Evening journal., 1913-09-13
SATURDAY SEPT. I3. 1918.
nR. MAGNER ANn HIs HOME.

rTNnER the caption of "A Rlunder. the Dover In
~ dcx. a Democratic newspaper of the anu-sauls-
bury sort says:
We have expressed our diaapproval Of the action OF
Governor Miller in going out of the state Tor sla.9
Commissioner of Education when there are seasla'
educators the State well qualified for the position
We believed however, that an able and well quarneu
had been selected. We are not so sure OF TINS
now since the appointee DR. Charles A. Wagner mas
committed the folly of locating himself In Whining
ton whose schools. generally speaking are not a part
of the school system of the State Wilmington mas
long held aloof from the other public schools and her
schools not under the supervision of the County
Superintendent The larger number Of pubic schools
in the lower counties and the lower county schools
any. need the aid and supervision of the state Com
missioner. or course, he should live In one OF tne
lower counties. Tho law providing for TINS once
should have required him TO he resident of Dover
tho capital of the State Dover is so centrally located
10 be conveniently accessible 10 the rest OF lhe
state. nd the State offices should surely be at the
capital. Commissioner Wagner has made bad begin
ming in the selection Of his home and he is likely 10
find that this blunder will handicap him in his difficult
task
We think that is a very far-etched criticism Of Or.
Wagner. the State Commissioner OF Education.
Wilmington is an attractive place of residence; Della
ware is a small State, and there is why
Commissioner Wagner cannot live here and perform
his official duties thoroughly satisfactory
We would remind the Index that the Hon. Charles r.
Miller. Governors Thomas W. Miller. Secre-
rary Of State. and Josiah o. 'wocott our Attorney
General, live in wilmington that Coen Ferguson
LeutenantGoVernor, lives in Blackbrd; that Charles
A. Hastings. our state Treasurer. lives in Laurel;
that W. Poole Prettyman, our state Auditor lives in
Millsboro and that W. r. Mccabe our State Insurance
Commissioner lives in selbyyile
= All those have important official interests in
Dover, and yet do not think that even the Dover
Index will insist that they should abandon the homes
Of their choice and establish new, and perhaps less
ccnsenial, in the State capital We also would
remind the Index that Prof A. r. spad concededly one
of Tho
county had, did not think it incumbent upon
him to live in the rural districts merely because he
had charge OF the schools In those districts He
lived here in Wilmington and no one in this end Of
the state narrow-mnded as to criticize him for
doing.
Like the Index, thought and still think that
Governor Miller erred when he went outside our state
70 obtain State Commissioner Of Education At the
same time questioned his official right TO do
so If he thought there was no Delaware educator
suitable for the place. But was clearly duty after
The Governor had made the appointment to get behind
the new commissioner and to do everything possible
TO make his administration Of the State Department
OF Education success
Unlike he Index we do not think Commissioner Was
nervmade a mistake in deciding to live in Wilmington
rather than down the state. With him that was 4
highly personal matter. He knows, as the peopl.
know, that he must make good in the Office to which III
has been appointed II he does that the public vii
not care whether he lives in Wilmington Dover n
sebyvile They interested infinitely moro I'm tb
results Of his work than they are in the matter Of hi
private residence.