Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-12
GOING AFTER TIE JOURNAL.
Press of the State Frowns Upon a
Dirty Campaign.
lDanville Register. |

govern the canvass for the governorship
and that there is no occasion for mis-
representation. epithets and harsh
words. Both Judge Mann and Mr..
Tucker are prominent virginians whose
characters and lives are familiar and have
merited the commendation OF thousands
of their fellow citizens. In choosing a
candidate for the governorship it is not
necessary to blacken the name or make
covert attacks upon either gentleman.
Nor can any newspaper do aught but
discredit and embarrass itself by such
tactics. More than twenty thousand
Virginians have expressed their choice
for Judge Mann for governor in a former
canvass.
tPctsrsburg Index-Appeall
The lengthy article which Hon. w. H.
Mann published in last Sundays Times
Dispatch was an exhaustive and COM
plete refutation of the charges, more
or less direct, published against him in
recent issue of the Richmond Journal.
1t is not to be assumed that our Rich
mond contemporary intended to do
Judge Mann favor when it made the
somewhat sensational front-page edi-
torial attack on him, but it has done SO,
nevertheless. Ithas furnished the Judge
with the occasion to prepare and circu-
late the most effective campaign docu-
ment that could well be devised. The
ablest and most ardent supporter Of the
Judge could not have done him better
turn, and if Judge Mann is not destitute
Of all sense Of gratitude, he will not
forget to make acknowledgment Of his
obligation to the Journal when he de-
livers his inaugural address.
Attacks. Benefit Judge Maau.
tAbington virsinian.l
1t may be asserting too much to say
that Mr.. Ticker is losing ground in this
section. but it is not going too far to
say that Judge Mann has gained friends
by the recent attack made upon him by
Richmond paper. especially since it
has been clearly demonstrated to the
public that the charges against him have
not been sustained, but on the contrary
have been met, and forcefully met, by
the Judge. A sympathetic reaction in
his favor appears to be turning in his
direction. Mr.. Tucker, however, has a
very strong following.
The Republican side seems to be in a
receptive mood, and as the prohibition
lists did not deem it advisable to adopt
Statewide proposition at this time,
it looks as if the Republicans will pick
up this wireless message that comes to
them from Norfolk and seize upon the
Statewide issue and hold it up as its
own.
The Virginia Muckrake.
blackstone Courier.l
1t seems that no campaign for politi-
cal office can be conducted without the
appearance of the 'muck-raker" plying
his trade. Usually these do not get into
the game until late in the season, hop
ing thereby to spring something which il
will be impossible to successfully answe,
before the election takes place. Al
times it is something new. while again
it is but the rehash of old things which
have long since been cast aside by repu
table people as not worthy considera
| ton by decent folks.
1t seems, however, that the fit.
mongers. who can only hope to attrac
| by the attempt to pull others down t.
their level. are getting in the gam,
early this year, in the fear, no doubt
that they would be passed unnoticed
Were it not for the stencil they woul
raise. They care not for the sourc,
from which they draw their calumny
nor the accuracy as to any facts-sinc
facts are not what is desired-so thei
squirt-gun be loaded with that whic
most suits their taste. 1t is easy t
recognize these and the respectabl
public shun them as they do any othe
cess-pool.
| "whst wsu Dr. Cannon say?"
Editor Richmond Evening Journal:
| The Evening Journal. in its issue O
February Oath, indicates in the follow
ing paragraph some curiosity. 1t in
lquires:
"What will DR.. Cannon say when h
finds out that DIR. Pitts name is in tn
listof Tucker meeting -presidents?'
In reply to this query, Dr. Cannon
informs The Evening Journal that h
was told at the Anti-Saloon Leagu
Convention by a reliable person tina
DIR. Pitt intended to vote for Mr.. Tuck
er, and therefore DR.. Cannon is not q
all surprised to see the name of d.
} Pitt in the list of vice-presidents q