Evening journal., 1913-09-27
AND rmE VILLAIN STILL pURsUEs HIM.

-TlLL clnging, but with less enacy, to that spirit
- of proviuciallsm that prompted it to attack Dr
Wagner the new State Commissioner OF hduoauon'
because be decided TO live in Wilmington instead o' III
Dover the Dover Index says
THE EVENING JOURNAL. as Is it's won't INDUCES
i'm a lot of qubbng and childish reasoning IN reatoh
10 our suggestion that state Commissioner oil Educa
ton Wagner has made mistake Ia not locaslns s ,S ~
the capital of the State We pass by its ol-Iepea'eu
term "provncial' IT'S editor has, no DOUBT Just atuu-
blcd ON the word and likes ts learned sounu. IL II
no araumcnt 10 say that because certain state omefs
like Governor, Secretary Of state Auorney 1ei.,a iio
etc live away from the capital that 'he Oomllssonoi
Education may do so. The Commissioner oi Ieuos tt
on was recently appointed from outside of the Siae
and had no residence i'm Delaware Ihere was no
good reason why should not have taken up ms resi-
donco i'm convenient place, central ana easily a'esS
sibe to those who will have business wlsh him Inc
Governor has Once days at Dover quite suhcont TOT
me business OF his office: the Secretary OF state vir-
tually stays i Dover; the Attorney General mas
deputies in the county seats. and most OF the sta''
officers stay in Dover a great part ol lhe'r uh9 ol
have deputies here The Commissioner oil hduv'lol
can do as pleascs about his residence We are not
Interested IN the natter except that we desire To sec
every educauona aschoy d sues a"u W. .o,,r5is,
Commissioner Wagner would be ab'e TO atoompnsn
moro and the cause OF education would pe Deper
served boy him residing in Dover
We disregard the foreword of that Index editorial
as being merely further evidence of the proyincalsm
underlying the attack upon Commissioner Wagner
Addressing ourselves to the more sensible hut equal
ly provincial part of It wish to inquire what there
is in the case Of Commissioner Wagner to prevent him
having Office days in Dover, Georgetown and every
other town that calls for his presence We have said
before and we repeat it now, that Commissioner
Wagner knows that as a newcomer and the holder
of a new Office he is trial before the Delaware
public and that he make good Il is not to be
presumed that of his mental attanments
would deliberately spoil his ofhcal at the out
set, simply to crafty whim to live n Wmingto
no doubt Commissioner Wagner weighed
fully and dspassouately than did the Dover Index
The advantages and disadvantages OF such resi-
denco.
"The Commissioner Of Education can do as he
pleases about his residence the says Il might
have added. with equal candor that he not only can
do H. but actually has done and that heretofore
except the Index has seemed disposed criticize
his action. 1--WE interested in the natter ox-
copt that we desire to every educational agency
a success. and believe Commissioner Wagner would
be able to accomplish and the catse of educa-
tion would be better served by him residing in Do
vcr," the Index adds in attempted palliaton Of it's
original attack upon the commissioner which was
so drastic and displayed prominently. that one
might have been led to think the Index had a vacant
house to rent We think it will be wise for our Dover
contemporary 10 refrain from further criticism until
it sees how Commissioner Wagner purposes diacharg-
ing his official duties and what the effect of his work
is There is an old English adagc which reads
Never show fool child halffnished Job" Il
has lost none of its point with the lapse Of time