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

his colleagues have drawn. a. G. Brax-
ton says that ! have compiled the best
Code In the States history. He says |
had the Code printed in Minnesota.
Ills information is erroneous. as had
no moro to do with printing the Code
thar he had l am surprised that he
would descend to such an argument.
Gle actually boasts that lie is glad Of
the part he took in blocking that fee
act an act that was introduced to re-
quire fee officers TO say how much they
get. He does not want the people to
Know what they are paying their own
officers.
Who Pays Fees Sowt
who pays these fees now? The
people. his kind friends who are writ
ing letters urging his election. are tho
men who are drawing these enormous
salaries out of the pockets of tho peo-
pie We can do We did with the
Richmond Commemorative Attorney.
who used to get more than $1,000 u
month. We passed law providing
that all fees over $4,000 Il year should
go into the State treasury. and in ten
years the state has~been better off by
100000 from one Richmond office
alone. 1t would be s1,0O6.Oo0 better
off If that plan were followed instead
OF having the money go into the peck
cts OF Mr.. Cummings friends.
I'm the last presidential campaign
was the choice of the people of this
state. The bosses didn't want him
because he wouldn't be ruled; SO the
bosses got together and voted down the
peoples choice: yet be says this is Il
representative government. and the
people have nothing to do with II.
The representatives should represent
the people not the bosses. Who do you
represent. Mr.. Cumming, yourself or
some big boss above you? The people?
No, because YOU don't want TO hear
from them as to their choice
LnwS Invite Fraud.
Now, as TO the main issue of this
campaign, the election laws of~this
State. with which he says he Is salts
fed If he would study them he would
find that instead OF preventing fraud
they actually invite 1t. They were
made 10 suit the conditions OF the
dark days Of negro domination The
time has come in Virginia when we
should have honest elections. The peo-
pie want quare deal at the ballot
box, yet the laws are such that bal
lot box suffers go unpublished. and as
u result thousands OF Democrats stay
out of oar primaries, III the Young
Maynard contest it was shown that
hundreds OF dead men had been brought
to the polls and voted. When die
hope none of YOU politicians Will come
after me TO vote That election was
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laws II Is almost impossible to convict
Stuffine a ballot box is Il misdemeanor,
carrying a fine of $3.50 and one hour
In Jail There is many man in the
penitcntiary whose crime was more in
nocent compared with those who de-
feated the will of the people by stufing
the ballot box II should be classed
with treason as felonious IN its ma
ture. yet he says our election laws are
satisfactory to him. Poll taxes by the
hundreds are paid by men who want
TO control others in. elections and the
Legislature. 70 which Mr.. Cumming be-
longed, failed TO punish that corrupt
practice.
commissioners of the revenue seek
ling votes for reelection are not going
to assess influential men as high as
they ought to be assessed. You VIII
find many men politically strong who
get very low assessment. so / voted
for the judges to appoint the men who
go around assessing the peoples prop
IF you think my experience In the
Constitutional Convention in compiling
those dreadful laws my friends had
enacted: that twenty years of active
practice would make me an acceptable
/ Attorney General. l would be glad to
have your vote. If you select another
will be very happy in the shades of
private life
| TO get together and follow that great
! progressive leader Woodrow wilson. If
we will do that all factions will dis
appear.
The people are disregarding the
factions OF old, and I urge YOU not TO
split the Democratic party by accept
| ing the reactionary views OF my friend
Gordon CnplnNiOP'