The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-23
Quotes Record in Convention.

members of the State Board OF Edu-
cation"
Quotes Record I'm Convention.
Mr.. Cumming read at some length
from the journal Of the Constitutional
Convention to show that Mr.. Pollard
while member voted ''no" on the
question Of allowing treasurers to sue
coed themselves. which clause has since
been amended: that he voted mo" on
the motion to allow the people to elect
the commissioners of the revenue,
which has also been amended; that he
voted for tho Meredith motion to strike
out the election of public school SUI
perintendents by the people: that he
voted for the~T1ooker motion to strike
out election OF district school trus-
tees by tho people. and that no voted
against submission of the Constitution
except to Il selected electorate.
After the bill of rights OF George
Mason had in 1t the words Christian
forbearance. why did you vote to strike
out the word Christian" he demanded
turning to Mr.. Pollord. How fire.
qucntly have you appeared in the Court
OF Appeals? 1 have heard that you were
there only three times and were re-
vcrscd all three times. Have YOU ever
qualified in the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals. The Code which he
claims to have been the author OF was a
mere compilation of statute which the
General Assembly. OF whicn [ was n
member drew. If he will read the de-
cision Of the Court OF Appeals he will
find that the general election laws are
sufficient without Dick Byrd's effort TO
steal Peter Barksdale's glory. l chal-
lenge him TO state to you whether or
not he has had the necessary experience
to protect the interests OF this Com
monwcalth We want n lawyer who
viii night, not one who gives US plati-
tudes
II want you to tel! this audience how
you stand on woman suffrage. Weren't
you selected as Mayor of Ciinter Park
at n conference in which women par
ticipated? had rather go down in de-
feat than't to take woman from the high
pedestal on which God placed her and
reduce her to the plane you and / oc-
cupy."
! Mr. Pollard opened his reply with a
negro dialect story OF two darkies. one
stating preposterous proposition. 10
which the other retorted. ITS Il lie"
No Apologies 10 Make.
when my friend states that / stand
for woman suffrage, he is just mis-
taken" continued Mr.. Pollard. He
ought to have found out before he
made that statement. l have no apollo
gics to make for the part the women
of Ginter Park have taken in asking
me to become the Mayor of that sub
urb.
He says ] am not a friend of the
people. because voted against sub
hitting the Constitution to the vote
of 100000 ignorant negroes. whom the
convention was called to disfranchise.
and who had dragged our State into
political degrade ton. He wants 10
know why we did not submit to those
negroes the proposition of whether or
not they were competent TO vote We
could not have carried the Constitu-
ton except by cheating, and l had
rather take the bull by the horns and
proclaim it than to have had it adopted
! by fraud.
/ He asks why voted to strike out
the word Christian" Gordon Cum
o: Christianity? uaughter)
trying to wear the livery of heaven to
serve the devil. I thought il beneath
The dignity Of true religion TO have il
put into a secular document. You can
no more make State Christian by
putting the word in your Constitution
| than you can make Gordon Cumming a
/ Christian by stamping IL on his fore
1 head
He wants to know about my prac-
! tice II / haven't made twice as much
money as he has in the practice of law
| I'll get out of this race tomorrow
( morning. Look ut the income tax re-
I turns and they will show it,
He tries TO make you think that I
claimed TO have written the Code. God
/ forbid that | should claim TO have
written such stuff as he and some OF