Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-26
WOMAN MATCHES
0RATORY WITH MEN
Mrs. Sarah Lee Fain Makes
Vigorous Plea for Pollard
for Governor.
BY LESTER N. INSKEEP,
Stan Correspondent Of The Star

speakers committee, yesterday mace
exceptional use of the IL minutes al
lotted to her in explaining her reasons
for the support by the Organized Women
Voters of Arlington County OF John
Garland Pollard, Democratic candidate
for governor, and the full Democratic
ticket in the coming State election.
Mrs. Fain appeared at the meeting as
the personal representative Of DR.. Pol
lard, matching her oratory and wits
DR.. William Moseley Brown, independ-
ent candidate for governor; Gallon B.
Jones, Republican candidate for lieu
tenant governor, who also represented
c. C. Berkeley independent candidate
for attorney general, and Louis A.
MacMahon, Republican candidate Tor
the House of Delegates. Siding with
her on the program were James , h
Price, Democratic candidate Tor lieu
tenant governor; John r. Saunders,
Democratic candidate for reelection as
attorney general, and Hugh Reed.
Democratic candidate for the House OF
Delegates.
Mrs. Fain's Speech.
In her speech Mrs. Fain declared
that the Democratic party is the party
that took the wrecked State after the
Civil War and rebuilt 1t into the fore
most State in the Union. Women TO
become really effective IN pohtlcS must
organize, but not organize WIN the
diseruntied members of the community,
she said.
The so-called courthouse rings" are
ooWerful because of their organlzaLlon,
She declared, and the people VINO are
denouncing these rings really wlsn 10
start a ring of their own. State taxes
are steadily on the decrease, and II the
county taxes are too high the county,
and not the State, officials should De
held responsible, she said.
Preceding Mrs. Fain on the program
was Byars. AS a political opponent, ne
declared that there has never been
campaign in which the people OF VIZ
GINA have had so many grievances.
"The machine in Virginia has never
represented the real democracy" ne
declared. land if there is any State IN
the Union that needs housecleanng
II is Virginia" In rebuttal TO MRS.
Fain's speech, Byars shouted that the
democratic machine" kept the women
of Virginia from voting for 30 years
and that the policies OF Gov. Harry F.
Byrd are what the people 40 mo- te+s %Si hT
instead of what they want, as sVateo Wy
Mrs. Fain.
Praises Byrd Administration.
co1 price praised the record of the
Byrd administration, which wouio oe
carried on by Pollard. He explained tnat
the short" ballot, the repeal of which
is sought by the opposition, Is only an
Experiment and that it can be repeated
at any time the people feel that IL Is
cheating them of their rights as cltlzeIls.
Virginia is the richest State between
pennsylvania and Texas, he declared,
and has been placed in this position oy
a Democratic administration. He pralseo
the work of the health department. ana
hoard of education, stating that the
latter had practically wiped out typnolo
fever, diphtheria and tuberculosis In tne
State. go
Jones, in his speech, took up the tax
question. insisting that the taxes nave
been steadily increasing under tfie
Democratic administration. There Is
now an annual average tax OF $l4:I3 per
canita in Virginia, which is 1.33 per
cent more than in any other state OF
like size, he said. In 1925, "A counties
in Virginia showed decreases IN popu-
Iation. he said. This decrease, It was
declared bv Saunders, who followed on
the program, is due to the natural
tendency to move to the city from the
rural section, The State as whole mas
been showing a steady growth, ne de-
clared. -. 49,,
In citing the long time that the
Democratic party has been IN power III
the State, Saunders declared tnat every
good piece of legislation now in erect
must have been passed by the Demo
Gratis. He gave a brief record OF the
work of his Office during the past year
and pointed out that out of 21,7O6 ar
rests for violation of the liquor law
there were 1927 convictions.
Cites Legislation.
Reid. in his speech, cited several
pieces of legislation that he, was either
the author of or of which he was the
co-patron, These he described as pas
sage of the sewerage act. the passage OF
a bill authorizing the classif1catlon OF
all of the Virginia laws, especially tnoSe
amendment of the act affecting sanitary
districts so that they could have sepa.
rate bonding power; consolidation OF
the collection of delinquent taxes IN one
person. and the bill comforting upon
Arlington County the same right to lay
special assessments for public improve
ments that had heretofore been en-
joyed only by cities.
The most important thing affecting
Arlington at the present time. he de-
clared, is the effort to change the meth
cd of the distribution of gasoline taxes
to an area basis, which would deprive
Arlington of a greater portion OF the
$4,000 annually now received.
The last speaker on the program was
license taxes, lower taxes on incomes
of $4,000 and the repeal Of the short
ballot. The election Of all judges and
other public officers by the peoples was
advocated by him.
MacMahon charged Reid with re-
sponsibility for the loss to Arlington
Of the section recently annexed by
worked for the enabling act Alexandra
would have been powerless to touch
any of Arlington County.
Following the speeches the Organized
Women Voters went into executive seS-
sion, where they passed several i'm
portant resolutions. One of these was
a request to the board of county super
visors that, because Of the present high
standing and efficiency Of the Health
and Welfare Departments, they be not
disturbed, either financially or as to
personnel.
The committee appointed at the
Spring meeting OF the organization 10
make thorough investigation OF con-
ditions at the Jail reported that they
been told before the personal survey
Mrs. Crandall Mackey. chairman, was
asked to cooperate with the civic COM
rntttee in formulating a report on ways
and means of erecting new jail and
to make final report at the Novem-
Der meeting.
On the recommendation of the civic
committee the organization passed
resolution indorsing the stand Of the
zoning Commission on the application
of the Sun Oil Co. for permit to
erect an oil storage and distributing
plant on the Lee Highway at Rosslyn.
A resolution was also passed protest.
ing the appearance Of signboards along
the thoroughfares and requesting legis-
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