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the dispatch founded ioa WHOLE NUMBER 19,099. RICHMOND, V \ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1912. -?e wmt,e? to-dav-i^T" PRICE TWO CENT*
WILSON SPEAKER
AT DOLLAR DINNER
Makes First Campaign
Speech in New York
to Workingmen.
TALKS TO THEM
OF THE TARIFF
Opposes Exaggerated Protective
Policy Because It Makes Their
Country Provincial and Cuts
It Off From Rest of World.
No Dangers From Free
Trade.
New York, Septembci * ?Governor
Wood row Wilson ipbk ? for tho first
time to-night In Now York >:Ay as
tho Democratic nominee for the pres?
idency at the dollar dinner jf the
Wbodrow Wllaon Worklhgrhcit's
I.i ay lc. Before going to the dinner
1 <? met two-score editors of foreign
language newspapers at the National
Arts Club and talked Immigration to
t hem.
' if we can hit lipon a stand t 1 which
admits every voluntary immigrant,"
he laldj "and ex :ludca those who nave
hot come of theli Own motion with
?
been Indu ed by ?team? .;> companies
?
then
-
The Ideal < iindltlon.
I nlkn I.. V orklnumcn,
.
ernor W '>ori said:
"One of the reasons why I am op?
posed to an exaggerated protective
policy Is that it is .? choosing before
hand to be provincial and to have at
little to do with the rest of the world
us possible. 1 hear a great deal h.i ;
nowadays about the danger ut free
tiadc. There are circumstances in this
country which render it absolute!) Im-1
possible in our time, I dare siy. thati
we should have free trade. \Vo have;
so divided the sphere of taxation both'
by principle and by practice between
the Federal and thf ?it.tt- governments
that direct taxatu i n ,?,!.,.?(.? .-xclii-j
Hlvely reserved foi? the Stat, govern
rnents ami Indirect taxation is the chief!
resource of thj Federal government;
and the. indirect taxes are chief!; j lid
at the custom houses.
if yon want to be certain that we ?
would not-pay them if w._ knew we
were paying thorn watch the p< iplu
wlio come hack from Europe and so
through tli< customs. They arc the
most Indignant, and from the point of
view of some of m> compatriots, the
must unpatriotic Am ans imaginable
because th--y kick like steers against
the payment of the duties liecauai they
are men and ther.hsclously and
visibly paying them out ot their own
pockets; and there would be. a vbrj
different customs policy In this coun?
try It' everybody cohsciousl) ami vi-ih
ly paid the ? ustoms dutl< s out of his
own pocket directly 1 hl i the hands of
uii otlieer of the government. So thit
When people talk to you oui the
danger of free trade and th. folly of
the free trader, do not be afraid tl.it
you will meet a free trader, do hot
be afraid that you will meet a free
trader in tht dark alley because there
lb hot any free trader who can Ket
abroad in America at present. All
that we are considering tlHM'cfon In
considering the policy of protection
Is relative freedom In trade."
The Oovet nor reiterated his Opposi?
tion to a ft dcral commission to r?gu
1,:'. monopolies, He said there was
no body o> men who know enough
to tell the country what the processes
of industry should be.
The Qovernor will return to Seagirt
early to-morrow.
Pushing Plghl 1? Mnlne.
New Vork, September 1 ? After a
conference between Acting Chairman
McAdod, of the Democratic National
Committees. Senators Pomerenc, of
Ohio, and O'Oormaii, of New Vork, and
Representative Uurleson. oi Texas, at
w hich the result in Vermont was thor?
oughly discussed, it was decided to
I,, nd every effort to strengthen the
Democratic campaign In .Maine up to
the last moment before Monday's elec?
tion
with that result in view, Senator
(Continued on Seventh Page.)
All Day Long- He Cam?
paigns Through
Iowa.
CROWDS BIG AND
ENT HUSIASTIC
Third-Termer Tells People Fight
Is Not Three-Cornercd, But,
Republicans Swept Aside,
Standpatters Have Centred
All Their Hopes on
Woodrow Wilson.
r>f>? M6irics. Iowa, September 4 -?
Upon WoOdrow Wilson the hop's ,,f
! the stand-patter ar? nrad-a.ll> being
centred. Colonel Roosevelt ?oM the
State Brpgn ns| ?? ?? Convention of Iowa
?
? .
Colonei Roosevelt also <?? l.d fur
?
<.' lock anil kept nit It with llt!,o rest
?
Journey through th? Slat" fr"m Keo
safte) tntikink n Bpcee)h which was t<- I
?
\lt no?*rft I "iik I Ilk
with
Re.
to
fore it wits captured- Barnes. Pchrose,!i
r,,_ Jonhelm arid the reist of them
w< "hi not have known wlmt was meant
. n?nnbilean principles If you bad
mentioned them. Thty knew at the
rttnnbllcnn i-ohvehtldli in i'ninpri that
thev were Insuring the defeat "f them?
selves Thev e.spoi-tv'.i 'be Democratic
thoucht we would confine ourselves to
putting the ?trici ?et of bosses into
power, and that after four y-nrs they
would come hiiek again. Nothing Is
coined by changing the whip of Harnes.
Penrose and Guggenheim for the scor?
pion .f Murphy, Sullivan arid Taapart.
? ?
'?Now a few words to the -i.en who
wen formerly Democrat.*. I want to
cnll your' attention to this difference
between the Chicago and Baltimore
conventions. The victory at Baltimore
?or Mr. Wilson "as a Moved because
the bosses flnaily concluded that bis
victory m.ant their victory. At Chi
.;,u.. the bosses knew that our victory
meant t heir di f. at.
"If the Democrats suercoed in No?
vember It m-atis that .-? ery l oss will
be enthroned in his' own stat-. The
:
privat.-- privilege \vlii feel that they
?
everywhere among re.-icth nary Repute
lb ans a growing purpose to support
Mr Wilson, on til- theory Iii ? i Presi?
dent Taft tvai h. .ten ulli-dy md that
tli" only hope of preserving Ilm old
parlier, was support the O-mocratlc
ticket and defeat the Progressives.
"Where Mr Wilson is getting sup?
port of that type," lie,sold, ''we have
the light i.i ask every Independent
beritocrat who believes fit tin princi?
pled the Domncrncj nominally stahds
fbl to conic with usi. ! ask every Dem?
ocrat who really hellevaa in the right
Of tin peopli to rille t? come with lie',
for every representative of privilege,
every boss is going to hla side."
Ilefiisoa Missouri Mil.
kenk'UK. iov.a. September t.?A_ of.
for of support frohi RepubTlfcahs of
Missouri was rejected yesterday by
,'olonei Roosevelt, i! wain if irnr-ti to?
day, on ihe terms under which it was
tendered. Oolnnol Roostivxlt received
the offer when M reached St. Louis,
and was led to believe that if he ac?
cepted it som. oi the most influential
members of the Rop'iitelican organisa?
tion would be behind htm in hl? fl^ht
for the presidency. Iii? rofaaal was
made publicly when ho was nddress
itik the .Stale Progrehslve convention,
although tile delegates were> not In :i
position to know the full s'gniflcance
of bis words.
The terms of the offer wore that If
Colonel Roosovcll would Induce tile
Missouri Progressives to refrain from
putting .1 full Male ticket in the field.
(Continued on Seventh Page.)
Taft Cannot Rise to
Welcome Visiting
Chemists.
HE HAS GOUT AXD
SPRAINED ANKLE
Condition Not Serious and He
Will Go to New York To-Day
to Meet Mrs. Taft Aboard
Mayflower ?Week at
Beverly Expected to Put
Him Right.
Ident of the United .States to-day
greeted from a wheel chair the dele
gates to the eighth International Con?
gress bi Applied Chemistry which was
Opened blue tills morning to bo con?
tinued In New York beginning Friday
Th< principal . vent of the day was
:i garden part> on the Wniti House
:
?
? .
Ill Continental Hall earlier
?
?
I
r. tVUliarn H Nlch'olas, of New
llllnm Ramsey, "i England. Dr.
f.as ordered to
?e. Mriji r T. Ii
.
. .lay. leaving
New York
Malflow.v In the North River will he
changed, th? President geling to meet
? ? ?
The President planned t" iro to New
I. mdon. C< nn.. on the Mayflower to
address the Atlantic Deep Waterways
Convention Friday. There is some pros?
pect that this engagement will be ran
, . lied owing I" the condition of his
ankle, hut this had not been determin?
ed to-ntght. Mr,.tor Rhoodcs. who is
attending th? President, said to-night
that Mr. Taft's Injury was n?t serious,
and thai a week's rest at Beverly
would put him on his feet again.
NO HOPE FOR WOMEN
Vlldlllonnl Itellirii-, ?Iio?t Tino Are
Defeated I? O6lo llnltle.
Columbus. September I.?Addi?
tional returns from yesterday's vote
on the f?arty.-two proposed amend?
ments to the State Constitution confirm
the early Indications the,! nil Of the
amendments except woman's suffrage
This estimate of the result Is based
only oil the count of the nine princi?
pal amendments, in order to satisfy
public cUrlnalty on these, the Secre?
tary of State, who is head of the state
election machinery, ordered that these
nine he counted fir.'t. Consequently
the reports on all thi others have I,, en
Owing to n stronc fight ngainst the
amendment abolinhins capital punish?
ment, it i> considered possible that
this amendment will !-. defeated when
the final count Is mad--. It is thought
ii may be several days before the re?
sult on these amendments i- known.
LEAP FOR THEIR LIVES
ihin> ?.Irl-. .1.? l-'rnm IVlurinwM Pbl
loiTltm fO\|iloMlna,
Chicago, III.. September I.?Thirty
?Iris were f .re.d to leap out ,.f second
Mory win-lows to psCltpe death to-dliy
when an explosion, paused by benzine
Vapor, wrecked a hulld'nc occupied
.1 dyelnr- and cleaning establish?
ment.
Rudolph Spinner, foremnli of the es
Inbllshmeut, ?a, i-riuit/d to death
Hi:, hi '. v ,.- dUg oul 01 the ruins by
jflretneii One girl ?im lumped oul of
e widow, was picked up utieonsclous
and with both legt fractured. Others
In riishlng to reach the stairways
w? re knocked down and trampled.
The explosion was the third within
a tyeeh in dyeing and cleaning shops
In Chicago
GASOLENE STOVE EXPLODES
"Mother mid loo l.lttle ?.Irin Lose
Their l.l? o.
I Tampa. Fla... September 4.?News
1 was received here to-day of an ex
1 plosion ?t Malabar, east of here, in
I which Mrs. Frank Wastendorf ami two
i'tlle frills, aged two and fo?ir years,
[lent their lives yesterday. Mrs.
1 VVostendorf was filling a gasolene
BtOVe when it exploded, th-- demos en?
veloping her and the two children.
Railroad employes nenihy ciiine to the
I rescue In time to save th,- building,
Thb husband was awn> at the time.
E ALL CANALS
STANDARD DEPTH
Proposal Arouses Deeper
WaterwaysConvention
to Enthusiasm.
''APOSTLE" SMALL
ADVOCATES PLAN
He Would Link Into One Great
Water Course 140 Harbors and
Rivers Which Indent 7,000
Miles of Atlantic Coast,
and Reduce Cost of
Living.
New London, Conn., September i.?
The .standardisation in depth of all
canals along the Atlantic seaboard
was advocated, amid much enthusiasm
on the part of ti;. delegates, by Con?
gressman loan II. Small, 01 North
Carolina, this afternoon In his address
to the Atlantic Deeper VVate ways
Coiivenlion at its :;ftli annual conven?
tion. Mr. Small had beon introduced is
the apUstlc of dcepel waterways, and
followed Charles Himer .Smith, secre?
tary of the Philadelphia Builders' _x
hai -?. who read trie report oi Geh
I oral W ll. Blxby, ein. f o engineers,
|:U. A. Ill Which a favorable report
I had h- eii made for a canal twelve icet
I deep froth Norfolk to Beaufort Inlet.
?
Mr. Small said thut while his .~mtc
was to receive th. iirst benefits of
I the movement for deeper waterways it
'would w<>: k just as energetically for
: consummation of a plan which would
?
I harbors a;:.I rivers which inucjht nearly
j 7..i miles ot the coast. The great
? t" be sought, r,<- believed, was to
I m.ike eveVry ultj arid towri of all these
j at present segregated Inlets. rnm
munlciprtl :?>: water-borne tratllc each
I w itu the other.
i a. i .11 in i oat <>f i.li log.
! II. ad(|ed a word arguments of
other speakers that transportation Is
j .i fai tor in tiie cost of living, saying
that b> water-bbrne traffic the pres
I ? nt high costs may be cm crown. He!
said that ? :?? a-bllrary condition faced
! by populous communities along the
[ seaboard to be opened for supplies upon!
the great ?...? lines, operating between
I the North find South, was that msinj' of
these '.in<s eiti-er haw by outrlg'it pur
j ? hast- or under a community of inter
i est Control of the present water lines
... hli h ought to be ni factor in cheaper
The standardization of the depth of
I Intra-costul canals, tht Congressman
held, would ? nable craft to ply in the
I smaller waterways without breaking
cargoes. The uniform depth of twelve
?
'enough to enable deepening later r> t
little ccst.
j He advocated ifiiinl I pa I ownership of
all water terminals. Mr. Small said:
"No town or city eari expect to use th<j
tvaterways unless they are wise enough
i . insist up.oi proper terminals owned
by nnd administered for the p-opie.
equipped woth facilities for handling
?
Connections between these! water |i>nn
lioils and 'lie railroads, preferably by
'belt lines, should he operated either
by the municipality or fstutf. The peo?
ple are supreme in the matter of
transportation and railroads should he
(dedicated :?? r/h'elr service and to their
service alone."
Public Mum let.
To thosi speakers who had pointed
?
slructlng intia-costal waterways, Mr.
pie through public sentiment demanded
that Congress shall provide these
waterways:" He added that Senators
nnd Representatives are of the same
common clay as other people. They
have granl'd favors lo the Interests
? hat have dotrtnjided them, while great
Improvement! hiii'o not been granted,
oven If they were for the public good,
because those behind those movements
?The pressure of n few constitu?
ents." b.e said, "brings greater ac?
complishments than unj number of
[ weil-writti ii preambles adopted by
wildly eiithiisinstlc conventions."
Other speakers si the afternoon *es
Philadelphia, president the National
; Board of Trade, presided, were Con
I pressman \V. II. Hi aid. of Delaware,
,.n Hi.- Chesapenki and Delri
u ai ? Cnhnl ''. vv, Nortis, director ot
wharves arid doclcs in Philadelphia, on
Water Frontage; Congressman .1. 11
Covlnpton. ^.f Maryland, on Govern?
ment .\ils to Navigation in inland
vVaters; and Congressman W, S tlrocn;
of Massachusetts, on the Taunton
?
ih. matters of time and place of the
n.\t convention weh referred to F
F. ' run.-, of Massachusetts B. F. Ma
linn, of Connecticut; t M Carrlnglon
lot Virginia A. C Beely. of I'hiliidel
phla, and W A. Boyklii. of Maryland;
Jacksonville and Troy are the
Congressman Levy Not
to Wed Miss W'lson
I Special io I be l.?M-nispntf hil
I linrlnt tcnvllle, \ "?, s.-pieinber 4,
?"II Is absolute!) mit ru<-,-' mild
Hep res.-11.1 ii 11 * ?? Jefferson Levy to?
night, ?lll.ll sill.nil tllC Malelllelll
Hint lie and MISs l lorn Wilson,
dun-ihrer of the Secretnrj of tarl
ca'f.irr, were to wed.
Mr. |,evj miI.I that bo Would not
deign (o notice Hie rumor but for
ihe fuel dun ll whs unjust nnd on
fnlr to Miss Wilson, who bus been
annoyed verj much alnee she look
up (In- cudgels nRnliifcl Mrs. Little
! loo's plnn tor Ihr purchase of Mon
lleello by tin- goverumrnl.
**Theae rumora nrr perfectly
groiiinlleMN,** .sril,i *.ir. Levy. Miss
Wilson is known lo hnvc lieeu n
frl.I of I lie l.evj ran. 11.i lor some
yearn.
RICHMOND'S NEW MAYOR
Hi>N. GEORGE VIXSI.IE,
_ Phntr. by Foster.
NO 'OATH OF ALLEGIANCE'
uhlican Convention Splits
When Support of Taft Ii
i icmandcd.
Iii II p i) I :an Organization this
m. ug had used ::-.<? "steam roller";
?
and demanded that .ill except those
who took the oath of. allegiance to the
Taft-.Shermnii ticket !"? barred from'
the floor of ihr convention, about 100
delegates, ltd bj six of the principal
Republican leaders o'. the State, called:
ternoon at the same hour as the reg-:
ultirs The.\ passed a stinging resolu
::??:: against the action of the com-,
mit tec and declined to have any fur?
ther relations with the Taft convienfl
tloni ngrtu Ing to put out a slnglej
electoral ticket and also a single,
Progressive state ticket Independent;
of .my ncthm on the part of the regtid
?
marked by spectacular speeches, par?
ticularly that 01" the Roosevelt follow
eis, in which iix-Sehator Marlon But?
ler tried (?' tike ii prominent hand He
was met with rebuffs at every turn.]
and his own attempt to g< t the Pro-'
gressives to * compromise with the;
regulars on n State ticket was voted,
down The Roosevelt convention |h-:
dorsed It. Cyrusi Thompson, of Oh'sldw
County, who was nominated 'or ti -\-'
OfllOr at the Progressive con . .1111011,
held yesterday in Qreensboro.
The situation In the partv seems toj
1 of Hi
"steam roller" 'methods employed by!
tie- St-ite committee, which consists of.
! c ? ::l\. one members. fifteen of these!
were present ibis morning, with Chair-I
man Mnrehend presiding. The vote to!
debar the Roosevelt delegates from the!
floor ?! the reg n la: convention wna j
carried 9 to 6. and the six members of
the committee withdrew el once and:
set themselves to the task of laying!
:io foundation for the third patty In
North Carolina.
Mroctlv utter the action of the com4
mit tee. Chnlrmnh Morehend directed
that all delegates who were to he seat?
ed should he giv.ti budges, and that
policemen I., stationed ai. the doors
of Ho- hall t,i pr< .,01 11,entrance of
tiny Roo'sevoR men; This step robbed
tlo regular convention of much an?
ticipated Internal, and an nflcimoon
sesslori ??? tibonl an hour In length
was held, this being marked by the
adoption of etit-nnd dried resolutions.
Thomas Settle, of Ashevllle. was
nominated by the Republican . ..1,? .-1,
for C.overnoi late to-night, the
Robsev'ell convention nominale,! Z, hu
one of the moF' significant acts of
the regular Republican convention
was the recommendariori of k c. Dun?
can as national . immlltatiriun to sue
ceed Richmond Pearsons, a Roosevelt
adherent, whose seat on th" national
committee was d-ela red vm.int it?
cause of Ills Hull Moose leaning. Mr.
Duncan was formerly national , om
mltlocmnn and served on the commit
t-- that made up tin- temporary roll
at Chicago,
GIVEN FULL POWER
T? PRQBE CHARGES
Committee Appointed to Livvesti
gntc Recent Primary in
Sotttli Carolina.
EVERY COUNTY PROTESTED
Governor 1'.lease Declares lie
lici That lie Was Elected
1 tones. tly.
Columbia. C. September 4.?
ClinrKP? Of fr.iud In connection with
the South Carol Inn Democratic prlmary
itf August -T win be Investigated by a
special committee of sevea appointed
to-day by John Hary Bvans, Chairman
of the Slate Executive Committee. Tli.e
Kpcclnl committee wns provided for In
a resolution adopted at to-day'a session
.if the .stale committee. Governor
Cole l- Hlease. on the face of the re?
turns, was nominated for Govarnor by
about ;i,.i"U majority over his two op
ponenta, the total vote being about
1 10,000.
i'h. subcommittee was clothed with
full power an?i authority to tike tes?
timony and malte a thorough investi?
gation of alleged Illegal practices at
the primary. It Will report ai t lie
next meeting of the committee, to lie
.1 ii. i ;?>? the chairman.
'ihc members of the committee, ap?
pointed b> the State chii.nnun, an. w.
!?'. Stevenson, Chesterfield, chairman;
T M Butler; Cherokee; j. B. Barks,
iireenwood; W; B, Wilson, Jr., Vork;
J. n. Kvans, Dorchester; l>. M. ilrw-.r.
Union, and It. M. Jeffries, Jasper.
l:i.. executive committee nut hero
to.day to canvass the returns and In?
vestigate th? charges of fraud made
by Ira B. Jones, cuhdldati tor Qoytr
nor, several days ago Attorneys for
Judge .Ion. s to-day liloil an amended
petition protesting every county in
the State. Uovoinor Bloose lilcd bis
return to th. charges oi fraud, in
Which he expressed the belief ih.u the
primary bad been conduct.;., honestly
and that in ana the legal nomine- of
th.- i lemoi i iti.- fjrty.
John '1' Duncan, the third candidate
for Governor, also riled a pvotesi with
th.- committee.
The passage of the resolution to-day
very probhbl) means that the second
primary for Stale officers <? nnot be
held next Tuesday.
'I'll, protests ??! \v Jasper Tal bot and
N. n D:ii. candidates tor the United
states Senate, against th.. nomination
of Senator I: ll. Tlllniiiu on the ground
Hint he failed lo tile ins expense ac?
count as provided bj lav; were passed
bvei until th,. next meeting
The committee to-nlghl adjourned
to me, t at the call of th. stale chair?
man, ill- subcommittee win begin
th. w,.rl< of Investigation r.. ah early
VICTORY IS DECISIVE
lions, , . ii rim) Joluiitou Sweep California
for Second Time 'I h>. tcur.
San friificlsro, Cal.. September 4.?
ftet'irns tO-tlny from yesterday's pri?
ma . eli made it piiiin that by
petition only can Taft electors ilnil
places on tue Republican ticket at the
presidential election this fall.
The decisive manner in which Roose?
velt find .lohuson swept th,- State for
the si'Ond time tin .... nut tie it cer?
tain ih.it me nominating Convention
to held in Sttcramcnto ibis month
would return nUictt>'rs pledged to
Roosevelt as the Itcpublicrth electors
..f California.
tllSLIE TAKES
OATH OF OFFICE
AS C1TTSJ/IAYQR
Elected Unanimously by
Joint Session of
Council.
RICHARDSON NOW
HUSTINGS JUDGE
Impressive Scene as New Officials
Qualify Before Judge Southall.
Many Friends Congratulate
Captain Ainslie on His
Election and Predict
Brilliant Career.
By unanimous vote the Council of.
Richmond, sitting In Joint session last
night, elected George Alonslle as Mayor
of Richmond. An hour later Mayor
Alnslle qualified before Judge Robert)
IS. Southall, receiving the keys of hu'
office from his predecessor. Judge
David Crockett Richardson. As soon,
as his successor had duly qualified,
judge Richardson took the oath of'
otlico as Judge of the Hustings Court,,
In the presence of a large gathering.
Of members of the City Council, city
otliclali and members of the nor. Roth
? in lals were the recipients of many
i ongratulatlons.
\lio.i(e i nnnlraofia ? bolee.
The new Council met In Joint session,
at S o'clock. President William H.
Adams, of the Hoard of Aldermen, oc?
cupying the ehalr. A letter was read
from Mayor Richardson, tendering his
resignation and expressing his appre?
ciation of the faithful and patriotic
labors of members of the Council. Tho
resignation was accepted without com?
ment, and Colonel Grund y placed In
nomination Captain George Alnslle,
saying that all who knew htm admired
his. good qualities, and predicting that
he would give the best administration
me city has ever had. The election
was unanimous, there being no other
nomination. On motion of Mr. pollock,
the chair appointed Messrs. Polio !<.
Grundy, Puller, Pollard and Ful?
ler as n committee to notify tho
mayor-elect of the action of lha
'..n'.t s. ssi..11. and It being stated that
Judge Southall was In the building tho
committee was instructed to present
the certificate of election to the court.
In order hut the new Mayor migh;.
qualify at once.
lake ?Ulla of mitre.
After transacting sOlhe other busi?
ness the Joint session adjourned to the
courtroom of th? Hustings Court to
witness the ceremony ot sw.aring ii\
i both new officials.
Judge Southall has been acting as
Ridge of the Hustings Court since tho
death of .lu.ig, Witt, by designation of.
Governor Mann. He has a term ??
court In his own circuit to-day, and ic,
win be necessary tor him to leava
early this morning. Judge Richardson,;
tendered :.is resignation yesterday, but
was unwilling to qualify as judge,
thereby vacating his otlico of Mayor
until the Council had taken proper
action to nil the vacancy. In order
1 ihul no emergency might arise, there?
fore, Judge Sputhall had agreed to
open court last night at 9 o'clock, and
tile courtroom was tilled with Inter?
ested spectators.
Councilman Pollock, as chairman oe
the notification committee, informed,
the court ia' the ?lection of Major
Alnslle and presented his cerlillcate ot
electl. duly certified by City Cleric
Ben T August. The oath of office ?'a?
read by inp.it> Clerk William Urecdcn,
Jr., Mayor Alnslle's voice beluis clearly
heard In this responses.
Alnslle's Address.
After the formalities ot taking the
oatn of office were concluded, address?
ing himself to Chairman Pollock, meiri
ra of the noliiicjlton committee and
oi the cay Council, Mayor Alnslio said:
"Before taking up tue duties of tho
office to which 1 have been elected by
I the representatives of the peoplu of
i.jis city, in Council assembled; 1 wisji't
! to express my grateful thanks tor inn
; honor conferred upon me and my keen
appreciation of the trust and coini
dehce evidenced by rriy election. in
relle'ctlhg upon the magnitude and lin
! ports nee ot the corresponding ?utie?
Mid obligations, I am awakened to a
painful consciousness ot my natural de
' nclonclCa and my luck of experience in
municipal administration, l could nuc
iihdertuke the ta.-k with aiiy reabori-t
a hi,.- hope of successful performance did.
i not feel that I can look with conhr
lonci to those who have called mii to:
the public service for sympathetic ad?
vice, guidance and support. in myj
, efforts to serve the people I feel that'
i a hi entitled to that, not only from'
I them, hut from all citizens wno wish
I and expect the best results from their
I public servants.
"If I am not >;i?it!cd to it as a right,.
1 ask it as a favor. 1 usk toe p. op. i
lot Richmond for their sympathy anil;
help in the performance of tile difficult
labors Which have been assigned to me,
' with the assurance to then! that in
dedicating mys. lf to their' service m>"
supreme desire and aiiibi/ :,i Is fur?
ther to promote the general welfare of
1 tills community while in the ulUcc .u.U.
to retire fiom it deserving tho approval
and commendation of its citizens,
ttubltlon to serve < Its.
"I shall not at this time attempt to
\ outline my views as t/> yoiicles .;r
1 measures. The thought in my heart li'
I to express my devotion to ir.16 epl n
; did city and the intensity of my de?
sire to serve her well, Few- it any
capitals of civilized peoples tlaVu is
history that equals Its own tp glory.
Tho city, us people and its name till
a historic page tl!at can never bo left
unread. Impressed by the splendor o?
the past. I see no reason why the fu?
ture should nol also illustrate iho vtr
iues and the powers of a frei, fcur
les-i and able peopli I shall earnestly
? ? li to co-operate with the representa?
tives of the people In the same Meas?
ure that I d, sir.- 'their co-opei
with the efforts that I may properly
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