Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-19

on the great principle OF equal rights
| to all and special privileges 10 none
! -mbollened by y-ur gracious recep
lion and welcome. come to ask a.
your hands the Office CT IN" Shlel
! Executive of two millions OF people,
The best, the truest and the braftst
, people upon whom the sun shines.
Love For Native State.
] cann.: say in this presence 'ha'
! | deserve this great Office OH account
of what | have been able 10 accom-
plish. in behalf of my state. but If love
for Virginia, her tradi. .ons and insti
tu,ions are to de counted, if ne
filled with burning desire for the
welfare, happiness and prosperity CT
her ppoplc is to be counted; if lie
where | have !abored for the advance
ment Of myself. my loved ones am
INV fellow citizens. where | have tS-
tablished nv home. invested wha'-
ever have earned and secured a
place in old Blandf I'd as my resting
place: if these things shall count IN
the minds and heart of Virginia Ieo-
pie then pay hope this night Tor
/ the support CT the gallant 3eopl" OF
the Cockade City. and l will cherish
! your approval as a heritage to -
| transmitted TO my boy who will soon
| take his fathers place. and l Trust
be animated with the same love for
| Virginia which has always filled my
heart.
Veterans Dwirdiina Rapidly.
| Few people who do not keep In
touc.. with Confederate camps have
| any idea of the rapldiiy with which
the Id soldiers are passing out oil
life and every passing year increases
| the death rate. This fact ought to
impress upon US the necessity OF car
| ing for the few survivors. not As an
act OF charity or mercy but as an act
of Justice and affection On the part
CT the state. Other things may wall
| should wait. in order that the remain
| ing years OF the old soldiers may be
made comfc rtable and happy by tine
! ministrations and love of grateful
people. favor an appropriation SUI
ficient to accomplish these results,
| and think 1t should be the first appro.
! priation to engage the attention OF
| the Legislature in 1910. and should
have the right Of way.
Policy As to Schools.
| When I was candidate for the
| Democratic nomination four years
ago. l declared from this stage that
the state should take more progress
| siye action towards, the building up
of and support Of the primary schools
| which should continue at leas, eight
months in the year and should es
| ,ablish high schools in the counties
and additional high schools in the
| cities whenever conditions require
| this action. Upon the education OF
| the children. the welfare of the Cen
l monwealth in large degree depends
IT favor as liberal appropriations 't
this end as the resources of the State
| will permit. and believe that the ad
| ditional appropriations should be ex
| pended az the discretion Of the couu
t. and city trustees.
Although did net then have the
! COED fortune to be elected. ] have
| cDdeavored as a member Of the Sen
| ate 10 carry out my promises to the
| people recognized then. and rec
/! ognize now. that in educational mat
tcrs the power and enthusiasm must
| come down from the State Board 10
| the Division Superintendent from the
| Division Superintendent to tho teach
I CT. and from the teacher 20 the chill
drcn. knew. that in Virginia. Ne
1 had from nine thousand to ten thous
| and teachers that their average tern
I Of service was about six years. and
| that thrcforc ABOUT fifteen hundred
| new Teachers would be required each
year 20 keep up the schools of the
State.
To meet these requirements Of oII
cubic school system. ] offered at the
! session Of 1906. high school bill
prepared in a conference Of distin
suisheI educators. the object Of which
1 vas 10 establish a high school In
| every school district in Virginia. a.
! fast as the requirements for such
! schools could be met, in order that
| the children Of our people and cspc
\ ciaily children in the country
| should have within easy reach ths
1 facilities already possessed by chill
drcn in che city. for preparing thcm
selves for the noble occupation oi
teacher
In 1905 the bill was amended and
the appropriation increased 10 ono
hundred and hftccn thousand dollar
e witch sum af,ccn thousand doI'ars
has been used in tho cstabiishmcn
IL .nnntr narmaI trimming dNnarf