Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-03
SCHOOL LAW FIGHT
FORCED TO FRONT ON
FLOOR OF THE HOUSE
Objection Raised to Majority OF
Committee Reporting Re-
peaIing Measure.
TO BE CONSIDERED MONDAY

STAR Correspondence of Every Evening.
state House. Dover. March s.
The House OF Representatives, fight
on the House tdil repeating Delaware's
nresent school law and providing n
new school law began in the House
Yesterday afternoon. when Representa-
tive Clark chairman of the House com
n,ittee on education. reported tho bill
'on its merits" with a substitute to
the House. The substitute is a duph
cate of the original. with the addition
of tax provisions.
Announcing that ne and other com
Initteamen had not been consulted. Rep
resentative Clendaniel asked when the
committee met and ordered the report
ing of the bill.
Representative Clark stated ma
jority of the committee met for such
purpose earlier in the day.
Representative Kramer moved that
the bill be made a special order for to-
morrow morning. At IL . o'clock.
Representative Clendaniel protested,
saying tomorrow would be TOO soon for
sction He thought the proposition
looked like a frame-up.
Deny Frame-up.
Representative kramer declared there
was no frame-up He explained the
purpose Was simply u start aCuon on
The blu. He said the bill had been buried
IN committee for weeks and the House
should not longer delay consideration
thereof
Representative White objected to the
House acting on the bill without know
ing its contents.
Speaker Paskev stated the bill could
10 4 after IL had
been given third reading
Representative Clendaniel remarked
that the tax provisions have been IL mel
iipuee only three DAYS
Representative Noble retortcd that
the tax provisions were privately circu-
lated three weeks before they were pre-
scrted to the house
Representative Dill objected TO hold
Ine hack the school hill like The school
code was held back in 1919
Representative Frank Hail DAVIS pro-
I, =ted against disCourtesy and unfair
treatment and requested th,Lt the hi
not be taken up out of tie usual course.
Made special order.
As an amendment N Representative
krarer.s motion Representative Buck
lu-har proposed that the hill be made
i special order tm ueXt Monday morn
Ing III II o,loek
Eeprcscntative Buching hams amend
iacnt was adopted by 4 Vote of ; TO l6,
as follows
Observation-Disclosures. Clcn4anIel r'rana
tfan Davis. GRAY kinder Lester Lord.
Nedlu AIeeSin~ m Alllor otwei. Pas
Aey. Phillips. smith. VIrder Warriac-
ton. White and Henry Wnson
Nay s-Browr Glars Crompton. r. +.
DAVIS. pIn 4r-netan Hudson. kra
L.er. Lee. AIar Nanie s hneidrr.
stats ( J. Tarn.r r y Turner and
J K. Wilson
absent, -..i.t
Fourteen Reauausar~ ana four Dem
o,rats voted attrmatr,iy Gray, ot-
1eei., Pask,y ana IEiHn- tt-ns the
Democrats s. Voting
Fifteen pemo1IatS ana one Repubii-
an voted negatively. Alalr aelng the
1;epublican - VotInE.
Representative hranler 5 MOI ion. as
amended was adopted ly a vote OF I'll
10 Is. as follows
Observation-Disclosures. Clark. Clerdan-
icl. Frank Hall DAVIS. GRAY. Kinder.
lee. Lester. Lo,d Medil. MeEgIn~oH.
filler Orwell. Phillips. Smith. ttrdeH
Warrington. White and Henry Wilson.
Nays-Brown. Crornpton. Z. +. Ia WIS.
Dill. Harrington. Hudson. Kramer, Mari
Noble. Pasl1ey. Schneider. stats. Z. J
Turner. T. W. Turner and ]. E. wilson.
Fourteen Repub-lcans and I've Dem
ocrats voted a1tTnatively. Clark. Gray.
Lee, Otwell and Phillips being the Dem
o,craLs so voting
Fourteen Democrats and ono Fapub-
lican voted negatively. MARI being the
llepubhcan 50 voting.