Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-19
MEETING At CH|MBORAzO
MAY ENL|VEN CAMPAIGN
East Side Gathering on Friday Is
Big Political Event of
Week.
PRIMARY TWO WEEKS OFF
Candidates Begin Crucial Period of
Campaign. Relying on Personal
Canvasses Rather Than on Con-
vertS Made From the Stump.

! On tho political horizon for this
week tho most commanding object is
the mass-mecting scheduled for Fri
day might under the auspices OF the
East End Progressive Association,
/ perhaps the most influential quasi
/ political organization in the eastern
section of the city. The meeting will
he held Mt o'clock in the auditorium
, Of the ChimboraZo School
IN recent years Jefferson Ward has
earned a reputation for strenuous poll
tics. and the meeting Friday night
may prove the livelicst OF the rather
featurclcsS campaign that has marked
the contest for seats on the Admins
irative Board and in the Legislature
several members of the East End Pro-
GrcSsivc Association. in particular,
have in the past given evidence OF n
disconccrting habit OF propounding per-
tincnt questions TO speakers who ad
dressed them. and in past campaigns
this factor has frequently injected into
the proceedings lively numbers not in
cludcd in the printed program
EXTnEiE WEATHER PUTS
CRIMP IN MASS-MEETING
With less than two weeks of the
candidates for the Administrative
Board. Senate and House OF Delegates
enter this week the crucial period of
the contest. The extremely warm
weather has reduced the popularity OF
the housed mass-meeting, as was evil
dcnced Saturday night by the slim
crowd that reported for the gathering
OF tho Clay Ward .Actives The cam
paisn will probably see few more OF
such meetings.
The candidates themselves are not
encouraging the meeting idea,
prcferring to conduct their campaigns
in their own personal way. The val
n a m n &C ti,,,-
scttcr. particularly when the meeting
takes place on an uncom :urtably hot
night. in the opinion of hardened poll
ticians, seldom rises far above zero.
While the contest for seats in the
Legislature holds general interest
chiefly because of the uncertain fate
of three or four individuals. who are
more or less in the public eye. the
rivalry for the two vaca acies on the
Administrative Board. as the campaign
nears its end. is intrcnched as rhe
campaigns storm center.
CHARTER REFORM MOVEMENT
ADDS INTEREST TO CAMI'AIGN
Interest in this contest is height
ened by the growth OF the charter re-
form movement. with its covert
threat against the continued life Of
the Administrative Board One OF the
candidates. Ellen g. Fo!kes. has even
taken official cognizancc of this dis
turbance by suggesting in an address
at North Richmond, Tuesday night,
that specially prepared referendum
be submitted to the voters on August
3 for the purpose OF determining the
general character of the charter re-
form that is desired.
All three candidates are depending
chiefly on their personal work and
personal alliances to win for them on
election day. Supporters of Marx
Gunst, the Lee Ward Alderman who
is seeking one of the two places row
held by Mr.. Folkes and Henry p. Beck
make the claim that their candidate
is making large gains in precincts
which. in former contests. have given
him only moderate support, and that
he VIII finish one OF the winners
Mr.. Beck has substantial follow
ing which has remained with him
since he was elected TO the Adminis-
trative Board three years ago. AT that
time his popularity arose from his cf-
ficieut administration OF the Building;
inspectors Office. His record in that
Office practically determined his cleo
ton.