The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-14

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IN IA MS hbnd to ruin for Governor OF
K thclErand oil, Commonwealth, and asked
him 10 come, out hfit state Ills convictions
ard Especially OH the liquor Question.
S% Ahoiit 1904, iii April The Speaker de-
4 clared iii favor OF good roads ana Roou
schools, and added how to accomplish
these tl1ings5 III favor OF fiscal Ersgllla-
tionsl and d strict liquor regulation wllere
{? public sentiment dcmnricd tho game.
"a Judge Mann said thar the reason VIII
lard and Swanson gave for WantlnE TO
be Governor was n landahle ambition.
Swanson stated nj Fredericksburg that
lis platform was made first, but the,
8 speaker said Ills was issued eight months
earlier. The speaker claims that the.
platform OF his opponents is practically
the Same Ms his except as to the liquor
question, on which they are silent.
tg he Says that newspapers of tho State
mudsS him give the LIQUOR question a
prominent position in his platform. He
discussed the educational need of the
j State, II school between the public
schools and tho University OF Virginia
4 ana the other state schools. The middle
school should boa training school ior
the tenchcrs, 1900 Of which drop out
3 carh year
NJ The speaker said that Swanson claimed
TINT he tMann ought to have done nor
" TOT. good SCHOOLS gWTll6 III LIZ .t'Ns,''4
hlrf. but there had been no means TO
do so. that at last session of tho Lesis-
!nt,,re he introduced bill to establish
thc middle school. He, discussed good
roads. declared IN favdr of good roads
and was in favor Of working cohp1cts
p, roads, and the working of all cri1ni-
nalsJ in the county iails, He declared
In favor Of single list for school books
He declares heartily in favor OF tho
State Corporation Commission ana com
plmented their work. Believes in such
II commission to portect the rights OF
the people.
lIc also said that if he made any ap-.
ppntmcnts on this commission he would
pproint a man who would take care 'ol
the people.
He talked of the letters of candidates
in reply to Rev. James Cannon and sa ia
that 10 did not understand the letters or
Swanson and Willard. lie explained me
causes that lead UP to the passage o.
the Mann bill, and stated that the prln-
ciples OF the Mann bfll had friends ~ n
tho Constitutional Convention, that IT WIS
considered, but thought unwise to make
It n mart Of our fundamental law
The Introduction OF a bill allowing wo-
men to carry concealed weapons caused
him 10 think of the damage done by
liuuor In tho rural districts. and t1lat
time had como when some truo Vlrgininn
ought to stand up and offer a measure III
behalf Of the firesides or Virginia.
IS These sentiments brought forward Ions
and continued applause. He was willing
to stand the consequences of be-
ing the author of tho Mann bill.
He gave a thorough history OF
the bill in the Legislative and
its effects. He said every senator handed
in a petition, requesting the passage Of
the BILL and that the strongest sentiment
ever behind any bill was behind the
Mann bill.
..He stated that when he died he desired
as his cpitaph "Author OF the Mann
BILL
THE outlook for the primary next 1n0NlA
is good i'll this county for Judge Mann
and he, will doubtessly poll q good vote.