Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-26

conclusion he said that he stood right
where he did last October when the
hold-over Senators appointed tho citi-
zens committee to draft school bill
and that he said then the corporations
people from what they want.
would be down here trying to chcnt the
Senator Palmer also talked for the
amendment and said he could not in
justiceato himself and constituents sup
port n bill so undemocratic the one
sent over from the House. IT was the
autocracy of the bill. he said that made
IL so Objectionable. He said the mem
bers could not vote for IT and fulnl
pledges made to their people. In con-
clusion he said that he had promised
his people that he would assist I'm NOV
ing school law that was so obnoxious
to them and that he was going to be
consistent and would not in the closing
hours vote for such an undemocratic
to attending the meeting at Harrington
the samo night as Senator Short and
that he also found the sentiment there
as expressed by Senator Short.
Senator Murphy said he desired to
answer the two Senators by stating that
he had talked TO a great many people
in Kent and Sussex County and could
recall nothing ever having been said
to him relative TO an elective board.
What his people wanted he said, was a
cut down of the overhead expenses
cutting out of transportation and up to
the ninth grade taught i'm the rural
schools and this he said they have In
this bill.
Senator Price said his people fav-
Murphy IL he thought the people of
Kent county would favor nm appointive
board and he replied that he did
Senator Pearce said his people fav-
ored an appointive board.
Senator Bennett critized the fncin-
sistency Of some House members but
that ne would vote against the amend
ment for fear of what might happen
should the bill be returned To the house
Senator Alice remarked speaking of
the House. IF the people nc fooled and
| am fooled. they fooled us" He said
that be feared the results II tho bin was
returned 10 the House and having that
fear ne was willing 10 accept IL as II Is
Senator Murphy asked II II was not
true that the Citizens committee named
by the hold-over Senators did not recon-
mend an appointive board. Senator
Alice said the executive committee Of
that committee did but that the Joint
committees on education of the two
houses had insisted that IL be changed
10 an elective board.
Senator Handy spoke for the amend
ment. He said IL the amsndrnent is
wrong then Democracy is wrong and
autocracy should rule. He declared he
did not realize the danger of sending
the bill back to the House. He said
that he did not think that those elected
on this issue would again slap the people
in the face. He remarked that II tho
House says IL will not give this ne
would then be willing 10 reconsider his
vote.
Tho vote by which the amendment
was defeated follows.
Yea-Palmer. Richards. Short and
President protein Handy.
Nay-Alle. Highneld. Hopkins. Insley,
Latta. Lutz, Murphy. McIntire. Pretty
man. Price. Robertson and Walker.-f2.
Absent--Bennett.
an amendment 10 place in the bill cleo
tive county boards but later said he
realized that it would be defeated so did
not offer il.
Discussion continued on the bill as
passed by the House. Senator Palmer
declared the bill defeated by the House
would have met the approval of a ma
joriry of the people but that the bill
under consideration he thought to be
100 times worse than the present law
and that he was not going to vote for a