Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-24
J. P. KENNEDY IN TROUBLE
Difference of Opinion as to What Will
Be the Outcome.
HIGH PRICE FOR REALTY
State Board of Education Has Settled
the Matter of Single or Multiple
Books
sreciaI Dispatch to The Star.

RICHMOND, ' a. hdTcn 81 lie COhlihS
legislative election in this state is attract
Ing great deal of attention, the interest
centering in the election of senator for
the district composed of the county of
Campbell and the city of Lynchburg. The
member of the senate at this time is Sena-
tor A. F. Thomas, who lives in the county
Of Campbell and whose place of business
is In the Hill City. Senator John d. Daniel
also resides in the county of Campbell. Mr.
Thomas is a candidate for reelection and in
his platform he announces that he is OPP
posed to the reelection of Senator Daniel
to succeed himself The position of Sena-
tor Thomas is thought to be due to the
expressions of Senator Daniel in opposition
To the views of William Jennings Bryan re-
gardng government ownership of railroads.
Mr. Thomas has come out in favor of
Allan Caperton BraXton of this city for
United States senator and is making his
campaign on that score. Right on the heels
of this comes the announcement that Don.
p Halsey. former member of the senate
of Virginia. will be a candidate, coupled
with the statement that If he is elected he
Will vote for Senator John w. Daniel as
his own successor when the election is held
Thus the issue is drawn-whether Senator
Daniels views are those of the democrats
of that district or of the state. Senator
Daniels successor will not be chosen till
1910. when the senators elected this fall
will have a vote.
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Those who favored the primary election
system for nominating state officers are
not so loud in their advocacy of the measure
now as they were before 1t was tried 1t
has been brought home to many of them
when they aspired to office. The system
is all right they say but the expense is
such that few men can afford to be candi-
dates for any office. This is certainly true
q nOSSihla candidate
Representative Carter Glass of the sixth dis
triCt will enter the gubernatorial race If
the primary system is so changed to
permit a candidate offering without being
compelled to pay what the entire salary
for the term of four years would be in
order to get the nomination. Mr.. Glass
likes the primary system. do a great
majority of the people of the state. but
the cost is one that cuts more ways than
one-u keeps poor men from offering and
II makes the men who do aspire spend
great deal more than they had any idea
that il would cost.
The troubles of Librarian John P Ken
nedy are not yet ended. The state library
board is to meet here April to take up the
typewriter record in the hearing, and it
will then pass on the resignation of Mr.
Kennedy, which was rendered some months
ago. There is difference of opinion here
hearing. hut on the question of what the
result should be there is practically no di-
vision II is regarded settled that Ken
hedN Will be forced TO leave the state Ii
hrdry, and If the board does not accept his
resignation the general assembly will refuse
10 make an appropriation for the support
of the institution. thereby compelling a
shutdown and throwing all the employees out
of business
Last week Senator Tillman of South Car
DINA lectured in the Y. NJ c. A. hall for
the association, the lecture being one of the
winter course. Mr.. Tillman was late in get
ting to the hall and censured the committee
for not sending for him, and then he went
into dissertation of things in general The
lecture did not please the management of
the association and in the current issue of
Richmond's Young Men. the organ of the
association. there appears the following:
senator Benjamin r. Tillman of South
Carolina gave the sixth number of the
association course last Friday night. The
booking was made months ago and we
were hoping that material would be given
during the evening for a strong commend
atory article. There was a fine audience
present. The door receipts were good
Some good. plain things We're said in a
striking manner. The senator proclaimed
all through the evening his right to his
own opinion. regardless of others We
'4dlIiI llit Same IlBUl. 20 our mlfd the
lecture. taken as a whole. is not the kind
of one for any lyceum platform; certainly
not for our association platform. In our
opinion, bad taste was frequently displayed.
and the closing particularly was unsuted
10 an association platform"
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The state board of education has settled
the matter of single multiple book lists
for the public schools of the state. For
several years the state has been the scene
OF many sensational charges, and the field
for multitude of book agents the result
being that Virginia has paid at least % per
cent more for books than other states. 1t is
charged that the contract with the state
has been openly and fagrantly violated by
the book companies by selling to other
states at smaller prices than obtained here.
The fight was made when the election OF
members of the state board of education
came up. Edward c. Glass of Lynchburg,
brother of Representative Glass,
member OF the board. He is and has ever
been an advocate of the multiple list Civ
Ing his reasons therefor. He Is regarded
of the foremost of the educators of
the state. and the schools of the city of
Lynchburg, OF which he has been superin-
tendent for many years equal to the
best in the country. He was defeated for
reelection. however. the fight being made
solely on the question of favcring or oppos-
ing the single-book list for the state. BY
the action of the board the question of fix
ing a single list of books for the state has
been settled. and next year the new plan
will be inaugurated, so that a child moving
from one county or city to another will be
able to use the same books for the same
grades when attending the public schools.
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The annual report of Commissioner
Koiner OF the department of agriculture
In out Mr.. Koiner says that within the
last few years the size of the farms In the
state have been reduced from 400 acres to
less than 200 acres, the number of farms
Of the latter size being largely more than
twice the number of a few years ago. Not
only is this true, but the number of farm
ers who are engaging in fruit growing. cat
tie raising and kindred pursuits Is keeping
pace with the multiplying of farms. The
large estates OF forty years ago are thing
OF the past and the result is that there are
more homes better homes and more con-
centrated work on the farms than ever be-
fore
A committee from the Commandery of ST.
Andrew, X T.. went TO Pittsburg a few
inrrf fattn ION, 20 he