The Washington herald., 1909-05-26
special 90 The Washington Herald.

Special q, The Washington Herald.
Richmond. Va. May 25-The Inflated
jamestown Exposition, now in receivers
hands. was brought into the Virginia
gabe-nator.aI campaign as a political
issue to-day by Judge William Hodges
Mann. OF N0t;ovay County. who. in a
speech AZ PoUhataa Court House. charged
that The lack Of business and executive
ability displayed By ais political opponent
Harry St George Tucker. as president o.
the exposition. evidences his unftness 10
oecapy the chair Is business governor
Of Virginia He further charged that the
failure Of The exposition vas due 10 tie
management Of the president. Nr. Tucker.
The address OF Judge Mann was by far
The most vigorous and aggressive made
by him since the campaign opened In
closing that part Of his speech relating
10 The exposition. he dramatically said
JhaJ II Ar. Tucker proposes TO manage
the states affairs as be managed those
Of tae exposition. can only say, God
save tie Commonwealth
Attacks Tucker Jrmerc;fuIiy.
judge Maan's speech was approximately
$3.50 words Ions. in il he attacked sir
Tucker uEIlercifuly- lie charged t1st his
oppo-eHt was making absolutely untrue
statements as 20 ucli-known facts. for
The purpose or misleading IRE people"
Judge Mann also TOOK several hot shots
at Air. fuckers Congress .onaI career.
lie charged Ill Tucker with posing as an
anti-raIToad candidate in the present
fight. wien. as a member Of Congress. he
voted against the safety appliance IaW.
affecting the coupling of railroad ears
He charged Ar Tucker as seeking 70
create the impression ne IS a friend OF
temperance. when in Congress Ee z1ted
twice agaiust measures introduced 10 help
tire Temperance cause-one being the
original package biW- and the other
The resolution 10 create a comm uissi7n 70
iaveSts safe liquor traffic conditions
Decidedly the most sensational feature
Of the address was the attack On Mt
fuckers management Cf the exposition.
This. IN part. follows.
The people cf Virginia. and especially
the people Of the Tidewater, had much 20
hope ard expect from the jamestown Ex-
position % he conducted on business lines
9Ir- Tucker was pres. .6e1t Of the exposition
company. and as such. according 10 the
bylaws Of the company. was its execu-
tive head The people Of Tldewater Vir-
-.-.- ---.n
and spent a great deal of money. and
arranged for an exposition that would
be q credit 10 any State.
Chaos on Opening Day.
The President OF the United States.
the diplomatic CORPS at Washington. Off
GERS Of foreign fleets, governors OF states,
the Congress Of the United States. the
representatives OF the great newspapers.
and many distinguished people were in
vited 20 and attended the opening Of the
exposition And what did they fnde-a
mass Of materials for the great exposi-
ton going 10 waste. a site naturally
beautiful a mass Of disorder b0rdetNlg On
chaos. no proper provision for the enter
tainment Of distinguished guests. no1h-
says Tucker Didn't Make Good.
so bad was the condition Of the ground
that when the President was coming for
a second visit. on June 18. Georgia
Day and more than six weeks after the
opening. the young professional men Of
Norfolk. Jealous Of the good name Of
their city, took OF their coats and cleaned
up the grounds themselves. carrying OF
waste building materials. removing scaf-
soldinG and tearing down old shacks that
the workmen had erected in the construc-
ton days. They did hard manual labor
in the not sumner sun. and they accom-
plished wonders
The conditions we're such as 10 shame
the people Of Norfolk The president Of
the exposition company was Obliged 10
know them. and he should have seen that
they we-e attended 30. He was paid
sIJ.059 a year 10 act as the head of that
great enterprise, and he did not make
good.
Fault of Executive officer.
He viii tell you that it was the fault
Of the government. The government may
have been responsible for the condition Of
the pier: but when the exposition opened.
who was responsible for the unfinished
stree-s2 Who was responsible for the
almost empty exhibit buildings? Who
was responsible for the unfinished .amuse-
ment section? Who was responsible Cor
the disorder and chaos that existed
throughout the grounds? Who was re-
sponsi5Ie for the unfinished history build
ing. which was not opened until four
months after the exposition opened. and
was then the most interesting building
there2
The government was not responsible
for ali Of these things, or for anv OF
them. The management was responsible:
and the presGent-the executive officer
OF the expoSitiOn-was responsible for the
management II was what he was paid
for
Had to Bring in Outsider.
Whose fault did the directors think Il
WASP IF they thought the executive Off
Ger was earning his salary and was
making good, Why did they call n some
one else2 Why was a director. general
necessary If the presidents powers
were not broad enough, why did not they
make them broader. and give the pres,-
dent full sway2 They had been keeping
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