The Washington times., 1921-06-19
VIRGINIA PEOPLE
NO LONGER ENJOY
FREEDOM, HE SAYS
Col. Henry W. Anderson Creates
Sensation by ForcefuI
Y. M. C. A. Speech.

NORFOLK, Va, June 1S.-"There
are no people in Europe less free than
those In Virginia, Col. Henry w. An
derson, of Richmond. declared in his
talk before a large audience at the
Navy Y. NJ. c. A.
Colonel Anderson I'm opening stated
that the greatest crises of all times
are before the world at this time OF
reconstruction; civilization has been
threatened--and what is civilization
but adapting the raw forces of ma
ture to the use Of man for his com
fort and his intellectual or social ad-
vancement? Three hundred and
twenty Ave billion dollars OF capital
and IL, ,0O0, 900 men were wiped out by
the world war calamity. which is not
felt alone in Europe, the center of the
conflict, but we on the outskirts are
directly arected-every home here in
Virginia is affected. Consequently. II
is the duty of every man and woman
TO devote his and her energy and
thought to the problems of recon
struction. Instead of discussing So
lutions to these problems, the Demo-
cratic nominees are making the ques-.
ton of age an issue"
FLAYs STATE GOVERNMENT.
Virginia" he went on to say. 'is
politically and economically dead. Her
freedom, however, is worth fighting
for and a revision of her constitution
will be necessary before she can
achieve political and economic free
dom. The United States Steel Corpor-
alton would go into. the hands OF re-
ceivers in a short time IL run on the
same system as this States govern
ment is. The defect does not lie with
the men. but with the system of State
management. The men at the head
of the school boards, highway COM
mission. etc, are not to blame; their
hands are tied. Yet Virginia is not
in her proper place, either in schools
or roads. The high illiteracy in the
State forces her into the forty-second
place among forty-eight .States-only
six worse in the whole United States,
including South Carolina Virginia's 8
roads are so known throughout the
country that people from other States
seldom ride over them.
FARMERS LOSING MONEY.
Because of lack of assistance, the
farmers, the young men of the State
are abandoning that line OF work and
turning TO lHe ihuusNridl nelu anu
the farms are becoming overgrown
with broomstraw and pines.
There are approximately 10000
office holders, inclusive of school
teachers, drawing salary under the
present State government" he said.
governor Davis was elected by 50,-
600 votes, and IL 10000 office holders
could not swing $4,000 votes then they
have lost their cunning"
Only about one-fourth OF those
who should be are qualified voters,
he said Registrars, he declared, have
the power of asking questions of
the applicant for registration and de-
Gliding on their ability to quality az
voters. The constitution calls for
the nlIfng of the application form in
writing without aid from any source.
the applicant giving name, age, place
of birth and ward in which he or she
resides.
Virginia, he said, is as judge ruled
! as the Israelites ever were; he,
Judges are elected by her senate and
| legislature and there is no appeal
| from them
"The present constitution was born
OF a fraud" he said giving in brief
it's history.
| Colonel Anderson is one of the
leading Republicans in Virginia He
won distinction for himself in Ru-
mania. where he was in charge OF
the Red Cross work. He was the
| choice of the Virginia Republicans
for the Vice Presidential nominee OF
that party at last national conven.