Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-05

meeting OF the Democrats Of Jefrersor
Ward. the City Democratic Committee
met and arbitrarily declared Mr..
Grimes the nominee of tho party on
| the ground that Mr.. Grimes was the
next highest in the number OF votes
| cast In the primary. So many OF the
Democrats of Jefferson Ward were in
dignant at the gh-hnnded action OF
| the committee that large number OF
| them urged me to run against Mr..
| Grimes in the regular election. After
mature reflection l decided 1t was my
duty to respond to the call, and so I
announced my candidacy.
In order to choke me or some Of
the party bosses, "the chairman of the
City Democratic Committee" notified
me that rs l had voted in the primary
| had no moral or legal right to re-
fuse to support Mr.. Grimes or to run
as an independent and threatened mo
with legal prosecution. l consulted
MIR. Pollard as an attorney and he
informed me that the primary election
was closed incident. that Mr.. Grimes
had not been nominated by the pri-
| mary and that neither / nor any other
Democrat was Loyalty bound to sup
port Mr.. Grimes merely because the
City Democratic Committee had named
him rs the party nominee and that
was we'll within my rights in running
of MIR. Pollard's "meddling" in Jeffer-
son Ward politics. and 1 think il but
lair that the public should know the
facts. 1t would be 4 blessing to Rich
mond and to good government if we
had more men Of Polla rd's conscience
and courage to fight the political ma
chine in this city and NEEDLE" with
1t and antagonize it and throttle it
In it's political Vaccinations
]. T. BAILEY
2605 East Broad Street
For Local Self Government.
To the Editor of the Times-Dispatch:
Sir.-I have read with considerable
interest the press of Richmond and
other cities Of the State of Virginia.
with reference to the nominations of
the gubernatorial candidates of vir-
ginia. which occur on the seventh day
of this month. The press seems to
have been extremely liberal along Its
line of criticism. and as (we) are the
people. 1 feel that there is no reason
why we should not at least express an
| opinion.
We have before us three men ask
ing the Gubernatorial honors of this
state. and there is nothing more fair
except that his constituency should
thoroughly understand the position az
each.
We have with us ]. Taylor Ellyson.
VINO claims to be an advocate of pro-
nioltlon. We have with us John Car
land Pollard, who also claims to he
Strong advocate of prohibition. as his
mes career would indicate, and ac-
cording to his own statement he has
never tasted of the ardent spirits.
we nave in addition, a man who oc-
cupies the high level of saying thar
he Is IN favor Of local lf-government.
vi you see mt to denominate. To-
cal optlon, man whose convention
.eaShes the idea of democracy SO much
nigher than his constituency than The
united vocabulary that I possess f,i,s
10 furnish language have never ~,
MT. Davis in my life would 49,
know him If l met him on the stree,
OUT ms construction of rovernment
win Republican and Democrats wo,as
means mine. WIS
want to say in conclusion to the
democrats and Republicans of tho
'"le Oh Virginia, if YOU want IN yo,a
the interest of the Commonwealth
men you live. vote on the seventh
ICY OF August for Mr.. Davis 49,,
mas risen above political circumN
stances and has asserted hirnsait -.
respective of his views or hi. NJ,
HGinla being in favor of nrnh;hi
.ion' Mr. Davis is in favor of pron;pi
.ion out 1t would be the ouintas.a
oi impudence on his part IN 80, nee
Gn"e, Jaw ne would accept or veto ~.
po,o WILLIAM T. GRIFFIN
'ersourC' Va. August 4. 1917