Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-09-12
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER II. 1924.
"nE-MAN' GOVERNMENT.

"nE-MAN" GOVERNMENT. Il
Ma Ferguson, of Texas, {
Promises she will give her state !,
herman" government if she is
elected; she further promises
hat, if she is elected, she will {
10 her best to bring about tax h
In this respect,
as we in Virginia know herman"
state government. Mrs Fergu-
son is an unconscious comedian.
Nobody can accuse Virginia's.
government of being effeminate;
to the contrary. it still retains,
and is inclined to boast of, its
fidelity to the purely masculine
system of machine rule, ring
rule, do-nothiugism and sublime
coutent with what is because it'll
always has been. Virtually every
movement to improve general
conditions in Virginia, to build
good roads quickly, to lend state
aid to the development of the
states port, to abolish the in.
iquitous fee system, to decrease
the unwarrantable fees allowed
magistrates and other petty of
ficers-every such movement has
been overwhelmingly defeated in
Virginia because the "he-man'
government, controlled by a
backward-looking political ma
Chine. has been unwilling to see
such improvement effected. Pre-
cisly the same fdefeat has been
administered, year by year. our
'he.man" machine to the effort
to bring about equalization of
taxation in Virginia. Inequality
of assessments is so open and
and notorious in Virginia that
it is matter of common know
ledge no argument is needed to
convince the people of it; no
evidence is needed to prove it.
Yet, even in the face of able re-
port submitted by the Commas
sion on Simplifcatiou and Econ
omv. every attempt to effect any
thing approaching real equali-
cation of assessments, and con-
sequently of taxation, was laugh
ed into letllargy bya mallory of
the General Assembly of Vir-
ginia at its last session.
If "he-man" government in
Texas means what it means in
Virginia, Mrs. Ferguson would
do we'll, if she is elected to do her
best to give her state a She
woman" government. Virginia
has tried her own particular
brand of herman" government
for some twenty years. ever since
the present machine-now head
ed by Senator Swanson and Mr..
Byrd-took over the reins; and
the result, or one of the results. |
is that Virginia is one of the
backward states of the union.
If this be knocking instead |
of boosting !. then make the most
of it Richmond Times Dis-i
patch.
The Richmond T imes-DispatchI
is in perpetual state of pro-
found pessimism. 1t exudes woe |,
1 nd fills the air with sorrowfulI ,
;lamor. L
In the depth of its despair it'll
:alls for a "she.woman" to eoy.li
I'm Virginia in the future be- h
ause for twenty gears the she Is
men" in control of Virginia poi t
les have made Virginia one ofIr
he backward states of the union. | a
Twenty years ago A. J. Monta. Id
ne was half way through his 10
.rm as Governor of Virginia 10
Iartin and Daniel were senat tors. tc,
7. A. Jones, Swanson. Flood v
nd, we think, Glass were in
ongress. Daniel died and 4,
wanson succeeded him MARIO,
n died and Glass succeeded him W
lood died and Tucker succeeded al
m. Liz
When Wilson, was elected Vir. NJ
mia immediately advanced toiof
. forefront. Toe
Martin became majority leader ia
the Senate and chairman ofIsa-
E great Committee on Appro-Ibe
atoms. Swanson became Rim
IN OF the Naval Committee. III
n the House Flood became Isto
,irman Of the Foreign Affairs SD,
nmittec, and Jones chairman obj
he Insular Committee. Glass
, elevsted to be Secretary Of
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