Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-15

TUESDAY, \
state. instead of restraining districts
which want good schools. and arc
willing to pay for them. should com
! pei every district to- maintain good
schools. and if there exists in the state
any community too poor to educate
! it's children. the state should supply
! the deficiency. a minimum
school session OF not less than seven
months should DC required in every dis
trict throughout the State.
MUST HAVE TRAINED MEN
IN CHARGE OF SCHOOLS
! II is source OF qualification that
in tho recent election of division SUI
perintcndcn,s of schools each OF tho
twcntyninc new superintendent Sc
| lcctcd had professional training and
experience in the art of teaching.
which their duties require them to
! supervise and direct, and II is per-
sonally gratifying TO me that as
member of the State Board OF Educa-
| ton. in every contest. without cxccp
| ton. ! cast my vote for Trained cdu-
Gators as against those i'm other call
inEs who wanted these positions to
supplement their incomes or because
/ Of their failure in other occupations.
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/ in some OF the counties are organizing
TO punish me for this course, but I
have no apologies TO make The schools
exist for the children and not for the
purpose OF furnishing positions for in
competent friends Of political leaders
| The educational interests of the chill
dren arc too sacred thus to be bar
tered away. IL is sad enough that
! other public positions should be in
volved in political antagonism. but we
must for the sake of our children. hold
these positions above political strife.
Public Health.
The protection of the public health
both for humanitarian and economic
reasons ought to be tho serious con-
! corn of the State.
This problem can adequately he dealt
} with. only by the strong arm OF the
| government. and II elected. ! shall urge
/ the passage OF measures for the con-
servation OF the States resources by
better protection of the public health
PROHIRITIONIST BOTH
PERSONALLY AND POLITICALLY
. Some are prohibitionists politically
and not personally. others are prohi-
bitionists personally but not politica lly
] ann prohibitionist both personally
and politically. My interest in the
cause of temperance is not of recent
date.
| Though never intolerant of the views
| Of others. ! was against the saloon at
| the time when one suffered both per
sonaily and politically on that account
/ II Was largely through my efforts that
! the law was passed seventeen years
ago requiring the effect OF alcohol on
the human system to he taught in
] public schools. My interest in the abo-
| lition Of the saloon did not begin with
/ the passing of the enabling act OF 1914.
Fifteen years ago. as Il member OF the
Constitutional Convention. I voted for
an enabling act which. if adopted
would have put the saloons out OF bust
ness as early as 1905. while in the in
terest OF true prohibition voted
against putting what was known as the
/ Barbour Quarles resolution into the
Constitution measure which though
advocated by some of the temperance
/ leaders at that time, was afterwards
generally recog nized as having been :,
mistaken movement from :; temperance
standpoint. In the state vide cam
| paign Of 1914 travelled at my own eX-
pense throughout the State and made
more than thirty addresses in favor of
/ Statewide prohibition. | am NATURAL
I therefore. deeply interested in the sue
cess Of prohibition.
believe the operation OF the new
law III Virginia has been highly bcne-
fetal and that prohibition should be
accepted as Il fixed and permanent
policy of the state. AS long as it is
not SO accepted by any considerable
number OF our citizens. the question
Will unfortunately remain in politics
/ TO the detriment OF other important
| public interests. The present law must
| be perfected and rgidly enforced. We
cannot afford TO allow it TO be disre-
garded in any part of the State. for If
we do. we have not only failed to cor
rect the evil at which prohibition was
aimed. but We will have added the yet
/ rnr a,-t1 zy f@- -, 4
hope and believe that the liquor traffic
has been forever driven from Virginia,
! but the friends of prohibition cannot
afford to sleep as long as the national
/ liquor interests with combined capi-
tai of $7T1.0eo. 900. declare their inten-
ton to recapture Virginia and other
prohibition States. We cannot shut
our eyes to the fact that State after
State. after adopting prohibition, has
abandoned It: and while we hope that
the sentiment behind the present pro-
hibition movement is substantial and
| laSting, yet we canno- forget the power,
resources and purposes of the liquor
interests nor the possibility of history
| repeating itself. ! favor placing pro-
hibition in the state Constitution so as
TO make il secure against these power
full interests.
FAVORS ENACTMENT
Or COMPENSATION LAW
idNDI tie enactment Oh a just "OTk-
mans &c mpchsation act. such as was
contemplated BY the laat General AS
scmbly in the creation OF a commission
TO study the problem. -.
One Of the important functions of
the Governor is the appointment of
the various boards which conduct the
States institutions, through which a
large part of the public revenue is cN-
pended. If elected, l shall not look
upon these positions as mere compli-
ments TO be bestowed upon my friends.
and shall appoint for service on these
boards only those whose experience
and record are guarantee of their
fitness and who are willing to accept
the trust with the serious purpose Of
promoting the economical and efficient
management Of these institutions and
of increasing their usefulness
favor the Improvement OF public
service in the various departments of
the state government byt applying to
all EMPLOYEES hereafter engaged Tho