The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-06
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OF the same.
am in accord with the provisions
Of the democratic platform adopted
at Greensboro, June -. i3t4. ihatI
platform declared that the Demo-
rauc party approves the settlement
mace in 1919 and VIII forever oppose
any and all attempts from any quar-
Ter to set aside the settlement then
| made II viii ABIDE the mandate of
enc courts, bat ii viii 40 consent 70
reopen settlement that was alike
cgeQltable 10 the state and fair 10
| che holders Of its securities.
J havc reason To believe that The
! Judgment may be settled for n much
| .ees sum than 5000. Ii the stock
| was sold and brought its full market
| value unimpaired by the prior lien
! 4 would not BRING more tnan $I1,503
| or not more than t~o-thirds of the
| Judgment What Shali be done with
/ the bonds remaining utst1naing II
| This Judgment IS compromised Is Il
matter for your gravest consideration.
| he holders may donate them to some
! state and if so and the present de-
/ CiSlon stands the whole value OF the
| pledged stock can be collected. IT is
| NOT probable. however. that the hold
| ers will feel disposed TO transfer all OF
/ these bonds as a git ~ any state
that may be willing to lend herself to
! the bringing of q slit against her Sis
ter state. II is safe to say therefore
| that tho outstanding bonds may be
settled at much less than their face
value. 1t ought to De an easy matter
1to settle at reasonable rate the OUT
| standing bonds.
Education.
| commend to the earnest consider
/ alton OF your honorable body the re-
mort OF the superintendent Of Public
instruction and recommend the adop-
ton OF the suggestions contained
therein This State is extremely for
! tunate in having as superintendent
! Of Pubic Instruction q broad mind
cd. cultured end able man, who is
/ pushing her educational interests for
! ward at q pace which commands the
! admiration of our sister states. he
! has given much study TO the subject
! upon which his report is based ana
/ cannot do better tnan 10 declare
that / concur in his reasoning and his
! conclusions. | greatly deprecate any
attempt to raise the race issue on the
| question OF education. There IS abSo-
! lufely no justification for stirring up
our people on this subject. Fhe small
sum which the white people are con-
! tributng to the support OF the negro
! schools cannot for one moment 1uStll3
/ the continued agitation of the question
of dividing the school fund according
! 10 the sum paid by each race. HaN-
ms Invested the negro power IL IS
manifestly our duty 10 make OF MN
/ The best cit zen Of which he IS capa-
I bte and this We can certainly never
40 bv leaving him 10 his own devices.
4 nor by Withdrawing from him the
small amount OF taxes which we Ge-
vote 70 his education. There arc
three courses open with reference 10
the negro The first is 10 let nm 80
/ without any training and inevitably
4, .yr1tF 1Ecyat
make up our minds 70 do this the seq
ond plan will at once be put into effect
/ and that is for philanthropic people
throughout the world TO take charge
of his education and train him UP out
Of harmony and in eumlty to the peo-
pie among whom ne HNeS. Ire lhlrd
plan is for US 10 train him ourselves,
making him more capable, more effl-
! cieut more reliable and With 4 deep
| er affect o.! for us. the last plan II
seems. to me commends itself both to
! gu" SelflShneSS and our generosity.
But part from out sense of obligation
TO this weaker race, / am impressed
with the necessity IF ceasing all agi-
tation which leads to the embitter-
ment and estrangement or the negro,
| FOR the reason that as this estrange-
ment and this enlightenment increase
4 numbers or them will go out from
among us. The greatest need of North
~
10 me the height of folly to continue
10 bring about conditions which les
sch the amount of labor in the State.
ON the contrary every encouragement
should be given by fair treatment
even by generous consideration, 10
stop the emigration of this important
part of our labor. Ii is useless for
Us 10 pass laws taxing emigrant agents
if we deny to the negro the privilege
OF giving to his child a decent pu5llc
school education.
PROVISION ought 10 be made for the
payment or the expenses of the Su-
I1,trintrndnnt of Public Instruct on. 1t
is absolutely necessary III the per-
:, formance of his duties for him 70
!, travel throughout the State; indeed he
ought TO visit other States or the
Union 10 learn their methods. views
ana plans. To do so Will necessitate
the expenditure of from $500 to $759
in the payment of railroad fare. Here
, tofore the "a roads Of this state IN
der statute permitting II, have been
granting 10 the superintendent OF
/, Public instruction passes over Their
lines, bur for the past year or so they
have refused to do this. Unless the
. Legislature is going to require them
to furnish the passes, provision GER
tainly ought 10 be made to defT2y
these absolutely necessary expenses OF
the SUPERINTENDENT. \ State which 80
much needs education cannot afford
to stint it's superintendent in the ne
cessary expenditure of money in the
performance of the duties of his office
and in his better equipment of that
office.
University Of North Carolina.
The University of North Carolina
shows gratifying progress and is do
ing good and thorough work for the
higher education of the youth of the
state The number Of students has
steadily grown and is now about 80
per cent greater than it was four
years ago. The faculty has been en-
larged until it is nearly twice as nu-
merous as il was at the beginning OF
my administration The facilities for
doing the highest work have been i'm
proved and the University now stands
in the front rank OF Southern insti-
tutions.
II is imperatively necessary that its
income be increased to at least $50
900 SO that thorough, high grade work
may continue to be done and teach
ers provided for the growing classes.
The efficiency of instruction must not