 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Somupepeti wepepanhau akakurumbira uye anoremekedzwa, Glass aiwanzotsigira vavhoterwa vaikwikwidzana neDemocrats yeVirginia yenguva yapashure pokuvakazve, iyo yaaifunga kuti yakanga ichikurudzira mutemo wakashata wemari. Muna 1896, gore rimwe chetero rakafa baba vake, Glass akapinda Democratic National Conventionsomumiriri, uye akanzwa William Jennings Bryan achitaura. Glass akasarudzwa kuSeneti yeVirginia muna 1899, uye aive mumiriri kuVirginia constitutional convention ya19011902. Akanga ari mumwe wenhengo dzakakosha zvikuru dzekokorodzano, iyo yakatanga matanho akabatanidzwa neProgressive movement, yakadai sekugadzwa kweHurumende Corporation Commission kuti igadzire zvitima uye mamwe makambani, achitsiva Virginia Board of Public Works. 