The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-16
COUNCIL CAMPAIGN
IS REGULAR BATTLE
Southsidc Hopes to Elect Entire Mad
ison Ward Delegation In Both
Branches.
FIGHT IN ALL WARDS
Alderman Paul Measures Strength
With Gilbert X. Pollock and East
End Willing Workers Prophecy
Lively Action Before Primary Day

The cav Of the crow. and the
sweet music Of the waters Of the
James, just released from tho icy
grasp OF Jack Frost, will from now
on mingle with the voices of the can
didates now in our midst. az the old
saying is. sorue Of the candidates
VIII eat crow and some VIII go up
salt river, it is said. but lust now
there are nearly seventy five confident
aspirants for places in either the up
per or lower branch OF city council,
The pot has not yet begun to boil
over. 1t is just s!mmerinE. These
are old and well-worn phrases. but
like Christmas, they coG1e around
regularly.
From SCOTS addition to Fulton;
from Ginter Park to woodland
Heights, and from the confines OF
old jackson, and old Jefferson wards
win come wailings and gnashing Of
teeth as the aspirants for political
honors tell ther1 all about it.
For the pending campaign is Eoing
10 prove one Of tho hottest in recent
history. There may hc something OF
profane history attached to It, for he
candidates friends, the willing WORT
ers. are not particularly choice IN
their use OF words
In Jefferson ward there is going 20
he a hid for clean sweep But one
of the old men Is to be reelected. ac-
CordinG to the wise ones from tho
East End. Alderman Melton is 70 he
sidetracked. the principal reason be
ing that he cannot, beca Use - the
dema nds OF his business, attend the
meetings Of the board Rs regularly as
seems to be desired on the part Of
the constituency. But there Is an
other reason, they say. He voted for
the measure designed 70 eliminate the
adm Illustrative board His friends in
one element claim that this vote will
be sufficient to return him ~ the
hoard, while others Bav that the "a ~
that he is being favored by the street
car interests because he Ola vote to
abolish the administrative board, will
help him toward the retention Of his
seat street car influence, II IS said.
is strong I'm the East End. that part
Of II on Church Hill
Councilman Jeter HAS Fight
Councilman Jeter has n fght on his
hands The anti-street car people
are against him because. as they say,
no appeared to be with the company
IN MS TeSG tuition EefQOIlnE the YAK
wood and Main street cars,
It was said yesterday that a con-
certed move was on foot to beat Coun-
Gilman Grimes, and that the fight for
last place would be between him and
one OF the new candidates.
Tho reelection Of Councilman Mills
ppears 10 he conceded by all ele-
ments. He is looked upon as a. l~~d-
er on the floor. and that is what aw-
peals to the voters on the HIN.
In Madison ward tina fight seearr
to be to eliminate all the Northsfde
councilmen, and to put Joe <unnally
in as a successor 70 either Alderman
! workman or Alderman Christian. II
the aim and object Of the willing
/ Workers Of the s;outhstde Is concrete
enough and has staying powers, there
/ will he an entire Southside delegation
. In city council
| Both Aldermen Grundy and Gunst,
I III Lee ward have opposition. and II
/ is said that tho opposition IS "sho
nu9" This remains 30 be seen, With
"a three-covnsred fight, as II started
out 10 be, before c. ndidate White) got
/ In the running. there appeared 70 be
some doubts. Now the friends Of the
I incuulbents say that the new aSpl-
rants will have trouble in crossing
| the goal Ine. alLnonRn tSuoSFt d.
| Airport has strong support among
motorists and good roads advocates,
( pollock vs.. Paul
! The fight I'm Clay ward, the real
one. Il is said is that brewing be-
tween Alderman Paul and former
i Councilman Gilbert X Pollock. Both
measure good fighters, and both have
/ staying qualities and are familiar
with the old familiar gum shoe
methods They know how TO shake
/ hands TO the best advantage, and
they know when TO stop talking,
These few references are but o
few. There will be others. as the
campaign WAKES hotter Already many
voters have been seen" and II Is
said that some OF the new men are
getting enough already TO ctnch the
game.
| But IL will he Ike a certain candi-
| date said after an administrative
/ board election: Il didn't know there
were so many liars In Richmond"
1t is understood that there will be
no pacts this year. There VIII be
| plenty Of open meetings, and severn
candidates said yesterday all they
wanted was the chance to get before
a crowd and tell them what they In
tended to do for the good of tho com
munity, and they felt satisfied their
pleas would have the desired result