The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-06-28
HOLLOWAY SEEKS
OWN RE-ELEcTI0N
State SuparinssAasne % RubIbe In.
stFaetion Snms Up Liberal
itv fer BAucAtAon.
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Hon. w. NJ. Holloway, state super
intendent Of public instruction, arrived
IN the city yesterday, and is a guest of
the Aragon.
When seen by a Times Union report
er and asked as to the outlook for edu-
cation in Florida for the next two
years, he replied:
Whatever may be said of the short
3. cOmings in other respects of the legis-
lature Just adjourned, Il cannot be said
that IL was not liberal in it's appropria-
tons for the purposes of education.
For instance, the total appropriation
for educational purposes for the next
biennium Is 1913, I'll. 43.
''Of this amount, $50, Ills was
appropriated for the equipment and
maintenance of the University Of the
State of Florida, the Florida Female
College, Institute for the Blind, Deaf
and Dumb, and the Colored Normal
School. This amount is $500, I'll. 43 in
excess of the amount appropriated by
the legislature of 1906, and is for the
purpose of erecting mueh-needed build
ings at the above-named institutions:
When this amount has been expended
under the bale management of the
DOaIO VI NOlIILOlf III iOa nave
four educational institutions inferior
to none in the South.
FOR COMMON SCHOOLS.
"Ihe amount appropriated for the i'm
provement and betterment of the COM
mon schools is $343, 600, being divided
as follows: For rural graded, junior
and senior high schools, $3.50, 900; for
two months extension beyond the reg
vr,nsok .Ln1l
make an average attendance Of so per
cent of the average monthly enrolment
for the regular term, 100000; for one
months extension beyond the regular
term of those schools which do not re-
ceive any under either of the acts just
mentioned, $50 600; for the mainte-
nance of teachers summer training
schools, 5000, and for the purpose OF
paying the transportation one way Of
teachers who may be in attendance
upon these schools, 5000. The total
amount appropriated for the common
schools is $S8, 900 inexcess of the amount
appropriated by the Legislature of 1905.
at will appear from the figures given
that the amount appropriated for the
four State educational institutions is out
of proportion TO the amount appropria-
ted for the common schools, but 1t must
De remembered LnAC IN huulJlO0 20 InS
amount appropriated by the Legislature,
the common schools are supported by
levy of seven mills in most of the cOun-
ties; by a levy of three mills in the
special tax school districts, there being
a great number of these special tax
districts in all the counties; by one
mill tax appro priated semi.annually to
the counties; by the interest on the
State school fund apportioned to the
counties annually, and by all of the
poll taxes paid, which go direct into
the school fund"
WILL BE A CANDIDATE.
When Mr.. Holloway was asked as to
whether he would be a candidate to sue
coed himself as State Superintendent of
public instruction he very promptly
said that he saw no reason why he
should not be candidate. He said the
people from all sections Of the State
had been kind enough TO say that his
administration had been very sue
cessful and harmonious one In addi-
ton to this he said that It had been the
unbroken precedent of the Democratic
party for thirty years TO allow cabi-
net official to succeed himsely at least
once. He said that while rotation in
office is held by some TO be a sound
Democratic principle, yet when it comes
to applying it, in the language of the
preacher, the matter should be given
'long and prayerful consideration. -
In short, he is Of the opinion that the
people should be mighty careful about
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