Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-01
POLLARD VICTORY
IN VIRGINIA SEEN
Doubt Remains, However. in
Ranks of Regulars as
Confidence Shakes.
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has back of him the organization. the
support of Gov. Byrd and all his ad-
ministra ton. He has the support Of
every daily newspaper in the State
except the News Bulletin OF Bristol
which Is supporting Brown. He has
pulling for him the old party allegiance
which has been strong in Virginia. anu
to some extent the race issue. with
the old cry that the Democratic party
is the white mars party"
DR.. Browns Strength.
DR.. Brown. on the other hand. has
with him the allied forces of the Re-
publican party and the anti-Smitn
Democratic organiza ton. which worked
with no little effect last year. To his
banner. also. have flocked not few
independent voters and those who have
been dissatisfied for one cause or
another with the powers that be In
Virginia politics. He has for the most
part the Ku Klux Khan. which Is
strong IL: some OF the centers Of pop
ulation. And he has the old Antipathy
to Smith and Raskob. an inheritance
from the campaign Of last year. which
the anti-smith Democrats have sought
| TO keep alive by pointing out that
Raskob still is the head Of the Demo-
cratic national organization.
! Both Pollard and Brown are dry and
| have been O.ked by the Anti-Saloon
| League OF the State. But Pollard sup
! ported Smith last year and is credited
/ with having coined the name "hypeI-
Gratis and applying it to the Demo-
Gratis who deserted the rational ticket
! and voted for Hoover last year Many
/ OF those who were SO criticized by
/ Pollard and the other regulars still are
| bitter and unfOrRiving.
1t may be pointed out that the DEM
ocrats last year had the organiza tion
with them and all the election MA
chinery il: their hands. and that they
| had at that time the support of the
daily press of the State. with the one
exception in Bristol. Just as they have
| this year. Yet. In spite Of these 40
| vantages. Hoover carried the state and
! the regulars were defeated.
Women Then Played Part.
Last year the women played an i'm
| portant part ir the Virginia election.
Many thousands OF them supported
! President Hoover against Gov smith,
| though Smith had his quota of woman
votes in the State. too. The women
| this year do not appear to be as great
! ly interested in the race for governor.
At political meetings in many paris
Of the State they have not been found
! in large numbers as they were year
ent campaign have not neglected the
woman voters. Here in Richmond the
coalition ticket has the support Of the
Hoover Woman's Club" made up very
largely of anti-Smith Democrats.
Mr.. Hoover. 1t seems quite clear. can
scarcely be the issue in the campaign
for governor in Virginia this year. but
| the women have clu1g to the name OF
| their OrganiOa ton, with which they
were markedly successful q year ago.
One woman. Mary Emma De Witt. Is
a candidate for the House of Delegates
on the coalition ticket the only woman
running for the Legislature In Rich
mond on that ticket. The coalition
has put Is candidates in the field for
the House Of Delegates, which has q
hundred members, and there are three
! addition to Mrs De Witt.
| How many o. the Democratic women
who voted for President Hoover and
against Gov Smith have returned to
the Democratic fold this year can only
be a matter OF conjecture. II they have
! returned to their old party allegiance
| In large numbers. as Is claimed by the
| regular organization, the jig II up for
| DIR. Brown, in all proba bility.
Coalition Backs q Democrat"
The coalition, so far as the anti
Smith Democrats are concerned. this
| year has the advantage Of candidate
who has always been q Democrat and
! who claims still to be q Democrat.
Democrats may have an easier time, 1t
Is said, voting for DR.. Brown because
he Is q Democrat than they had voting
for Mr. Hoover, a Republican. On the
, other hand, some OF the Republicans
did not like at all the idea of having as
| their candidate for governor Demo-
I Crat. There was some hard feeling
about it last June. But the Republican
| leaderS--and the DemOcratic-say that
the Republican voters of the State will
| 90 down tho line for Brown next Tues
| day and that there will be few defec-
lions. The Republicans are counting,
| too. on some wet Republican voters
who last year are said to have voted for
Smith.
| While DR.. Brown and other anti
Smith Democrats continue TO insist that
they are SIMON pure Democrats and are
seeking To rid the Democratic party IN
| Virginia and J. the Nation OF Smith
! Raskobism" the regulars are saying
that Brown and the others have gone
over to the Republican party, and after
| the dust of the campaign has been
/ cleared away, they will be found in the
Republican party to stay. II this be
true, 1t would appear that the Repubh-
can party is to have no little increase
| in strength In the days that are to come
in Virginia and real two party politics
will be in order in Virginia from now
! on. It is certainly true that the Re-
publican leaders, like Henry w. Ander-
! son Of this city, who have denounced
one party government in Virginia, will
be overjoyed at such an outcome.
Democrats Warn People.
The Democratic leaders are warning
the people against Q coalition rule. hold
| ing up to them the four years OF So
called coalition rule In Virginia from
| 1880 to 1884, the So-called Malone
coalition, and charging that the State
under that coalition government was
pillaged and robbed right and left. One
! thing appears certain, ut least, in the
! confused situation, and this is-h the
! coalition elects Brown governor, and
the government Of the State under his
| administration Is fair, the old cOndi-
| ton of one party government in Viz
Rinia. which has existed for IS years.
Is likely to be q thing of the past and
Virginia real political battle-ground.
Should the coalition win in the
! guberna torial election, Dr. Brown would
! have to face q Legislature controlled by
| the regular Democrats, ii Is said. The
coalition has put into the field candi-
! dates for IS seats OF the House of Dele
gates to be voted for next Tuesday.
! There are a hundred members Of the
House. 1t is estimated that the coali-
ton cannot elect more than 80 men,
bArs. II It elects those. The State SEN
ate will be safely controlled by the reg
ular Democrats. Furthermore. even
should DR.. Brown win, he would prob
ably find that he had with him . req
ular Democrat for lieutenant governor
and another for attorney general.
| Brown is likely to run ahead of his
ticket, and Pollard may run behind his
| tickAk In the o1infon even NJ rAo1,IAr