The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1913-09-19
IFARWIG NOMINATED
. To LEAD CAMPAIGN
IN MAYORALT TY RACE
Continued from Page One.)

seventh ward, which had been in
structed for Krone, denounced the Sc
1cret ballot as fndemocratic and unpre-
sscedentsd in a Democratic convention.
>sFulle vigorously opposed this change
and declared it was the only weapon
THAT cobI be successfully used against
2, boss control" 1t was an assurance,
he said, that every delegate would
vote as he really wanted to. Other del
egates then took a hand in the dis
2 pute, but finally a seventh ward dele
gate put the motion that the motion
for a secret ballot be reconsidered.
The vote on this motion was 20 for
and 25 against it. The motion was
6 lost, however, by ruling of Chair
man Hans Kohl. a Farwig supporter,
who declared that it required a two
thirds majority to carry a motion re-
considering another motion. He then
said. with bang of his gavel, that a
secret ballot for mayor would be ta-
ken.
Another Ballot Refused.
When the count showed that Far
wig had only d majority of one over
Krone and that one delegate had not
s voted, a Seventh ward delegate de
. manded another ballot. but the chair
q ruled that the first ballot was valid,
the delegate not voting having that
privilege. This ruling met with no OBJ
jectioni and Chairman Rethmeyer of
the Seventh ward then moved that
Farwig's nomination be made unani-
nous, which motion was carried by a
= chorus of ayes"
Farwig. who previously had appear
p. ed on the floor to speak III defense
, OF the secret ballot motion, was call
ed upon for an address His appear
ance was greeted with cheers.
Farwig Makes a Speech.
p This is quite ar honor to bestoW
p on a working man" said the success
p full mayoralty nominee Il promise you
that ! will make an active campaign
and that when | am elected my policy
q will be to treat everybody alike, rich
and poor. In the campaign, which will
be a hard fight, / will call on every
voter personally and will do my full
duty to my party. | hope that every
Democrat will help me in this fight
I and / feel confident they will. | thank
you again for the honor you have
shown me-"
Farwig's strength in the convention
apparently was a surprise to the Op-
posing faction. Farwig's own ward
delegation, the First, eight in number,
. supported him solidly. In the Second
he is known to have polled seven out
of the eight, in the Third five out of
eight, and in the Fourth seven out of
ten. His other three votes were scat
tered.
FuIIe Nominated Farwig.
Farwig was placed in nomination
by Ed Fulle and the motion was sec
onded by Adam E1stro. Krone was
placed in nomination by DR.. Benham
of the Fifth ward and seconded by
James Griffin of the same ward and
James G.. Starr of the Seventh ward.
City Chairman Caldwell called the
convention to order and nominations
for permanent chairmen were made
at once, the following names being
presented: DR.. Schillinger, Adam Ell
stro, Hans Kohl, Clifford Merrill, o. M.
Garrett and c. w. Caldwell.
Estro Merrill, Garrett and Cald-
well declined their nominations and
then a motion to unanimously declare
Hans Kohl the chairman was carried
Joshua Allen was unanimously elect
ed secretary.
The Ballot For Clerk.
The balloting for clerk and for coun-
cilmen at large was by wards, the
chairman of each polling their dele
cations and announcing the results.
The balloting for clerk was as fol
lows:
Wards 1 2 3 6 8
Burns 6 3 s 3 10 5 2-42
Shute 2 5 0 0 l l 2-16
Before the convention was called to
order the party leaders were busily
engaged holding conferences. A boom
for John Thistlethwaite, a former
mayor of the city, for the mayorality
nomination was launched, but prompt
ly suppressed b. cause Mr. Thistleth-
waite had positively declared he would
not accent the nomination