Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-05

began after the August Democratic
primary eliminated in a series of ad-
dresses by part.sanS that made the
hustings ring in every section of the
commonwealth on the final night.
DR.. John Garland Pollard, Democratic
nominee. submitted his candidacy to the
voters with An address at Poquoson, IN
which he reiterated his plea that
''Raskobism on the one side and
ten today. and the best interests OF
virginia, the one real issue of the CAM
paign, be foremost in the minds OF the
voters as they marked their ballots.
DR.. Pollard said he believed the best
interests of Virginia lay in returning the
Democratic party to power, ana IN
lengthy address summarized the prog
ress he said had been made by the Ola
Dominion under Democratic rule.
Brown Predicts Victory.
Or. william MoSley Brown, guberna-
torial candidate of the coalition forces,
concluded at Roanoke with the predic-
ton of coalition victory, asserting that
Tuesday night would mark 1.-The biggest
celebration held in the State since the
armistice was signed" He denounced
the Democratic organization for Wnat
he termed machine" rule and vigorously
attacked the election laws as conducive
to fraud, promising If elected Ito restore
noplIlar government to Virginia. revise
the election laws and clean up the
black satchel brigade"
The Nation looked to Virginia for an
indication for the permanency OF the
split in Democratic ranks after Alrreo
p, Smith was made the presidential
ooroinee If the party last year. Viz
cinia is the first of the flve Hoover
States" in the erstwhile Solid South
to hold a state election since the 1919
presidential campaign was concluded.
Regulars Shun National Issues.
r,sroocrats have insisted that national
ISSUES are not involved in the electlon
toSsv while the anti-Smith Democrats
and Renublicans have held national vs.
s,,es inseparable from State issues
ops skohisyn." a term coined by Brnop
1sr,es Cannon. IT., of the MetnoolSt
Episcopal Church South, In crltlciSm
II .Io1n j. .RaSkob, chairman OF tne
Democratic national committee' oN
been denounced by the coanCloh can
S;idate and other campaign speakers.
Roth eubernatorial candidates were
collage professors up to the opening Oh
fine campaign, and both are peLsona.y
Snd POLITICALLY dry, receiving the vi
qualified approval of the virginia AnSi-
SaIoon League. Prohibition mas not Deen
discussed as an ISSUE III VIZ : a. =. -
although Bishop Cannon claSSeo - az ~
issue in calling for the repudlatl0Snt %
"Raskoban liberalism ana tne 81 A.
osn1ocratic leaders who supported Al
Srs5 y Smith for the presidency.
%1,ennonisrn" was q term uSeo py m
S,,y,dIIa1 democrats in criticism OF Sne
hishop'S political torays, Ano
priestism" came into the campalgn -
+,,s Tss,Ilt Of q pamphlet containing PIC
t! no - Secar De Priest, colored Repup.
'1aa,e Tsnresentative from Chicago, ana
his wife.
Week Of Argument.
The pamphlet provoked . Week "a
..;1ited sroi,nent between party leao-
iv,cjnaIly as to responsibility IoI
&c, eenDaai Ia race prejudice" ana IHe
.esarfIoT1 in the pamphlet that the re-
sss,rI,can nlatforrn stood for pon lax 80, u
hal aS a prerequisite to Young ,,.tnI,,
pseartjon denounced as apSoiuseS
SsIse" nv Republican leaders, WaS ~ ~
,.sittad tn be untrue by Democrats, NJ Ny
1900 noll tax repeal was In Ins ~ -
,,,ihi;ca1, platform of 1921 and leLs O"'
tbis wear for political expeoleno ;,:r,,or
TWO other candidates Ior ~ So
.pTear on the ballot. y haSnt
ciaIist and w. A. Rove, moepenuen IA.
hut neither has conducted SVaOe-"iue
campaigns. ,,.,,+.rort 1ov-
arnor. and John r. Saunders, 10 ~
tornev general, are running n ,or
nr, Pollard, while Gallon o. Sones $500 e.
lieutenant governor, ana y. 49, ~ csys.
lev. for attorney general, arc oSnoi
didates for the coaAltlon'