The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-06
PROF. HOLLOWAY
/ is DEFENDED
holloway Not Responsible for the
School Debt.
THEIRS ARE MORE TO BLAME
|olIoway's Campaign Now, and
Former 0ne--COm-
pare Them,

pare Them,
EDITOR STAR;-The man who sits in,
n and permits crime 20 be commit Il
~ In sense an accessory to the Grim,
a kewise man who permits-a false i'm
Fession to go out when lie has II in hi.
ower to correct it, is false 10 himself
lid to society, Upon this consideration
Nd no other, we take up our pen in
HFder 10 explain few points upon which
bany people of the county are in the
|hrk. In so doing we shall make use Of
"A b names aud wish to impersonate nc
.ne. But there are those who have mis-
j represented facts to the people in order &c
hrther personal political interests, and Il
<hy of them feel called upon to consider
DC matter in personal light, we shall
ist remember the proverb of the hit dog
e The idea is held by many of the best
teople Of the county that the admins
Patton, and mainly Mr.. Holloway, is
responsible for the indebtedness of the
<punty--an idea at once false and mis-
;sading, and as we ave said before
Due which Mr. Holloways enemies have
pared no pains to make widespread.
he fact is that il is the people them.
<elves who are to blame for clamoring for
1pnger terms when the school fund did
hot warrant the extension. hen those
Apon whom the burden of the blame for
Showing the debt to be contracted should
vest, are taking advantage OF Mr. Hollo
Nays absence to shift the responsibility
hpon him when, as every well Informed
person knows, he nor no other county
Superintendent in the State has vote
BIZ any voice whatsoever in the pr, csed-
'ngs Of the Board, except a mere advisory
privilege. His duty is to act as secretary
Tor the Board. He has not even the veto
bower vested in all executive officers.
,rhis being the case, It is easy to place
\ he responsibility where it rightfully
belongs.
But we would not be understood to
condemn the policy OF the Board. The
iebt is just debt, contracted for good
cause and owed to creditors who only
asked security and reasonable rate If
interest, and they would have been as
we'll satisfied as are the creditors OF the
United States government. But just
upon the eve of the campaign Mr.. Hol-
lowsy's enemies seized upon these facts
the debt combined with 1t
the sub-dIstrict debt, thus increasing II to
more than double its proper size, and
raised a great hue and cry about the
Indebtedness. This, connected
with the very radical action, which the
Board took about this time OF cutting the
school term to four months, has caused
widespread dissatisfaction amounting al
most to a panic. Thus the aim and
intention Of Mr.. Holloway's enemies was
carried out
Mr.. HOLLOWAY is also being censured
for carrying OH an abusive campaign by
those who forget that the choice OF
weapons in a conflict depends upon the
nature oil the enemy. We have but to
look back a few years to observe Mr..
Holloway and another gentleman carry
Ing on clean race, free from all manner
Of abuse, In which he came out a victor.
In this case however, he had a GENTLE
MAN for an opponent But turn an eye
for moment upon his present opponent
aud glance back on his record in previous
campaigns. Recall, for instance, the
campaign Of 1900" he had for his oppo'
nent one who is now for some mysterious
reason giving him his earnest support
and il your memory needs refreshing
refer to file of the "Florida School
Exponent" for samples Of the language
used in that campaign. Then form your
own opinion as to who is responsible for
the unfotunate "dirtiHess" Of the pres
emit campaign.
We do not wish to mention the charge
Of "niggerism" which has been brought
against Mr.. Holloway's opponent, for it
Is abhorrent TO believe man born and
raised in the fair Southland capable OF
the crime for 1t is little else. But let
facts speak for themselves. We are in
formed by members Of the committee on
appropriations for schools at the last ses-
sion Of the Legislature, that he appeared
before them in the interest Of the Negro
Normal College OF Tallahassee, and asked
for an appropriation Of $4,000 for this
school, remarking that the white schools
were well enough represented, and that
he felt i TO be his duty to represent the
negroesl
4 few more days and the die will be
cast. In each mans hands the ballot IS
weapon for either the defence or the
destruction OF the welfare of our native
land. May II not be used carelessly or
periodically.
''ScIMUs."