The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-03
S. II. Love, of LunenburE.

1. am In favor of strong laws to
guard the purity Of elections.
2. 1 favor effective laws prohibiting
the use OF money to control votes
s. 1 favor viva voce primary law,
and the judges and clerks appointed
by the party
4. In case of a contest In a primary
1t should be taken to the courts. and
the poll books would readily EXPOSE
any rascality.
8. Judges and clerks should not be
allowed to use their influence for or
against n candidate.
G. believe an extra session should
be called to convene In January, 1915,
to consider the two questions, tax re-
form" and the fee system" ] am OPP
posed to the segregation Of taxes.
Z. favor n law compelling a man
who owes poll taxes to pay up or work
out his taxes on the roads at 81 day.
s. favor law amending tho fec
system" so as to allow an officer re-
ceivlng an undue amount to retain a
fair compensation, and to turn the ex-
cess over to the State. committee
or experts should be appointed by tho
regular session to examine the books
of all highly paid officers OF the State,
and report their findings to the extrn
session. and they can then adjust their
salaries
register with the Secretary of State.
and pay Il license.
TO- All committees should hold open
sessions to hear evidence, and, like n
jury, hold executive session to come to
" conclusion.
H. / favor naming the President by
n primary election.
IL. am heartily in favor of electing
school officials by the people. School
trustees and division superintendent
should all be elected by the people. I
regard this as one OF the most import
ant measures that can be considered
by the coming session of the. Legisla-
ture The State board now appoints
all the division superintendent. The
division superintendent appoints the
trustees, and they appoint the teach
ers Thus. by this appointive power, Is
formed g hydra headed political party,
the most powerful. that ever disgraced
civilized people. Mr.. Editor, when /
hear men talking about keeping the
schools out of politics, honest to good
ness 1t makes me so tired, for 1 know
so we'll that this is the most thor
oughly organized political organization
that ever grew up in Virginia. The
only way to break this mighty power
Is to elect these officials by the people.
The law that provides, that tho Ill
vision superintendents shall select anu
appoint the trustees, and then these
trustees shall fix the salaries Of the
men who selected and appointed them
to office, should be changed. have
received n great many letters begging
that school officials be elected by the
neople. These men in various parts of
the state assert that the salaries of
school superintendents have been
greatly Increased by trustees, who
were selected and appointed by : tho
men whose salaries were Increased.
Now, IL the appointive power OF the
state Board of Education liz not cur
| tailed, the liberties OF Virginia are
! gone. Already the schools are taken
< out Of the hands of the people, and
laIthoush 1t is their money which is SO
| lavishly ussd and their own children
being educated, yet they have no say
| as to the conduct OF their schools. oil
Eas to the deportmentso of school officials
n Ie the present condition OF Affairs