The Washington times., 1929-10-03
ACCUSED
Of RECKLESS
TALKING

RICHMOND. Va. oct. 5--Dr. WI. |
liam Mosety Brown. coalition candi
date for Governor. was charged with
RECKLESS misstatements 81 facts il
his speeches criticizing Virginia Ecy.
ernmental affairs and conditions by
Gov. Harry +. Byrd in !. OOO-word
statment.
Governor Byrd. IN his first state.
ment OF the gubernational campaign,
also charges DR. Brown with con.
demning the segregation tar system
and asks him 10 say whether rs
favors the abolition Of this system
and the substitution 81 the central
tax board for the purpose 81 assess.
ing lands and property in the state.
Queries on Polling
The Governor asks Or. Brown.
who Is attacking the election laws
Of the state. whether re favors the
repeal Of the payment Of pom taxes
as ! prerequisite to voting and the
liberalization of registration laws IS
that the door win be wide open for
voting. especially IN those counties
Where the white population Is out.
numbered BY negroes.
Governor Byrd answers each one
Of pr. Browns charges about the
nanagement of governmental affairs
IN Virginia. He also charges that
DR.. Brown. until last year. was q
Nkrn -
many Of the changes in Virginia
made 81 the Democratic adniristrat
ton, adding that since Or. Brown
has been taken to the top or the
mountain and shown the vision of
the Rovernorship ne suddenly dis
covers that everything accomplished
by the Democratic party. supported
By his own vote. II vicious and
wrong.
Uses Old speech
MI. Byrd says the revised cam.
paign speech OF DR.. Brown. made
after his week Of rest, Is the same
speech, busted Off and dressed up
to suit the present campaign, that
Henry w. Anderson has been deliver.
Ing IN Virginia for the past fifteer
years Anderson, now regarded as
the director or the coalition canl-
paign, is 4 member OF President
HOover,s Crime Commission. Mr..
Byrd said Anderson began delivering
speech Of this kind when he left the
Democratic party and became
Republican.
grateful Republican admins.
tration, 4 adds the Governor. has
since rewarded him (Andersonl by
appointment to three lucrative Of
fees IN the space of one year, from
which Ne received III cash emolu-
ments to the sum of S9f, 666 and at
the same time attended 20 bis pr.
yate law business
Anderson Discovery
Taking up DR.. Browns criticism
or the Democratic primaries Byrd
SAYS or. John Garland Pollard was
selected as the candidate for COVER
nor BY 4 Majority 81 140, 900 voters
participa ting III 4 primary election.
while Or. Brown was named for
governor by three men In 4 secret
conferences. He then adds that
Colonel Anderson, I believe. claims
the credit for His Browns discovery.
And yet says Mr.. Byrd. the
privately selected candidates tries To
question the results Of q free Demo.
cratic primary. where all Democrats
cast their votes under legal protec-
ton. 4
q. o. r. Favored Ballet
Turning to Virginia's reorganIzed
governmental plan, which DR.. Brown
ii assailing, Byrd answers BY say
ing II. III. 1Engell, Republican state
chairman, 4 member of the commits
sion which proposed the plan, signed
the reorganization report, including
the short ballot, and spoke in favor
Of these laws before the committees
Of the general assembly, and Repub-
lican members Of the legislature
voted for the reorganization bills.
The issue before the people Of
Virginia today IL good government
ID Virginia ito promote tha prog
resa 81 Virginia hut DR.. Brown is@
struggling to shift the issue to the
election of 4 chairman OF the Demo.
cratic national committee, SAYS MI.
Byrd. There are no national Is.
sizes IN the election De q governor.
lieutenant goVernor and attorney
general Of Virginia. The election,
OF 4 chairman Of the Democrats
national committee to succeed the
present chairman. whose term win
expire before the next Presidential
campaign, has no more to do with
the election Of governor Of Vir.8
ginia than debate Of the terms
on which we should adhere to the
World Court would be relevant to