Evening journal., 1903-02-27
SENATE PASSES
SCHOOL BILL
Six Thousand Dollars Will
Be Divided Between the
Three Counties
REHOBOTH CHARTER BILL PASSED
speeIal to the Evening JournaI.

Dover, Feb. 21.-The Senate con-
Cured in the House bill yesterday af-
ternoon, approprating $4,000, to be
divided equally between the three |
counties for the colored schools in this |
State, by the vote of to Z.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Jeffer- |
son to divide this appropriation equally |
between the white and colored schools
of the state was lost by the strict
party vote of to .. r. c. Moore being
absent.
Senators McNulty and Smith, both
Democrats, appealed from the decision
Of President Pro TEN. Ellison. who
ruled that the bill had passed the Sen
ate, but the appeal was not sustained.
Bill Explained.
Professor James E. Carroll, superin-
Stendent OF free schools for Kent
county, explained in detail the bill.
you have made il impossible for us to
improve the deplorable condition of our
public schools for colored children by
placing the restriction upon them that
they must raise a portion OF the money
required among themselves. They can
not do this, and the schools suffer and
are deteriorating. White people pay
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tax, and right here in Dover nearly
81 900 is returned every year as impos-
sible of collection. What can you ex-
pect of the negroes. not more than one
tenth of whom are freeholders or have
lanything TO pay upon except a capita
tion tax. There are a few districts
where we can get them TO raise a dol
lar In every four. have been TO every
district and have begged and pleaded
with them. They just cannot do It,"
THE white people are already con-
tributing more than they can expect to
the colored people of this State" said
Senator Harrington. THE colored peo-
lple can raise and pay their taxes II we
do not persist in paying them our
, selves for them, or giving them some
thing for nothing until dooms' day
They can get plenty of work and make
good money and ! am creditably in
formed by them that they desire to
earn and own their own buildings"
Senator Groves-"As a member OF
, the County School Commission of New
Castle county. to superintend the dis
tribution of this money for schoo
buildings we have always insisted that
a clear title be assured before any ap-
: preparation was allowed. / declare &C
q this Senate that the state has never
appropriated a dollar for any purpose
! where It was expended to better ad-
q Vantage. Henry Ward Beecher ably
s said: THE best citizens of a State are
the educated citizens" And this ap-
= plies to us today no matter what IN,
. nationality of the people for whose ad.
{ vancement we are laboring."
. Senator Whatever actor
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thing that l know and that everybody
( knows--the Afro American race il
with us. They did not come here them.
selves they were brought here as com
mon chattels. AS Senator Groves ha
said the best citizen is the educated
one. shall certainly vote for anything
in reason to bring about this popula
u relief"
q Senator Clements Opposition.
- Senator Clements (Dem.) )-"Whel
e you make OF a man pauper, treat hin
r. as a beggar, he will remain a beggai
E. II you employ him, however, and re
e quire OF him certain labor, certai
Is duty, and then pay the laborer for hi
n hire, then you make of him a either
e Now the State of Delaware, If you le
e her laws stand says to the negro citi
e zen: Now you raise a dollar towar
better schools. and for every dollar 70
fund, Wen give you two dollars. Wha
could be more fair? There's an oil
axiom that the Lord helps him wh
II helps himself If you make the negr
al mendicant the subject Of charit.
IS they you are not improving his condi
Ip ltion."
> Senator smith Dem )--"There
f. not a gentleman here who will nS
D. agree that the better educated the citi
.y zen Is, the better the State will be.
st is not civic advancement that we op
Y. pose, but we resent the sad
as ding upon the State of
T. system that is dangerous and pei
niciOus. No one would be more will
ing to extend a helping hand to Il
negro race, but doing it in this way
class legislation of the worst kind Il
patent fact that he who would su
4. ceed should first deserve to succee
But this bill does not contemplate th
principle-it only gives us a great
ed number of wards. We are giving TO Il
ne negroes something we would not gi'
ourselves and thereby adding to Il
" burden of taxauon--we are makir
~ wards of the negroes and thereby Il
n creasing their thriftlessness. As Il
senator has we'll said. they were ma
ed acled in slavery until forty years ag
re He might add at what an awful co
VS. those shackles were broken. What mi
lions of treasure, what rivers Of bloc
n what myriads of broken hearts It co
IL to make them free citizens. And y
f. we are still to continue TO aid them f
time immemorial."
N Senator MeNulty-'T don't thin
ON there is a member Of this Legislatu
lr- Indifferent to the needs of the negI
Ny experience in past Legislatures