The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
PRoHIPIi0N
 WIZ BE ISSUE Elec d In Virginia At
 tracts Attention. CANDIDATES ARE ANNOUNCING Anti-Saioon League Taking An e. Active Interest. Ceasressman Garter Glass win Pres-
 sbIy Anpeance for Governor en r Statewide Prohibition riat- < forna---Mann to Run. 1a
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BY ALFRED ,. STOPPER. Washington. Feb. 7.--(Speciai. 1.-The election for Governor and other State officers takes place In Virginia this year. just across the Potomac riveR from the Old Dominion. Congressmen and other public men hear q great deal of dis- oassion about the things that are ups perfnost in the minds Of politicians of both parties in Virginia, and for that reason the contest over there attracts much attention here.
 The Anti-Saioon League is also &C., lively at work this year In Virginia---l muSf more so than ever, and If Con- gressfnan Carter Glass, the Lynchburg editor, announces himself as candi- date for Govefnor as Is expected, the understanding Is that he will make his light at the coming primaries on a 'State-wIde prohibition platform. Al-l ready the saloons have been banished l from over half of the counties of the
 state. This, however, does not suit | the advocates of prohibition. They
 want 1t extended so that 1t shall be unlawful to manufacture or sell wlne, beer or liquors anywhere in the State. As previously mentioned in this cor I respondence, Alexandria. seven miles from Washington, Is the only city or l town along the Southern railway in l Virginia. m which saloons are allowed ! to run Manassas, culpepper, Orange, ,Chariottesyilie, Lynchburg. Danville and many intermediate points have | gone dry" and the chances are they l will remain so. no matter what may l he done within the approaching con
 lest. The anti-saloon people are ex- ceedIngly anxious to bring Richmond, | | Petersburg and some other cities Into I the "dry" column, and they see no way l of doing thls unless they force State 1 wide rohibition. They are insisting l that Virginia ought to line up with I North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi in this re- I spect A.
 | Judge William 1T. Mann, for 8 num- ] Der of years a leading member of the
 state senate, is again a candidate for, T uovernpr. He. waAs In the raee fanp'
 Wears ago, and four years before that. T Ifip ukat euIl did not. HHl1astf to much,- Il for sHe was alaost diAtAneed in the race, Andrew Jackson Montague talk ing the blue rib bon, Judge Mann be-.
 came better known to the people of the State by introducing and having passed what Is known as the Mann l liquor law" Under that act the H. 1 cense was raised to very high figures. The more prominent liquor dealers did not tsohject to 1t. On the contrary they
 consfdered it a good thing for thems l foryit greatly reduced the number of
 saIoons in the larger cities and towns. In towns of less than 2.000 the aggre- | gate license was as high as Sl,300 year, and the saloon men gladly paid it. and made more money, for where there had been dozen or~more sa- looms the number was reduced to three FRaw
 observed strictly, and there was a
 heavy penalty for Sunday selling. Un-
 der the Mann law any township or
 county could petition for a local op-
 ton election, and through this method
 so many of the cites and towns and
 even whole counties have gone dry" i within the past eight years.
 II Not for Prohibition.
 Four years ago Judge Mann was second at the Democratic primaries for Governor. the successful candidate.
 having been Hon. Claude A. Swanson, r present Governor and formerly for
 about ten years representative in Con gress from the Danville district. Four
 years ago Judge Mann distinctly
 claimed on the stump that he was not
 for prohibition fin the sense that 1t
 was looked upon generally. He rath-
 county had theright at stated periods
 to decide by 8 majority vote whether CT believed in the plan put into oper-
 ation by his law. Each town, city or
 they wanted saloons or not.
 !. Righ tnow Judge Mann is looked upon by most people as perhaps the most forpnidable candidate for gover- nor If Congressman Glass comes out
 or statewide prohibition the situation
 may change. Democrats fin Virginia
 who do not train with Senators Martin
 land Daniel. Governor Swanson and A AgwVAr tCarltn and-SRunders. call that com
 bination the machine" They are al- ready saying that the machine" . in
 order to perpetuate its power has made
 8 deal with Judge Mann, and that # ~ the people do not look sharp he wIll
 be nominated. They charge also that the machine" has got tO stand In with
 the 0quor men in so that the neces. sary amount of money to run thair campaign may be forthcoming. But
 some people assert that if the question of statewide prohibition gets hot under the leadership of Congressman
 Glass. in the event he decides to come
 out Tor the -governorshlp. Judge Mann may have to line up for prohibJtIor
 for 1t would play thunder with hJs lchances were he to lose the votas ne
 the anti-saloon leaguers and the anti machine voters also.
 Former Congressman Henry e.
 6eoEBe Iuck0r IS another and a var,,
 popular candidate. He has bean yoa'
 king a inactive campaign for over .
 year. and between now and the dats
 of the primaries. if he covers Inc
 ground as rapidly as he has been dos
 Ing. he will come in contact with tha
 voters in every voting precinct in the
 State. MT Tucker is not only a forci-
 ble speaker. but he is the best looking
 man In the race. He is a son of the late Hon. John Randolph Tucker for
 many years in Congress from the
 Staunton district. and for three terms
 Chairman of the House Committee on
 the Judiciay. About two weeks ago.
 Henry Stuart of Russell County, with
 drew from tho race, on account of the
 serious illness of his wife. Had he re.
 snained in the contest. practically the
 whole southwest section of the State would have supported him. Opinions
 differ as to who of the candidates win fall heir to the greater part of. his . strength. The friends of Mr. Tucker g claim he will. It will be one of the $ iiyeliest fights that has ever taker . nIace in the Old Dominion
 The Maryland politicians are watch