Richmond planet., 1921-07-02

DauNillc, Va. June. 1872

panvilIr. Va, Juno. 1927.
| sometimes wonder what Kind of
4 political campai"n would or could
b" conducted in this State if the
Candidat"S for the offices to which
they a$pircd were compelled to omit
"ntircl" amy reference - the Negro
My dear boy. il Wouhi br like at
tempting to "Shoot craps" with 40
dice.
Here We have going ON in this old
"bur%.' known aS the "Mothrr of
States and Statesmen" Il contest
between or among, certain gentle
men for Various and Sundry offices.
and We hear Il whole lot OF "junk"
about good roads, better roads. pub
lie schools, pensions, issuance OF
bonds, and anything else that II gul-
llblr people can be persuaded into
hrhrTln% that any one man can do
Tor them and people seem to- forget
thal no governor whom they might
elect can build one foot of road. open
Il single public school. issue one lit
tie bond or pay one nickel in pen
SlonS: and so forgetting, the people
20 to mass meetings. listen at and
cheer the pure and unudnltcratcd
bnncomh and straightway goeth
home and forgcttcth ii all till the
next spcll-binder arrives to whose
clap-trap they listen just as eagerly,
cheer as Justly and forget Just as
quickly.
The slogan OF one candidate is
Back to the CONSTITUTIONS, and be-
ing Il candidate for the highest office
in the gift Of the people of this state,
il seems that he should tell the pco-
pie for whose votes he is striving,
~ hnt
have the people OF Virginia departed
from the Constitution OF Virginia,
for that is what presume he is talk
ing about. for il he has no reference
to the Constitution of Virginia. and
II his slogan does not mean "back to
the onStltnlion' OF this state, then
his war cry is without meaning;
ana II he mcakS 'hack to the ConSti-
:utlon OF the United StatcS", then IL
would be pertinent to make the in
qulrN, where have We gotten away
from the Constitution OF the United
states and when? and what WAS Con-
$trcSS thinking about while passing
50 many unconstitutional laws aud
when it had on it's roster from this
very state some as GOOD LAWYERS as
can be found anywhere. two OF whom
have been governors and one is now
hllinG with conspicuous ability Il
place on the bench OF our state
Supreme Court OF Appeals.
Anr the candidate Of whom | am
Sp"lkIn& has failed also To tell the
people what unconstitutional law
has been enacted hy Congress and
h$s iU1nd its way into tn. Supreme
Court OF IN" United States and has
no; been. by that court declared
l.,
II believe that in Il return to the
Constitution lies the salvation of the
people. The Constitution gives Ger
tain powers and prerogativcs to the
Federal government. cnumcrating
seventeen Of them. Everything else
IL reserved to the states, police DOW
crS among them" | should like to
ask, ii seventeen only OF the rights
reserved to the states are cnumcr-
atcd in the Constitution of the
United States. who is. there to say
what are the Preserved powers" not
enumerated? but our friend could
not well get along till he had put the
Negro in it and this he did by refer
Ting to bill now before Congress
the passage Of which will prevent
railroads doing interstate business
from making Negroes pay first class
fare and then made to ride in cars
not much better in appointment, in :
many instances. than second rate cat :
tie cars. On many OF the roads do !
ing business between this state and
the states farther South. the Smok- |
mi car III one state becomes the No
gro passenger car in the other, and
1t Is almost as easy in some places in
the South to get transportation to !