Evening journal., 1919-11-05
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GRAB Meeting
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antl-school code crowd intended nllinl
the court room In the afternoon ant
taking possession OF the meeting lons
enough TO have the school code de
nounced That is. they intended usinl
the crowd gathered TO attend the an
nual meeting OF the Farm Bureau an'
claim IL was their" meeting.
Just at this point things began Z
happen Counter whispers and plainl!
wOrded messages somehow conveyed
the information TO the anti-School Cod
( headquarters that any attempt at sucl
raw tactics would be bitterly RESENTED
by the Farm Bureau members, an'
would result In some prominent anti
/ School Code persons in these parts be
l ing what Is known as "bawled out.
/ One farmer who Is not In favor OF th'
code himself, said: Il am not a Schoo
Code man, but ! would fight all ovei
/ this court house before / would let thii
! farmers meeting be turned into a schoo
meeting OF any kind. We are not here
/ for school affairs and are not going t'
be used
Then the diplomatic corps got busy
/ Soft footed. low-volced messengers be-
/ gan 20 suggest that there had been 2
misunderstanding all around; that the
/ anti-schO0l code crowd really had not
/ known OF the Farm Bureau meeting al
| though they might as well have pleaded
/ ignorance Of the Delaware State Fair
/ and would Il not be a fair thing FOR
/ the Farm Bureau 10 split time with
the anti-code meeting. Answer: Moth
! ing doing. Then It was suggested that
while the committees OF the Farm Blu
reau were framing their reports me
crowd might listen with pleasure and
profit to anti-school code speakers. An
sWer: Nothing doing.
Those in charge OF the Farm Bureau
meeting frankly said they did not in
tend 10 mix their meeting or their or
ganization in any way with the school
] tight and there was no use to argue
about 1t.
Meanwhile the lieutenants and sub
/ lieutenanls and high privates in the
rear ranks Of the anti-Code crowd were
getting nervous, standing on the street
in a drizzing rain Every captain and
generalissim0 and diplomat OF their
crowd who came down from the court
room was eagerly surrounded and ask
ed ANY decision?'
Finally the confidential messenger
came down. brushed aside all question
GERS and hastened 10 report 90 the chief.
Then the word soon came TO follow
the band" and the band led the way 10
the moving picture theatre and the
anti-School Code meeting was soon in
session.
W l. pfocleforo r,roei1od rpboro
were no preliminaries. The hour was
growing late. Immediately Daniel J.
Layton was introduced as the man
who can tell about the School Code.T
Mr.. Layton told them as follows:
The attitude OF the School Code nd
vocates is beyond me- II there is a
meeting in favor OF The code, Il Is a flne
meeting, composed OF intelligent peopl,
and addressed by distinguished gentle
men. II there Is a meeting against a.
those holding II are a bunch Of crimi
mails, the meeting IS packed, the meth
DDS used 10 hold 10 are underhnnded.
Il recently had an experience OF tha
/ kind. u was at a meeting at Lincoln
City, held by Mr.. Pierre dupont. Now
Mr.. dupont has a right TO hold meet
ings whenever and wherever he pleases
He has a right 10 have whOmever he
4 wants at the meetings. II he doesn't
want opponents Of the School Code al
his meetings. that is his right lie has
right TO want only his frineds at his
meetings. The meeting al Lincoln Citl
was Mr.. duPOnt's meeting. So when
was asked to go to Lincoln City anC
/ talk at the meeting. ! said I WOuldn'i
20 unless Mr.. dupont wanted me. The
matter was taken Up and Mr. dupont
gave his permission for me 10 be al
the meeting and talk TO it, and then
went
Imagine my surprise after the meet
ing TO read In the Wilmington papers
that l had been kept in hiding some
where and wasn't wanted at the meet
ing. and It was a political effort on my
part to announce by candidacy for the
General Assembly. Mr.. Layton Grier
said afterward that had he known !
was TO be at the meeting he would not
have let Mr.. dupont speak at the meet
ing Now. what / want to know is
this Is Il Mr.. dupont who doesn't want
! the School Code discussed. or is he
merely surrounded by advisors and
friends who don't want the Code dis
cussed
There is another thing I don't like.
! don't like the words higher educa-
ton think / am opposed TO higher
education. / have children and I want
| them taught the elementary subjects.
want them taught the fundamentals,
reading, writing. arithmetic, American
D hfnfaunr ny.H.. 4
them that and they Will take care Of
the rest. They will take care OF the
higher education The State owes
| every child an elemetary education. but
am afraid Of this higher education,
as 10 Is being used nowadays
"In discussing the school code you
mustn't let your passions or your pref
udlces influence your decision. Neither
must you let Mr. duPont's gift OF 50
100000 influence you. That has nothing
10 do with the school code. You must
consider the school code in the light
OF law which will be on the books
for years and years regardless OF Mr..
duPont's gift"
1.-THE first thing 10 be considered in
discussing The code is It's history, its
ancestry. Who knows about the an
cestry Of this law? Mr. dupont adj
mitted he didn't know anything about
the school code until after IL was a
law. He said he was ashamed he
didn't, and was inclined TO blame him
self for his negligence. But ! told him
he wasn't 10 blame; that he was no
worse than anybody else. That nobody
knew anything about 70: not even the
legislature which passed H. Or. Cooper
also denies he knows anything about
the law He saws he was I'm EurODe