The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-20
FIGHT FOR SCHOOLS,
MONEY WARNING UP
Senate Gets Through First Year Portion and Well Into Second
During Day Of Work Appropriations
But Snag Is Near.

Confederate Memorial Literary co.
| ciety. $4,000.
I Stonewall jackson monument, $10.-
900.
William A. Anderson. services In
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac litigation, $3.50.
Second Year Work Easier.
This completed the first year of the
bill, and without any loss OF time
the second year was taken up and
splendid progress was made on thu
bill. The amendments wera few when
this was being considered, the hight
having been made for the first year.
Where they were successful they were
engrafted for the second year.
The belief is that the appropriation
bill will be completed today and go
to the house by the first OF the coming
| week. and then will come one OF the
| fights Of the session.
| The house and senate are far apart
/ on the matter of making an appropria-
| ton for the public schools OF the
state, the senate having cut on the
primary and grammar schools with .
/ paltry $4,000 for the increase and
made an increase of some 100000 for
the higher educational institutions.
| This does not suit the members OF
the house. where there is said to be
an alignment on the part of the rnem-
to stand pat and to force proper rscog-
milton Of the public schools.
| The demand is for an addition Of
not less than three hundred thousand
for the public schools. 1t 10 declared
| by a member Of the senate that this
matter yesterday one of the advocates
/ OF the public schools declared: M
| Fight Far From Ended.
1.-The fight for the increased appro~
priation for the public schools OF tho
State is not yet ended, and 1t will -
sometime before the matter IL end-s
ed" remarked a member of the sens
/ ate today who had voted for the MApp
amendment yesterday to add $780,
| 900 to the general Apr priation bill.
He continued:
| The friends of the proposition IN
| the house have arranged for . tese
| Of strength. and there Is a very good
| reason to believe that not less than
! hfty-four OF the members OF that body
have entered into an agreement To-
| stay right here and to see that the
public schools are recognized and that
| they get the increase demanded In
| proportion to the increase which haa
been made to the higher educational
| institutions. N
LAS a matter OF fact, the Nighttime
!
strength we have; We know just whax
| friends the public schools have. and
| we are determined to see that the
| people of the rural sections have
some sort of recognition, and are ar
forded the basis of an education whiie
there are such enormous sums for the
| benefit of the few.
of the greatest good to the great
est number, and we propose TO stan1
pat and to let the other fellows do
/ the worrying. l am confident that
| there will be no break In our lines,
and that when it comes to show
down we will have the votes to de-
mand what we believe to be right.
1--WE will be charged with dcma-
goguery, and we will be charged with.
| trying to prevent and hinder higher
education. We expect that, and when
! the charge is made we propose to 60
before the people and to argue the
matter on the hastings. 1t is ques-
ton for the people to decide. We
are willing to fight 1t out before theS
| people.
Deadlock Is Threatened
.Let me say right here, and II III
not made to intimidate anyone. ba~E
cause I do not believe that any MAJ
who Is opposed to the more Hbere1
support Of the schools could be intiuttsS
dated, but we have certainly a9t5ws
four members in the house who VIII
!. stay here till June 1st before thaNss
will yield an inch. They VIII st.y|
own expenses. They are fully de-
cided in this matter.
II do not mind saying that 49,
/ information came from MEMBER Mk1
the house, one Of those who ara auH%l
porting the increase for the puAes