Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-07-25
lntimalOs He Would Deal With M.
Tucker Personally If His Hands
We're Not Tied
ADDRESSES VOTERS or THIS CITY
Candidate Repeats Explanation OF Ma
hone Letters and Renews Charges
Made Against His Opponenr-Oe-
cIares He Will Carry Seventy OF
the One Hundred Counties.

III flti people Ol II SIM" 'S~
tie NV hands for thlrty-six hours
would stop this mud Singing and l
wont ask for any help either
This is one of the things that Judge
William Hodges Mann. candidate ioF
the Democratic nomination for COVER
nor of Virginia in the primary OF Aug
ust :. said to a crowd of some -FOUR Vi
five hundred people last night at uie
corner Of Washington avenue anu
Twenty ninth street.
When he made this statement, Juuse
Mann had Just concluded an attack
IN the record OF his opponent, hon
Harry St. George Tucker, in congress
and. incidentally, had paid his respects
tn the newspapers o. Ricnmond anu
Norfolk. In finishing this attack ne
declared that he did not believe IN
-mud-slinging" in party night and
then stated that a friend had Informed
him that Chairman c. Bascom Slemp
of the State Republican committee
his two scrap books full of newspaper
clirnings of attacns that Mr.. tucker
and the newspapers had MADE on mn
and that the Republicans proposed 10
use them in the campaign TINS iaii II
Il Judge MANN is the Democrae'c
nominee.
Limit to Endurance.
THE Bible says that as far as you
can YOU should live peaceably with All
men. AS far as you can so there Is
4 limit to human endurance. suoou
these attacks for three months ahd l
struck back only IN self-defense anu
then only when my friends told me
that | should strike back Tor their
sakes as well as for my own. SO eV-
ery word l have said tonight mas
been in self-defense.
Sometime prior to the commence
ment of his attack upon Mr.. tucker
Judge Mann declared that ne had beer
throughout the breadth and length OF
the Commonwealth an had talked 10
peopls all over the state. And out VI
the one hundred couD.-es in Virginia
on August ), | am going 10 carry sew
entv of them, and Of the eighteen
cities | am going to carry thirteen and
4 am going to do this by the grace OF
the citizens of tbs grand Old Com-
monwt alth."
Tails forecast of the outcome of the
election was greeted by vigorous
hand -clap2ing and loud cheers from
the more ardent of he judges sup
porters..
Speaks From Automobile.
Judga, Mann delivered his speech
while standing in an automobile n
speaking stand had been erected oi'
the lot. but non-union carpenters were
employed in its erection and tns
Judges local friends who were IN
charge of the arrangements for the
meeting decided not to use IT,
Mr. w. +. Pickett, president Of the
newly organized Newport News Manp
Club presided at the meeting ana
made a brief opening address. He was
followed by Mr.. W. J. helms, who IN
srolucs Il the candidate in a short ad-
dress in which he touched briefly up
on Judge Mann's record in the senate
OF Virginia.
When he au.pe Judge Mann was
given a very cordial reception by the
crowd. He ops ned ms address By COM
pIimenting the city upon it's growth
iokFnrly remarking that the crowd on
washington avenue when he came up
TO the place OF the speaking Teninoeo
him OF New York. He also thanked
tn. ladies present fer their attendance
and declared that be knew he was
winner because he had the ladies' with
him. II was they. n said, who reaiiy
did the voting as the men were Du'
CLAY In thEir hands.
Resume Of Record
The speaker then gave somewhat
lengthy resume Of his record in the
senate of Virginia, explaining what
he had tried 20 accomplish Tor the
pubic school system and the good
scads movement IN the stale. He ex-
q Iafnad the Mann bin a. some length
and whfle on the liquor question ne
assaslc6 Mr. Tuck = for his failure
20 vote in the local opt.cn elections III
stanton and Lexington sometime ago
lie also attacked his opponent on
the Federal judccship matter. deciar-
ing that a. Mr. fuckers requ - and
with his fun consent and knorledge
certain friends Of the valley candidate
had asked President RooScvcl; 70 ap-
point Mr.. Tucker a federal Judge 70
succ. ID Iudze Paul. when that iurist
died several years ago. He also as