The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-13
POLLARD To SPEAK
AT OPENING RALLY
WILL AID CAMPAIGN OF CITIZENS
TICKET AT NOR
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CONTEST ON NOW
BIG MASS MEETING TUESDAY
NIGHT TO BE FOLLOW
ED BY STUMP
CONTEST ON NOW

NORFOLK, VA. Oct. 1o.--The city
campaign of 1913 will be publicly
opened Tuesday night by the forces
leading the fight for the overthrow
of the orga nization.
The first guns of the fight in the
open field will be fred by the Citizens
party Tuesday night at "a mass meet
ing to be held at the New Wells
theater, and that event will mark the
start of q three weeks campaign OF
practically continuous diminishing
preliminary to the battle of ballots
November 4th.
Speakers For Mass Meeting.
John Garland Pollard. who in the
August primary, won the Democratic
nomination for encouragement viii
be the chief speaker at the Tuesday
night mass meeting.
1t had been uncertain whether Mr..
Pollard could come here Tuesday. but
yesterday afternoon he telegraphed
Leon G. Steel. chairman OF the Ciu-
zens' executive committee, that he had
Cancelled connecting engagement and
would be In Norfolk Tuesday night.
tSfSlUpN bT. ttiiaia, WIZ wa 't'A
his address to fifty minutes, four of
the Citizens candidates will speak ten
minutes each. They are Richard w,
peatross. candidate for the clerk of
the courts: w. Frank Robertson, for
, commissioner of the revenue: o. l..
Shackleford, for Commonwealth at
torney, and J. r. Jones. for city coll
lector. Mr.. Steele also will make
ten minute speech. A brass band will
supply the music.
Candidates to- Stump the City.
After Tuesday the Citizens candi-
dates will stump the city. and every
section will he sizzling with the heat
Of campaign until election day. II Ia
not known what campaign plans have
been made by the "orga nization." If
the Organization" candidates intend
meeting the fire of the Citizens cam
| paign publicly. the intention has been
| thoroughly concealed. A report has
/ reached the Citizens headquarters
! that the Organization Will hold a
| public rally October s0th at the New
! Wells theater hut the leaders Of the
! Williams street4orces- GsnLtheX- haze
any such purpose.
| Notices Filed Yesterday.
| Candidates on the Citizens ticket
| also flied their notices with James V.
| Trehv In compliance with the statute
/ requiring such notice twenty days
| prior To a general election. The Citi-
/ zens' ticket. as recorded in the court
| clerks office. reads:
For Clerk of the Courts-Richard
| W Peasross
! For ommisstoner OF the Revenue
w F. Robertson.
For City Treasurer. c. Stan
| worth.
For City Sergeant--C. l.. HudEins.
For City Collector. p. Jones.
For Commemorative Attorney-O
l.. Shacltleford.
For the House OF DeIegates--S. A.
Woodward and w. p. Cousins.
Al the closing hour yesterday Mr.
Tilton and Mr.. Mccoy were the only
Organization" candidates whose no.
tees had been received at the clerks
office and, with the organization"
chiefs silent as to their favarites. an
other week ended with nothing but
superstition to indicate what names the
machine ticket will contain save those
for the places of clerk of the courts
city treasurer and commissioner OF the
revenue, Entries for the election Will
close Tuesday-twenty days before
election day