Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-01
hCTIONALISM DEAD
IN STATE DEMOCRACY.
CLASS TELLS FLOOD

4 ''"''''''''''H'' '''''' 49, ''r-'-F'
Sc nor fail TO give ,hcm fair rep
t'aentn;ion on his PARTY ticket.
\ ndrrson an 10th Sides nf Issue.
| Then. again, colonel Anderson APP
lcals "a tn. white electorate az tho
i;atc by excluding negroes from tho
Invention which nominated him
ind talking In Il cryptic fashion
bout thus having prcrludcd amy
srcscnt campaign. But his platform
,chcncutiy advocated in his speeches
II ripping M IA" virginia Cousu-
tuition and laws which bar the way
IL n-groIto a FUN ana equal par
ticipatlon in the public affairs Of the
Common wealth.
"Aftcr once having unIpaiihrdly
f,pplauded these particular pro-
f:islppS of tho Constitution aud the
laws, which made IL both practicable
Ind possible for white mon "a di-
|yiic and differ on public questions.
|ac. nnW proposes "A nuliifcation ~.
repeal "t'thrS" constitutional and
statutory provisions. Every Int!
iigcnt citizen knows. including col
cncl Anterior that the Virginia
Constitutional Convention could not
prescribe negro participation IN pub
lite afrairS on account OF race, color
or prcvious condition ~ scryitudc.
cit could only exclude the negro
solutc equality with the whites hy
lcrislating against his characterize
ties. thus practically preventing
election time or from paying his poll
tax or from corrupting the ballot by
purchasing his vote.
wunid Undo Work.
This the Constitutional Convcn y
tlon did. 30 that whereas 1900
negroes formerly voted At the gem
crai election. now less than 10000
vote. Colonel Anderson would undo
this work. He would return us 10
the frigh,ful period of rccons;ru,-
t!on. when. TO preserve our civiiixa-
tinn, honest men were literally com
PEELED 10 adopt methods OF defense
which we're lawless and dopravrd
There is no record OF Colonel An
dcrson ever having done anything TO
assist In the preservation OF white
supremacy In Virginia: now he pro-
pcses TO tear down the barriers
which the Constitutional Convention
erected and thus clear the way TO
inc baliot box Tor every sh!ftlcSS and
ignorant darby who may desire 10
exercise an unrcstraIrcd right to
participate In tho government OF the
state and the subdivisions thereof
To me II Is incxpllca bic that any re-
spectacle white citizen OF Virginia
could avow or attempt to maintain
such an attitude. have not The
Rlightcst Idea that the people OF NIr-
GINA. when they come to realize the
hateful consequences OF Colonel An
derson's policy. will fall to bury him
and his political aspirations beyond
tho reach OF the resurrection
trumpet.
Appearance of Fx trnvngnnce Invented.
Il am hurriedly writing this letter
before catching tho train to attend
a meeting of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee in st. Louis. and
have not time to comment on the
Republican candidates other Npolitical
or his economic views.
Indeed, would 1t not be waste OF
time? His childish attempt to swell
the official roster OF the State by in
school teachers. notarics pub
lie, firemen. community elective Of
f'cers and thousands of day laborers
and other employees, in order to in
vent nm appearance OF extravaganza.
should alone cause his rejection at
the polls and turn away from his