Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-02
SOME SENATORS HURL
DARTS AT DR.. ODE[L
Take Exceptions to Some OF His
Contributions to Whining
ton Newspaper.
staff correspondence of Every Evening
state House. Dover, Feb. ..


state House, Dover, Feb. 2.
Taking exception TO statements con-
tained i'm some articles contributed by
pr Ioseph H. Odell of Wilmington. re-
Gently printed in the Morning News of
that CITY several members of the Sem
ate Yesterday voiced their disapproval.
The matter was brought up by Sem
ator Palmer. Il arise to a question of
personal privilege" he said. Being
Delawarean, born and raised IN Della
ware. l consider it my duty to express
publicly and openly my resentment of
an attack that is being made not only
upon Senators. but also upon the peo-
pie of our dear State. We have In the
State what is called an imported
luxury one who sets himself up to
criticize not only Senators. but the
citizens In general. He is very care
full 10 word his articles In such way
that he thinks we are too ignorant to
read between the lines. ] take this
opportunity TO let this gentleman know
that we are not as ignorant as he thinks
we are. | want him to understand that
as a Senator and citizen OF Delaware. 1
resent these attacks
President protein Handy. who was
presiding at the time. ca1led Senator
Bennett to the chair and Joined I'm the
protest.
Mr.. President he said 1T is an aw-
r1i thing. the lack of . sense Of humor.
This brilliant essayist-I Will name him.
Joseph Fl. Odeil-who is contributing
by the briliiancy OF his pen to the
Morning News. has no sense Of hurnor
I DON'T take him as seriously As The
Senator from Sussex for That reason,
k-.e ,. &C. l.
given utterance TO opinions that reflect
ON the people of Delaware. and. gentle
men. as citizen 1. too. wish 70 voice
my resentment
He is what is known as a cute per
former. When he wishes to get at
certain gentlemen In Sussex county
whose opinions differ from him as TO
the School law. he calls IN the Pessi-
mist (Here Senator Handy quoted
from an article in the Morning News
entitled The Pessimist" and signed
Joseph Fl. Odeil. intimatins that gifts
of money might have changed school
law opponents into friends)
Resuming. Senator Handy said: "Of
course. Mr.. Odei would say this crea-
ture Of his imagination spoke these
words. not he. He has written this
little essay. He makes his charge
against the people Of the state I don't
know just who he is striking AT in
Kent county. In Sussex county we all
know who he is aiming at Two Of
them are members OF this body One
has already addressed you on this
matter. NO one can bury these men
| think their opposition TO the School
Code was sincere and probably justi-
fed. Notwithstanding I voted for the
code
Senator Handy next read the follow
ing from an article appearing In the
Morning News, headed, +'Splutterers'
and signed by DR.. OdeIl: There are
men who believe that the land ought TO
be relieved Of taxation. OF course,
land Is an uncertain producer of i'm
mediate wealth. frost may spoil
harvest Nevertheless. the wealth of
the world has always inhersd IN the
land. 4 thousand industries have
arisen and fourished and then have
passed away; but mankind has always
had To pay for the crops. Consequently
the value Of land has risen everywhere
and Delaware IS no exception. Re-
Gently il has been said that land ought
10 be exempt from taxation. that al
revenues for government should be
gathered from ascertainable incomes
There would be little difficulty about
that if every State in America thought
alike. But there Will always be some
States that Will be q safer harbor for
fluid wealth-that is. money which is
not tied up in land And the people
who own bonds and stocks viii gravf-
tate 70 such places Those who splut-
ter 50 much about income tax. to the