Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-06
VOTE TODAY ON
CHARTER CHANGES
Question of Abolishing Admins
trative Board to Be De-
ternined by Ballot.
DEPENDS ON SIZE OF VOTE
Board Members Line Up City
Employees-Labor Vote
Much Split Up.
DEPENDS ON SIZE OF VOTE

changers and The Administrative pcI
VII chd tonight at sta. :he polls
having opened to the 1uaiif.a ,ot,r
this morning at i:l7. and III. s,in viii
90 down OIL the Spoils OF victory FER
the advocates of the amendments T.,
the present chartST IL III. votes vii,
60 10 the polls and scratci, TIVE hau,t.
the way they think. At least the i'm.
dicationS are that way. The nonon
entS to the amendments are rcnor,a,
TO be claiming 2.500 pledged votc- ..,d
are counting on many scattering hal.
iots' me situation IS plain.-if those
in iaNor OF the changes in the intc:
est OF better government Will. 20 IN.
man. 20 TO The polls and express their
sentir' cntS. the amendments Will GO
over by Eood votc; but the slightest
inclination TO stay away f-"u, IN. polls
IS as good 2s voting against the ar1cnd-
;nents. for The opposition will BE- thc,.
IN fuli force Advocates of tho changes
are urging the voters 10 lc. nothing
Iecp them from the polls
MANY MEN IN RAMS
AND otT OF THE CITY
with literally hunorcds. II no, thou.
sands. OF men between twenty-onc and
thiTty-one in the army. ard therefore
out of the city. and very .ew OF then,
having taken advattagc OF the absent
having taken advantage Of the ah.
scnt-voters law. and with a great
many Of the older men away on their
annual vacations. besides tn. nur her
Of hoatcrS wha are always absnn, on
election days. this fact is obvious. every
man must vote or the charter changes
arc lost already. The city usually puIls
about 5000 votes. In some inst inccs
1t las been as large as 10000. Witc
$500 votes pledged 10 tho Admiiis,r1.
tive Board. and no doubt Of thei. pick
ing ~ COOL many more. a roll.n.
Of G.o9o votes. In spite Of the aba 2at
voters. is essential to the carrying of
the amendments over the wire. 1t is
very doubtful ~ that number will as
sure the adoption OF the CHANGES
Therefore. the advocates OF the changes
are begging ynu, il you care. 70 get
TO the polls, regardless OF hirdranccs
Somewhat interesting and conflicting
events arc CON II to light on cdee Of
election day. the indications being that
the labor vote is much split up. over
the signature OF W. T. Sullivan. record
ing secretary. Old Virginia Lodge. No.
SO. brotherhood of International Foil
ermakers. Iron Shirbu!lders 2nd Holp-
crs of America. has repudiated hy res
oiution the claim of the charter-change
committee Of the Contra! Trades and
Labor Council 20 speak fer ii.
DIXON REPUDIATES PAPER
SIGNED ny SULLIVAN
Later last night. Jesse C Duke.
chairman of the legislative commit
tee OF the Federation of Labor. brought
IN ,,,,h Coll
statement. signed by y. J. Dixon. gen
=. organizer. International Ioiler-
,.:"iers' Union:
II hereby certify that the alleged
resolutions Of i5oilermakers' Union No.
52c are fraudulent and spurious. and
were never adopted by that union.
Neither OF the boilermakers' unions
IN Richmond have opposed any action
Of the Central Trades and Labor Coun-
Gil in the charter change fight"
RESOLUTIONS were also furnished L.
the press last night by Machinis,s'
:inon. No. 10. denouncine as 'fraudu-
lent ard spurious" the resolutions as
10 charter changes signed 10y Secretary
sullivan for Boilcrmakers Union Nc
i2s. and asserting that the resolutions
we're rover presented before or adopt
cd by that body. defending the char
tcr-chanGe committee of the Ceht-a
Trades and Labor Council and c..l;irs
on the central body to take action To
bring TO justice the person response
bic for this attack upon the labor
movement"
HAWKINS COMMENTS on
sHEPPARD'S RESIGNATION
And in similar connection. NJ. W.
Sheppard has resigned from the Civic
Association as a director. and r0oud'-
atcs the attack of the charter changers
or the so-callcd chartcr-changc conf
mittee of the Central Trades and La.
bor Council. Of which Mr.. Sheppard
was 4 member.
In regard to the resignation Of Mr..
Sheppard, O. 4. Hawkins. president Of
the Civic Association. said:
Il note the resignation of NJ w
Sheppard As a director of the Civic As
Continued on Eighth ?asc)