Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-30
CRENSHAW ATTACKS
NEW STATE TAX LAWS
Candidate for House for Strong Cen
trial Tax Commission, With
Ample Powers.
CANDIDATES IN EAST END
Finishing Touches Are Being Put on
PRIMARY Campaign, Which Closes
at Polls on TueSday-Two Meet
ingS Tonight.


! ings Tonight.
Sixteen candidates for the Admins
trative Board and Legislature mounted
an improvised platform facing tho
grand stand on the grounds of tho
church Civic Association last night
and entertained between 100 and 500
men. women and children Of the north
eastern section of the city with their
views or current interest.
1t was the most populous Meeting
that has been produced by the cam.
paign The crowd sat comfortably
in the roomy grand stand, and there
was little OF the restlessness that hns
marked several Of the indoor gather
inSs of the. past few days In tho
largo athletic field beyond romped half
n hundred of the younger generation.
| but tho noise did not Interfere with
tho speaking.
President w. R. Akers. Of tho North
| east Citizens Association, under whose
auspices the meeting was held. pre-
sided. Most of the candidates con-
| tented themselves with brief state
ments setting forth their claims for
pretcrment. but several. invigoratcd by
the open air. tackled problems OF
Erarer import
CRENSHAw ATTACKS
TAN LEGISLATION
Ear down on the speaking program
came w. a. Crenshaw, candidate for
the House OF Delegates. The time
Keeper said that he spoke twenty four
minutes. In that near half-hour Mr..
Crenshaw found time to touch on a
few OF the cardinal Ills of the new
tax system, winding up with strong
condemnation of the principle Of segre-
session.
The only equitable principle, Mr.
Crcnshaw told the voters, was tho
principle of equalization. The most
competent opinion on the subject, to
the contrary. he said. supported strong
central tax commissions charged with
the duty of equalizing the tax rate
so that no citizen anywhere In the
State should have to pay a higher rate
on the Same class OF property than
any other person in the state.
Under segregation 1t Is still pos
where only 6ocent tax Is levied
In Carroll County" said Mr.. Crenshaw,
illustrating his point
Candidate John b. Lightfoot, when he
came TO the bat. told the voters that
while he had no hard and fast con-
victions on the tax question, he had
much rather live in Richmond and nav
81 rate than live in Carroll County
under al cent rate. The crowd
agreed with him.
Candidate Iobson, who spoke a lit
tie earlier replied with some heat to
previous attacks on the General AS.
sembly's tax reforms.
There has been an effort on the
part OF several OF the candidates Mt
the last two or three meetings." he
said. ito discredit the great work of
the special tax-reform session-to undo
the work the Legislature has done.
Let me tell you now that you will
n f~at lixo t1,, ~.
, Tax equalization is very desirable. but
| 1t is impossible in Virginia. Every eff
fort in that direction always meets
with the united opposition of the coun-
try members, and the only thing we
from the cities and towns can do Is
TO accept the hest possible compro-
mise. That's what we did at the spe-
cial session."
Candidate w. NJ. Myers delivered a
howitZer broadside when his turn came
with pointed reference TO those
would-be reformers OF the tax system
who. never having been members of
the Legislature themselves, and. there
fore, unfamiliar with the practical diff
,iculties in the way. would effect dras-
tic changes"
Besides the candidates referred TO,
talks we're made by Henry p. Beck,
Cannon, Charles w. Hard wickc Nor
gan r. Mills Louis o. Wendenburg, a.
Q. Boschen. r. T. Rowden. L. r. Full
Ter, James P. Jones and James II.
Price.
The committee from the Equal Suf-
frage League, which has been trailing
the political meetings since the be-
ginning OF the campaign, was again
in evidence. AT the conclusion Of the
regular program President Akers pro-
sented Miss Nora Houston, who held
the discriminating crowd ten minutes
longer with a stirring appeal for the
aid OF the citizens In influencing their
representatives in the Legislature TO
support the suffrage amendment to tho
Constitution.
Supporters of Marx Gunst held
private meeting at o'clock at the
Junior Order Hall, Fulton. Mr.. Mills
was excused also, In order that he
might meet with gathering OF his
supporters in Clay Ward.
Two meetings are scheduled for to-
night. One will take place under the
auspices OF tho Henry Clay Club at the
clubhouse, sos Spring Street, and the
| other In Fulton, at the Junior Order
Hall. The suggestion was made last
night, and will probably be followed
| that candidates for the House of Dele
gates speak first at the Spring Street
meeting, and that candidates for the
| Senate and Administrative Board APP
| pear first at Fulton. AS soon as speak
ers finish they Will cross the city to
| the other meeting, thus allowing both
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