The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-26
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of the silent acts. so that the depar-
ture of the audience. may not inter-
fere with the performer.
But both men acquitted themselves
most creditably. Mr.. Bethel. being
a native and to the manner born had
little trouble in keeping the crowd
with him. And to the credit of Mr.
Wilcox, who carried the role of the
chaser, it must be said that he held
the audience to the end. Or was it,
that the crowd stayed over to hear
what the ''wimmen" folks had to
say?
There was some little debate on
the motion made by Mr.. Owen The
presiding officer, Mr.. Royal. felt that
If candidate were unable to get all
he had out of his system in five
minutes. he should be given ten
minutes. The crowd, however, Joined
with the affable vice-president from
Brook Hill, and the Ave minute rule
prevailed
Senator Cannon being absent the
opening of the campaign for the
places in the senate fell 10 the for
tune of Captain Morgan r Mills.
He was introduced briefly by Mr..
Royal. and appeared on the plat
form with an expansive smile and
cool-looking light suit. Like upon all
occasions of his sudden appearances.
he was received with a hearty greet
ing.
Captain Mills referred to his long
years of service in city council. and
hit the chords in the right place when
he told of the many things he had
helped the Southside councilmen in
getting for the old free state"
Tn, n bic action in voting
for the equal distribution of the
bond issue for streets, he said he did
not favor the Capitalization OF power,
without the recall. There should al
ways be lever AT hand, TO prevent
the one-man power going TOO far.
Capitalization is all right, said Cap
tain Mills. but there should be a
power TO head off any possibility of
the people getting the worst of it.
There should be a legislative body to
keep its eye on the administrative
body
There are three candidates for the
senate" said the speaker Two Of
them are lawyers. leave il to you
If it Is right to leave all the business
of the city in the hands of two law
yers. I am the third mana Iayman,
business man l put it up to you. Do
you not think that at least one of the
senators should be Il business man !?
! 1t should be n fifty-fifty proposition,
and it is such a proposition. Both my
opponents are good lawyers But [
am a business man l point to my
many years of service in city council
and stand on that record l believe
| 7 can make YOU just as good a sena-
! tor as / have made you a council
man."
| Senator Weudenburg followed, and
after making the statement printed at
| the top of this article, went into de-
! tails concerning his political career,
! For many years he served Henrico
county as commemorative attorney.
and then went to the senate from
that county. following that up under
annexation with representing Rich
mond two terms. In all that long
| period of time he showed that he had
considered the interests of the work
ing men as of greater Importance
than that of the big interests, be-
cause the fundamentals of Demo
cratic government are based on the
work and productiveness of the
working classes. In his every move he
has fought for the people as against
the corporations-he has opposed
railroad measures and has fought
against propositions of the monied
men. which in any way tended to re-
tard the progress OF the working
man
His five minute speech evidently
convinced the audience that he stood
for exactly what he indicated re.
gardless of the misinterpretations
that had been placed upon his action
in helping in the defense of the officers
who are under indictment in the
Woodstock shooting case, and they
gave him a rousing hand OF apr 'ause
Start or nicc,y.
Mr. Bethel started off nicely. He
did not have TO tell the people any
thing about himself. for he had spent
most OF his years in their midst. He
said that he came to Manchester from
his country home a number of years
ago, and took up a job with the
street car company. By easy stages
he climbed up the ladder OF achieve
n1ent. until now he is a lawyer, with a
good practice.
| He brought out great applause and
drew the sentiment of the crowd
when he stated that he was against
the Susan b. Anthony amendment
and would fight against the proposed
bill for taxation on property owners
of the street in front of their property.
He said this looked to him like a
fight on the part of the street car in
terests to avoid the payment of costs
(; for the paving of streets along the
/ tracks.
| Delegate, Boschen also came out
fat-footedly against woman suffrage.
He, too, drew applause and approba :
ton from the audience when he
stated that he would fight to the last
machine gun nest against any move
ment to ratify the proposed amend
ment. He said it would open the
doors to the colored person, and that
no man in Virginit should stand for
anything of that sort.
| Il am for State Rights" he said,
| land will do my best to help defeat
/ the Anthony amendment He said
! that he had offered a measure in the
| last session designed to help the sol
! der boys who had been DISTINGUISHED
to get a vote. and to prevent such a
! catastrophe in future. He opposes
| executive sessions in committees of
the legislature. declaring that the
public should be admitted and in
vited into every meeting held.
Fuller Is Heard.
Delegates r. r. Fuller, who is serv-
! ing his third term an a. member of
the legislature. and who prior to that
was q member of the finance com :