The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-30
STAGE IS READY
FOR CITY CONTEST
Candidates to Start Twcnty-Four
Day Race at Southside
Meeting.
EXPECT KEYNOTE SPEECHES
Mayoralty Candidates and Madi-
son Ward Aspirants to Ad-
dress Gathering.

fifty-onc candidates for municipal
objective of them seeking the mayor
aity-will toe the chalk line at the
meeting of the South Richmond Demo-
cratic Club on Friday night and begin
Il twchtE-f"ur day race for prefcrmcn;
;t the Democratic primary, which will
be held on April IS Common di.,u
prevail of Il long campaign has kent
the pack of aspirants in leash ever
! since me CLOSING OF the lists OH Feb
fuary 26, but beginning on Friday
night, the contest Will be on
ne start VIII be made 1T Il big mass
meeting unGcr the auspices of the South
| Richmond Democratic Club The cluh.s
quarters III the Fraternal Building
nave been rejected as too restricted to
mouse the crowd that Is expected, and
the meeting will. therefore. be held i'm
me courtroom of Ilustings Court. Fart
H. president Carter c. Jones, himself
member of the Common Council from
Madison Ward. and candidate for re-
election, Will preside.
Expect UmIauf and Ainalic
Both Mayor Ainslic and Councilman
| umlauf, ri"al candidates for the MAYOR
any, nave given assurance that they
/ VIII be on hand, and practically the
entire Held of candidates will he pres
ent to witness the opening OF tho race
Candidates for the Common Council and
BOARD of Aldermen from Madison Ward
VIII be Immediately concerned and
will join the mayoralty candidates i'm
addressing the voters
! The Henry Clay Democratic Club
which last week announced it's inteu-
ton 10 can Il naSS-mecting also on
! Friday night. will in all probability
defer the meeting until Tuesday or
| Wednesday of the following week, in
order to avoid Il conflict with the big
Sonthside gathering. The Henry Clay
Club meeting was not definitely fxed.
and members OF the organization said
yesterday that there will be 10 cues
ton about its posiponement.
While the campaign will open OH
cially with the SOuthside meeting. the
machinery of the contest has been in
process of construction since the clos
ing of the primary lists. The ~candi-
dates for the Office of Mayor. as well as
| the asprants for seats In tic citv's
/ Legislative bodies. have aligned their
forces, and in the case OF the contests
about which there is admitted contro-
vcrsy the alignments are clearly de-
! fined.
Expect "Kcynote" Speeches.
Unusual Importance attaches To the
South Richmond meeting, because 81
/ tho probability that II will strike the
keynote CT the mayoralty campaign.
Since the entrance in the race of
Councilman Umlauf there has been talk
of issues and platforms. The meeting
I Will give both candidates an oppor-
tunity to define their positions with re-
| gard TO such questions OF public policy
rs may promise before the campaign
! is over To attain the dignity of NUM-
cipal issues
| Political gathering places bristle
t with predictions of acrimonious tights
| in the separate wards. Much Of the
| gossip is readily discounted as with
/ out Sufiicien: foundation Predictions
of fights against particular candidates
| on personal grounds are recognized
, outdoor sport during election periods,
and give practical politicians little
uncasiness. The most persstently
! rumored contest Is staged for Jefferson
| Ward. which, it appears, is still pay
ing the penalty for the reputation for
| strenuous politics that 1t has acquired
! in the course Of the last two or three
municipal campaigns.
Twenty New Men.
or tho nftY-one candidates. thirty
are offering themselves for recollection
10 the positions they now hold, and
one, Councilman Tmlauf, is a candidate
/ for the mayoralty. Twenty are new
men, and, except in few instances
I without previous experience in the
! Council
! The only members OF the City Coun-
| ell as now constituted who are not
! seeking election are Councilman j.
! J. Pollard, OF Ice ward, and Alder
man j. II. Perdue, OF Madison Ward.
/ Alderman Ordway Fuller, OF Clay
! term two years ago. and does not this
4 year come up for recollection.
List of Candidates.
The corrected list OF candidates for
/ nomination to municipal Office in the
! April primary. follows:
For Mayor.
! George Ainsie, Lee Ward.
| Jacob Umlauf, Clay Ward.
Lee Ward.
Board of Aldcrmcn-John l.. Bliley.
! w. j. Gilman, Barton II. Grundy and
| Marx Gunst. All are at present mem
! bcrs of the Board. Three are to be
! elected.
Common Council-Claude l.. Batkns,
| w. ID. Butler, T. IL. FERGUSON, Blanch-
! ard s. Forbes. Fred II. Powell, Clyde
! II. Hatcliffc, Willis l.. Simmons and
a l.. Vondcrlchr. Five to be elected.
| The new men are Batkins. Fergus
| son, Forbes and Simmons.
Clay Ward.
Board Of Aldcrmcn-W. l.. Fincgan,
! George j. Hooper, John J. Mitchell and
Lawrence Paul. Two to be elected.
! The new men are Fincgan and Hooper.
Common Council--T. c. Bcasley, r..
| Gray EaIidon. II. l.. Peters, John r.
| Powers. Clarence y. Scaton. y. "
! shea Edgar Il. English, Harry c.
! Glenn and II. l.. Pitcher. Five to be
! elected. The new men are Beaslcy.
! Powers, Shea, English. Glenn and
| Pitcher.
Madison Wnrd.
Board of Alderncn-L. r. Christian.
! James i. Disney, Jesse y. Ladd, Jo-
/ seph Il. Powers and w. w. Workman.
/ Three 10 be elected. The new men are
/ Christian. Ladd and Workman.
Common Council-Harvcy l.. Atkin-
! son. l.. j. Cheatwood, Il. II. Fuller. &.
! 9. Jones, John w. Moore and Gilbert
is. Pollock. Five 10 be elected. The
only new man is Cheatwood
Jefferson Ward.
Board of Aldermcn-W. H. Adams.
John Il. Grimes, III. w. Melton and ~
I {. Nielsen. All arc at present members
of the Board Three are to be elect
! ed.
/ Common Council-Gcorge A. Bow
/ den, Richard p. Brophy, George III.
i.umsdcn. Louis r. MetAgcr, Morgan
| IL Mills, jefferson c. Powers, George
w. Kogcrs, w. T. Sullivan and Joseph
B. Welsh. Five 10 he elected. The
new men arc Bowden. Brophy, Metzger
and Powers.