The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-26
CITY COMMITTEE To
MEET TUESDAY NIGHT
No MORE ENTRANTS PROBABLE
ADMINISTRATIVE Board Place win Prob
ably re Fought Out Between the
Three Men Who Are out For the
Office. e.

Ia following out the letter OF the res
olutiott adopted at the joint session OF
city Council on Wednesday night
clyde w Saunders. chairman of the
CITY Committee has called that body
to meet at O'Clock Tuesday night, at
Murphy's Hole. to formulate plan
and tn receive The names of asptrauis
for the vacancy on the Administrative
Board.
TO date thete are but three candi-
dates-GraEam Hobsop, member OF
the House OF delegates; william T.
Knowles, superintendent Of the Gas
Department. George Med. Blake groc-
cry man 7n1 former Alderman.
The list is open TO all. The addi-
tIoua. expenses OF printing separate
ballot and providing separate boxes
and other iacidenta.s viii he borne by
the eats,ttts -.
should Hand In Names Al one~.
All aa,..s s.uu.a be !r the hands or
the committee on Tuesday night, said
Mr. Saunders last night, so the ticket
may lie framed up. and all the tneI~
dentalg completed. The amount Of as
sessraant for he candidates viii. Oh
course. depend upon the number OF as
ptrants
other names tnan those already an
nouread hgNe been mentioned. but so
Jar mere Is TO reason ~ suppose NAAN =
either Jacob Tnlauf, Wilbur j. Griggs.
,larzaa r AIils or John w. Moore, who
have been mentioned, win aspire for
the place. .,.-
TIL resolution under which the city
Committee Nill act, as presented by
t.nun -IIuan T Gray Haddon and adopt s.,
ID at the toint session, reads as fol-
lows
"A resolution requesting the CITY
Democratic Committee to take the
sense Of tie voters Mt the primary cleo
ZION 30 be reld in the city OF Richmond,
on tho 9Th cay Of April, 1916. as TO
me selection Of a candidate for the
Administrative Board.
..Nhereas, bv the death of Robert
Whittet, Jr ii vacancy has been ere.
ated on the Administrative Board OF
the CITY of Richmond. for which there
arc several Is3irants and
Where's there is to be held IN the
city Of Richmond, on the attn day Oh
April, 1915. urinary election TO hoInl-
nate A candidate for Mayor of the said
civ be II resolved by the Council OF
the city of Richmond in joint meethg
assembled
Il, That tdc City Democratic Com
nIttee Of TIE city Of Richmond be, and
il Ia hereby respectfully requested u
take he sense Of the voters al the
urinary election to be held in the saio
city on the attn day Of April 1910
for nn,ninatius a candidate for Mayor
Of tn, city Of Richmond between the
various azpirants for the vacancy no"
existing in the Administrative Board
Nv providing the necessary special
/ boxes and -baliots at the expense Of the
several candidates for the said vacancy
and prescribing the necessary rules
regulations nhd lees, and directing the
3 various election officers TO permit Vot-
rs to express their preference between
/ the candidates fer ~dch vacancy, ano
to certify the result to the City Couh'
ell.
90 That the city clerk he, and he Is
hereby directed TO furnish a copy o
this resolution attested by the sigma
ture OF the presiding officer, to tn
chairman Of the City Democratic Com
mlttee without delay.