The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-10
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run for four years. and expires. IL UNI
derstand Il, the first of next July.
O II seems that HGnselis and Shinn
Histories have been placed on the isl !"
Virginia?
A. Added to the list.
o Under the contract between tne
school officials in Virginia and CERTAIN
publishing houses was IL practicable 10
add more than those two!
A. think. sir, the situation az / re-
meber it--because I was approached on
the subject by several partes-the SILVA
ton was this: There had been ccnsid-
erabl, stir about the matter OF school his
tories and the State Board had ruled-i
have no doubt, according TO law-,hat !.
had no power TO put on any additional
histories except with the consent OF tne
publishers who published those already
on and inasmuch as the American Book
Company and the University Publishing
Company were the parties with wnom
they had contracts-the American BOOK
Company for Barnes and the University
Publishing Company for Holmes'-those
were the two books, then. think. Holmes
published BY the University Punnsnlng
COMPANY and Barnes published ny INC
American Book Company and written by
some northern ladies and gentlemen, /
believe q think n gentleman named steele
and his sister wrote It. but II Is called
Barnes History because Barnes originally
published fD-those two were on the list.
one published by the University Publish
| ing Company and the other by the Ameri-
| can Book Company. and according TO the
ruling no additional books could go on
| except books published by these houses.
| They agreed between themselves, as 1
understood II. that Shnn's and Hanselr s
| should 90 on II the School Board ~ Vir-
| gnla would agree 10 II. and IL was that
| proposition. as Captain Cpssons expressed
| it just now. not being able TO get all we
| wanted there was general concurrence
| that we would be glad TO have these as
| very great improvements on Barnes's.
| which we were especially after, and UNI
| der those circumstance did not r''end
| the meeting i'm Alexandria. but I remem-
| Der | wrote letter think to General
| Stubs as chairman OF the History Com
mittee. in which advocated the putting
on of these two books inasmuch as there
were no others we could get on There
were others that | would have preferred,
but II was those or nothing at the time
| q. What company publishes ShinnS
and Hansells Histories?
| A. The American Book Company pub
| fishes Shlnn's. and the University Pub
| fishing Company publishes Hansells. or
| Chambers. Chambers Is the author. but
they cali It Hanselrs.
| NO CONNECTION.
Q. Do you happen TO know whether
the American Book Company and the
! University Publishing Company are one
| and the same. or linked together?
a. / only know this. sir. that the Uni.
verslty Publishing Company say I'm the
most emphatic manner that they have no
control. no connection with the American
| Book Company. Mr.. Patton. the mana
ger Of the University Publishing Com
pany. told me last SUMNER will pre-
face II by saying that the only communi-
cation under the sun | have had with
the University Publishing Company Is
that they are now publishing my school
| history Of the United States / do not
| own any stock I'm either company. / am
sorry TO say especially the University
| but I'm that connection the manger told
| me that they were absolutely separate
| organizations. and that the controlling
stock I'm the University Company was
owned by three gentlemen. whose names
he gave me. who are Southern men. Sine,
that time II has been reported I'm Rich
mond that the American Book Company
controlled the University Company. an'
Mr.. Patton has published a card In tn,
Richmond Times" denying I'm the mos
| emphatic manner that statement. ] know
nothing personally about IT. he hal
stated over and over again that the stocl
book of the University Company wal
open for inspection
Q. BY Captain Cussons. one word
please-open TO any one who has any
| right to inspect IL. is that IL?
A. He put it that way. | think he pu
II stronger than that-to any one interest
ed. ! think he said; hat is the way III
stated IL.
o. BY Chairman. The object of the
question was simply this: We have moth
ing at all to do with those publishing
houses. and have no idea OF having any
thing 10 do with them in this investga
ton. We simply desired TO see how IA
any one might be influenced by them, II
voting.
A. am very glad to answer any ques
lions. so far as 1 have knowledge. -
course. 1 do not know anything about IN
| private management Of the concerns
Won will allow me, / will add this; | WI
! answer "A question asked by my irl'n'
Major Randolph, on the noor OF ~
Camp some time agO-that II the America
| Book Company hdu no t'hAivt "f'' s."
University Company, why was II that
certain private conference between som
sentlemen-yell between Mr.. Masse,
Mr.. Womsck and Mr.. Minetree Fixes
was held in the room of Mr.. Henry. wh
was the agent Of the University publish
ing Company? The answer 10 that
very simple Mr.. Henry was a bodrde
| AT that house; he had been absent froI
| home in the State Of Texas, ever sine
| the first Of July. and had no more contr'
over the room at the time than the Got
/. | ernor of Virginia. In his absence, VI
Massey was occupying his room as b.
, | private arrangement as you gentleme
understand. The only interest | have
the matter IL that happen 10 know the'
facts; they have been communicated
/ | me.
o. And those facts which have bee
, | communicated 20 you do not throw an
light on the subject we are investigating
A. No, sir; / think not.
, q. Have you any reason, OF any chara'
p ter. 10 connect any member Of the Histor
Committee. so far as you have heard?
q A. None whatever, except the rumor
and the testimony here this morning
MIR. sTUBBS DENIES Am.
j. UeatIIrst Pronounces the Checks as fO
gerles, Then Says He Can't Remember.
Mr. Stubs here took the stand,