The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-28
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the largest auditorium in town, was not
secured for tho meeting, and the next
largest hall was secured. 1t was large
enough to seat the crowd com fortably
and give them considerable brea thing
room. When the Judge was escorted.
Ito the platform he was received with
,tleafenng cheers, and hit few II any
speakers ii, this campaign have beer con-
Sfronted by a more enthusiastic audience.
Much Enthusiasm.
Some have spoken to larger crowds, but
mono have found a more earnest or CT, =
thusastfc lot OF people or more able
applaudefs.ta Mr.. j. Carson Watson. one
Of the most active among temperance
workers h ana nnti-salo6na lea que men,
gracefully introduced Judge Mann, and 7I,1ti
again he was received Will, cheers. an q
it was sfullyithrec minutes before he couid
speak. vi I.
The Judge, aini,takinE lhc floor thanked
tho people OF Danvillc for the warm and
cordial reception extended him on this his
first trip tofthe beautiful city by the Dan an
during the present campaign. lie tnanKeu
tho women folks for their presence, ana
said no loved to see women In a poii'u +
ca meeting especially In this campaign n
for he took 1t that their presence sg l''d fl.
catcd that they felt All abiding interest
In the ErcuL CuuSc W ~ t.S -
Twenty-Five years of his life .
His Platform.
Judge Mann commenced the main part
Of his speech with the statement t'litt
he had announced his platform IN Y
statement issued April, 1904. the principals
for which he would stand in this can
vnss. If reference be made to. tina plat T.
K form. issued many months before the
( formal announcements OF his opponents.
1t will be found. said he, TO contain lh =.
principal issues for which heY g re nov tc.
contending, and that ~ also sets loI.n
EhIs position on the liquor question, q pout
which his opponents have been and are
entirely silent. 81 81. q 8 s5 4. I.
Thc Judge said that in rs much as the
Mann tb!ll was a Demo tic measure ana
nm accomplished fact. he did not intei.as
to make It an isste In the campaign surr'
less he is forced toHdo 50 by ADVERSE
attacks on the bill or upon h,mseif PC g.
cause Of his connection with IL lie hh t
found however, that some Of the leading
m pers & a g not willing for this condition
to cx,st,iand he called upon to announce
Z his views, although he was The v only
candidate whose opinion upon this. sub
Sect was thoroughly known q e SAT-. q
salso5t hat event II tho papers had mnde n =,
mention OF the subject, hat ssues b1a 81
SHAPED themselves and that the Poop
OF Virginia would not be willing for this
Important lmeasur which had accompli II.
ed SO much for the rural n districts TO
have remained undiscussed and iuncon-
sidered.
After intimat.ng that he would allude
ito this subject more fully at a az er pc
Rod in his speech, Mann proceeded
Ito discuss othe rpoints in NJ splatt or m.
The Schools.
He declared himself as favoring the
public schools, and said he himself intro
duced a bill in8the lastELcgislaturcg estap-
fishing high schools to be min ained by
the districts and the State equally In
every district in Virginia. This he said
was necessary because while the primary
school is doing fairly good work a nd the
colleges arc all satisfactory. there are
nov no intermediate secondary schools.
that his bill provided for q normal de-
&partment and for the preparation OF
teachers, 5whichtis necessary because t il
are some nine hundred public school
teachers In Virginia. whose average time
of teaching Is six years; thus rcqulr-f
ling some fifteenh hundred new teachers
each year. He thought tho terms of
primary schools should be longer, salary
OF teach selsrarger and that teachers
should be offered inducemcnt for better
preparation to the end that the school,
system might be advanced
He said he thought tho finances Of the
state without any increase OF taxation
would permit an appropriation for school
purposes in addition to tho tax req utred
by the Constitution OF five hundred thou
sand dolla RS, and If need. he would recon-
mcnd the appropriation Of that amount
by the Legislature to be expended .Soy
the school trustees in their discretion.
He declared himself In favor Of the single
book list because he thought better ana
cheaper and better books would result
For Better Roads.
He declared himself in favor Of better
county roads,. and as he had stated in
his announcement, he demanded that
these roads should be worked largely by
convict Labor. He is opposed to any
renewal of a contract with the Davis Shoa
Company for the work Of the conyicts.'
He declared emphatically that convits
should not be put in competition with
honest labor, and that the laws now fex-
listing for theHWorklng OF roads by con-
victs should be made more liberal.
Hc thought state roads department
ought TO be created and the whole sys-
TEN from top to bottom should be put
under the manag cement OF skillful and
trained men. 35
He declared himself in favor OF the
| State Corporation Commission and highly
| commended the manner In which they
l.
| II elected he would either reappont the
| incumbents or appoint some other men
| who would do as they had done, protest
the interests Of the people and faithfully
administer the law. s8
Coming back to the Mann bill and
| tho liquor question, Judge Mann went
| into an ella borate history Of the bill, which
bears his name, and said his attention
! had been called to the laws of Virginia
In reference to the sale Of liquor in
| tho rural districts and TO tho loose man
ner in whichlt had been administered;
| the disorder and crime caused by the
country saloon away from police protec-
| tlon, and to the absolute necessity for
a change In the existing statutes. lie
said tho Court of Appeals many years
ago III the case OF I4elGhtony VS.. Many
had decided that under the then ex-
listing statutes. the courts could not con-
slider the question Of public policy or the
moral terests Of a community, but that
they had ample power to protect tho
/ nrnnertY Of the indlYifluala and his fanl-