The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-26
IECGLES7ON IS
VERY CONFIDENT !. v VT
Leaves City Declaring
That His ChargesfAr
Fully Sustained. ed
BOARD COMMITTEE
PROBING FURTHER
Checks and Receipts Will be Ex-
amined - Eggleston Claims
Board Must Admit Truth
Of Charges or That It
Knew Of Large
Profits.
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Profits.
The State Board OF Education adjourned
yesterday without finally disposing Of
the investigation OF the charges OF Mr..
~. D. Egglcston. Jr., that the board had
4 been imposed upon In the adoption OF
the school Register at the exorbitant
4 price charged therefor. Without taking
Testimony further in the case, the board
adopted resolution creating commit
tee OF three to- ascertain whether there
Eis any further evidences, and II SO to
y produce 1t and report to meeting Of the
ii board to be called for the purpose
M This action OF the board is regarded
y by many ms Indicating that the board
has been seriously impressed by the tes-s
" stimonytf presented by Mr.. Iggleston. and md
IS that 1t deems tho matter too grave to
be passed over without sitting the
charges to the bottom. So far MS can
be ascertalffed the board did not know
81 at the tirne OF the adoption that Mr.
4 Thomas was the owner OF the Register.
& nor what profit he derived from It's sale I
1t is certain that the board, did not.
know OF the alleged connection OF Mr..
McGilvray with the Register. that mat
81 "Wednesday. Indeed, Mr.. McGivray ems
4 phaticaliy3den that he had any knowl- 4
] edge that the account was kept in his
name. and positively dlsclaimed any
pecuniaryg connection with the publica-5
tion, and Mr.. Thomas also stated he had
y become aware OF the association OF the
name OF Mr.. McGilvray with the Register
4 for the first time in this inquiry.
Eggleston Confident.
ss3i$ HIS Mr. Egglcston left the city yesterday,
4 having an engagement to make an edu-
i cational address this evening. He ex-s
pressed the belief thnt$h had sustained
Z his charges. that the board had been im-5
posed upon, and proved all he set out
to establish. Specifying; he stated that
n he had established the fact: that n the
State was paying an cLtravagant price
for the Register, and that tho Depart
ment OF Public Instruction could have
provided the Registers at one-third aof3
the cost, had 1t chosen to do so, as the
law required. He said that he had fur
ther shown that at least one member
q or cnploye OF the department had knoWl-
edge that q middle man was deriving
profit on the publication. and large
one. He said further that he thought
that the board should have been ac-
$quainted with the facts by the employe
OF the department having knowledge OF
them. # tiillt IN @ & 33fs
At the meeting OF the board yesterday
the Eggleston charges and the evidence
adduced to sustain them we're the sub
s1ect .of discussion in executive session
Just what the views OF the members
are as to the disclosures made cannot be
stated at this time. 1t is known. how
ever, that the board Is sufficiently inn
pressed to seek further evidence, and
d ii is made apparent that the board
G n, ha
by Mr.. Thomas to the Hermitage Prestt
and the cancelled checks by which he
was paid his royalty 1t is REGARDED!
as likely that the question OF Mr..
3BThomas's anonymous connection with
the publication OF the Register may be,
made the subject OF further inquiry
Here is the resolution adopted by the
board with reference to- future procedure
lin the matter: j ,F
Resolved That committee, consisting
y OF three members OF the board. be named
\ by the president, to which committee the
II matter OF the charges made by Mr.. u. D.
K Eggleston, Jr., In reference to the School.
Register shall be referred, In order TO
ascertain whether there Is any evidence
that can be discovered relative to that
matter; and, If so. to endeavor to obtain
the same. SO that 1T may be laid before
or heard by the board at a future meet
ing. 9a t5 { rs 81
s. Governor Montague, president. OF the
I board named the following as the COM
mittec: Attorney General, William a. An
y derson. DR.. Lyon G. Tyler and Mr.. John
1 T. West.
Further than the adoption Of this reso-
Tuition the board took no further acton.
and will take none until Il shall be called
together by this committee to report. 1t
is regarded as practically assured that
the committee Will ask Mr.. Jenkins, Of,
K the Hermitage Press, to exhibit the cam
& celled checks paid to Mr.. Thomas and
4 the receipts given by him to the Her
4 mitage Press l4i
II or not Mr.. Thomas's action in
being Interested in a school publication,
In which his name did not appear, con-
st!tutes a violation of the spiritEor tho.
letter OF tho State statute inhibitng such
4 connection Is a question about which
Y the members of the board do not express
an opinion publicly. iis
Matter Widely Discussed. ri
Tho Testimony taken at the inquiry
and very fully printed In The Times
y Dispatch caused the matter to be very
widely discussed yesterday. It was q
( general topic among men taking nm In
sterest in public affairs. It is generally.
admitted that Mr.. Eggleston has made
some surprising disclosures in the testi-l
I mony he adduced. but whether those
disclosures are sufficient to convince the
members Of the board that they have
been Imposed upon in adopting the Regis
I. ter at seventy-five cents, when It costs
( but twenty-five to print It, can only be
known by the boards action Indeed, a
competing firm offersato print the Regis
ter for eighteen cents. The board will,
In Its final action, either sustain Mr..
Eggleston's charges and thereby admit
Il its members were imposed upon, or II
y Will by refusing to sustain them, admit.
q that 1T knew that a school principal was
a deriving large royalty at the expense
3sof the State With the knowledge and
consent of the board.
Tho conduct, Of Mr.. Jenkins and OF the
4 AIessrs Hill in their very delicate posi-.
tion Ii universally commended, y They
were full and frank with their answers
p to the questions, bat showed due regard
,efor the interests OF and oil bligatlonsl OF
their patrons, Hss n. ~ Ftf