Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-01

would do more for the public schools
than he would
| conc of the greatest outragcs ever
pcrpctratcd upon the Virginia people,"
said the speaker, lis the manner in
which school books have been changed
i'll the past few years for the benefit
of certain publishing houses" These
changes, he continued, cause the Vir.
gina people to pay % and so per cent.
more for their books than the people
of other States have to pay.
lie went on to say that he would ia.
vor adopting the single school book
list, as soon as it could be done with.
out costing the people more money.
and that he would never vote TO give
contract To II publishing house that
did not furnish books to the State of
Virginia as chcaply as to any other
State in the union.
Good Roads FOR State.
The candidate said that he was an
advocate Of good roads and believed
that the State 80 about getting good
roads in Il systematic manner. That
he would favor appropriating onc-llalf
of the surplus in the treasury next
year To the school system and the 9th.
or half to assist the counties of the
State In lettering their roads That
Il board 10 control the road fund should
be established in Richmond in order
to keep from wasting money, us il had
been wasted in the past
Tho speaker called attention TO the
fact that Captain Willard WAS in the
Legislature iur ten years and Judge
Mann in the Senate for six years. and
asked what either of them had done
toward giving The State better roads
and better schools.
Adopted His Platform.
Mr. Swanson said that on January 7
he announced himself as Il candidates
for governor Of Virginia and gave uut
his PLATFORM which included the favor
ing Of good roads and better schools.
On January 20. he said. Mr.. Willard
announced the same platform and
about two weeks later Judge Mann
danced into line favorinS precisely |
the same issues
Continuing upon the good roads |
he said that the Federal gov
crnmcnt would, on account of the |
rural delivery system, make large |
to assist the States in
getting good roads. Virginia he went
ply with the conditions and secure a
his hearers of the fact that he was n
member of the committee which pro-
vidcd for he rural mail deliveries.
Confederate Veterans.
Touching upon the fact that his
Father was Il Confederate veteran, the
speakers promised that lie would do
everything in his power I'd see that
he heroes of the civil war were gen
rrously, fairly and splcndi,ly treated.
lie pail Il beautiful trbur to Lee,
Jackson and Stuart, and said that no
man would do more for the men who
followed those leaders than himself.
Business Revival.
Saying HAT Il business revival in
Virginia was needed, The speaker
iwcltat length upon the resources and
ipriirlHHit i"S, =" Ss ,%.,"ii, i"..>Ni"HiRs,
State in the union" He old of the
ron, gold. copper and Goa mines, of !
lie great farming lands. TIC fisheries
and other sources of wcatll in the
state Tho local shipyar,l he said. is .
he finest shipbuilding plat in the
United States.
Mr. Swanson was enthusiastically
when he said that he battle
ship Virginia, building hcr would be
The finest warship in the world and
would he able to lick" anyhip In the
I,ritiSh Japanese, GcrmanIr French
navics
Great Business Ccrr.
when the Panama car is COM
plutc," he went on To say, 'icsapcakc
lay will lie the commcrcisccntcr of
the world Why Virginiiuas more
square miles Gf coal licldsan Great
Britain ever had, and Git Britain
built up her commercial Ipremacy
upon its coal
The speaker said that greatest
power invested in The sov0r of Vir-
ginia was the appointment the cor
poratiun commission and L il he is
made governor, would amt upon
that commission men who I'D serve =
he best interest Of the iple. II
have never been attorney Il rail
road and do not own Il shot stock
in any railroad in the Uni States"
said he. 4s@aa Be-
Barksdae Law.
In conclusion MIR. Swan!rcrcrrcd
to The Iiarks,lalc pure elm law.
lie said that nc had no ri to be-
Iicvc hat either oi his opnis was mo
violating The law ana thatdid not our
believe they were. but iha wanted pos
every man within his he; to see
That this law was alwaysic out
AZ this point he told Of hddicks
drove Judge Grey from u life in
Delaware by The use OF indn cleo
tionS H#
After Mr.. Swanson cond, the
crowd remained intact Mayor
buxton announced that thdidalc
would he al the Pocahonta would :.
be glad To meet his fricnd;c q
Going to Chincoteaquay. =
MIR. Swanson will icavc forming g
for ChincOtcaQuc. Eas Shore, -
where he will address a pg to-
night. ~
When asked Ivy rcprcs&c of
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