Milford chronicle., 1921-04-01
LEGISLATURE PASSES
A new SCHOOL LAW
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campaign, the district of Senate
Murphy, and said he thought the sen
timent for an elective board prevaile
there. In conclusion he said that b
stood right where he did last Octobe
when the hold-over Senators appoint
ed the citizens committee to draft
school bill and that he said then th'
corporations would be down here try
ing to cheat the people from wha
they want.
Senator Palmer also talked for the
amendment and said he could not il
justice to himself and constituents
support a bill so undemocratic as the
one sent over from the House. 1t was
the autocracy of the bill, he said, that
made it so Objectionable. He said the
members could not vote for it and full
fill pledges made to their people. In
conclusion, he said that he had prom
ised his people that he would assist
in removing a school law that was so
obnoxious to them and that he was go
ing to be consistent and would not in
the closing hours vote for such an un-
democratic measure. Senator Palmer
also referred to attending the meeting
at Harrington the same night as Sen
ator Short and that he also found the
sentiment there as expressed by Sena-
tor Short.
Senator Murphy said he desired to
answer the two Senators by stating
that he had talked to great many
people in Kent and Sussex counties
and could recall nothing ever having
been said to him relative to an cleo
tive board. What his people wanted,
he said, was a cut-down of the over
head expenses, cutting out of trans
portation and up to the ninth grade
taught in the rural schools, and this,
he said they have in this bill.
Senator Handy inquired of Senator /
Murphy if he thought the people of .
Kent county would favor an appoint /
i've board and he replied that he did.
Senator Price said his people IA
Yored an appOintiVe board.
Senator Bennett criticised the in
consistency of some House members,
but said that he would vote against
the amendment for fear of what
might happen should the bill be re-
turned to the House.
Senator Alice remarked speaking of
the House, "if the people are fooled
and I am fooled, they fooled us" He
said that he feared the results if the
bill was returned to the House, and,
having that fear, he was willing to ac-
cept it as it is.
Senator Murphy asked if it was not
true that the citizens committee nam
ed by the hOld-over Senators did not !
recommend an appOintive board. SEN
ator Alice said the executive commit r
tee of that committee did, but in that I
the joint committee on education of G
the two houses had insisted that it :
be changed to an elective board. g
Senator Handy spoke for the II
He said if the amendment
is wrong then democracy is wrong and q q
should rule. He declared u
be did not realize the danger of send n,
ing the bill back to the House. He =
said that he did not think that those :.
elected on this issue would again slap -
he people in the face. He remarked a.
hat if the House says it will not give u
his he would then be willing to re-
consider his vote. 81, a.
The vote by which the amendment -
vas defeated follows: 1
Yeas-Palmer, Richards, Short and ef
President Pro TEN Handy.
Nays-Allee, Highfeld, Hopkins, In y
ley, Latta, Lutz, Murphy, McIntire, n, NJ
'rettyman, Price, Robertson and Wal ~, ~
er-12. S0
Absent-Bennett. SO
Discussion then started on the bill Ae
S passed by the House. Senator Pal -.
Ter declared that in his opinion the III
i'll defeated by the House would have
let the approval of the majority of Id nc
be people, but that the bill under ei:
he thought to be 100
mes worse than the present law, and ST.
lat he was not going to vote for W.
III that he knew would meet with
ore opposition than the present law. IT Id
Senator Murphy said he did not L.
gree with Senator Palmer and
fought the bill would be acceptable, ing Ing
! the principal objection after all is 20 20.
e tax on real estate, which is reliev- 'o1
largely under this bill.
Senator Alice said that every con- u Cle
ssion in the original draft that went n. y.
the House with the exception of the ou
pular elected State and county
ards was in the House bill and I'll, VI
erefOre he would support it. WI
Senator Short asked that DR.. Coop 4,
make a comparison of the duties of me
2 State board under the bill de- ~, ~
tied by the House and the one now WI
fore the Senate. DR.. Cooper referr- =, d
to several differences as to the du- tne
S Of the State boards under the two w;
Is. II
Senator Short remarked that the ueIl
ard under the bill would have all ms
authority that the present board M
senator Alice did not agree with rune
I, as the board under this bill Hur
uld have check of having to pre- MI
t budget to the Legislature for her
,roval. III
enator Short said he had been the
l. that under this bill it provides MI
t the State board "shalI' pass it. spen
enatOr Short said the bill gives yves
board broad powers in the ap- WI
ltment of medical help, clerks, ~ r
and that as he understood II This at hi
Id be provided in the budget and Ha
Legislature would have to ap- MS
We it. Attorney Hope, of the Sen be
when asked his opinion on this west
It said that unless the power of Satul
board is limited some place else
he bill, he thought Senator Short
correct.
torney Walker of the Senate
ght the budget was sufficient a., MlS