The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-01
A field DAY
IN 0LD VIRGINIA.
CONTINUED From Firstoragc0 i'jtj

n UlD vIn:6lylh, |
Continued From FirstoPasc0 ~
announced lis candldacy and III, plat
form, Il -
Flo was in favor, Of better school sys-
TEN, which includes high schools In tho
country, and State help for schools OF
that class in the cities; that he thought
the finances Of. the State would permit
better paid and better prepared teachers,
without any Increase Of axntlon; that
he had introduced In the last legislature
n bill for the Slestablishment Of d high
school in every county school district 4
in the countyP nndtfor aiding icxisting
high schools innthe cities and establish
Ing othcrs as the needs offthe people
might require; that each of:these schools 1
were to have a normal department for the
training Of teachers that there were over.
& zoo, 10000 children in the State within the
school age; that there were 5000 teach
crs: that the teaehlng ,llfeiof these teach.
s ers was only six years, thus recurring
1900 each year to keep up the supply;
that our5present draining facilities would:
only equipji bouE46OO teachers and WeS
needed theafacIli fthsAfor 900 more to keen
our schools suppnet1s with traincd%teac
ers; that this high school bill passed the
House, but reactfed misunderstanding
session when only 10 Senators were. pres
Eent, eighteen voted for and one. against
the bill, which, Wis lost because 1t did
not receive the CONSTITUTIONS Vote Of
E twenty-one.o 1ie sHd 'tHfs bill would pass
It the next rsessionsof the" legislature, q
Flo, saldS<he favored othe3 rslnglc.d,b ooks
list for our public schools because In
his Judgment It would give our children
better books and costlabout 80 per cent
less than under the multiple list system.
State Aid to Roads.
Judge Mann salunhes favored the cstab-
lishment OF o State department Of roads
under the control ofcompctent and sciet-
tific men, the working Of convicts on the
roads free Of expense to the counties;
that when a county!thad organized Its
system for working convicts 1t could
work the prisoners lin Its jail without
any additional EXPENSE; that the convicts
had violated the laws OF the State and
ought to work for the benefit Of every
one or it's citizens; that working con-
vcts on public roads was no experiment.
| as the system had proved satisfactory in
! North Carolina ana In Bedford county,
| Va; that he had been assured by leading
citizens In Bedford that convist labor
| was OF the best; that they would become.
accustomed 10 theil'work and We're abso-.
lutey under control. He was opposed to
4 the convlcts working for the Davis Shoe
K Company, Of Boston, because he did not
i think they ought to BIO allowed to COM
i pete with honest labor
/ Judge Mann said that under the new
Constitution new subjects OF taxation had
! boon reached; that registration and fran
] chise tax on corporations amounted for
| the year 1905 to about SOS, 900; the ! per
cent tax on gross receipts Of rai lronds to-
$37s. 900; Increase of revenue under Mann
a. NJ, t,1,, loo co
! tax to about 100000; increase tax on
charters, 10000 decrease in criminal ex-
pcnscs to $4,000; that tho Increased rev
i enue from increased lvalue OF real estate
i would amount for 1906 to something like
4 100000. and that from this new revenue,
II elected Governor, which 1t seemed to
him was now almost certain, he would
4 recommend the appropriation by tho
Legislature of 100000 to our public
schools. In addition to the amount now
received for taxes. with discretion. as
under Senator Thomas's BILL, to the trus-
tees to cxpend on the schools at their dis
erection. And tho remain 4tr Of tho
amount above mentioned he would recon-
ment be appropriated to the substantial
4 ana permanent Improvement Of our roads.
Judge Mann said he ed for the Jim
Crow law, and as tho separation Of the
races on electric cars had been SUCCESS
fully tried In Richmond and Petersburg,
no was In favor OF making the present
law authorizing. but not requiring, such
separation compulsory In NIL cases
Liberal Pensions.
lie favored the most liberal provisions
for the old Confederate soldiers. and
, would recommend such appropriations
ahead OF every other expenditure, to tht
end mat these brave might be cared
: for IN thor old age and made to fee
that the provisions made Tor them was
z only feeble expression of the graft
tude ana love which Virginia cherished
for her gallant defenders
:. he said he favored the State Corpora
ton Commission, and II elected would ap
, point men free from corporate or othe
Influences. who would SEQ to II that Will
the corporations we're fairly dealt with
I the rights of the people should be pro
7 tected and enforced.
Judge Mann said he had made no pledge
), or promises; that he had been asked t
8 make none by the friends who supporte
i him; that while he WAS q Democrat an
: Intended to remain one. he did not be
!, long to any ring, faction or clique; tina
~ he relied for his election upon tho peopl
d OF Virginia. ana that he would 10 unde
i no obligations except to the people who's
t. rights and interests he would endeaYo
d faithfully to serve. II elected Governor
he would not be q candidate for IN
other o3ce. and his solo ambition woul
be to so administer tho government
to put Virginia In the front rank Or con
sentative progress, keep our young me
Il nj home. and thus receive the plaudlts {
4 his people.
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