Evening star., 1929-06-27
COALITION
FOR VIRGINIA RACE
Republican and Anti-Smith
Parties to Make Issue
of Raskob.
BY G. GOULD. LINCOLN.

The proposed coalition between Re-
publicans and anti-Smith Democrats
for the election of governor of vir-
ginia was perfected last night at the
Republican State convention in Rich
mond
The coalition is somewhat similar to
that which brought about the victory OF
Herbert Hoover in the Old Dominion
last November and the defeat OF Alfred
e. Smith.
In the coming gubernatorial election,
however, the Republicans have chosen
to support an independent. regular
Democrat up to the time OF the nom
nation of Smith at Houston last year
The Republican State convention nom-
mated for governor, DR.. William Nose
ley Brown, 35-year-old professor OF
psychology at Washington and Lee Uni4
yersity. DR.. Brown is the nominee for
governor of the anti-Smith Democrats,
who met at Roanoke in convention more
than a week ago.
Accepts Nomination.
Or. Brown. after he had been norli-
mated by the Republicans last night,
appeared before the convention and
accepted the nomination. He asserted: !:
II am Independent in politics and well
come the support Of all citizens. !
have made no commitment in this
campaign except to the people"
He gave his approval to the prin-
ciples contained in the platform which
was adopted subsequently by the con-
vention. A copy of the platform draft
had been submitted to the candidate
before he was nominated.
There was talk of opposition among
the Republicans to the nomination of
the independent Democratic candidate.
But the opposition never got as far as
the floor of the convention. The
leaders had the situation well in hand
by the time the delegates assembled.
DR.. Brown was nominated by acclama-
ton by the 1000 delegates attending,
representing all parts of the State.
Henry w. Anderson of Richmond, long
prominent in the G. o. p. and twice
himself candidate for governor, de-
hvered the keynote speech of the con-
vention and did much to promote the
formation of the coalition between the
Republicans and the anti-Smith Demo-
Gratis. DR.. Brown was nominated for
governor by @. Bascom Slemp, Repub-
ncan national committeeman, former
member OF the House and former Secre-
tary of the President, power among
the Republicans of the State for years.
Mr.. Slemp, In addressing the conven-
ton said:
The Democratic party has its Smith
ana It's Raskob, but no longer has the
Southern Democracy"
Rask0b to Be Issue.
The Republicans and the anti-Smith
democrats In the coming campaign
plan to make as much of an issue as
they can of the fact that John J. Raskob
Is still chairman of the Democratic
national committee and that he Is the
selection of former Gov. Smith for that
post, while Gov. Byrd, leader of the
Virginia Democratic organization, is
vice chairman of the Democratic ma
tional committee.
Regular Democrats in the Old Do
minion, however, insist that the issue
which carried the State for Hoover last
year Is dead. They say that the
coalition will not be able to revive it.
The regular Democrats also are intent
upon reviving the race issue in Virginia
in the hope of solidifying the Demo-
Gratis Of the State again. They are
making as much as they can of the So
called De Priest White House incident.
Furthermore, they are counting upon
the reaction in the State to the publi-
cation of the stock transactions of
Bishop James Cannon, jr.. a leader Of
the anti-Smith Democrats.
The Republicans and the anti-Smith
Democrats take the ground, however,
that the race issue has been settled In
Virginia; that there is no question of
social relations between the white and
colored races. and that the entertain
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