Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-17
SUSSEX COUNTIANS
DISCUSS SUFFRAGE
AND SCHOOL CODE
Roth Came in for Knocks" at a
Spirited Meeting in George
town, Yesterday.
TEN MEMBERS OF THE
LEGISLATURE THERE
s,.c ,,orresro,oe,ce OF Every Evening

s,ae e,orresponoence OF Every Evening
Georgetown. March t7.-Ten oi the
Sussex county members of the Legisfe
lure met Isaac Dolphus Short, President
r,to tempore of the state Senate, IN tne
Court House yesterday afternoon ior the
n,,r,,ose of asccrtaining the sentiments W
sbeir constituents regarding matters ineil-
toned in Governor Iownsends call lor
snecial session of the General Assembly
-four Sussex legislators ignored mr.
Shorts invitation 10 attend Senators
short. Bennett. Long aud Palmer and
REPRESENTATIVES, Bunting. Clendaniel,
Ilnvd. Lord. Parker, Smith and j. ~.
Warrington, Republicans. were present.
Senator Brown, Republican, Representa-
tive Hastings. Democrat, and hepre-
scntafives Jones and ). J. warrington.
Republicans, were absent
fhe legislators were attentive during
discussion of the School Code and woman :
suffrage. but gave no inkling OF their atti-
tude. According 10 gossip, however, most
nf them want 10 ''knoek heck" out OF the
School Code and ell oppose wornans
suffrage.
II was canoulaged Layton meeting,
and The Iavtons are hostile 20 Governor
Townsend. who is greatly Interested IN
Delaware's educational system and wo-
mans suffrage. Some oi the speakers
seemed desruus of inilaming public ieel-
ing.
Five hundred persons, said tn he repre-
sentative citizens ci Sussex ounty,
thronged the courtroom. On the Schooi
Code the audience, judged by the volume
nf applause. was almost equally divided,
but on woman's suffrage the opponents
were greatly in the majority.
The legislators and women were given
reserved seats.
When telling the purpose Of the meeting,
which continued two hours, Senator
Short said The invitations mentioned dis
c,issicn of the School Code, but made np
reference fo woman's suffrage. lie ex-
pressed a hope that the Legislators would
respect the wishes of their constituents.
Landreth l. Layton Of tieorgetown, on
motion of Senator Palmer, was appointed
chairman Attacking the School Code,
Mr.. LAYTON said il Is a sample uf things
hustled ihroush the last session Of the
Legislature. lie declared it imposes q
property tax not commensurate with value
received. He thought it IS unworkable.
He stated the overhead charges are
enormous and the county school superin-
fendents are nothing more Than high
salsried clerks After commenting Pierre
:. si,i Points generosity and intentions tte
said the code must have more than good
intentions back Of il 20 make II workable
lie mentioned as unprecedented school
terms Of 80 and A. DAYS, which he alleged
have been adopted by some school dis
triets in Kent county He declared r
per cent of the school money spent y
sussex county does not benefit the chil
,iren. Quoting the governor as saying ths
enactment of the code was one of tli'
greatest things he ever accomplished, MIR
layton remarked IF So God help th'
balance" He wanted the code SO amend
ed that taxpayers will get more benefit.
The chairman asked Senator lonl
whether he had anything 30 say.
senator Long replied that I've came p
hear Others
Opportunity was given for voluntar,
addresses.
T. A. West spoke on behalf ot TIN
Thirty-thir,f School district. He said TN
people in that district are opposed TO tb
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