Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-11
TAMMANY AN ISSUE
BROWN DECLARES
PoIIard'S Primary Victory
Proves This, Coalition Can
didate Says in Alexandria.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, october Ire
fusing to admit that Tammany Hall
has ceased to be an issue in Virginia,
william Mossley Brown, coalition candi-
date for governor. declared here last
night that his contention regarding
Tammany Hall is borne out by tbs
manner in which John Garland Pol
lard's victory in the Democratic primary
was received throughout the Nation.
Brown exhibited for the benefit OF
his 500-odd listeners, who gathered to
hear his address at Armory Hall, num-
erous clippings from newspapers IN al
sections of the country announcing
Pollard's triumph in the primary as a
victory for the Smith forces IN THIS
State.
Not an Ordinary Election.
"This is no ordinary election" the
former washington and Lee University
professor asserted. "A revolution is IN
progress. revolution that had its be-
g ming more than a year ago at HouS-
ton when the Democratic national con-
vention Haunted defiance in the eyes
of the dry South by nominating Gov.
Alfred E. Smith. The Democratic ma
chine deliberately sold out to Tammany
Hall. Tammany Hall does not fit in
democracy"
There is only one way out and that
Is to whip the machine" he said.
Brown assailed Pollard for his "po-
litical inconsistency" declaring that the
Democratic nominee is a product OF
the machine he once fought SO bit
terly" The coalition choice said that
Pollard is a "hand-picked candidate
selected by Harry Flood Byrd, Claude
A that
the Democratic machine acceded to the
wishes of those three and merely went
through the motions and turned Pollard
out as its candidate.
Predicted His Selection.
'Pollard told me in Martinsville
three weeks before the Democratic pri-
mary an August that he was the man
who would oppose me in the general
election Brown said.
THAT primary was corrupt. Anti
Smith Democrats, who had been warned
by Attorney General Saunders that
they would have no vote in the primary
if they cast their ballots for Hoover last
November. were invited to vote in Au-
gust. as were members of the Repub-
lican party.
He said that Pollard, who received
100000 of the $4,000 votes cast in the
primary, was given the largest majority
ever accorded a primary candidate i'll
Virginia. and asked how many anti
Smiths and Republicans cast ballots in
that election. He answered his own
question by stating that the story will
be told in the general election next
month.
THE largest vote ever cast in
Democratic primary was in 1925, when
$4,000 people voted. Even that year
the vote was $1,000 short. Where were
those $1,000 wandering sheep?
They'll come home" he predicted
''Yes, they'll come home, but not to the
Democratic party"
Brown said that the slogan of the
State Democratic committee, Vote
for Pollard and Progress" in reality
means Vote for Pollard and Politica!
Expediency."
Progress General.
"The progress of Virginia during
Byrds administration is not confined
solely to Virginia. 1t has been genera;
throughout the South during the same
period" He named, among others,
Tennessee, the Carolinas and West Viz
GINA as States that have progressed III
recent years, and added that West Viz
ginia has been under Republican adj
ministration for the last few years.
Brown attacked the absent voters
privilege of voting prior to the election
if they believe they will be out of their
home precincts on the date of the cleo
ton. He charged that black satchel
brigade" with State Controller E. r.
Combs as its "generalissimo, is even
now touring Virginia with pockets
stuffed with ballots for voting the 'a5-
sent voters" and that there will be
10000 votes for Pollard in the ballot
1,oNoe vrI7ny, tloa tIo11e nppY1 m election
day
Brown denounced the short ballot
which, he said, deprives the people Of
Virginia of their right to elect State
treasurer, commissioner of agriculture
and superintendent of public instruc-
ton and makes those offices appointiye
by the governor. He said that he fore
sees the time when an even shorter ball
lot will be suggested and pushed through
to victory if the machine remains in
power.
Promises Better Rule.
The coalition candidate promised bet
ter government if he is elected to office
and also promised a reduction on gaso-
line and automobile license taxes.
Prof Brown was introduced by Frank
Lyon of Mclean, State chairman of the
Anti-Smith Democrats, as "a man
drafted by those independent spirits
who defeated Smith in the last cleo
ton" He pictured Brown as an "em-
bryo Wilson who win keep Virginia be-
fore the eyes of the world"
The meeting was staged by the In
dependent Voters League of Alexandria
with its president, c. H. Brown, presid-
ing. John Barton Phillips, Republican
nominee for commemorative attorney;
Tyson Janney, independent candidate
for the House Of Delegates, and w. Sell
den Washington, independent candidate
for clerk of the Corporation Court, spoke
also
Music was furnished by the Citizens
Band, while the invocation was offered
by Rev. George j. Hooker. pastor of the
Methodist Protestant Church. The en-
tire program was broadcast by radio
from station WJSV at Mount Vernon
Hills, Va.