The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-07-26

] AFlNAIltAs
As you doubtless already know,
am candidate for reelection to the
senate Of Virginia subject 10 the Dem
ocratic Primary which will be held on
] Tuesday, the 3Oth Of July, 1907.
/ have worked hard and trust
effectively as your representative, and
have voted for every constitutional
measure which IN my judgment was
calculated 10 advance the interests of
my constituents As Chairman OF the
Committee of Revision the whole
body of the laws Of the State wa
examined, made 10 conform 10 the
new Constitution, AID 10 bee har-
moniOus with each other.
| voted i'm the Committee and in the
Senate for the Corporation act, and
voted for and favored all the provisions
Of that act, which carried into ciiec
the Constitution.
When the Churchman bill came up
on its passage in the Senate, and my
name was called, | arose and stated
that ! thought the bill good one, but
as I'm my judgement il was plainly
unconstitutional, would vote against
it, and did so. Since its passage both
the State Corporation Commission
and the Supreme Court Of Appeals
have declared it to be unconstitutional.
| stated then that was IN favor Of "a
two cent rate, and voted for the resO-
luton offered in the House by Mr..
Booker which asked the State Cor
pOratiOn Commission 10 order the two
cent rate OH railroads, and because Of
that resolution that rate was doubtless
established.
am i'm favor Of better schools, and
if elected will ask for larger appro-
priatiOns for the Primary and for the
High Schools. The High School bill
was introduced i'm the Senate and
pushed to its passage by me, and ! am
interested in periecting IL, and in add
ing a department Of Agriculture, Do
nestle Economy and Manual Training
in at least one High School in every
county.
favor good public roads and think
that the State will soon be in cOndi-
tion to give substantial aid To the
counties.
am opposed To any increase of
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necessary to accomplish the objects
have i'm view OF for the best interests
Of the state, a. the taxes imposed upon
corporations, notably the one per cent.
tax on the gross receipts of rtilr0 a
companies, for which voted, yields "a
constantly increasing revenue.
have been local attorney for the
Norfolk * Western Railway Company,
but have never had anything 10 do
with the policy Of the Company or its
management, but only defended dam
age suits when employed In each case
for that purpose. ! received no salary,
but charged a fee IN each case when
my work was done, just As / do with
other clients. In view, however, Of
present conditions aud the litigation
between the State and the railroad
companies and because ] favored and
voted for laws for the regulation and
control Of railroad companies, which
are now being contested, and the con-
stitutiOnality IF which is questioned,
have resigned my position as local
attorney for the Norfolk ~ Western
Railway Company. / have no con-
nection whatever with any railroad
company and will not accept employ
ment from any Of them.
have recently seen an unsigned
paper which is being circulated i'm the
district. 1t contains extracts from
papers which, | suppose uninteution-
ally, do me great injustice.
| have, however, i'm this paper an
swered the several objections urged
against me, except that voted against
the first employers liability bill which
was offered in the Senate. In the
Committee on Roads, DC. when that
bill came up, moved the appoint
ment Of a special committee to broad
Ell its scope, and falling To have my
motion adopted, voted against the
bill, which only applied to class of
railroad employees and was not salts
factory to many Of them. ! voted for
the present bill which was passed be-
fore the adoption Of the Constitution
and is very much more liberal than
the Constitutional provision All OF
this, however, has been threshed over
before, and | think my constituents
interested in this question understand
my position.
| sincerely trust that the Democratic
voters Of this Senatorial District, will
go TO the polls on Tuesday, the Both OF
July, which is my birthday, and that
good majority may be the birthday
present Of my constituents.
Profoundly approaching the honor
conferred upon mein the past, ] am,
Yours most respectfully,
w II Mann.
July Ord, 1907.