Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-02
NORFOLK IS WINDING UP
INTERESTING CAMPAIGN
On Monday City Will Nominate
Mayor. Members OF Board OF
Control and Council
FIGHT HAS BEEN PECULIAR
Organization Forces Put Up Partial
Ticket. While Supporting Some
Candidates Oh Independent list.
Siccic's Platform Real Issue.
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iSpecin! 20 I'll" Times Dispatch
NoitFoIk. VA. April I.--Onc OF the
closest political campaigns and. with
IN" exception Of that OF 1913. on" Of
the most Interesting through which
Norfolk has passed for many years Will
come to " close on TUESDAY. "hcu q,
Mayor. or" Of the ,hrec members OF
tho Board Of Control ana ~ entire
Council of twenty five will be nOmi-
mated by tho Democrats OF the city.
For NOR" than two weeks It, least
one meeting n night has been the un-
broken rule, and on some nights two
and even three meetings have been
held. Every ward in the city has been
invaded two or three times hy the
candidates and their associate spell
binders. ON Monday hight. the eve
Of the primary. $50 meetings will be
held by the independents. the other
candidates remaining verbally uuics-
cent. ana spending their energies in
hard work at headquarters and III the
held.
The campaign is a peculiar one for
Norfolk Heretofore for years there
have been only two iick.ts-onc the
ring on as the: prefer to cal! them
selves, the organization ticket. and one
the good government ticket under
some Distinguishing name. This year
the organization forces adopted the
tactics OF putting up candidates for
Mayor and Board Of Control and for,
ten seats in the Council, while sup
porting ten candidates for the Council
running under the name of indeDcnd-
enis. In ono Of the five wards the or
Ganization. seeing the fight 10 he hope
less, has no councilmanic ticket under
any name. The Citizens party. or good
government faction has "A full ticket
In the field i'll every ward, running a
candidate FOR Mayor for the Board
Of Contro! and twenty-five candidates
FOR the Council
Mayor w. r. Mayo and Controller
W. NJ. liannan arc the organization
candidates. heading che ticket for
Mayor and Board of Control. while
Leon G. steel is the Citizens party
candidate for Mayor and J. y Der
ring for the Board Of Control
During the campaign the Citizens
party has held rallies in all parts of
the city. The Monroe and Madison
Wards indepe ndent councilmanic can
didates also have held a number OF
meetings. but the organization can
Gidat.s proper have remained quiet.
The refusal OF Captain MAYO and OF
Controller Hannah to take the stump
has given the Citizens party candidate
for Mayor ard Board OF Control an is
sue. ara nightly they nave cialicuc ed
a statement as 20 their position from
Mayo and Hannah The real issue.
ho" Yer, has been made by steele. who
i running on u platform declaring
Tor wuui. ipal gas plant and a inu-
niripal BRUCE across the Elizabeth
River :" E*"rklcy. Another issue has
been tn. old one OF James V. Trehy
@na James +. Prince, who arc sup
rortiu- TIN" organization ticket. Citi-
Z=uS' partt orators declaring that tho
election OF Mao ana Hannah means
90 return TO power OF these two we'll
Hn"wu political leaders
The r"sul. OF the election is doubtful
ana ,Neu rank partisans are wary OF
pi-4i'ti"uS MI arc agreed that il is
inc death struggle between the ola
RESIN and the new, as represented by
III" 'Iii""ns party. born I'm 1918 and
ii.'"r> III election after election since
/ mat time. now victory on TUESDAY
VIII give that faction almost co,npletc
! control az tho city government