The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-02
Governor Manns inaugural Address to Legislature and Peo
EMPHASIZES NEED
FOR BETTER ROADS
Public Schools, Which Are Well Organized Do
Not Demand so Much Attention as Do the
Highways of the State.

limited by law to gum which Will put
in the power Of any man to DC a. candidate
for any position. Under existing condi
lions man who cannot raise ten or twelve
thousand dollars is practically disqualified
to become candidate for ,,overnor or United
states Senator. and even IL he can raise thi.
large sum he is at great disadvantage whor}
confronted by a wealthy opponent who "
able to spend much more. do not rncaf
to convey the Idea that tho money Is no
properly spent for such things clerk hire
postage, printing, advertising. rent Of halls
travelling and other Legitimate expenses !
But my case. without some restrictiorJ
the poor man has but small show ant
whatever his virtues and intelligence
may be, and however much his fellow
citizens may desire his services, his lacld
of wealth stands in the way OF his worthy
ambition and the wishes tthe people. II
ought not so to be. The amount to bsI
spent In any campaign should be put withinI
| reach of every worthy man, and penaltie.
for violations should be sufficient to secure
obedience.
Temperancc-Wha Has Been Done II
Virginia.
Seven years ago the light for tempera nee
commenced in Virginia under conditions
bill offered In December. 1902. provided tina /
whenever any person should apply for
license to sell liquor by retail In tho country
or In towns and cities Containing less than
five thousand inhabitants the court beforu
granting the license should be satisfied
that the applicant is a fl person to con
duct such business and that he Will pei! |
sonally superintend tho same, and Will
keep an orderly house. and that tho place
at which II is to be conducted is a suitable
convenient and appropriate place for con
Quoting such business, ard at which
police protection is afforded, and IL 1T
shall further plainly appear to the satis
faction of tho court that majority OF this
qualified voters of the district or town Id
~ h tct "a f,rf ara 10 rh In hn ~ n
cised are in favor of the application tina
the sale of ardent spirits at that place vii
not be contrary to sound public policy q
injurious to the morals the material In
terests of the community. the court may
upon the execution OF bond ETC.. grant
such license. This bill after being
| amended to apply to the country and
| towns of under five hundred inhabitants
with certain territory contiguous to citie
and watering places and seaside resort
excepted. was passed. and became the Law
OF Virginia on the 18th of April, 1903. Before
tho passage of the bill there were in thu
State approximately 800 places where
liquor was sold or manufactured. Now
under the operation of the law just men
toned. tho Byrd bill passed in 1908, ant
OF the local option law, there are only s.
such places and the change has wrough
such Improvement in conditions that ND
effort has been made to repeal the frat
mentioned law. notwithstanding the oppo
| sition which II at first encountered. The
| order of the State has greatly improved
is rarely heard of. do not deem 1t neces
sary to deal with this subject at greater
length. because my views. which hass1
not changed have been so often expressed
and are so we'll known that to repeat the1rt
hero would be to uselessly prolons this
address. 1 simply reiterate my steadfast
in the people of Virginia. who have the
| right to settle this question as TO them
| shall seem best
| Virginia has made wonderful strides In
/ the last few years and In every direction. iii
/ schools have taken a higher stand. Its
| institutions have been improved and eu-
| larged. Its agricultural methods have
4 advanced and its products Increased. Is
| mining manufacturing and commercial In
tercsts have kept step to the march
i progress. but let us not forget that atts1
i all that can be said OF the wealth OF our
state. that her sons and daushtsrs are me- ne
| real treasures and that the homes ane
! gresides of her people are the real founda-
tions of her virtue. civic rishteousness
and material prosperity. See 10 II ina. =
/ any and every sacrifice our boys are pro
/, tected from temptation and our homes KEEP
| pure. and virginia's sons and daughlers
| coming from them TO mingle In tho grea
I stream of state and national lie. VIII re
member the traditions OF their state VII
! feel the blood OF Virginia ancestry howint
| in their viens. and WILL at the car
State and country, respond as nop's ,h ss
intcllisently and gloriously as thelty
fathers ever did, even when we rememoe1
who those fathers were and the works the
wrought for their country's greatness
And now. members of the General AS
sembly and judges OF our supreme Cour.
while remembering the genius Of our OF
ganIc law which separates our government
into legislative. judicial and executive
branches. and provides that there must no
be any ,interference on the part OF ond
branch With the other l beseech your hs.
In my efforts to administer the executive
branch of this government. have ny
dread OF interference, but will expect ans
welcome your counsel and assistance.
sincerely trust that comforting and adyis
ing together. though a trinity. we may
work in unity for the honor and welfar1
OF a State which has written so much I'M
nortant history in the past, and whose SOM
and daughters stand prepared to make good
all of her traditions and because, OF and
profting by them. TO make the gyifsinlsj
or the present and future purer. stronse1
and greater than she has ever been bsforsI
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