Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-25
SAY US HIS w YTHE
COUNTY OPPONENT
MUST BE INNOCENT
INDEED If HE DOES
NOT KNOW OF THE
EXISTENCE OF "MA-
CHINE" WHEN MON
TAGUE, GLASS AND
JONES DID.


people or Virginia cannot maintain
the agencies or FREQ government for
fear thnt they themselves may hc
| corrupt. Hoy silly 1t liz coming
from the political machine" Ia Yir-
ginia
i, is also suggested tina, the States
which have two parties have mixed
schools This Is not true OF Mary
/ land. 10 tho north Of us. and IL Is
not true nf many other States which
haze tx" political parties So tar
as Virginia ~ concerned. ans such
| suggestion is AN insul, To the leaders
/ 81 the Republican party ana the great
hody "f IN" white people in th.x
state who vote it's ticket, and is
/ rcpudiat"d AK utterly indecent and
unworthy OF the men who make IL
/ The Norfolk platform takes "A definite
I position on This question and de-
. cIar"S that the people OF each race
. NAY" "a right to their o"n social or
. carnations and institutions. but any
I social intcrmlnGling or mixture o.
. INC races IN TINS stat" Is imposs bic"
{ To say that any white man Or woman
4 IN virginia would favor mixed schools
| ~ TO insult that man or woman ana
/ To- urge aS Il ground for aFousiuS
. political prejudice a condition when
would be impossible in this STATE
in amy circumstances which mi.ht
arise. The Republican party In Vtr-
/ G'nih stands as firmly for the main
Z i"n"ncc OF the social and political!
I order OF this state and the supremacy
. OF us white citizens AK does the Dem
/ ocrhuc party. and its personnel is a
/ guarantee OF that fact
The whole argument on this sub
jet - simply An appeal to prejudice.
/ an obvious denial 81 the right OF the
/ p"opl" OF virginia 10 free govern
mont, and Of their capacity .or th..
maintenance OF republican system
OF gpN"rnn"nt IT wag no, believed
that even the Democratic orEaniza-
ton would 10 az far "a this Iut
th!s position is Ia accord wa,h its
record FOR thirty years. and Mir.
Ir!nkic uow plants his feet upon tina,
/ record ana advances IT a - reason
for his election.
/ Tn" Republican party demands not
/ on" but two strong parties In Viz
/ :inia 10 insure free government
| within tho state. and restore our
| position IN national AFFAIRS.
/ The issue is madc. Tho dcclsion
rests With tn, people
n",I>i"n OF the Consultations.
/ The Norfolk platform calls for a
/ revision OF tho Constitution to r.
/ establish a gOvcrumcHt In virginia
l"uhArd up"u f"lih Ia the pruplo
ana The right OF the people 10 ruls.
t" simplify our form OF soyernmcnt.
do away with unnecessary Office
holders or gToups and To promote
1 "IAcscuc: and economy In our State
and local administrations
The present conditions which have
I been described by Democratic leaders
/ quoted ana 10y tho Communication D
/ Economy and I:tncicncN. To which
. reference has been made, constitute.
tho record of the Democratic party.
'u which The Democratic candidate
nov plants ms i"-t": which reg
. era he advances az a reason FOR MS
election In the face OF the report
/ az th", Commission, composed IN
! ircly OF Democrats condcrnning TINS
! our present system ut government IN
. Tie S"Nricst terms. h. standing upnn
/ that record" opposes any revision
/ OF the Constitution which the Com
mission decides to lac essential TO
! efficient government. and 10 tax. our,
school system out OF politics N tins
state
As = reason for this position wo
have the same old appeal 10 prciu
l dice; the same old calling up OF tho
( race question. which MIR Trimklc him
. self correctly describes as a 'skcle-
/ ton a dead thing which can on!y
be used To frirh,cn the crcdulous
lie also urges that in an address
/ ia 1905 ! approved the present Con-
I stitutio:. | never did oppose IT,
did say what was stated by the
Democrats themselves as n rcasun
/ FOR its adoption. that il would ell
| inmate the race question and opcn
the way for us to have two strorl.
| white parties in Virginia. did think
| mat with all of it's evils the CouSti-
| tuition would accomplish that much,
ana my own argument was directed
/ TO urging the people to avail them
/ selves Of the opportunity to divide
into Two parties. in accordance with
/ thcir pcliticn! convictions. My posi-
ton in 1905 was the same as my
/ position today. Eu. the Democrats
/ who forced this Constitution on N,
upon this pretcnse. and upon the
/ claim that IL would eliminate tho
/ race question from politics, have in
sistctd in every election since that we
must not divide. that We cannot have
two parties. and have dragged this
race question into politics in each
election. as their greatest asset with
! which to brighten the people into The
( continued support OF that party. On
the other hand they have used this
! Constitution under the smoke
franchise over two-thIrdS OF the
white people Of Virginia, and place
I the control Of this government com
/ pictcly IN the hands OF an Oiiioc- hold
| ing group dominated by the leaders
! OF the Democratic organizations So
| complete has been this manipulation
e citizenship in Virginia that with
| S5h.i23 white people in this State
/ over the age of twcnty-onc ycara.
| only $4,000 voted in 1920. showing
over 100000 white people OF Virginia
have been disfranchiscd by the op"-
ration of this Constitution. and the
political system established by the
| Democratic organization Hereunder
NO free government can he built or
maintained upon any such basis
! The record of the Democratic or
Eanization is thus clear. II stand.
J for the proclamation oe that Consti
tuition by the vote Of forty-scvcn
men, in violation of the plighted faith
| of that party, ana OF the valid lccis
lativc act. II stands for the maninu