The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-31
GREAT MULTITUDE OF
REFORMS UReEO
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| ~ government
| The suffrage of women was another
plank in the platform that was
| adopted without opposition. A plank
| wired to the convention by Mrs. E.
! g. Valentine, president of the Equal
| Suffrage League of Virginia, and one
| from Mrs. Allen Watts of Roanoke
came too late to insert In the party
platform. These were read before the
convention. however.
Ivehything Harmonious.
The platform and the party plan OF
organization were both adopted with.
out opposition, as were the reports
of the committee on nominations.
| The report of the nominations COM
mittee cntained the following nomina-
tions, which were ratified by the con-
vention: Delegates at large, H. T.
| Thorpe, Z. II. Wittep, Thomas Lee
| Moore. J. b. Strouss. J. $. Browning,
| Walter Graham, X. r. Fairfax, K. :.
| Simpson, e.. w. Surface, w. w. Moor
man.
| Alternates at Large--K. c. Steiner,
J. R. Rose, W. NJ. Peyton, r. S. Hoge-
George w. Wilson, Colonel r. b. Muir
| ply. V Jessie, NJ. W. Dickinson ana
II. w. Compton
District Delegates:
First District--Henry Warden; alter
| nate, w. Jones.
Second District Branch Johnson;
alternate. w. Fl. Tompkins.
Third District. II. Powell; alter
nate J. r. Lloyd.
! Fourth District-H. e. smith; alter
nate, DIR. J. B. HallagaD.
Fifth District-C. W. Jones; alter
! nate J. l.. Richardson.
Sixth Districts. Q. Porter; alter
nate, o. s. Shelor.
Seventh District--W. S. French; al
ternate. Robert n. Flannigan.
Eighth District-R. w. Brown; al
ternate, w. I. Boone.
Ninth District. II. Witten; alter
nate, J. l.. Einstein. ,
Tenth District-E, J. McCulloch; al
ternate, 7. NJ. Quinsenberry.
Executive Committee-Ffrst district,
Edwin Brown; Second district ieFey
s, Stephenson; Third district, John L.
Grubbs: Fourth district, tno nomina-
tom; Fifth district. J r. Angiin.
sixth district. J. r st. Clair: Seventh
district. John n. Davis; Eighth dis
trict. A. s Woodland: Ninth district,
H r. Einstein; Tenth district, E. j.
MCCULLOUGH
Electors--F1rst district, Edwin
Brown: Second District, Paul {. Iru-
glen: Fourth district, II. C. Smith;
: Sixth district. G. W. Surface: Seventh
district, Lewis a. Zirkle; Ninth dis
/ trfcts no electors were nareed-
In the Third. Eighth and Tenth dis
rticts no electors were named
Moore state Chairman.
Following the nominations tne
committee reported the nomination
of Thomas Lee Moore, OF ROANOKE
a as the State chairman othe party
. Mr. Moore accepted the honor with
an appropriate speech
, At the night session was called 20
order the temporary orga uizat'oH WIS
made nremanent, r. r Thorpe, tenn
porary chairman. being made permit
nent chairman and J. Z. Boehm, per
manents ecretary.
The platform adotped follows:
We declare for the following: The
Initiative, referendum. and recall
the legalize1 primary for all mon
seeking elective Offices whether
state or federal. the primaries to os
conducted and paid for by the state
and safeguarded in the same manner
a as the general elections: for thor,
ough examination Of the finances u
: the state: opposition 10 child labor
| and legislation generally reducing
= hours Of labor.
n Taxation.
" 4 change from the present out
worn system Of taxation to thor
/ the abolition Of the fee system; TOT al
d ,rir-,,tt,str- pension for the tefsfeaefat -
r soldier and his widow, such pensapf
r Il, be a first charge upon the mohf'
= IN the State treasury: for the pr
= ciule OF home rule. meaning the r2t
~ NJ "a majority Of the qualified voJ"
. 70 fix the form OF city or eou't'
81 government; votes for women ne
O school books: the repeal OF the POI
: tax as "A prerequisite TOT Fotihs'
"as this declaration of principles
= is promulgated by large and en-
q thus!astic mass meeting composer U
i cittzens OF both the old poiitca
nart,es. we invite the support or al
= men without refeence 10 past poiit
: zeal differences" the platform says
= .rhaasas Lee Moore made the KEY
d note speech. - o
n "No wonder that men in ooth po
: uticaI parties in this stale are raisiil
a their voices in an appeal for deliver
:, 80 from these conditions" said MI
Is Moore. Nor need we be sarprtse
: thar they instisctively turn to Roose
= volt as their leader in their UNI
~ narulexity and doubt--Roosevei
tho man best beloved by the peopi
a and the most cordially disliked b
e the bosses ,,s p
t.The men. women and children o
"a the country remember what ne GA
Il and il doing TO make country lie oet
= ter brighter and happier -,
. THE men who toll in the mine
q and the factories know he is IN
best friend they have. ever had INA
he Is the only man Who as preslaen
had the courage to settle. ana set
l. tie Justly. their labor troubles
q THE men who handle The dan
q verous agencies and appliances
l. the railroads know that he place
e upou the statute hooks of this natio
g safety appliance laws for their pro
i lection. and in the face OF Oppose
n ton. that none but Roosevelt coui
Re or would grapple with. he has wri'
r ten In the statutes of this nation IN
II first and only employers liabiiit
N law for the protection Of the EN-
d plove and mis- wife and children.
!, The man of small means as we
O. as the man of large affairs. the ma
= of honest. upright intentions as we
as those Of the opposite character
men OF all professions and walks G
life. the men who favor him as we
as those who oppose and abuse hin
all know that Colonel Roosevelt
TODAY the strongest vital force anon