
superintendent of the water depart
ment.
Who is the Committee.
Since the announcement yesterday
that the citizens committee had an
nounced its preference there has been
much comment both ways.
Those who favor the names men
| toned felt that the citizens COM
mittee" had done the noble deed. but
those who had not been mentioned
wanted to know who this committee
was that presumed TO name ticket
for which the people were to vote.
| The general comment on the situa-
| ton was that while the names sug-
gested by the committee were, prob
ably, all right, it was peculiar thing
that the names of the committee We're
not mentioned in connection with the
same.
Some Of the voters have intimated
that this naming of a ticket by com
mittee who is unknown 10 the general
! citizen, VIII react against the candt-
data named.
In the naming of the ticket Some
Of those who had felt that their friends
would be named were disappointed.
While this ticket. named by q "e,t'-
zens' committed" may be a por1'tr
one. the mass or voters wish TO know
who the committee is that named the
ticket.
May DC Boomerang.
There is some sentiment around the
public places and the resorts where The
people gather is thar this action on the
part of the citizens committee" will
act as a boomerang upon those who
have been mentioned.
1t is known that some weeks ago
the chamber of commerce and the
Business Mems club and the Retail
cusscd the matter. They decided that
II would be unwise to name ticket,
but that the citizens themselves Could
tus9 as well select rT1ts best nss.Es. ssAoi-
lowing this n committee" OF CITIZENS
met at the jefferson hotel and after
several meetings decided tn act uI0n
their own yolition.
The result of this action was shown
when the ticket was named.
Now the other candidates and tho
citizens want 10 know who embrn ces
the committee that excludes them. and
dictates TO them or suggests to tim
the candidates for whom they SAL
Vete.