The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-04
POLLARD ANSWERS
ATTACKS ON HIM
Declares Acknowledgement Will
liams Praised His Work as
Attorney at Law.
DEFENDS THE MINISTER'S
Asks Cumming Why He Has
Not Paid Taxes on Big
Practice.
DEFENDS THE MINISTERS

John Garland Pollard, asserting that
attacks had been made upon him by
Mr.. Cumming and Mr.. williams at Ken
bridge and Richmond, when he was
not present to answer them. last night
gave out the following statement:
The Statement
Tho attacks made upon me by my
opponents seem to grow in Intensity
as the campaign draws to it's close
1t was my earnest desire to go through
inns campaign discussing only the inn
portant questions which confront us
to-day. / had hoped that each candi-
date would leave to others the dis
cussion OF the question as to whether
they were fitted by character and pro-
1essional attainments to occupy the
position Of Attorney General No man
with proper sensibilities would choose
to discuss the personal character or
professional attachments of himself or
his opponents. but the gentlemen who
are opposing me seem to desire to
avoid the discussion Of public uues-
tons and to indulge in unworthy petty
criticisms. concerning which l feel it
my duty to make this statement:
MI. Williams continues TO criticize
my work on the Code as paste-pot
and scissors performance which might
have been done by any office boy. This
vi l.
liams's oft-repeated statements to me-
IL is strange that work which few
months ago he considered to be so
ably done should now be looked upon
as paste-pot and scissors perform
ance.
No Ink Returns.
Mr.. Cumming continues to boast OF
his superior experience in the appellate
courts II is true that the record
SHOWS that he has been so often beaten
in the lower courts that he has found
1t frequently necessary to appeal to
the Supreme Court. but II is not true
that lawyers qualifications can be
properly measured by the number OF
times he appears in the appellate
courts. According TO such standard
Mr.. Williams, who Mr. Cumming saws
is SO utterly incompetent. is Il much
better lawyer than Mr.. Cumming. for
MIR. Williams has appeared in the an
peliate courts in the last twelve months
oftener than Mr.. Cumming has an
pearcd In his entire professional ca
reer. Besides this. some Of the poorest
lawyers have ever known are con-
stantly In the courts. They do not
seem to have enough sense to keen
out 1t would be more becoming in
MT Cumming 10 cease Boosting of his
great ability as a lawyer for, accord
ing TO the tax records. he has either
peen practlclng law for nothing or he
has failed to make true tax returns.
He has either been conducting n bu-
reau of legal charity or he has wan
tonly and hagrantly violated the law
of the State. whose chief law officer
he now seeks to become.
Defends Minister'S
Furthermore, Mr.. Cumming, in his
desperation, now attacks Drs r c.
Skinner and w. c. James, two min
listers of the gospel. because they see
mt TO exercise their right OF citizenship
and commend me to their friends. Both
OF these gentlemen were my school
mates. l am as proud of their support
as 1 am OF the loyalty of other nu-
merous friends lawyers, doctors and
who. on account of their friendship for
me and their confidence In me, have
written letters in my behalf. Their
character and reputation is in strik-
ing contrast with that OF some of the
chief supporters for Mr.. Cummings
candidacy. 1t is doubtless true that
some OF Mr., Cummings schoolmates,
who have since become minister's
would have been glad TO have written
letters in his behalf if they could have
conscientiously done so. Mr.. Cum
mngs efforts 10 make it appear that
there is a question of church and state
involved where IHnistcr of the gos-
pei exercises his civic rights will he
as fruitless as his effort at Lynchburg
to pose as champion of Christianity"