The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-24
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Greatest Meeting OF the Campaign Is
Held at Chimboraxo
School.
sUFFRAGETTEs GET IN WORD
Big Crowd Favors Foikes, Bowden,
Mills and Gunst. with Much APP
Plause For All Candidates.

The big political show OF the cam
paign was pulled of last night at
Chimborazc. More than Ave hundred
people. most of them voters, and
many Of them from other sections of
the city, gave all the candidates hearty
welcome, and then they gave a dele
CATION of suffragettes. headed by Miss
Adele Clarke, who took the rostrum
on behalf OF the cause. the hearty glad
hand
Being the biggest and most repre-
sentative meeting of the campaign.
the candidates delivered their gems,
and spread themselves as far as they
could within the limited space OF Ave
minutes per spread.
Candidate Jimmie Price, who has
been the last man to speak at all the
meetings, and whose ideas have been
taken away from him before his turn
10 talk TO the sovereigns, managed to
get in a few words of cheer. Eddie"
Fuller was surprised by being called
upon among the legislative candidates,
by Chairman Day. He apologized to
the other candidates. Mr. Lightfoot
was called upon out OF place. Also as
was Captain Myers, and all of them
were given the opportunity of telling
what they had done. what they would
do, and what they hoped the people
would do.
Patriotic as the people of Church
Hill are the meeting last night from
the applause which greeted each
speaker. gave tie observer the oppor-
tunity of believing that from the noise,
the crowd favored Candidates Folkes,
Gunst. Mills Bowden and Myers, more
than they did the other candidates. al
though every speaker was given a most
hearty welcome.
Welcome For Myers.
AS welcome to Captain Myers,
delegation of $50 young men of the
East End formed themselves into
line, and with drum corps and red
lights gave him a most enthusiastic re-
ception.
All the candidates dweit upon NE
topics referred TO at the previous
meetings. except that they dug deeper
into their subject. Ali Of them fav-
| ored the Torrens bill. and blamed It's
| defeat upon the rural members of the
Legislature who they declared looked
! forward to the meetings of Legislature
/ for the purpose OF furthering measures
I profitable to their local districts re-
I CARELESS Of what might happen to
; other sections of the state.
l. Candidates Fuller, Jones and Myers
| brought out the point that notwith-
standing criticism made against them
/ they were ready to carry out the
wishes of the people. and would see
/ that the laws were strengthened so
| that the acts now on the books may
| be made more effective.
Denies GrOundiema, Report.
Mr. Jones corrected the impression
which had gone around to the effect
that he had stated at some time long
ago. that he would not vote for a man
endorsed by the labor element. He
said this report was entirely ground
less.
II am a hard working man myself"
he said, and naturally am interested
in everything of benefit and value TO
the laboring man.
Il Captain Mills extended the hand of
fellowship and said that he recognized
the right of the people to have defeat
ed him for Council at the last election,
but that was a thing of the past and
now he held all these who fought him
at that time as friends from the bot
tom Of his heart, and hoped they looked
at II the same way.
Alderman Gunst emphasized his
stand. by saying that as he had served
the city for nearly twenty-five years
as a member of City Council, he had
the right to ask for recognition as a
member of the Administrative Board
He pointed to his record in Council
as an indication OF what he would do
for the whole city II elected to the
board.
, Commissioners Beck and Folkes were
well received-Mr. FSfkes getting the
bulk of the Noise .ss.= ys..s...,as,, a..a
Ladies' Heard Them.
After the candidates had spoken,
and they included the entire list. en-
hracing Messrs. Cannon, Hardwick,
wendenburg. Bowden. crenshaw.
Boschen, Lightfoot Hobson, Myers,
Mills. Fuller, Jones, Price, and Admin
istrative Board candidates Beck. Folkes
and Gunst. Chairman Day stated that
as the meeting had been called for a
candidates he did not know what to
do about the ladies present who wished
to be heard.
The sense of the meeting was that
the ladies' should be heard, and Miss
Clarke climbed upon the rostrum and
proceeded at once to tell the voters
what she thought OF them. and insist
ed that they see that the candidates
pledge themselves to give the women
some recognition. She referred to the
fact that number Of Western States
had woman suffrage and they were
still prosperous. then why shouldn't
Virginia. the mother of States, have
sufYragef
She was given hearty round of APP
plause at the conclusion of her speech.
With her were Miss Houston Mrs.
Fred Jobson. Mrs. D. E. Hooker. Miss
Blanche Cromartin, Miss May Schaill
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