The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-23

INFECTED By Mr.. Pollard with thu
sSofslY euko Of the debate conducted
B &sith grimnsss and nofauArter asked Of
s;s y - says,sxs f,ssse whissie. Is Y
Heniyffx "a his ppponenf's 5deciara-
/; l3un that Mr.. Pollard WfAb believer tn
equal suffrage, Mr.. Cumming draw
Inx yociferous applause by his state
ment that as for him he opposed to
e faklng woman from her pedestal. Mr.
Pollard smiitngiy told this story:
- Down IN my county two negro boys
that In his neighborhood there were
two boys with the same father and
I. The same mother and yet were no kin,
demanding of his companion that he
explain that.
Dropping his smiling manner and
becoming serious during pause,
Mr.. Pollard concluded
81 can answer that said the boy:
It's a lie
The audience whistied with sur
prise and then became silent with ex-
pectation: II began TO smell sulphur.
But smiling again. Mr.. Pollard said:
when he says am an equal suffragtst
my friend ia mistaken" Then the au-
~aience laughed in relief. Plainly 1t
aid not wish to hear the lie passed
Cumming Thanks Holt.
In concluding his ten minutes
speech, Mr.. Pollard asked these two
questions: PLEASE state whether your
friend Mr.. n. IL. Holt, clerk of Eliza
beth City county, has written letters
to court clerks stating that they were
under obligation TO you for helping
them in fighting the attack on the fee
system.
What part. IL any, have you taken
In fighting the effort to change the
fee system or the effort to ascertain
the compensation received by the fee
officers of the Commonwealth?
Mr. Cumming accepted the chal-
2enge Immediately upon arising.
Il do not know whether Mr.. Holt
has sent out such letters in my inter-
est bu, If he has thank God for ii.
West Bill Worthless.
THE West fee bill. of which you
speak, was worthless, In that it was
merely a resolution that could not be
: enforced"
Mr.. Cumming ridiculed Mr.. Pol
lard's work In codifying the code of
Virginia and the claims his friends
had made for him on that account,
c quoting Attorney General Williams as
saying at Harrisopburg that his work
was merely that OF collaboration of
what others had done and that his
cola borating was done by clerks in
Mr.. Pcrifard's Office.
Mr.. Cummings Views.
Briefly. Mr.. Cummings' views, as
enunciated by him tonight are these:
Opposition TO tho presidential pref
ference primary as a step toward pure
Democracy. an ideaiism. and away
from representative Democracy. a.
practical system.
Opposition to wholesale changes in
the fee system, but advocacy of some
changes,
Opposition to the injection of poll
ties into the school system by maxi
Ing the attorney general, an elective
officer, member.
Advocacy of a pardon board 10 re-
lieve the governor of the RESPONSE
biiity.
Advocacy of pure elections, but ex-
pressing the belief that the present
laws. IL enforced are sufficient
Opposition to the enabling act.
which he declared unconstitutional.
but advocacy of attainment of the
same ends by means of a constitu-
tional amendment
Mr.. Poilard's Opening.
Mr.. Pollard's opening statement
was merely a digest of his first
speech at Louisa Courthouse, with the
exception that following Mr.. Cum
ming, he attacked his position In de-
tail.
He advocated the presidential pref
ence primary. declaring that the will
of the people that Woodrow Wilson
be nominated WAS defeated at the
Norfolk convention.
He advocated changes In the cleo
ton laws, saying that II Mr.. Cum
ming had read the law he would
find 1t woefully ineffective, inviting
rather than preventing fraud"
The man who stuffs the ballot box
and who by fraudulent payment OF
Al rf
on the registration books is guilty OF
treason and his crime should be pun
ished as such. rather than a miede-
meanor, punishable by a small f1ne
and one hour in Jail"
Mr.. Pollard in Supreme Court
ME-, Cumming closed by declaring
tina. his opponent lacked experience;
that he had never qualified to prac-
tic< Ia the Supreme court Of the
Urfte6 States; that ne had practiced
in The State Supreme court. but three
times, and on ZACH occasic,, had lost.
OF his own aualificatic-s aIr. Cum
ming spoke trieSv. saying that no has
appeared In the Supreme court OF the
State twenty times. and had won half
his cases: that he had had experience
In the legislature and in the practice
of his profession. and that he had
qualified to practice in the Supreme
court OF the nation.
Mr.. Pollard Closes.
Mr. Pollard replied In closing his
argument that II he could not show
by his income tax receipts that he had
made twice as much In the practice
OF his profession as his opponent he
would retire from the race: that TWEEN
ty years experience IN compiling and
codifying the laws Of the Common
wealth and a like experience in prac-
ticing law and his service in the con-
stitutionai convention were the claims
he presented for consideration.
On the stage were: George e.
Cask!e. presiding; s. V. Kemp. with
Mr.. Cumming. and Walter z. Add
son and II. II. Harris. with Mr.. Pol
lizard The debate was short, the
meeting adjournins shortly after 10
o'clock.
Terms Unusual.
The terms of the debate. which were
unusual. were the result OF the in
sistence OF Mr.. Pollard. whose rep
resentatives here maintained that Mr..
Cummings position on all points was
not clear enough 10 warrant a de-
bate of the usual order II was there
fore suggested that Mr.. Cumming
lead off with a ten mtnuten' outline