Evening journal., 1911-01-26
DREXLER AS
CHURCH DEBATER
COnvlnCeS Dover Audience
County Should Bond In In
tereSt Of Good Roads
ENTIRE STATE NEEDSD
DEVELOPING HE SAYS

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER, Del, Jan. Ex-senator
Drexler won the debate on bonding
Kent county Immediately for the pur-
pose Of building a thorough system
of permanent good roads, I'm an elab-
crate and spicy presentation of the
question before the Brotherhood of
The Peoples Church and over two
hundred farmers. The members Of
the Brotherhood had their wives and
fair friends present and a number OF
school teachers were IN the audience.
When IL became known that Drex-
Ter. who resides in Dover during the
legislative winter seasons and was
elected a member OF the Brotherhood,
would debate. and champion the side
Of the county Immediately issuing
bonds. there was a falling off in other
debaters until the only champion of
the other side left was Professor John
c. Gooden. former State librarian,
historian and present Deputy Record
er Of Kent county
Professor Gooden sat up" with
Senator Drexler until the audience
was convulsed. He took the legisla-
tor back to Grecian history and then
the extravagances which caused the
downfall Of the wond-ous Roman gov
ernmeut. The burden of debt. Of
heavy taxes upon the people and
their resources, was played upon
heavily by Mr.. Gooden. who kent
firing shots of humor which caused
laughter and clapplng even from the
good roads partisans.
"The trouble is. said NJ. Gooden.
so many Americans are going so fast
and living so high that they are not
happy without getting something they
cannot pay for or that takes all they
got Living beyond ones ability
that's the trouble. Borrowing money
TO tide over Why I can remember
when a boy and when visitors came.
the great table luxury was corn
pone-corn meal and good molasses.
/ Today Il is 30-cent turkey.
Everybody complains Of the taxes
I'm Kent county today and vet We pajd
last year, ss7 7.9464s in taxes on an
assessed valuation Of S146s4 900 f.
what would be the taxes II the tar-
payers had 10 carry a bonded in
debtedness Of 100000 and maintain
expensive roads, too7" Mr.. Gooden
did not oppose the proposed State
boulevard, II the State paid for H..
DreHle- came back az Professor
Gooden with such sharp shafts that
the audience arose and gave him a
vote Of thanks.
The luxuary Of corn meal. hev."
retorted the independent Senator.
Why you can't even get servants IA
stay with you II you set that menu
before them today.
have a colored boy who won,
even eat scrapple because Il has corn
In 4 and he was raised on corn.
The merchant OF twenty years ago
would fail in business TO-DAY bv ths
method he used. Instead Of two flos
OF bills, one paid and the other "un.
paid and n he has money I'm his
pocket and all bills paid. he's ahead
That won't do today. for he mus,
know what II costs him to do bust.
mes every minute.
BY all means bond your county
The poor man. the rich man. the An.
tomobiie owner who will pay license
tne generations to come and the
stranger who comes in and buys land
all Will then share in the distribution
OF payment
We have twenty-four miles Of ocear
front In this State absolutely unde-
veloped. and yet II is worth as much
as Jerseys best and would make Del
aware as famous as Jersey. But you
SIT here. year after year. and prevent
the people from getting 10 II.
A railroad lobbyist said to me the
other day that these automobiles
ought 10 paw the bill for the good
roads. say that the railroads ought
10 help. also, for they do not pay one
tenth the tax the automobile nn.ner