The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-13
INTEREST
IN BOARD PRIMARY
Hobson Mass-Mecting To-Mor-
row Night to Mark End
of Campaign.
TWO MEETINGS FOR TONIGHT
Efforts to Coercc City Employees
Into Voting for Incunbents
Has Been Chief Feature.

Tw" meetings tonight aud another
/ tomorrow night. according to tho
| present schedule. will I've this weeks
/ contribution to the Administrative
/ Hoard campaign which comes TO Il
/ close with the primary election on
/ Thursday. iohn .. Flair viii address
Il gathering of his supporters 1T S:lE
/ O'Clock tonight ia Junior Order United
/ American Mechanics Han. Fulton. In
/ South Richmond in liustinGs Court
Fart H.. John HirschberE will At the
same hour speak AZ q rally OF his fol-
lowers called lay plans roJ I'll.
wind-up.
The hiG campaign meeting Of the
week VIII he staged in the auditorium
Of the Mechanics Institute tomorrow
night "hcrc the cohorts OF Graham
y. llobson viii gather in mass-incctinc
TO give their candidate y final send
off Mr. ilohSor has announced am
imposing list OF virr-pr"siGcn;s. ON
hrt"ins prominent men in the city's
business and professional life. y ca
pacity attendance is predicted
bI0BSoN MEETING
TO CLOSE CAMPAIGN
While il is possible that mt least
one more public meeting will be held
at which all the candidates will appear.
I
Sp"ak inS is concerned will virtually
co0i" TO an end with The lIobson meet
lnS Tomorrow might. Thc candidates
nave appeared in every section OF the
city. and citizens with enough energy
to brave the evening humidity have
had an opportunity to learn the views
Of the five aspirantS
Compared with recent municinal
campaigns the one now drawinl, 10
close has Leen unusually spirited. The
,t,,l.a
non have been charged with share
Of the responsibility for alleged loose
business practices Condoncd by the
board ms Il whole. and at least ouS oi
the incuinbents standing for Ie-clcc-
tion has suffered covert attacks against
his character.
CRITICISM OF LOOSE
BUSINESS METHODS
The criticism directed against the
business practices OF the board has
come largely from John l.. Blair and
Eiaham II. Eiobson. The former ear
/ iN IN the campaign, made public Ger
tam extracts from the boards record
OF proceedings which. lie claimed, evil
denced unbusincss- methods in tho
matter of making awards and letting
contracts. The substance OF these
charges was repeated III a more gen
erai way by Mr.. TIobson
/ only once. at the Belvderc Hall raj
y
berg undertake 10 answer IN detail
the charges Of loose business procc-
durc leveled against himself ana MIR
Mccarthy Ills exposition OF the
boards View appeared to satisfy tho
: large gathering present at that time
Hcal!GnmentS and the shifting of votes
from one candidate TO another viii be
effected, II appears from considcra-
B tons much mure personal
HiRsCHBEUG HAS WON
MEM AUIIEItt:NrS
The noteworthy development of the
campaign has been the marked change
( III the character of the support that
is being accorded Mr. i4irschbcrr In
the race OF 1872 he received scant en-
enlargement from the business and
professional elements which we're
committed in large part to the sup
1 port OF the so-Cailed Citizens Associa
ton ticket, on which Mir Hirschbcrc
had no place. In the present campairn.
TINS portion OF The city's electorate
is giving him liberal support. scores
OF prominent business and professions
I'll men have declared publicly that.
While they opposed Mr.. HirSchberg i'm
1912, they viii this year vote for him.
carlton Mccarthy began the cam
paiSn by appearing at every gather
ms. In the past week or two how
ever. his absence has been more fire.
Iuent. known rs Il speaker 81 sharp
uttcfancc when aroused, his public
speaking In the present campaign has
been characterized by marked reserve
Ills strength aS 4 probable winner is
everywhere admitted. Most of the
states. actually in the field or CON
jectured, give Elm one Of the two va
canceS
BI.AIU'S CAMPAIGN
HAS Bt:f.N AGGRESSIVE
Mr.. Blair has made an aggressive
canvass from the beginning. lie has
laid emphasis ON the necessity FOR the
election OF business men to the Ad-
miniStrativc Board and has night after
night called into question the business
capacity of the incumbents. lie is
known to have Il strong following in
the central and western portions of
the city. and Will receive considerable
support from the eastern and southern
sections.
Mr.. Mann has made a canvass that
has been religiously impcrsonul In
none of his public uttcranccs has he
called into question the fitness Of the
present members of the board. He has
made no charges Of incompetency
against tho incumhcnts who are can
didatcs for recollection. For the most
part he has contcntcd himself with n
short statement OF his long record in
the Council. and rs man Of business.
asking tiur support on these grounds
It substantial vote in the eastern see
ton Of the city.