Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
CLASS DISTINCTION
IS ISSUE IN VIRGINIA
Coalition Candidate Appeal
ing to Workers to Vote
Against Regulars.
Continued From First page.)

| Hoover entertained Mrs. Oscar De
| Priest, wife of the colored Representa-
tive from Illinois, at tea at the White
House last Spring along with the wives
of other members of the House, has
meant a swing back Of many Democratic
votes which last year deserted the
regular ticket. They believe. too, that
the appointment of two colored post
| masters, one in Albermarle County and
another in PittSylvania, since the
Hoover administration came in, will
have its effect on the voters.
The race issue popped into the open
in the campaign only a day or W ago,
when a printed circular was put out,
declaring that the Republican party
stood for the repeal of the poll tax as
a prerequisite for voting the colored
people and containing pictures of oscar
De Priest and his wife, what alleges to
be a copy of the invitation to tea ex-
tended by Mrs. Hoover 10 Mrs. De
Priest, and excerpts from the speeches
made by De Priest. When the circular
/ made its appearance, Henry w. Ander-
son, Republican leader here, Immediate
ly wrote a letter of John Garland Pollard,
the Democratic nominee for governor,
| asking him If he had authorized or
approved" the issuance of he circular
and the outrageous attempt to asSo-
ciate DR.. Brown and myself with De
Priest" Mr.. Anderson accused the
Democratic headquarters with circu-
lating the pamphlet.
It did not AXE DR.. Pollard long to
come back with a singing reply, in
which he characterized Mr.. Anderson's
| questions as "a brazen piece of in
science, of which I hope you will not
be gAlilty in your calmer moments, n
for which I trust you will be sorry when
| the smoke of battle has died away"
DR.. Pollard denied any knowledge of or
responsibility for the pamphlet. Demo-
cratic headquarters also has denied it
had anything to do with the circular.
There have been hints that befor, cleo
ton day the Republicans will seek fur.
| ther to pin on the Democratic head
quarters responsibility for distributing
the pamphlet. At all events the story
of the pamphlet and its contents have
been published throughout the State in
practically all the daily newspapers and
its circulation has been assured, no mat
| ter who was responsible for putting it
out. What its ultimate effect will be re-
mains to be seen.
Letters Show Feeling.
The interchange of letters between
Mr.. Anderson and DR.. Pollard, how
ever, is indicative OF the intense feeling
which exists between n riva. camps.
Speeches are becoming more and more
bitter as election day approaches. The
| support Of Brown by the Republicans
and the anti-Smith wing of the Demo-
cratic party Is referred to by the regu-
lar Democrats as an unnatural coah-
ton" and IAN unholy alliance"
The pamphlet which caused Mr.. An
derson to write to DR.. Pollard declared
that Anderson and the Republican
party in Virginia and their candidate,
DR.. Brown, favored a repeal of the
poll tax as a prerequisite to voting and
would have the election avs amended,
if placed in power. sc as to do away
with the poll tax, regarded as a meas
ure to keep the colored race away from
the ballot box on election days. Mr..
Anderson called attention to the fact
that there is nothing in the Republican
platform which proposes the repeal Of
the poll tax, and characterizes the
statement in the pamphlet as an abso-
lutte falsehood.
Or. Pollard in his reply. however.
called attention to the tact that Ander-
son, when he was a candidate for gov
ernor in 1921. had advocated the abol-
ishment of the poll tax in an address
before the Republican State convention.
1T is my firm conviction" continued
DR.. Pollard, that no greater calamity
could come to Virginia, for It would
revive in its most malignant form the
race question. which was forced on Q
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reconstruction measures Of the Re-
publican party. I believe that expedi-
ency, and expediency alone, prevented
the reinSertion In the last Republican
State platform of the provision abolish
ing the poll tax as q prerequisite for
voting. I believe that if the Republican
party by itself or in alliance with DR..
government it would tear. down the
poll a barrier which we have set up
to protect us against the revival Of
race prejudice"
Regulars Praise Byrd.
The regular Democrats insist that
there are no real issues in the guberna-
torial campaign, when the matter is
boiled down, except a desire on the part
of the "outS" to get "in." The reg
ulars assert that the administration Of
Virginia's affairs under Gov. Byrd has
been excellent, and they are defending
the record of the Byrd administration
other and ~ridiculing claims by DR..
Brown that he will build more and bet
ter roads and at the same time cut
down the taxes.
In these final days of the campaign
both the candidates are going up and
down the State in a final rush to get
their views to the voters. This in itself
~ 04AOoV u4AAACdA0 VA Ill q 0bdbC C1CCLlUIl
In virginia. The Democratic primary has
for years settled all elections in that
State. The very activity of the reg
ular Democrats this year is In itself
evidence that they consider they have q
real fight on their hands.
In the old days, If $4,000 were ex-
pended in a State campaign it was con-
sidered 3 large amount. This year, how
ever, both sides are spending money.
There has been so far nothing to show
Just how much, but one well informed
Democrat here expressed the opinion
that the coalition had expended $50, 900
or upward and that the regulars were
likely to spend as much as their op-
ponents. The Republicans, say the
Democrats, have more money to spend
this year than they had last, when the
Hoover-Smith campaign was running
at its height in Virginia.
Candidates C~ontrasted.
The two candidates for goverrA
Pollard, the Democratic nominee. az
Brown. the coalition candidate, are VtE.s
different on the stump, however.
Pollard, q much older man than hW
opponent, has been appealing particu
larry to the intelligent and to the nv
tellect in his speeches. So far, sonC
his critics say, he has not brought
OF a human spark into the cam
paign. DR.. Brown, on the other hand. is
. s~pellbinder, with an appeal to the
DR.. Brown, however. has recently
been roundly attacked by the regulars
because, while he is now denouncing
the So-called short ballot, which gives
the governor the power of appointing
the State treasurer, the superintendent
Of education and the commissioner Of
he himself spoke for and
voted for the Short-ballot amendment.
short ballot is denounced In the