The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-01

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s., al count yman, Captain Willard,
IN onday ght. Captain WI Hard and
I.c..arnor@ Cameron will close the Gun
"a q in Manchester Saturday night and
| tt.rzst11e young millionaire leader will
wind up here on Monday night.
r,an+ain 81 Lee will, in all probability,
!! eneak with him at Old Market Hall.
Ss,,ta Lee is q son of the late eS-Con-
| sressn,a NJ. r ooney.' Lee, of Fairfax. and
"a nephew of the great Confederate chief
tain He Is a. man of wonderful ability
| on. the stump and has never spoken in
this city. So it is likely that he Will
| prove a great drawing-card.
Much has been said on the stump in
the present campaign as to whether the
Democratic party had a good record in
favor of free education or not
Investi gation shows that the party has
a right to claim credit along this line. for
Virginia is improving her pubiic-schocl
system every year and is increasing her
appropriationss to the cause OF public edu-
cation
The total appropriations for the cause
last year from all sources was =, l49, 13b.o3,
which was an increase of $4,000 over 1859.
It viii be a great deal more this year. for
already the Auditor has turned over to
the School Board one extra sum of s21,o1o.
which alone makes an increase OF $31,coJ
in two years. But even this is not all,
for there will be an increase in revenues
in interest from the literary fund of not
, less than s., COO and perhaps a great deal
more.
Judge Dew, who as Second Auditor. has
chrge of this fund. has made some pay
ing investments this year ana all this
Will be available for school purposes
When the fiscal year Of 1901 came to a
close he had purchased bonds to the
amount of sal 800 and since then he has
bought $4,000, making SGS,sC0 in all. aud
the interest for all this goes into the
general school fund. Well-posted
State officials give it as their
opinion that when wealth and pop
ulation are considered, Virginia is giving
more dollars per year to the ca,.se of free
education than any other State in the
Union. These facts will be of interest in
the light of charges recently made by
Colonel HoSe to the effect that the Dem
| ocrats We're doing practically nothing for
! the public-school system.
! There is a great deal of discussion
among public men as to what course the
| Legislature will probably pursue Should
| the session of the convention last longer
! than the first Wednesday in December.
| It seems to be the conceEsus of opinion,
|
| fairs shall exist the convention will take
| q brief recess, let the Legislature attend
! the inaugural ceremonies, elect State of
+; fiCers and adjourn until the convention
shall have completed its work
This seems to be a plausible course. for
| many reasons. One of them is that
| there are members of one body that be-
! long to the other; but the strongest ar
| gument seems to be that the Legislature
| cannot proceed intellgenty with its worK
! until the new Constitution shall have
! been completed. There are those on the
| other hand who think the~convention will
! finish up its work and adjourn by De-
| cernber 1st. If there is an adjournment
| of the Legislature for a time it Will proba-
I bly, be the result of an order to that eff
| feet by the convention.
| Mr.. Jefferson Wallace and Hon. S. L,
| Kelley srCke to the laborinG people at the
| Locomotive Works at noon yesterday, and
| Were listened to with marked attention as
! they made some telling points for the
| Democrats. They will speak at the ship
| yards at the same hour to-day, and Mr.
| Wallace will speak at the Hasker and
Marcuse Company's shops on Monday.
| The rally at the corner of picket ard
I Venable Streets, which was arranged; For
| to-right, has been abandoned and
| the voters from that section will be
asked to join in the great meeting at Gid
| Market Hall on Monday night.
! State Senator Bland Massie OF Nelson
| county. was in the city for while on
| private business last night. Senator Mas
| sic has no opposition for reelection, but
! he says there is a hot fight in Nelson.
/ though he believes Dr. Fitzpatrick will
! again he returned to the House. His In
| dependent Republican opponent, Mr.. ".
| II. Goodwin. is making active car
! vass. and has stirred the Democratic
| managers to counter activity. which they
| believe will result in victory. Senator
/ Aassie says Amherst county Will show
| up we'll for the ticket.
! Mr.. Sam Shield, deputy clerk OF the
! Supreme Court, is a lucky prognosticator
! Of election results He won enough hats
! on Montague's nomination to last him
! until another gubernatoral election. and
! he has a fair chance to do some winning
{ next Tuesday. if the terms of some of
his wagers have been correctly reported.
| Tho penitentiary guards who live in
1 other sections of the State have gone
! home to help out their Democratic nomi-
| nees for the Legislature. Guard w. n.
! Dawson. of Nelson. has been home For
! some days working for the success of
| the cold Gray Eagle
| Labor Commissioner James B. Doherty
| and Col Geo. Wayne Anderson will speak
| in Newport News tonight, instead of to-
! morrow night, as previously announced
! The date of the meeting was changed to
| suit the convenience of the local leaders
! in Newport News
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