The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-29

Of this state would have been put
under the control and domination of
one man. The judges have the power
of naming the electoral boards in the
cities and counties. These boards
name all the judges of eleNion and
thus under his scheme the entire cleo
ton machinery of this State would
have been subjected to the power and
control of the governor. These judges
were also given the power to APP
point member of the local school
boards, the land assessors and pos
sibly the comm issioners OF the reve-
nue.. and also to MI all vacancies In
county Offices. IL these purposes of
Mr.. GLASS had been written in the
organic law, that act alone would
have created an impregnable ma
chine in this State. TO make his
machine more complete it was neces-
sary to have the governor control
the vast educational system. He did
this. lie voted that the superinten-
dent of public instruction of the State
should he elected by the Board OF
Education. He desired to deprive
the people of Virginia of the right TO
choose who should lead and direct
their educational system. Under his
views the State Board of Education
was Ia consist Of the governor. the
attorney general and two members
elected by the Boards of Visitors OF
certain named State Institutions. The
Boards Of Visitors of these institu-
tons were to be appointed By the
governor. Thus the governor would
have the power Of ultimately naming
two members of the Board of Educa-
ton The governor and the two
appointees derived from sources Of
power emanating from him would
constitute three members Of the
board. These three mem bers would
dominate the board and name the
superintendents of schools of the
counties and cities OF the State, thus
with the governor and three mem
bers OF the board. whose selection
could be secured through his power,
the board would be absolutely domi-
mated by him and the superintendents
o. schools for each county and city
could he namsd by the governor and
those appointed from sources Of power
derived through him Ihs School
/ BOARD in each county as constituted
consists Of the superintendent OF
sch oels, eefn mon~ealtfi' attorney and
person named by the circuit tudge
the judge under Mr.. Glass scheme
! being appointed by the governor.
, Thus the governor through hts APP
+
! Board IN each county and city In
( Virginia. These School Boards ap-
! point the trustees and the trustees
! name the teachers, The entire school
/ system Of the state under Mr.. Glass-
scheme would have been ultimately
/ under the control Of the governor o.
1 Virginia.
one Man Domi nation.
! Rut mr. feio& citizens MIR. Glass
a -fv+1 TF4, ,ftf
/ stop here lie desired 10 make the
/ Agricultural system NJ the state sub
/ ject 10 the same power. He favored
! that tho Commissioner OF Agriculture
! should ba elected hv the Heard Of
Agriculture. and not nv the people
He favored q privng the farmers ~
( the State Of eiecting their own Com
missioner Of Agriculture. The mem
! hers ~ the Board of Agriculture were
/ II be appointed hs the Governor
/ This board was 10 select the com
missioner. and through the commits
sioner md the board the entire agri-
cultural system ~ the State would
( have been subject 20 the control Of the
! Governor Thus the Governor pos
sesslng the power To name the board,
with these additional powers thought
/ 10 have been given by MIR. Glass. would
1 have been the all controlling and all
dominating power. The peoples CON
troll Of their State government would
have been practically destroyed No
wonder Che dreams ard ambition To
! Ire Governor OF Virginia have from
7, time to time thrilled the ina giuation
Of MIR. Glass No wonder it opened
up al1arine prospects to him. Nj fsi-
iow citizens " should he remembered
that il WIS tire desire 81 Mr Glass
that this should become q part OF me
organic law or the Slate. which could
not be chang ~ by the Legislature. but
only by the glow process Of constitu-
tionat amendments. 40 one can poss
81 q friend az popular government. or
the control Of government by tbs. ,aee,-
pie zs fay 6rS The creation og such
a system ana such a vast rns chine 10
be absolutely dominated BY one man.
/ This ~ against the tendency OF tn-
age AS the people increase in intel
Ngence the rights and powers af the
people should continue 10 increase |
favor giving The people tal power 20
control and direct their own affairs
am satisfied that when the people
have this power government - mere
Justly. and ncra effiCleutiy admins
tered, have voted for the election IL
nited states Senators ny the people
from the beginning Of my congres
siohaE service, more tha13 fifteen Years
ago. believe this will bring about
the best government, | favor a legal
lzed primary honestly conducted he
cause il gives the people control OF
their political affairs.
There IL another statement ~ Mr.
tias< 10 which / desire ID make direct
Ana positive reply, In An account or
his speech at Mathews COURTEOUS.
published in his own paper the I.yncn.
burg News Of date May 2, 1911. I
read that alter criticising me for not
leaving Washington. my post Of duty
IN go upon the stump TO advocate my
claims for reelection, he is quoted as
saying:
MIR. Swanson has heretofore been
absent ffty out Of eighty-two roll calls
at ore short session"
statement not Corrected s..'.
rms statement has never been cor
rected by Mr.. Glass. hence / pre-
sumo he was correctly reported IN
MIS- own paper, i have had my rec
ord examined and find this state.
ment To be an untruth. | have alst
mad careful examination made q
the records of Mr.. Glass since h.
mas been member OF the House a
Representatives. l find that the per-
| eentaEe of Mr., Glass absences far
exceeds mine. During the last tw,
sessions of Congress the Regular an,
extraordinary sessions, during which
time Mr.. Glass has been a candida Il
Tor the senate. he practically aba N
doned MS duties as a Representative,
and has spent most of his tfnpa poin,