The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-12

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or Il strAi shI si1agle 4 lists adoption for
ssf p Se ' sGysrd 5vo
!!he eIEht members q the boari yo5sa iSr
Il 81 1he feespsst and the best n'e ~
cation show iand MIR. Anderson htnE not
se'e & ah w at SSSe s' y
ss5Essh S. bsess wh vs
members Of the board who voted 10 for the 4,
inethe 9, f5adoption now rreva1lllii =. 8; IN
an ~ sSF h5ss az ss
Incorrectly called The .i,l!irlEe, !. 4 81, -
10 "d de siHess'f e exsins sA pan adop
list Of school booEs for lie whole stats e,
remains that Xiii III, Asndcrso,. as g i, EN-
Der Of the stnte Hoard Of Ilducat ion,
vSted for the present an q county ad
plan Of Of 4 siraisht Single list adop tior
for the whole State.
did not mlsapprehesnd his pos! ton; and tyl
position. either1in my card or II! IN my
Il i further stated il. my card Our r7ew
a,a na sayHT ssn se
Free Free *. seae ssf po NJ consrcion O. tnIs
plain dat. means VI At
formed sby tia i borsrd Itself ind can not
ties i ara eitles. ~ As i Understand his.
true construction 81 the Constitution.
!, 5tle then admits ia Ills card that he
board plan Of aRp sa ~
counties and cities from m eligible !. st
AT books mrnshGd the stn,s
my construction tn (. Constitution, which
he. admits to be correct. Z, -
the schools BY the pan adopted for he
S%Rse we're sassG maa tfa fst The
suited from tho ado3tion Of q st;aa,gi
single list for the whole State. In addition
to this, II the single. Hist had been ndolo +
thanS the purchase prlce at which they
are now furnished to the patrons OF tfae
Mr. Anderson further. says in his card
that ''the board found that, under. he
nus aaa se
school systein5Sof the State, AZ planl,,1fs
county and city adoPtlon had pr.e,ya,rlss s
plain Language OF the Constitution quoted
in my card was adopted BY the eonven-S
ton for the express purpose, OF el,anging
the State eo TSo'd on this
in the convention ahEndanty show l., N I
the 4 Legislature at It's last session.. esS-
pressly# states; that in the. opinion OF tbs
Leglslature the Gonsftnti91n meant Jar s, ina
list. and stated Il geve-al cogent reasons
why II shouldI,,de SO, The State board ,,-
heyeo ana
Mr. Andcrson&ina his card admits that
1t was known to members of the board
s snn of he P boeS sr i there
a straight single list adoption for the
The The met s nod suggest by; Mr.. a M err
son for ultimately arriving az q single
list adoption. rs mot only 3lmpraot cahle.
butts impossible .undeE' the present rule les,
can beFrcled onto adopt the same books
The only possible wayto arrive at nts,uns-
1eFx IL g th 9ons the s action Ae
state Board Of Educstl,on az by 5 the
So /. mat,9 ha II be s3nfg
board tonact at once adopt the single
Intent IN Sof our econstiiuton and By Tie
application of proper business methods
arrange Il plan for. exchanging the books
by the adoption of the& single list. The
additional expense, IL any, whicl, this
exchange may incur Viii De more man
saved BY the reduced price Of the single
list books, and this exchange will have
to be made but once.
We will have no convention this year
to declare the party policy. Every cam
dtdate before the primary has declared
for the single list, except Mr.. Ander-
son. who stands on hiS&record Firmly
believing that nm light. both as n
principle, as. we'll as Of party
policy. ] confidently submit the Issue to
my fellow Democrats. 49,
Holding these views. Z shall, If elected
use my best efforts to
secure at the earliest date possible an
adoption of a single list of school books.
at the lowest prices possible, and. II
necessary, will resort 70 the courts to
enforce the admittedly true construction
OF the Constitution.
Respectfully,
SAMUEL w. WILLIAMS.
Wytheville, Va
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