Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-11-04
COL. ANDERSON
RApS STATE
GOVERNMENT
Republican Nominee For
Governor Addresses
Citizens Here
HITS MANAGEMENT
Addresses Also Made By Joseph l..
Crupper. State Chairman, and Col.
Jennings Z. Wise.

Declaring there are no political is
sues involved IN this campaign, Col.
( Henry ". Anderson Of Richmond, re-
! publican nominee for governor in the
election which will he held next
Tuesday, last night at mass meet
! ing held in the Opera House launched
an attack on Firginia's alleged ma
chine politics and severely arraigned
the present form OF government as
, administered by the democrats.
The question at issue he said is
Are the business affairs of Vir-
gina well managed? ?" Today, it
takes $20,0 100000 to run the state
government, ard he said the ques-
good or bad?" If it is good he
urged that it be continued and if bad
that change be made. Col. Ander-
son then declared that the manage
ment of the state is very bad and as
serted that he could prove it.
State Senator f. Lee Trinkle,
democratic nominee for governor, he
said in a speech was quoted as say
ing that he was amazed that the
speaker should say that there is i
political machine in Virginia, and ne
added il such is the case Senator
Trinkle is the only person over three
years old who does not know OF its
existence For the past twenty years
he said that Virginia has been domi-
mated by an invisible government IN
Washington controlled BY three or
four men. For thirty-fivc he said
the affairs of Virginia have been
controlled by the democrats and if
the republican party was l. ''"""
that long conditions he sa'1 sou
be just as bad. Concerning I &'g
ence of machine" th' ls~
quoted a number of Nirgini
Col. Anderson said that
months prior to Mr.. Trini
ton the latter said the
in Virginia were very
Trinkle he said since his
declares conditions are
Continuing the speaker
government of Virginia does not E..
press the viii Of the people rs they
have never ratified the state con-
stitution, it never being submitted
to them for ratification. Col. Ander..
son criticized the election OF
Judges and the selection OF electoral
boards and registrars. The prevail
inc system in Virginia he said dis
franchised 100000 white people, and
this he said Was due to the mandate
of forty-sevcn men who framed the
state constitutions.
According to Col. Anderson the
republican party proposes to revise
the constitution and submit it to the
peoplc for ratification or rejection.
Under the prevailing system only one
out of ten persons can vote he Sa!d.
The school system in Virginia he
said is worse than the politica! sTs-
TEN. The speaker then told how the
system is alleged TO be dominated
by politics. He declared the results
are bad. that Virginia has not a
sufficient number of teachers and It's
school buildings are inadequate. The
republicans if they got into power
he said would do away with the board
and elect school trustees by the peo-
pie.
Virginia's highways he said stand
at the bottom of the ladder. During
the past five years the state highway
commission spent twenty million
dollars and 100000 went for over
head and surveys before a PICK vas
stuck in the ground he declared. lax
bills in Virginia he said have IN
creased without results.
Discussing the race question he
said that this simply is an insult to
mind of any intelligent person, 1t
simply is a scarecro" put out ny
acitators. There can he said be no
mixing of the races. although ne Said
he favored square deal for the coll
ored man. We should, Col. Anderson
declared. redeem Virginia from the
prevailing conditions, adding that IN
order to lead Virginia must be free:
Joseph l.. Crupper, formerly OF
this city, now of Arlington county:
state chairman of the party, was the
first speaker. Mr. Crupper said the
republicans are engaged in cam
naicn the like of which has never
before been witnessed in the state.
The issues he said arc above party
standpoint. The fight he said is for
Virginia. Many OF the prominent
citizens now identified with the re-
publican party were named, oE thg
speaker and he said that unless an
signs fail Col. Anderson VIII DC
elected governor next TUESDAY
Col. Jennings L. Wise. OF Rlcn-
n,ond. was the next speaker. Inc
democrats he declared were unaoie 20
assaiI the platform on which Col;
Anderson stands and unable TO assail
his personal integrity they. seek 70
weave out the fabric ot untruth.
The speaker told Of Col. Ander'oh's