Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-02
SWANSON SPEAKS
IN AID OF POLLARD
Senator, in Radio Address,
Asks Support for Democratic
Candidate in Virginia.

Speclal DlSpatch TO Inc Star.
RICHMOND, Va. November 2-Sen-
ator Swanson of Virginia, in an address
delivered here last night over the radio,
strongly urged the voters of the State
to support John @. Pollard, Democratic
candidate for governor, in the election
which takes place Tuesday.
The Virginia Senator praised the
Democratic administration OF the State
government, and warned his hearers
against q Republican -anti-Smith- coali-
ton government, headed by DR.. William
Moseley Brown, the coalition candidate.
He harked back to the early Dos, to the
time when the Republicans and dis
gruntled Democrats formed a coalition,
and pictured the State government I'M
der the coalition as both corrupt and
inefhcient.
Election Important.
1.-THE election to be held on Novem-
Der S Is the most important and OF
more far-reaching consequences" SAID
Senator Swanson, than any we have
had since our contest with the Malone
coalition.
we are to determine In this election,
as then, whether the coalition Repub-
lican or Democratic party shall have
the administration of affairs and the
enactment of legislation. We are con-
tending which OF the parties shall con-
troll our executive offices, our schools,
our asylums our courts, our roads and
our various inStrumentalitieS OF State
government.
The record OF the Democratic party
has been viciously assailed in this cam
paign, and with more gross miSrepre-
sentation than ever before presented in
| q previous campaign. The Democratic
party gladly accepts the challenge thus
| made and is willing for the voters Of
this State to pass judgment on 1t by
its achievements since 1t has been In
| control. The best test Of worthiness Of
a party Is its honesty and integrity.
Only One DefaIcation.
During all the years that the Demo-
! cratic party has been In control in Vir-
| ginia there has been but one small de-
| falcation, which was occasioned by the
| forgeries OF a clerk in the auditors Of
| fice. and which was promptly detected
| and the offender punished. During these
years OF control there has been collect
| ed by the State government more than
! $3.50, 00O, 900 of public money, and this is
| the only defalcation by any official to
! which the severest enemy Of the Demo-
! cratic party can point. The government
OF no city or State In this Union can
point to q record so free from scandal,
! corruption and graft. With clean hands
| and unquestioned integrity the Demo-
! cratic party fearlessly faces Its enemies
and appeals for support.
What q contrast does this Demo-
cratic record present to the four years
| Of coalition Republican rule which once
cursed the State! Those four years of
I coalition Republican rule were so reek-
ing with fraud. scandal and corruption
that not until this year, after almost
30 years. has Democratic control In
! the State government been seriously
contested. All realized there was not
| the slightest chance for a return Of
coalition Republican control of this
| State until the people had entirely for
gotten the disgraces and iniquity In
| f1icted upon the state during the four
| years of such domination.
Duplicated Elsewhere.
"Forgetfuln.ss and not approval Of
their record make possible the return to
power of a party with such wretched
| history. The frightful record OF Viz
! ginia under coalition Republican rule
| has been duplicated In other Southern
! States where such rule mas existed.
| Coalition Republican rule in every
southern SoIate ITOH the FOLOH1HC u
! the Rio Grande, from 1865 to the pres
/ ent time. has been fraught with social
unrest, disturbances, disgrace and dis
aster Such control in whatever South
ern state 1t has existed has taught the
melancholy but sure lesson that such
rule ends always in retrogress:on. The
truth Of this fact has been SO univer-
| sally recognized that many vote the
( Republican ticket in national elections
! and sustain the Democratic party in
, State and local elections.
There are many patriotic Repub-
| leans in this State who would view
with deep alarm any possibility of coaii-
ton Republican success in this election.
They know coalition success means un-
settled business. social and political I'M
rest, disarrangement Of our financial
and taxation system. ineficient gov
eminent permeated with corruption and
favoritiSm"